Bio: Hello, my name is Dave and I come from a musical family. I was taught to play drums by my father, Mike, was a working jazz drummer in Victoria for many years. I have been playing drums since 1973. I play many styles of music including Jazz, Rock, Blues, Country, Latin, Funk and Praise Music. I am a very experienced drummer. Over the last 27 years I have been playing regularly in working/performing bands.
Bands I have played with include:
-Ricochet ( Heavy Rock)
-Joyce and the Blades (Rock)
-Four (Jazz Standards)
-Panorama Jazz Quartet (Jazz Standards)
-Wharf Street Band (Blues and Classic Rock)
-Pacific Standard Time (Jazz Band)
-Lindsay Barber Quartet (Vocal-Oriented Jazz)
-Groovin' Hard Big Band (Big Band Jazz)
-Russell in the Bushes (80's Rock)
-Soul Source R & B band. (R & B, Soul, Motown etc.)
-Frayed Knots (Blues)
-Swingit/Jazz Houndz (Progressive Jazz, Funk and Pop)
-Seacruze (Rock, Pop, Country, Rock and Roll, Jazz, Latin etc.)
-Blues Hawks- (Blues and Elvis)
-The Hung Jury (Funk, Soul, Rock, Modern Pop)
-Price Tag/ Tune Raiders ( Jazz, Pop, Modern Covers)
-Knox Presbyterian Church - (Praise Music etc.)
-Take Cover- (Classic Rock / 60s-90s Rock Covers)
Goals: I hope to continue to improve as a player and continue to play in the local music scene in whatever musical genre that may be.
Influences: 70's Progressive Rock, New Wave, 50s- 60s Jazz, Latin Jazz, Cal Tjader,
Drummers I admire: Neil Peart, Carl Palmer, Mark Brzezicki, Richard Bailey, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Dave Weckl, Philly Joe Jones, Papa Joe Jones, Elvin Jones and Max Roach to name just a few.
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