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Between tour dates with George Benson, Lilliana is based out of Los Angeles, CA, where she is working on recording original material for her solo project, as well as working with and for other artists. \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n","country":"usa","full_name":"Lilliana de los Reyes Independent / George Benson","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1615,"first_name":"Gus","last_name":"Rivers","group":"Educator","social":"instagram.com/gdrummer_93, facebook.com/gus.a.rivers","quote":"","created_at":"2018-10-12T17:37:46.783Z","updated_at":"2021-04-15T15:18:22.141Z","bio":"","country":"","full_name":"Gus Rivers Educator","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1676,"first_name":"Gavin","last_name":"Glover","group":"Educator","social":"facebook.com/GavinGloverPercussion","quote":"","created_at":"2019-05-31T17:26:18.146Z","updated_at":"2019-05-31T17:27:05.259Z","bio":"Gavin studied percussion at Brevard College and is now a full time freelance music educator and performing artist based in Greenville, SC. He currently teaches drum set/percussion private lessons independently.  Gavin is also the Percussion Class instructor for the concert/marching seasons in Williamston, SC for Anderson County District 1 Schools.\r\n","country":"","full_name":"Gavin Glover Educator","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1705,"first_name":"Sanah","last_name":"Kadoura","group":"Independent","social":"instagram.com/sanahkadoura, www.sanahkadoura.com, www.sanahkadoura.bandcamp.com, www.patreon.com/drumsandspirituality, youtube.com/user/sanah9, facebook.com/sanah.kadoura\r\n","quote":"","created_at":"2019-07-31T14:40:41.685Z","updated_at":"2019-07-31T14:44:52.090Z","bio":"Electrifying Lebanese-Canadian drummer, Sanah Kadoura has received a Diploma, Bachelors Degree and a Masters Degree in Jazz performance.  Sanah has performed and toured the world with masters of the music as well as young up and comers. Sanah has shared the stage with the legendary Kirk Lighstey,(Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker), Philip Harper (Art Blakey), Ed Cherry (Dizzy Gillespie) Mark Whitfield (Herbie Hancock), Joe Locke, Pat Bianchi, Tivon Pennicott, Roy Hargrove, Sullivan Fortner, among many others.","country":"us","full_name":"Sanah Kadoura Independent","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1708,"first_name":"Vinnie","last_name":"Parma","group":"Independent","social":"www.vinnieparma.com, facebook.com/bigvinkarma, instagram.com/vinnieparma, youtube.com/bigvinkarma, twitter.com/bigvinkarma","quote":"","created_at":"2019-08-13T15:02:19.608Z","updated_at":"2019-08-13T15:05:23.765Z","bio":"Throughout his career, Vinnie has shared stages with hundreds of musical acts and has performed before hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. Vinnie's musical influences span throughout most every genre as Vinnie is a firm believer that \"if you limit yourself to one specific genre, you're only going to experience things within that genre, while one who experiences multiple genres has much less limitations for creativity, individuality, and originality. \" Vinnie also teaches drums and percussive performance and theory at the School of Rock while inspiring others to become musical artists.\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSpanning a career of nearly two full decades, Vinnie has shared the stage with the following bands and many more not included :\r\nKISS, Scorpions, Skid Row, Firehouse, Slaughter, Lita Ford, Bullet For My Valentine, Qiot Riot, Stryper, ASIA, Banshee, Autograph, LA Guns, Tuff, Evergrey, Savaton, Y\u0026T, Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden/Wolfsbane), Megadeth, Michael Schenker Group, Adelita’s Way, Manafest, Five Finger Death Punch, Broken Teeth, Vains of Jenna, Anvil, HELLYEAH, Steel Panther, Avatar, Red Sun Rising, Sevendust, Warrant, Drowning Pool, Disturbed, Daughtry, Keel, Great White, Rob Zombie, Chevelle, Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Last In Line (featuring Vivian Campbell, Vinny Appice \u0026 Jimmy Bain), Kix, Lizzy Borden, Downlo, Fuel, 3 Doors Down, Alien Ant Farm, Carmine Appice, Black Stone Cherry, Wildstreet,  Bang Tango, Thousand Foot Crutch, Raven, Hatebreed, Devildriver, The Sword, Texas Hippie Coalition, Lynch Mob, Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake, and Palmer), The Glorious Sons, Faster Pussycat, Sixx A.M., Pop Evil, P.O.D., Bullet Boys, Ruff Justice, Femme Fatale, Winger, Killer