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- About Me:
- Chris DeRosa is a Professional Freelance Drummer/Composer who currently lives in New York City, although his experience has taken him to many parts of the world (well over 40 countries).
As a well-versed Seasoned Drummer Chris has studied at both The Berklee College of Music where he received the Buddy Rich Jazz Masters scholarship and at the University Of Miami where he was the recipient of the Bowman Ashe scholarship for artistic and academic achievement. There he also received his Studio Music/Jazz Performance degree.
Chris has played and/or recorded with the likes of Deborah Harry and Chris Stein (Blonde), Skinner Box, Motorbaby, The Deep Down, The Congregation Of Vapors, Kim Fahy (The Mabuses), ECA Jazz Ensemble, Nate Ouderkirk, E-trance, Ben Stivers (MatchBox 20), Jonathan and Victor (Camper Van Beethoven), Nori Nori, Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, Al DiMeola), Fluffer, Yoshiaki Masuo (Sonny Rollins, Jack Dejohnette), Cross Currents, Lolita Jackson Quintet, Tom Jennings, Jon Cowherd, Leo Traversa, Vibrolush, Redeemer, Jefferson Thomas, Paul Mark & The Van Dorens, Magnet (Replacing Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground), The Five Satins, Air-O-Sol, Matt Bonelli (BeeGee's), Collider, Liquid, Mark White (The Spin Doctors), Yale University Big Band, Ron Dziubla (Ricky Martin, Chayanne), Willie Ruff, Bill Brown Quartet, Jeff Baker (a.k.a King Django), Matthew Brubeck, Chris DeRosa Group, Broadway Shows Oh! Calcutta (National and International Tours), Grease, Songs Of Paradise, Mikado, and such Producers as Daniel Rey (White Zombie, Ramones), Steve Eigner (Nelly), Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Roger Fife (Tricky), Kramer (Urge Overkill, Ween, Butthole Surfers, Daniel Johnston).
In The World Of Dance Chris Has Performed, Composed, Or Accompanied Barbara Feldman Dance Co., Gus Solomons jr, Ron Brown/Evidence, Elisa Monte Dance, David Brown, Andrea E. Woods (Souloworks), Kun-Yang Lin, Ellis Wood Dance, Kosad, Peridance, David Dorfman Dance, Bebe Miller, Ana Marie Forsythe, Mark Morris Dance Group, Sean Curran, Gina Gibney Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Douglas Nielsen, Doug Varone And Dancers, Larry Keigwin, Kevin Wynn, Donald Byrd, Jennifer Muller, 2nd Avenue Dance Co., The Island Moving Company, Joy Kellman, Dance Space Inc., Zeynep Tanbay, Jose' Limon Dance Foundation, Nicholas Leichter (nicholasleichterdance), Columbia University (Barnard), Paul Taylor Dance Co., University of Utah Dept.of Dance among others.
Chris Has Lectured at Marymount Manhattan College (Adjunct Professor), The NYACK School Of Music (Guest Lecturer), and at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (Staff Musician, Guest Lecturer), as well as Freelancing with some very talented artists.
As a creative drummer Chris has been featured in both Modern Drummer and DRUM! Magazines. Chris plays all styles of music (ie. Rock, Reggae, Jazz, Latin, Brazilian, Pop, Afro, and Solo drumming) and has released many offerings as both a leader and a sideman. Chris has performed on among others WXPN’s (Philadelphia) “World Cafe”, WDST’s (Woodstock) “Sessions”, has toured the Middle East for the Armed Forces in support of our troops, and toured China as part of a Jazz Cultural Exchange.
Chris Is Endorsed By Vic Firth Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drum Heads, Brady Snare Drums, RhythmTech, and Grover Pro Percussion.
To checkout career info or to hear audio samples please visit:
http://www.chrisderosa.com
or contact Chris directly through email: chris@chrisderosa.com
Here is an article Chris wrote for the Italian Drum Magazine "PERCFEST": http://www.percfest.com/DeRosa.htm
Click Here To Download Chris’ Black Page Interview:
http://www.chrisderosa.com/pictures/BlackPage.pdf
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- http://www.chrisderosa.com
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- Eames Drums and Brady Snare Drums, Sabian Cymbals, RhythmTech Percussion, Evans Drumheads, and Vic Firth Drum Sticks
A video I did with Aktor and Hope for Resignation
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Chris w/Deborah Harry Live
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Chris DeRosa's Blog
Gospel Drummers & Drumming
I've been thinking about this for some time and wanted to write about it for clarity (mine and yours).
