Todd T
Instruments: Drums
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel
Todd T
Instruments: Drums
Styles:
Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 5-80
Full time freelance professional performer and session musician since 1993.
The Collective School of Music, Advanced Performance Program, Manhattan, 2007-08
University of Manitoba School of Music, Percussion Performance Major, 1991-93
Private lessons with multiple world class performers: Kim Plainfield, Ari Hoenig, Pat Petrillo, Peter Retzlaff, Zoro.
Two Canadian Juno Award nominations with aboriginal artist Mishi Donovan.
Prairie Music Award nomination for Best Jazz Recording with Gardening with Alice.
Todd Talbot's career as a professional drummer began in 1993 and has taken him all over Canada and the United States. To date, Todd has performed 1500+ live shows, and has credits on more than 30 full length albums as well as numerous shorter recordings in styles ranging from jazz and world music to hard rock and more. Todd's solid, tasteful playing has made him in demand wherever he has traveled, from Winnipeg, Canada to New York City, and now Denver. Since coming to Colorado in 2009, Todd has played with an impressive group of artists including Steve Mignano, Ashley Buchart, Adam Stern, Charlie Provenza and Katie Glassman, Mike Mauer, the Kahuna Beach Party, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and more.
Todd has been teaching privately since 1993 and has taught hundreds of private students. Several of his students have gone on to their own success in the music business and a few have even become teachers themselves. In addition, Todd has conducted numerous percussion clinics and band camps while working with school divisions in his home town of Winnipeg, Canada.
20 years of performing, recording and teaching in various styles.
Customized curriculum tailored to each student.
Extensive use of play along tracks.
Books used include but are not limited to: Stick Control, Syncopation, the New Breed, Master Studies, John Riley's Jazz Drummer series, and custom created materials.
Tailored to the individual student with the aim of achieving his or her specific objectives.
Strong grounding in the fundamentals.
Reading is incorporated as an integral part of learning to play the instrument.
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