Biography
Brad is an accomplished drummer/percussionist with over 25 years playing experience. He has performed with Jay Leno, David Brenner, Dee Carstensen, Buddy Hackett, Fred Travalena, Comedy Team Sandler and Young, the Billy Preston Band and Laren Hart of the CBS program "10!". He was co-founder of the band "Cheers" that won Atlantic City Magazine's Show Band of the Year award for 1985 and 1986. Brad worked in all the Atlantic City casino's as a free-lance drummer. He was the house drummer for the "French Quarter Follies" in New Orleans, LA. Brad studied drums/percussion with William Schinstine (Renowned Percussion Educator, Timpanist, National Symphony & San Antonio Symphony), Brian Holt (New Sousa Band), John Beck (Eastman School of Music), Carl Mattola (Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Mike Douglas Show) and Dave Mancini (Maynard Ferguson). He earned a Bachelor of Music in Applied Percussion Performance from the Eastman School of Music.
Drummer/Percussionist
Brad does free-lance drumming and percussion work. He is available for recording, live engagements and sub work. All styles played.
Teaching
There are a limited number of time slots available for drum/percussion lessons. Brad tailors the instruction to each student. Some areas covered are rudiments, drum set independence, transcriptions, listening, musicality, music reading and click-track playing.
