Alex Acuna, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Per Mathisen Trio Highlights

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This incredible versatile trio was founded in the Spring of 2008. It's the legendary drummer/percussionist Alex Acuna meeting two of Norway's greatest musicians, Jan Gunnar Hoff on Piano/keys and Per Mathisen on upright and electric bass. The Acuna-Hoff-Mathisen Trio has been touring extensively around Norway in 2008, giving performances in clubs, at major jazz festivals and doing clinics for music students. In 2009 they have played in Sweden, Norway, Croatia and USA. They have released their first CD, "Jungle City" on Austrian label Alessa.

Check out some shows on DC:

Acuna, Hoff, Mathisen Trio Rebroadcast of DC Live

Efrain Toro and Friends

Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine and Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Craig Macintyre & Josh Nyback of Colbie Caillat with Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Denny Seiwell of WINGS with Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Chad Wackerman and Terry Bozzio with Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Luis Conte and Ralph Humphrey Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Mike Portnoy With Host Terry Bozzio

Mike Portnoy is the acclaimed drummer of Dream Theater as well as various side-projects such as Liquid Tension Experiment, TransAtlantic, O.S.I. and tribute bands such as Yellow Matter Custard, Hammer Of The Gods, Amazing Journey and Cygnus and The Sea Monsters.

Mike was born and raised in Long Beach, New York, where his interest in music started at an early age. "My father was a rock n' roll disc jockey, so I was always surrounded by music constantly. I had this huge record collection when I was real young and loved The Beattles and then later on KISS. It was inevitable that I'd become a musician." Although Mike taught himself how to play the drums, he did take music theory classes in high school. During that time he began playing in local bands Intruder, Rising Power and Inner Sanctum, the latter which released their own album. Mike left the band after being awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee Music College in Boston.

Mike says his biggest influences are Rush drummer Neil Peart and the late Frank Zappa. Other favorites include drummers Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Simon Philips, John Bonham and Keith Moon and bands such as The Beatles, Queen, Yes, Metallica, Jellyfish, Iron Maiden, U2 and Jane's Addiction. He is also a fan of rap music.

Mike's long list of Awards include 24 Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll Awards including: 2004 Hall of Fame Inductee, Best Progressive Rock Drummer (12 years in a row!!), Best Clinican (twice), Best Educational Video/DVD for Liquid Drum Theater, and Best Recorded Performance of the Year (6 times) for Dream Theater's Awake, A Change of Seasons, Fallin into Infinity, Scenes From A Memory, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Score.

Gannin Arnold with Taylor Hawkins, Chris Chaney, Drew Hester and Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC Live