Dwarves, Collective Soul, Lillian Axe, Impaler, Saint Asonia, Warbeast, Metavenge, Creeper, Dark Alliance, Reverend, Omen, Helstar, Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Angels of Babylon (Chris Risola of Steelheart and Kenny \"Rhino\" Earl of Manowar), Dio Disciples (Tim “Ripper” Owens of Judas Priest, Oni Logan of Lynch Mob, Joe Retta of Sweet, Craig Goldy of DIO, Bjorn Englen of Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Scott Warren of DIO and Black Sabbath, and Simon Wright of DIO, AC/DC, and UFO), Pretty Boy Floyd, Vain, Ignitor, Phantom X, Dirty Penny, London, Habitual, Rivethead, The Razorblade Dolls, etc.","country":"US","full_name":"Vinnie Parma Independent","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1742,"first_name":"Kieran","last_name":"Leonard","group":"Celtic Woman / Independent","social":"www.kleonardmusic.com","quote":"","created_at":"2019-09-18T14:44:24.011Z","updated_at":"2024-11-13T20:40:55.947Z","bio":"Kieran is an Irish drummer, percussionist and bodhrán specialist currently working between Ireland, London and the USA. As a member of the Grammy nominated, PBS Special featured group ‘Celtic Woman’, he has toured all over the world since 2019 including North America, South America and Europe, and has just finished Celtic Woman's 20th Anniversary 79 date tour of the USA and Canada in 2024. \r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPost Covid, in 2023, he joined the grammy winning group 'Clannad' for their Farewell tour finishing in the sold out 3Arena Dublin. Other dates forthcoming with Clannad in 2024 include a headline show in the Royal Albert Hall in October of this year celebrating their Grammy winning success of 1999 and their award winning soundtrack ‘Legend’ for the tv show, ‘Robin of Sherwood’.\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIn 2022 he joined signer songwriter Chloë Agnew (original Celtic Woman star) as her drummer and musical director. Plans for 2025 include the release of an exciting new album currently in production. This year (2024) Kieran was headhunted to take on a role as the drummer/percussionist with the Grammy winning production, ‘Riverdance’. Currently celebrating their 30th Anniversary, plans are in place for a worldwide touring over the next 3 years. \r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOther international acts include bluegrass fusion group, JigJam, contemporary folk pop duo, The Brave Collide (who’s debut album is due to be released this year) and the award winning Irish Traditional Group, ‘Goitse’. He is also a founding member of the contemporary Irish quartet NxNW (North by northwest) with the aim of fusing the old Irish/Celtic traditions with a more modern feel taking inspiration from the Motown, funk and soul genres. \r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAs one of the worlds leading exponents of the Bodhrán, his solo film credits include, Academy Award winning composer John Powell’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ soundtrack as well as Thomas Newman's 'Victoria \u0026 Abdul' recorded at Abbey Road studios in 2017. He was back in Abbey Road in October 2018, again working for John Powell on his ‘How To Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World’ film score. Live recordings include \"Lost: In Concert\" with composer Michael Giacchino. He is very fortunate to be an in demand session musician whilst also operating his own remote recording facility with credits including, ‘Hope Street’ Justine Barker \u0026 Anthony Eve (BBC), ‘Rainbow Six Siege Siege’ Jon Opstad (Ubisoft) ‘Anatomy’ Sally Potter and all of Celtic Woman’s albums over the last 5 years including the ‘20th Anniversary’ ‘Postcards from Ireland’ \u0026 ’Magic Of Christmas’ (Capitol Records \u0026 Manhattan Records). \r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nHe is incredibly proud and grateful to be endorsed by some of the leading company’s in the drumming world. A ‘Protection Racket’ artist since 2016, a deal with ‘Vater Percussion’ (drumsticks) arrived in 2019 and just this year (2024), he was signed to join the artist roster of ‘Zildjian’ cymbals. 