Dustin Ransom (born December 5, 1986) is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, vocalist, arranger, music

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, and film composer based in

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. As a

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, live musician, and producer, he has worked with and performed with artists including Chely Wright, Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz,

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, Brett Eldredge,

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, Jars of Clay,

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, and Cody Belew, among others. As an arranger and transcriber, he has worked with music companies including Vic Firth, and Mel Bay.

Biography

Born in

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, Ransom was raised in Boonville, Indiana. At age three, he began taking piano lessons, which he continued until his junior year of college. He also began playing drums from an early age, received his first drum set at age eight, then began taking lessons at age eleven until he graduated from college. At the age of eleven, he began teaching himself guitar and bass. In 2005, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a Bachelor of Music in Commercial Percussion, or drum set, at Belmont University. He studied drum set with

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, Zoro, and Todd London,

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with Dr. Chris Norton and Todd Kemp, and jazz piano with Bruce Dudley and Steve Willets. He graduated in 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ransom, Dustin 1986 births Living people Musicians from Evansville, Indiana American multi-instrumentalists American film score composers American male film score composers Record producers from Indiana People from Boonville, Indiana