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Bruce Becker
Bruce Becker (born April 3, 1959) is an American drummer, author and drum teacher based in Los Angeles and has been teaching in the US and abroad since 1982. As a drummer with a variety of jazz, rock, and pop artists, Becker has recorded over twenty albums. Educator Studies Becker was a longtime student of Freddie Gruber (whose other students included Vinnie Colaiuta, Neil Peart, and Steve Smith), Becker was on the inside track of Gruber's world and has developed and extended Gruber's ideas about drum technique, including "the balance and motion of the stick," and understanding the natural principles of the physical body's interaction with the drum set. Becker's yoga practice has also incorporated a "Mind-Body Connection" component into his teachings. Becker did 5 Master Classes with Gruber and would demonstrate the concepts while Gruber expounded on the details behind the technique involved. In addition to studying with Gruber, Becker studied with classical percussionis ...
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city is the economic and cultural hub of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. With an estimated population of 2,256,884, it is Ohio's largest metropolitan area and the nation's 30th-largest, and with a city population of 309,317, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 64th in the United States. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-most populous city from 1840 until 1860. As a rivertown crossroads at the junction of the North, South, East, and West, Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than Ea ...
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Tower Of Power
Tower of Power is an American R&B and funk based band and horn section, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. There have been a number of lead vocalists, the best-known being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success. They have had eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100; their highest-charting songs include "You're Still a Young Man", "So Very Hard to Go", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)". History In the summer of 1968, tenor saxophonist/vocalist Emilio Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka, who played baritone sax. Castillo had played in several bands, but Castillo's father told his son to "hire that guy" after a home audition. Within months the group, then known as The Motowns, began playing various gigs around Oakland, California, Oakland and Berkeley, California, Berkeley, their soul sound appealing to both mino ...
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Luke Walter Jr
People * Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as Saint Luke. * Uncle Luke (born 1960), American rapper. Also known as Luke. *Luke (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from The Walking Dead Biblical books * Gospel of Luke, a Christian Gospel * Luke–Acts, the composite work of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament Music * ''Luke'' (album), by Steve Lukather * Luke (French band) * "LUKE", a song by Susumu Hirasawa from ''Glory Wars'' *Luke Records, a record label Organizations *'' Accademia di San Luca'', (the "Academy of Saint Luke"), founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome * Guild of Saint Luke, a medieval artists' guild named after Saint Luke Places * Luke (Čajniče), a village in the municipality of ...
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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David Becker
David Becker (born 20 October 1961) is an American jazz guitarist and leader of the David Becker Tribune. He is also a graduate of the Musicians Institute. Career David and his brother Bruce (drummer) formed the David Becker Tribune and toured Germany in 1984. After touring the colleges that same year, the band signed with MCA and released its debut album ''Long Peter Madsen'' in 1986. In 1988, Siberian Express (MCA), produced with Ken Caillat was released and reached No. 3 on '' R&R'' and the track "Anja" reached No. 1. This was followed in 1990 and 1991 by two albums, ''Third Time Around'' and ''In Motion''. In 2001, the band released one of the first DVD-Audio recordings, ''Germerica''. Some of the tracks were co-produced by drummer Mark Schulman. In 2004, ''Where's Henning'' reached No. 34 on the ''JazzWeek'' chart. A solo album, ''Euroland'', and a duo with jazz guitarist Joe Diorio, ''The Color of Sound'' (Acoustic Music), followed in 2005. ''Batavia'' was released ...
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Jonathan Mover
Jonathan Mover a.k.a. "Mover" is an American drummer, engineer and producer. He is a former member of the bands Marillion and GTR. Early life and career Mover was raised in the Boston area and began playing drums at age thirteen. Primarily self-taught, he studied early on with Donn Carr and briefly attended Berklee College of Music until seeking out private study with Gary Chaffee before moving to London. Shortly after arriving in London, Mover joined the neo-progressive rock band Marillion in September 1983. He auditioned and got the role on the Wednesday, flew to Germany on the Thursday, and without rehearsals, performed on Friday with the band. They then headed straight to Rockfield Studios in Wales to write and record material for their second studio album, ''Fugazi''. Having become the band's fourth drummer since the beginning of the year, within a month he had left the band due to a conflict with their lead singer, Fish. Mover received a writing credit for the single "P ...
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Drum!
{{italic title ''DRUM!'' is a North American educational drumming magazine. It features artist profiles, product reviews, lessons and advanced transcriptions covering rock, pop and related styles of music. The magazine was launched in 1991 with Andy Doerschuk as editor. In the 1990s it gained a reputation for its coverage of younger drummers in contemporary styles such as punk, rap-rock, and metal. It was the first magazine to feature artists such as Tré Cool (Green Day), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Travis Barker (Blink-182) and others on its covers. Contents A typical issue of ''DRUM!'' includes artist features and in-depth stories on topics such as playing techniques or new products. Additionally, it includes reviews of new recordings and drum products (cymbals, drums, hardware), short news items, career and health tips, and challenging lessons. History The magazine was started by Andy Doerschuk, Phil Hood, and Connie Hood in 1991. The first issue appeared in ...
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Daniel Glass (drummer)
Daniel Glass (born May 16, 1966) is an American drummer, author, historian and educator. He is recognized in the drum industry as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music. Educator/Clinician As an educator, Glass has published several books and DVDs, including, ''The Century Project'' ''DVD'' (winner of the ''Modern Drummer'' reader's poll: Best Education Package, 2010), ''Music Alive!'s Percussion'', ''The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming'' (co-written with Zoro and the winner of the 2009 ''Drum!'' Magazine Drummie Award for "Best Drumming Book.") and ''The Roots of Rock Drumming'' (co-edited with Journey drummer, Steve Smith and voted one of the top four drumming books of 2014 by ''Drum!'' Magazine.) Glass has also contributed to the ''Encyclopedia of Percussion'' (second edition) with the "Rock 'n' Roll Drumming (1948-2000)" chapter, and is a regular contributor to publications like ''Modern Drummer'', ''Drum!'' ...
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Mark Schulman
Mark Schulman (born September 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and corporate speaker. He performed with Cher as her tour drummer on her D2K Tour. Schulman is also a session drummer as well as a music producer, audio engineer and co-owner of West Triad Studios, a recording venue located in Venice, California. Childhood and education Schulman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Schulman claims that at age 3, after seeing the Beatles perform on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', he knew he wanted to be a professional drummer and musician. Born the son of two college English professors, Schulman is a classically trained cellist. As a teen, he played cello with the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic. He was also childhood friends with Grammy nominated Guitarist David Becker. Earlier career Breaking into the professional music scene, by the mid-1990s, Schulman was the drummer for the band Simple Minds for their album ''Good News from the Next World'' an ...
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Semisonic
Semisonic is an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1995, consisting of Dan Wilson (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), John Munson (bass, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar), and Jacob Slichter (drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals). They are best known in the U.S. for their 1998 single " Closing Time". They also had international success with the singles " Singing in My Sleep", "Secret Smile" and "Chemistry". History Formation and debut album After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Dan Wilson and John Munson joined up with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic in 1995. An EP, ''Pleasure'', was released that year on Boston indie label CherryDisc, and the studio full-length '' Great Divide'' in 1996 on MCA. Breakthrough and international success Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, '' Feeling Strangely Fine'', reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single " Closing Time", their biggest hit in t ...
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