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Other deputy engagements include the legendary, Stockton's Wing, Ralph McTell, Four Men \u0026 A Dog, Niall Hanna, The XCollective and the Tara Breen Band. \r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea\r\nHe has worked across a range of television and radio broadcasts, as well as at venues including ‘Red Rocks’ Amphitheatre, CO (Celtic Woman), The 3Arena, Dublin (Clannad), The O2 Arena, London (Take That) and the Royal Albert Hall (Multiple Acts). He’s performed at the biggest music festivals in Ireland, ‘All Together Now’ and ‘Electric Picnic’ as well as the world famous ‘Milwaukee Irish Fest’. \r\n","country":"","full_name":"Kieran Leonard Celtic Woman / Independent","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1092,"first_name":"Sarah","last_name":"Jones","group":"Harry Styles","social":"twitter.com/sarahsausages, instagram.com/pillowpersonpp/?hl=en","quote":"","created_at":"2015-01-09T16:28:52.079Z","updated_at":"2020-03-19T17:02:15.651Z","bio":"","country":"gb","full_name":"Sarah Jones Harry Styles","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":1844,"first_name":"Amr","last_name":"Galal","group":"Independent","social":"youtube.com/channel/UCww_-EDzyCjGWslkrX5vrnA, instagram.com/amrgalalofficial, facebook.com/AmrGalalOfficial","quote":"","created_at":"2020-07-08T20:08:32.572Z","updated_at":"2020-08-17T13:16:34.283Z","bio":"Amr Galal started playing drums at the age of 6 and started his career as a drummer at the age of 16. He has performed in several notable theaters such as the Cairo Opera House, Cairo Stadium, Bibliotheca Alexandria as well as touring around all Egypt. 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Luckily I don’t go through sticks quite as quickly as other drummers who play a bit harder but I have found that I lose out on tone and dynamics a bit because of this. Thankfully the Vater 7A’s allow me to play softer on the kit while still getting a clear tone from my toms and the perfect amount of definition from my cymbals.\" - Fiachra Parslow [NewDad]","created_at":"2022-03-01T14:17:52.055Z","updated_at":"2022-03-01T14:22:42.811Z","bio":"Fiachra Parslow is the drummer with Galway based indie rock band NewDad. Fiachra has been playing drums since the age of 10 when he got his first set of drums as a Christmas present. He first started playing in a traditional Irish style and also played the Irish whistle, flute and bodhrán. It was here in the Irish music scene that Fiachra’s passion for music grew. 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He earned a Master’s degree from the prestigious Jazzlinja NTNU in Trondheim and has worked with a variety of musicians as Tomas Franck, Carl Winther, Vigleik Storaas, Bendik Hofseth, Bjørn Vidar Solli, John Pål Inderberg, Will Vinson, Lage Lund and Chris Potter. In September 2019 he released his debut recording as a leader entitled  `Frederik Villmow Quartet feat. Tomas Franck - Live in Copenhagen´ which received great critics  from the International press. Followed up by his second release `Frederik Villmow Trio - Motion´, described as „one of the most beautiful piano trio recordings in a long time“ (Jan Granlie, SWE)\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\npress quotes:\r\n„His band, a top-class international ensemble, plays Straight-ahead jazz at its finest.“ (Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, Jazzpodium, GER) \"With this authentic vision, drummer Frederik Villmow is heading towards a serious future,  with probably many timeless albums and concerts.\"(Cyriel Pluimakers, Jazzenzo Magazine, NL)","country":"","full_name":"Frederik Villmow Independent","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":5,"first_name":"Martin","last_name":"Parrilla","group":"Independent","social":"site: www.martinparrilla.com.ar","quote":null,"created_at":"2015-01-09T16:27:38.356Z","updated_at":"2016-01-22T02:29:42.212Z","bio":"Martin Parrilla was born in Buenos Aires in 1981, from an early age as a musician began in the first audio stage piano and perceptive study, later ventured into the world of drums, study twolargest conservatories Argentina, School music of Buenos Aires, Argentine Musicians'Union, in 2005 took the first class, Elias chiche Heger, one of the most recognized teachers not only in Argentina if not in Spain, Israel, etc. , Moeller Technique teacher, with ongoing study and already completed the upper level., on the other hand, speaking style, started playing Hard Rock, to tour the country, for later work as a session of solo artists, the today is dedicated to the study of Jazz and the study of the instrument and specializes in playingwith brushes gives lessons to more than 35 students, and works with PLAY, a group of teachers who do clinics in the country.","country":"ar","full_name":"Martin Parrilla Independent","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":2133,"first_name":"Marshall","last_name":"Hearne","group":"Kash'd Out","social":"facebook.com/kashdoutmusic, instagram.com/kashdoutmusic, youtube.com/channel/UCuJYJvGNBhbF6sG5motYaMw, facebook.com/meadhall, instagram.com/mrmeadhall\r\n\r\n","quote":"\"From the Fatback 3As to the Manhattan 7As I've been a fan of every Vater drum stick that has ever landed in my hands. Completely honored to play the best sticks out there.