THE DREAMS & ASPIRATIONS OF THE CONTENDERS FOR
DRUM-OFF GLOBAL 2020
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Alessandro has been playing drums for 15 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Derek Roddy, Tommy Aldrige, John Bohnam, Buddy Rich, Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio, Bill Ward, David Silveria.
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“My biggest dream in regards to drumming and music is to become a professional drummer and musician.”
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Paras has been playing drums for 10 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Steve Gadd, Ronald Bruner Jr., Joshua Grant, Dennis Chambers & Kaz Rodriguez
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“My biggest dream for myself in regards to drumming and music is, to be a good musician before being a good drummer. One of my mentors taught me it’s good to have techniques but the most important thing is feel. Your instrument should sing that’s what I believe. So, even if i have some percentage of that, my dream will come true.”
Ian has been playing drums for 11 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Aaron Spears, Eric Moore, Greyson Nekrutman, Matt Mcguire, Harry Miree
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would love to be a professional musician and play on a big stage someday.
Fortunato has been playing drums for 16 years.
His favorite drummers are Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“My dream is to become a professional drummer, teach and tour, I try to do everything I can to achieve this and one thing I'm sure”
Alex has been playing drums for 6 years.
His Favorite Drummers are COLAIUTA, MEYER, COLEMAN, WECKLE, GARIBALDI
His Dreams & Aspirations:
PLAYING IN A BAND (BUT I ALREADY HAVE ONE OF VERY STRONG PEOPLE) HOLD SEMINARS, TEACH BETTER
Bryan has been playing drums for 3 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Sdjmalik, Thomas Pridgen and Jared Falk
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would like to become a famous drummer
Marcus has been playing drums for 10 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Vinnie colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Aaron Spears,Chris Coleman,Virgil Donati, Nate smith
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to reach a top 20 international level in drumming. I want to be Australia's next drumming prodigy and do drum clinics around the world helping and inspiring drummers with my ideas
Chloe has been playing drums for 4 years.
Her Favorite Drummer is kanade Sato
Her Dreams & Aspirations:
Enjoy my music, strive to be better and be a superstar
Simone has been playing drums for 9 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Ronald Bruner jr. , Matt Garstka, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gavin Harrison
His Dreams & Aspirations:
Being able to play drums to express myself freely
Antony has been playing drums for 10 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Jojo Mayer, Juan Carlito Mendoza, Thomas Lang ,Tony Royster Jr, Benny Greb, Dennis Chambers
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I want to continue my career as a Drummer till my last breath. I want to explore new music around the world and really looking forward to contribute my traditional local rhythms in to the world of drumming with my signature styles.I will work for that and I am working for it.
Niccolò has been playing drums for 10 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Gavin Harrison, Alfredo Golino
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would like to always be able to continue studying, improving with this instrument and living music
Ivan has been playing drums for 12 years
His Favorite Drummers are Jeff Porcaro, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to become a professional musician, to tour and enjoy my life while playing my drums for lots of people. I'd love to play a tour in the stadiums.
Filippo has been playing drums for 22 years.
His Favorite Drummers are Tony Williams, Jojo Mayer, Mark Guiliana, Max Roach
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My biggest dream would be to make a living as a touring drummer.
Logan has been playing drums for 4 years
His Favorite Drummers are Neil Peart, Dave Grohl, Tre Cool, John Bonham and Max Weinberg
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I guess just being able to do this for the rest of my life. Music is my passion. I love playing the instrument and constantly pushing myself to get better at it. It's really that simple for me. I just love doing it, and I hope I can continue to do it until my arms and legs fall off. Cause that is probably the only thing that would stop me.
Samuel has been playing drums for 10 years
His Favorite Drummers are Aaron spears, Denice tailor
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I want to become a professional drummer and share creative ideas to the world through music.
Stephen has been playing drums for 11 years
His Favorite Drummers are JD Beck, Nate Smith, Gerwin Eisenhauer
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to become a session drummer and to enjoy playing music with new people. I would love to play music like JD Beck and Domi.
Filippo has been playing drums for 15 years
His Favorite Drummers are Dennis Chambers
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to go on tour and play for some artist, Italian or otherwise
Kurt has been playing drums for 3 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Mike Portnoy, Mike Mangini, Handy Salim
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I want to be a great musician and educated like Prof. Mike Mangini
Zephyr has been playing drums for 3 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Dave Grohl, Lars Ulrich, Tico Torres
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would like to play drums in a band.
Alejandro has been playing drums for 13 years
His Favorite Drummers are Benny Greb, Nate Smith, Adam Deitch, Stanley Randolph
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to play drums professionally for a living. Drumming has been a huge outlet in my life where I could really show my passion and creativity. It is sharing my love of music with others and performing that has deeply inspired me. I know that it will take a lot of dedication and hard work to achieve my dream, but it is well worth it if i can positively impact others with my music.