Gospel or church drumming is the new "hot" gig these days. Companies like Vic Firth have really noticed and supported this vein of drummers even to the point of having a video series dedicated to these gifted players.
I play for my church (and others at times) and have been on and off since I was 15. Does this make me a "Gospel" drummer? It says in the good book that without love we are like… Continue
Gospel or church drumming is the new "hot" gig these days. Companies like Vic Firth have really noticed and supported this vein of drummers even to the point of having a video series dedicated to these gifted players.
I play for my church (and others at times) and have been on and off since I was 15. Does this make me a "Gospel" drummer? It says in the good book that without love we are like… Continue
Posted on May 9, 2008 at 9:30am —
The Black Page Magazine Interview
This is an interview I did with Sean from The Black Page Magazine.
BP: Chris your resume is impressive to say the least. How does a player at your level stay working amongst such a stacked pool of talent in a place like New York?
Chris: Well I think that there is enough work for all of us. I've had the conversation a few times about the life of a musician being similar to a Buddhist Monk's when it comes to a career in music. I guess if you really want to be a life long career drummer/musician… Continue
BP: Chris your resume is impressive to say the least. How does a player at your level stay working amongst such a stacked pool of talent in a place like New York?
Chris: Well I think that there is enough work for all of us. I've had the conversation a few times about the life of a musician being similar to a Buddhist Monk's when it comes to a career in music. I guess if you really want to be a life long career drummer/musician… Continue
Posted on April 10, 2008 at 11:58am —
Modern-Dance Drumming Specialist Chris DeRosa
Here is a an article I wrote for Modern Drummer magazine's blog:
Greetings, MD bloggers! My name is Chris DeRosa, and at the invitation of Modern Drummer, I wanted to say hello.
I've been playing drums for a living since I was fifteen. I love drumming and have since I was about eleven years old. I remember being mesmerized by the ECM sounds coming out of my radio tuned into WPKN from Bridgeport, Connecticut. I knew at that young age that I would be a career musician.
The path music has taken… Continue
Greetings, MD bloggers! My name is Chris DeRosa, and at the invitation of Modern Drummer, I wanted to say hello.
I've been playing drums for a living since I was fifteen. I love drumming and have since I was about eleven years old. I remember being mesmerized by the ECM sounds coming out of my radio tuned into WPKN from Bridgeport, Connecticut. I knew at that young age that I would be a career musician.
The path music has taken… Continue
Posted on April 10, 2008 at 11:57am —
You want me!.... To do what?...... With who: )
By Chris DeRosa
Few people would dispute the fact that one of the queens of rock & roll would have to be Debbie Harry, so when the phone rang as it does most times when someone wants to hire me to play drums for them the voice on the other end says,"Are you available for these dates ? xx/xx/xx" sure...and xx/xx/xx? This one i'm not sure about....VALENTINES DAY! (sH!t...My girlfriends going to kill me!) This one i'll definatley have to get back to you about.
By the way who is it with anyway… Continue
Few people would dispute the fact that one of the queens of rock & roll would have to be Debbie Harry, so when the phone rang as it does most times when someone wants to hire me to play drums for them the voice on the other end says,"Are you available for these dates ? xx/xx/xx" sure...and xx/xx/xx? This one i'm not sure about....VALENTINES DAY! (sH!t...My girlfriends going to kill me!) This one i'll definatley have to get back to you about.
By the way who is it with anyway… Continue
Posted on April 29, 2006 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
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Come to our open House. I see you are local so stop by.
We are Creation Drum Company. We are having an Open House
on October 1st.
This is a chance for local drummers and press to get to sit down and try our custom kits and get "The Story of Creation". It will be a fun event and a great setting to try our kits.
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The second Slapstik New Beat Contest is now open for submissions. The purpose of the contest is to encourage drummers to develop new techniques with the Slapstik. In order to participate shoot a short video of yourself playing the Slapastik and post it on YouTube.com as a video response to our video http://youtube.com/watch?v=QMg9Fxe8AEk
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chris welcome to my site! glad you found us....
i see you have you're page hooked up way to go
I hope you enjoy the Drumnetwork..! please spread the word
that were here!
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Poogie Bell
Great to have you on here...
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