\" - Marshall Hearne [Kash'd Out]","created_at":"2023-02-08T16:15:09.500Z","updated_at":"2023-02-08T16:15:09.500Z","bio":"","country":"usa","full_name":"Marshall Hearne Kash'd Out","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":2228,"first_name":"CJ","last_name":"Thompson","group":"Charlie Puth","social":"","quote":"","created_at":"2023-07-25T18:40:20.346Z","updated_at":"2023-07-25T18:40:20.346Z","bio":"","country":"usa","full_name":"CJ Thompson Charlie Puth","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":2271,"first_name":"Dylan","last_name":"Hadley","group":"Cate le Bon","social":"instagram.com/dylanghadley ","quote":"","created_at":"2023-10-05T16:33:48.147Z","updated_at":"2023-10-05T16:35:55.449Z","bio":"","country":"","full_name":"Dylan Hadley Cate le Bon","active":true,"featured":false,"featured_at":null},{"id":70,"first_name":"Jackie","last_name":"Bertone","group":"Independent","social":"facebook.com/jackiebertone, twitter.com/handdrmr, www.jackiebertone.com","quote":"","created_at":"2015-01-09T16:27:43.263Z","updated_at":"2016-01-22T02:29:42.501Z","bio":"Jackie Bertone is a respected name in the music business. As one of the industry's most prolific percussionists, he has backed a list of music greats that reads like a “who's who” of platinum-selling artists. In addition, Jackie records music for film and television and has, himself, acted as musical director on a television variety show.\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nBorn and raised in Los Angeles, it soon became obvious that Jackie was musically inclined. As a child, he would walkaround the house tapping on everything he could find. Then, at the age of eight his mother bought him a pair of bongos, “if only to save wear and tear on the furniture” according to Jackie.\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nGrowing up to the rhythmic sounds of popular recording stars like Tito Puente, Trini Lopez and Vickie Carr, Jackie Bertone forged a style of play that has remained his signature to this day. As a teenager, even while much younger than his musical peers, he was invited to play with many top local acts. Finally, at the age of nineteen, he landed his first professional gig, backing the legendary Tower of Power.\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nJackie Bertone has covered a lot of musical ground in the more than 20 years since. Perhaps best known for his involvement with the Beach Boys (he appears on their platinum-selling album “Stars and Stripes, Volume I,”), he has also remained a constant through much of Brian Wilson's solo career (he appears on Brian's history-making effort “Imagination”). Indeed, at this writing, he is currently in studio working on Brian's latest effort. Jackie also performs with The Wilsons (formerly Wilson-Phillips).\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nJackie Bertone's long history with the Beach Boys family is only part of the story. He has also performed with Michael McDonald, Stephen Stills, Joe Walsh, Jimmy Buffet, Kenny G and world-renowned reggae group Third World (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in Music). He also performs on the gold-selling album “Free Up” by reggae masters Big Mountain (“Baby I Love Your Way”).\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nWhen he's not on stage with some of the world's top acts, you can find him in the studio recording sound tracks for movies like “Jurassic Park 3”, “Waterworld”, and “Gladiator”; and, top rated television shows like “Just Shoot Me”. Jackie was also featured in last year's #1 MTV music video by Sony Music artist Krayzie Bone (Bone Thugs \u0026 Harmony) (“Thug Mentality”) as well as the recent “A\u0026E Biography” installment on Brian Wilson and the Disney special “The Beach Boys Nashville Sounds.”\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nJackie Bertone was also featured in the innovative A\u0026E special “HD Planet.” Performed live in Chicago, “HD Planet,” was a unique collaboration between Chicago radio legend Steve Dahl (WCKG-FM) and award-winning television journalist Bill Kurtis. 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