The Drum Pad from Chicago presents Gannin Arnold with Simon Philips and Jeff Berlin live in concert on Tuesday, April 13 @ 7 pm at Durty Nellie's (180 W. Smith Street, Palatine, IL) Gannin Arnold is a 3-piece band (Guitar/bass/drums). Aside from Touring and being in-demand as a studio musician, writer and producer on projects ranging from Artists CDs to Film & Television, Gannin Arnold has recently finished his first solo CD "Not From Here". This CD will feature musicians Jimmy Chamberlin, Taylor Hawkins, Stephen Perkins, Simon Phillips, Pat Matelotto, Rudy Sarzo, Tony Levin, Tim Landers and more. Gannin knew he wanted to play guitar from a young age, inspired by the metal band videos that were being shown on MTV. His first teacher, Adam St. James, introduced him to the music of guitarists who would have a lasting impact on his own playing, including Jeff Beck, Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, Allan Holdworth, Brian May, Larry Carlton, Frank Zappa and more. Gannin is an in-demand studio musician, writer and producer and has recorded and toured with Joe Walsh, Cheap Trick, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Jeff Berlin, George Duke, K'Naan and more. Taylor Hawkins may be best known from his playing in Foo Fighters but in addition to his drumming duties, Hawkins is also an accomplished rock singer, guitarist and pianist and took over lead vocals for Foo Fighters on "Cold Day in the Sun", a song on the acoustic half of the double album "In Your Honor" which was later released as a single, and "I Feel Free," which appeared as the B-side of "DOA" and the EP of Five Songs and a Cover. Live, he occasionally provides backing vocals and, at times, lead vocals while Dave Grohl plays drums. Hawkins has said that his drumming has been influenced by Roger Taylor of Queen and Stewart Copeland of the Police. He was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by UK drumming magazine, Rhythm. Taylor Hawkins' recordings include: drum tracks for the Coheed and Cambria album "Good Appollo", "I'm Burning Star IV" and "Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow" and most recently complete the recording of by the late Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson entitled "Holy Man" by writing and singing new lyrics along with Jackson United's latest album "Harmony & Dissidence". Chis Chaney has built up a reputation as a top-level professional bassist, having recorded and/or toured with a wide variety of artists: Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel, all-star cover band Camp Freddy and Alanis Morrisette, Celine Dion, Michelle Branch, Ben Taylor, Carly Simon, Rob Zombie, Andrew W.K., Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem, Will Hoge, and "I'm Still Here" from the Soundtrack to the animated move "Treasure Planet" with the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik. Drew Hester Graduated from the Grove School of Music in Los Angeles. He is a touring drummer and recording artist, who has played professionally for over 20years. His credits include recording and performing with Jewel, Joe Walsh (The Eagles), Foo Fighters, Mick Fleetwood, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Lisa Marie Presley and Five For Fighting. Drew frequently appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Check out DC LIVE Shows: Adam MArcello and Josh Moreau of Kay Perry's Band Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Guitar Center's Drum Off Winner Jerome Flood with Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Cora Coleman-Dunham and Josh Dunham with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE at NAMM 2010

Babaghanoush Concert

Join Babaghanoush artists Ralph Humphrey (drums), Andy Suzuki (saxophone), Jimmy Mahlis (guitars) and Jerry Watts (bass) as they perform an exclusive band concert here on Drum Channel.

Want to see more Ralph Humprey? Check him out in these other great DC events:

The Zappa Drummers Drum Jam

The Zappa Drummers Roundtable

DC LIVE with Ralph Humphrey and Chad Wackerman

Gregg Bissonette Roundtable - Episode 1 of 6

Gregg Bissonette sits down with Curt Bisquera, Terry Bozzio, Myron Grombacher, and Chad Wackerman for a casual chat among old friends. They discuss Bruce Lee’s impact on drumming, fellow drummer Mark Craney, and one of Gregg’s earliest gigs. This is the first instalment of a six-part series of Gregg’s Roundtable discussions.

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Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6

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CHECK OUT THE GREGG BISSONETTE DRUM JAM!

Drumming and the Law Paul Quin Roundtable

Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats Concert

On the Road with Chris Arredondo of The Briggs

Cole Marcus DC LIVE Highlights

At just eleven years of age, Cole Marcus continues to impress worldwide audiences and the entertainment industry with his genius talent, and has become established internationally as a serious artist. His precocious drumming, songwriting, and vocal abilities have garnered appearances on countless TV and radio shows, not to mention feature articles in drum magazines and newspapers. Cole's exposure has opened up doors far outside the drumming community and has reached into an acting career. He can be seen creating and performing his own beats in the TV commerical for LG/VH1's 'Save The Music' and has filmed several other national commercials, including being cast as the new "Mikey" for Life Cereal. CLICK HERE To view the entire Rebrodcast of DC Live Show with Cole Marcus. CLICK HERE To view Cole Marcus Drum Solo CLICK HERE To view Cole Marcus Drum Jam.

Check out The Janks and Tin Drum on the Web: The Janks EP 'Demon Dance' on iTunes The Janks on MySpace Tin Drum Official Site Check out other DC LIVE Shows: Glen Sobel with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of Live Event Danny Seraphine of CTA (formerly with Chicago) with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of Live Event Leon Mobley of Ben Harper and Da Lion with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of Live Event Brain of Guns N' Roses with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of Live Event

Kurt Levee and Host Stephen Perkins Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Join Drum Channel as we feature Kurt Levee, Drummer with a twist!