Dylan has been playing drums for 12 years
His Favorite Drummers are Danny Carey, Steve Gadd, Jojo Mayer, Jared Falk, Rob Hirst, Joey Jordison, Jay Weinberg
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would love to be a live drummer or a session drummer for a living.
Tsuzuki has been playing drums for 5 years
His Favorite Drummer is Juan Carlos Mendoza
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I want to become a drummer around the world.
Giacomo has been playing drums for 13 years
His Favorite Drummers are Benny Greb, Gavin Harrison, Nate Smith, Devon Taylor
His Dreams & Aspirations:
live on music, not only playing drums, but also composing and writing songs
Andrea has been playing drums for 9 years
His Favorite Drummer is Dave Weckl
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I would like to play on state for the milione of people my music
Elisa has been playing drums for 20 years
Her Favorite Drummers are Inferno, Gene Hoglan, Terry Bozzio, Luke Holland
Her Dreams & Aspirations:
"My dream is to work and live only with drumming, as a tourist and for my music projects.
Today I am an employee and I spend my free time only on studying drums and on some music production for my solo project.
I love to studying drums in order to improve and work for other artists and musicians.
But,
nowadays I still didn't had the chance to work and live only with music. I had the chance to record some albums for other artist, making some small tours for others and also teaching. But It is so hard to make all of this as job for real. This is the only thing a really want!"
Elisa has been playing drums for 20 years
Her Favorite Drummers are Inferno, Gene Hoglan, Terry Bozzio, Luke Holland
Her Dreams & Aspirations:
"My dream is to work and live only with drumming, as a tourist and for my music projects.
Today I am an employee and I spend my free time only on studying drums and on some music production for my solo project.
I love to studying drums in order to improve and work for other artists and musicians.
But,
nowadays I still didn't had the chance to work and live only with music. I had the chance to record some albums for other artist, making some small tours for others and also teaching. But It is so hard to make all of this as job for real. This is the only thing a really want!"
Raffaele has been playing drums for 20 years
His Favorite Drummer is Dave Weckl, Omar Hakim
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“My biggest dream is to live with music and share all my passion for it.”
Antony has been playing drums for 13 years
His Favorite Drummers are Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Chris Dave
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I love music and drums since I was a kid. I hope to reach high levels to be able to express who I am through music with musicians and travel all over the world.
ote has been playing drums for 20 years
His Favorite Drummers are Billy Cobham, Tony Williams, John Bonham, Ian Paice, Joe Morello, Vinny Appice, Nicko McBrain, Steve Smith, Alphonse Mouzon, Gregg Bissonette
His Dreams & Aspirations:
"My dream is being an ambassador for Uruguay in drumming worldwide, since my country is very small and there are a lot of great musicians here, so we can get more recognition and I can help local drummers and musicians from Uruguay get more visibility. I would love playing clinics, festivals, doing tours and getting more exposure from an international standpoint. Thankfully I have already accomplished some of my dreams drumming wise in terms of endorsements, touring with bands, recording, teaching, and getting recognition in the region (South America) but I think this chance is to get even more audience in the world to expand my career and help people from my country expand theirs and serve as an inspiration for my people.“
Elia has been playing drums for 11 years
His Favorite Drummers are Ronald Burner Jr. , Matt Garstka, John Bonham, Vinnie Colaiuta
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Making my passion become my job and become a source of inspiration for other musicians.”
Elisa has been playing drums for 6 years
Her Favorite Drummers are Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Federico Paulovich
Her Dreams & Aspirations:
“I am very sure that music will be my future and I hope I will be able to keep myself through it, this is enough for me, because I believe that if a person gets to carry out his passion as a job, he can consider himself extremely lucky.”
Alessandro has been playing drums for 16 years
His Favorite Drummers are Thomas Pridgen, Mike Mitchell, Dennis Chambers, John Bonham, Buddy Rich, Danny Carrey, Tony Royster, Simon Philips, Billy Cobham, Terry Bozzio, Eloy Casagrande, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ginger Baker, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Pier Foschi, Tullio De Piscopo, Federico Paulovich, Stefano Tamborrino.
His Dreams & Aspirations:
"I'm Alessandro, I'm a Tuscan drummer, born in Siena, I've been living for some years in an Etruscan village on the Grossetani hills, in a house with my trusty guitarist and our friends. My dream has always been to be able to convey to more people my message of love and deep respect for music, fire and ardor that I feel every time I play on stage.
What I choose to do for you is not just one drum solo, it's a story.I tell the most tribal part of the world, the shamanic drums that resonate in the universe from afar, that have helped to create life, vulnerability, fire, beauty, art, emotions, the ones I feel every time I hear the sound of percussion, the ones I want to give to people.
This is my story, this is my music."
Virgilio has been playing drums for 10 years
His Favorite Drummers are Buddy Rich, Dave Weckl , Jo Jones and Joe Morello
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“My biggest dream is to be able to play in a big band and tour all over the world. I won't fail.”
