Ravi Jakhotia (born October 9, 1968), also known by his stage name DJ Ravidrums, is an American electronic music artist DJ and

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. He was the music director and drummer on the 2009 NBC TV series '' Howie Do It'' and 2011 CBS TV series ''

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''. He performed at the Oscars in 2009 for '' Slumdog Millionaire'', at the Mariah Carey Infinity Las Vegas show as a special guest in 2015, and Super Bowl pre-game amongst numerous other shows.

Career details

In 2002, he appeared in the Episode 5 of Dog Eat Dog hosted by Brooke Burns. He was not the top dog, but he and his teammates won the final trivia and split the total grand prize of $25,000.00.

As Ravi Jakhotia

In 1991, Jakhotia replaced Dana Burnell as the drummer for the progressive metal band

Crimson Glory Crimson Glory was an American heavy metal band that formed in 1983 in Sarasota, Florida. They started in 1979 under the monikers 'Pierced Arrow', then 'Beowulf', before settling on Crimson Glory. The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Midnig ...

. Following the departure of vocalist Midnight, the remaining Crimson Glory members (Jakhotia, Jon Drenning and Jeff Lords) moved to Arizona in 1995, forming the band Crush with vocalist Billy Martinez and releasing one album under that moniker. They later replaced Martinez with former Michael Schenker singer, David Van Landing (who also toured with Crimson Glory after Midnight left) and changed their name to Erotic Liquid Culture. ELC would release a self-titled album in 1996 on Quadra Records before disbanding. In 2007, Jakhotia was drummer for the

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band

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and appeared on the album

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As DJ Ravidrums

Ravidrums was the first

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music director of an American TV series.

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discovered Drums performing in the 2008 Super Bowl pregame show. Drums is also credited with inventing the process of live drum playing while re-mixing. Drums has served as personal DJ for

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, appeared in a Gap commercial, and played a small role in ''

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''. Ravidrums appeared on the

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E3 2008 Press Conference where he performed on stage to promote the then-upcoming game, ''

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''. He performed at the 2009 Oscars when two nominated songs came from '' Slumdog Millionaire''. He has performed with

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, Ricky Martin,

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and

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. Events where he appeared included the

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after party,

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and

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, and a

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party. His musical styles include

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, Brazilian,

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, Reggaeton,

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and hip-hop. One day before

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, Ravidrums performed at the Make America Great! Welcome Celebration concert at

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on January 19, 2017.

Personal life

Jakhotia was born in

in 1968. He attended Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Florida and graduated in 1990. He is married and lives in Santa Ana,

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References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravidrums, DJ Living people American male musicians of Indian descent American musicians of Indian descent 1968 births Musicians from New York City Crimson Glory members Erotic Liquid Culture members