Los Angeles based drummer, Kurt Levee, knows what he wants and goes after it! Kurt's interest in drums began as soon as he was able to hold a pair of sticks! At that point he used pots, pans, chairs or anything he was able to use in place of drums until he graduated to the real thing. His early exposure to Rock, Pop and Soul music enabled him to become a well-rounded and open-minded drummer with the ability to play nearly all styles of music. Levee’s biggest influence and inspiration came from the late, great John "Bonzo" Bonham.

Kurt has made an unforgettable impression on many important names in this business, which has lead him to work with a variety of artists including Ricky Minor, James Brown, George Clinton, Sharon Osbourne, and Slash who think highly of his accomplishments and his ability to compliment their work with his unique style. Levee says “it was an honor to have worked with "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown as well as George Clinton”, who Levee greatly admired. In addition to having worked with A-List artists, Levee has been in many publications, television and radio.

As a professional drummer as well as the drummer for the band Mini KISS, Kurt has proven his abilities many times over and continues to do so in a career with a promising future ahead of him. He has scratched the surface but has not reached his goals yet. Levee is proud to be the only drummer in history, and in the world, of his kind to have accomplished all that he has. It has been said that his playing is dynamic and that he has a great meter.

Check out Kurt and Stephen on the Web:

Kurt Levee Official "Mini Kiss"

Stephen Perkins Myspace

Stephen Perkins on Facebook

Stephen Perkins on Twitter

Check out more DC Live Shows:

Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine and Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Bennie Rodgers (with Mariah Carey) and Jay Wenberg (with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Blair Sinta with His Band Pedestrian and Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Brandon Saller of Atreyu with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Airto Moreira and Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Airto Moreira, from Brazil, moved to New York with his future wife Flora Purim. In New York, Flora was singing with South African singer Miriam Makeba and Airto began playing with musicians such as Reggie Workman, JJ Johnson, Cedar Walton, and bassist Walter Booker. Airto began playing with the greats Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond and Joe Zawinal, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and Paul Simon. Airto is an original member of Weather Report and later joined Chick Corea's original 'Return to Forever' group. Airto's vocals and unique percussion style has attracted an audience interested in world music and the new age movement. Airto has been advancing the cause of world music as a member of the Planet Drum percussion ensemble, founded by Mickey Hart, drummer for 'The Grateful Dead'. This group of musicians, including master conguero Giovanni Hidalgo, tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussein, Flora Purim and Babatunde Olatunji, won a Grammy Award in 1991 for their recording Planet Drum. That same year Airto contributed to another Grammy Award winning ensemble, Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, which received the award for Best Live Jazz Album. Airto Moreira recordings include: "Live/Evil at the Fillmore", "The Isle of Wight", "Bitches Brew" and "On the Corner" with Miles Davis, as well as "The Exorcist", "The Last Tango in Paris', "King of the Gypsies" and "Apocalypse Now". Check out more DC Live Shows: Ya'el with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of LIVE Event Ronald Bruner Jr. with Marvin 'Smitty' Smith and Will Kennedy Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Tom Brechtlein and Reggie Hamilton with Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine and Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Spookey Ruben, Adam Marcello, Carson Cohen and Stacy Burcham Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Band:

Adam Marcello - Drums

Carson Cohen - Bass

Stacy Burcham - Keys and Trumpet

Spookey Ruben is an internationally recognized Canadian pop musician, composer and video director. He is highly regarded as a pioneer on the Canadian Alternative music scene. His successes began in the mid-nineties with many of his self-directed VideoFACT funded videos making it into high rotation on MuchMusic and MTV. Modes of Transportation Vol. 1' (TVT Records) Spookey's 'home-made, playing all instruments' debut album shot to the top of music critics top ten lists catapulting him into world-wide acclaim as a 'mad-genius' songwriter/producer in the league of Brian Wilson, Todd Rundgren and Thomas Dolby.

His strong live performances both w/ band and solo-acoustic have taken him around the world (USA, Europe and Japan) sharing the stage with likes of The Flaming Lips and Ben Folds Five. More recently Spookey has become staff composer at L.A. based music house Stimmüng and is also represented as a Film/TV composer by Arpix in Canada.