Raphael has been playing drums for 3 Years
His Favorite Drummer is Ray Prasetya
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Become a music player who can present music that comes from the heart, pleases and entertains viewers, listeners and especially for my god”
MICHELE has been playing drums for 6 Years
His Favorite Drummers are ELVIN JONES - STEVE GADD - MAX ROACH - JOHN BONHAM
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“MY BIGGEST DREAM IS TO WORK WITH MUSIC”
Ludovico has been playing drums for 4 Years
His Favorite Drummers are John Bonham, Nick Mason, Tré Cool, Dave Grohl
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Playing with my favourite drummers; having a band and playing in the biggest stadiums of the Universe!”
Tsuzumi has been playing drums for 8 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Thomas Lang Vinnie Colaiuta Chris Coleman Marco Minnemann Pat Torpey
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“I want to be a drummer who can be active in the world!”
DEVAAGYH has been playing drums for 3 Years
His Favorite Drummers are TONY ROYSTER JR, JORDAN CANNATA
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“AFTER MAKING A GUINESS WORLD RECORD AT THE AGE OF 5 AND NOW REPRESENTING MY COUNTRY IN YOUR PRESTEGIOUS COMPETITION, I FEEL THAT NEW THE NEXT STEP IS TO LEARN AND LEARN MORE AND THEREAFTER RECORD WITH WORLD FAMOUS ARTIST LIKE BRUNO MARS, LADY GAGA AND OTHERS. ALSO, I WISH TO MEET ELEEN DEGENERES AND GO BE A PART OF HER SHOW!”
Maicol has been playing drums for 17 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Mike Portnoy,John Bonham,Federico Paulovich
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“turn this step into work!”
Mattia has been playing drums for 16 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Chris Coleman, Antonio Sanchez, Ronald Bruner Jr,Horacio Hernandez
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Travel the world with my Original Band (EEF Early Ettringite Formation), where i'm the composer”
Leonardo has been playing drums for 9 Years
His Favorite Drummers are C Gavin Harrison, Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro, Carlos Vega
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Since i've started play drums i've always dreamt to become a professional drummer, travel around the world and discover all types of music that characterize all cultures and countries. This is the best thing to happen.”
Riccardo has been playing drums for 26 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Virgil Donati
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Play with Jamiroquai”
Riccardo has been playing drums for 26 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Virgil Donati
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“Play with Jamiroquai”
Filippo has been playing drums for 9 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Tico Torres, Chad Smith, Dave Abbruzzese, Tommy Lee
His Dreams & Aspirations:
"Since I started playing drums (about 6/7 years old) due to the influences of my dad (he also played it when he was young) I realized that this would be my passion in life and a reason to make him proud.
In the last year I have cleared up a bit my ideas about my future regarding music, and I only understood one thing: I want to become a professional drummer, but not who goes around the villages of the province, but who travels the stadiums of the world with his band.
I try to make every effort to achieve this and I am sure of one thing:
I will not fail."
Aakshun has been playing drums for 3 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Phil Collins, Buddy Rich
His Dreams & Aspirations:
I love playing drums and want to play as good as Buddy Rich. I want to play solo drums in the world's best drum concert
FLAVIO has been playing drums for 7 Years
His Favorite Drummers are Benny Greb, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckle, Eric Moore, Mark Guiliana, Peter Erskine, Buddy Rich, Steve Jordan, Nate Smith
His Dreams & Aspirations:
"My biggest dream is to be a professional drummer, maybe even known...
I have had this dream since I was a child and I descovered this fabulous instrument."
Andrew has been playing drums for 5 Years
His Favorite Drummer is Benny Greb
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“To produce Heavy Metal Music”
Jose has been playing drums for 4 Years
His Favorite Drummer is Tommy Igoe, Aaron Spears, Nate Smith
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“To be a World Class Touring Session Drummer for Celebrity Singers”
Kolbi has been playing drums for 16 years
His Favorite Drummer is Tony Royster Jr, Dennis Chambers, Eric Moore, Dave Matthews
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“I would love to share my mind on drums to 30,000 people at one time!”
Jeremy has been playing drums for 5 years
His Favorite Drummer is Aaron spear, Echa Soemantri
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“I want to be a great drummer, an international drummer, and I want to continue working in music”
Okayama has been playing drums for 20years
His Favorite Drummer is Dave weckl, David galibaldi, Jojo mayer
His Dreams & Aspirations:
“I want to be able to play the only drum. And I want to be able to create unique creations by completing not only the drums but also the images and composition by myself. That is a dream.”
Matteo has been playing drums for 28 years
His Favorite Drummers are Simon Phillips, Thomas Lang, Mike Mangini, Virgil Donati, Dennis Chambers
His Dreams & Aspirations:
My dream is to be able to travel the world, doing clinics, master classes etc ... trying to bring my music to these events too ... Maybe unreachable but I hope one day I can do it.