With the launch of 'Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground' (Divine Cardboard/Hi-Hat Films) a short film series which airs online at exclaim.ca + AUX.TV Spookey has created a special place for him to stretch his imagination with music, humour and fantasy. Guest starring in his shorts are notable musicians such as Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene), John McEntire (Tortoise/The Sea and Cake) and Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins). Upcoming episodes incl. Owen Pallett (Final Fantasy) and Leslie Feist (Feist). His newest album 'Mechanical Royalty' (Hi-Hat/Sonic Unyon) was just released in conjunction with a successful Cross Canada Tour in June 2009.

Adam Marcello is also the drummer for Katy Perry and has also played with the likes of Ashley Simpson, Kenna, Lisa Loeb and Moby!

SVETI with Marko Djordjevic, Damian Erskine, Jeff Ellwood and Host John Hernandez Rebroadcast of DC LIVE

Marko Djordjevic is called a “world class drummer” and “a true innovator” by Modern Drummer magazine, Marko Djordjevic has played on over 40 albums and has thousands of live performances to his credit. Matt Garrison, Wayne Krantz, Jonah Smith, Clarence Spady, Lucky Peterson, Jacques Schwartz-Bart, Garry Willis, Hal Crook, Bill Frisell, Lionel Loueke, Aaron Goldberg, The Itals, Chris McDermott, and Eric Lewis are some of the artist he has performed or recorded with as a sideman since graduating with honors from Berklee College of Music, where he was accepted on a scholarship at the tender age of 16. Marko also leads and writes music for the band Sveti, currently touring in support of the album entitled Where I Come From (Firma Entertainment). Damian Erskine is known for his ability to fit into any musical situation and his extraordinary reading and improvising skills. Damian has played either in the studio or on stage with the likes of Teri-Lynn Carrington, Gino Vannelli, John Ellis, Shawn Pelton, Marko Djordjevic, Brandon Ross, Les McCann, Jeff Lorber, Vardan Ovsepian, Charmaine Neville, Jessy J, Luis Perdomo, Peter Erskine, Tony Furtado, Kate Schutt, Alan Jones, Patrick Lamb, Ore. Jazz Society Hall of Famer Dan Balmer, Klezmocracy, as well as being featured on the GospelChops.com "Shed Sessionz Vol. 1" DVD. Whether playing as a sideman or with his own group, he is known for his rock solid bass work, virtuosic solos and thoughtful chordal abilities. Jeff Ellwood is the Director of Instrumental Jazz Studies at Mt. San Antonio College and professor of Jazz Saxophone at California State University Fullerton. Jeff received his B.A. at the Berklee College of Music and M.M. at Cal State Fullerton. He has studied saxophone and improvisation with: James Moody, Rick Margitza, Billy Pierce, George Garzone, Hal Crook, Gary Foster, Eric Marienthal, Charlie Banacos, Jim Odgren. Jeff has shared the stage with: Tony Bennett, James Moody, Joe Zawinal, Randy Brecker, Christian McBride, Stevie Wonder, Bob Mintzer, Eddie Daniel, Dave Grusin, and Quincy Jones to names a few. Jeff can currently be heard performing throughout Los Angeles with The Alan Pasqua Jazz Collective and is featured on the new Pasqua CD entitled the Anti Social Club as well as, his quartet SPES. Jeff is a Yamaha Performing artist.

Check out SVETI and John on the Web: SVETI Offical Site SVETI on Myspace Marko Djordjevic on Myspace Damian Erskine Official Site Damian Erskine on Twitter Jeff Ellwood on Myspace Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez Official Site Check out more DC Live Shows: Alex Acuna, Peter Erskine and Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Bennie Rodgers (with Mariah Carey) and Jay Wenberg (with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Blair Sinta with His Band Pedestrian and Host Curt Bisquera Rebroadcast of DC LIVE Brandon Saller of Atreyu with Host Terry Bozzio Rebroadcast of DC LIVE