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- Felipe was born in Germany, spent his childhood in Colombia, Staten Island and the last 15 years in New Jersey. He started playing drums at 14 with a private teacher, and in high school played in every group he could from marching band to chorus and was voted Band President by senior year. It was that year that Felipe started taking lessons at New York City's Drummers Collective with such notables as Sandy Gennaro, Mike Clark, Ian Froman, Guy Licata, Vince Cherico, Gary Kelly.
Through the years in the New York area, Felipe also studied privately with Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Robby Ameen, Matt Johnson, Billy Ward, and Joe Ascione.
Felipe has been performing, recording, teaching and touring for the last 10 years. He has done US and Canada tours with Dreamworks artists OURS, Road Runner Records blues artist Peter Karp and the Roadshow and jump/jazz band Jumptime, Lizard King Records rock band Surefire, The Monkees, and for the last few years as drummer/back-up vocalist for the Davy Jones Band. He is also currently in an original progressive/fusion/rock trio INMUST, playing with New York's own Jerry Cherry, and completing a the first double album with double drum set menace, TSN.
Felipe specializes in teaching beginners on drumset and orchestral percussion, reading, rudiments, and various styles of music.
This winter, he received his first official endorsement with EVANS Drumheads.
Felipe's Davy Jones Gear: For those that are interested, I play and Endorsed Evans drum heads. I use Clear G1's on all the tom bottoms, Coated G2's on the batters, on the snare I use a Power Center Reverse dot batter and Hazy 300 snare bottom, Clear Emad and a ported Eq3 on the kick with an Evans EQ pillow againest the resonant head. For drums, I use Pearl Masters Custom Drums or Yamaha Stage Custom or Oak Custom Drums: 16" x 20" Kick, 12" x 8" rack tom, 14" x 14" and 16" x 16" floor toms, 5"' x 14" or 6.5" x 14" Maple or Brass snare drums. I use Pearl Single braced hardware, a single chain Power shifter for my kick and one for my pedal tambourine. For percussion, I use an LP Cyclops tambourine for the pedal with a Regal Tip Beater and Pearl holder, a mounted Pearl Brass tambourine, an LP Live shaker, a dinner bell, and a wooden whistle.
For cymbals, I use Zildjian 13' K Hi Hats,a 20" K Medium Ride or 20" Constantinople Medium Thin Ride, and 17" and 18" K Dark Thin Crashes. For sticks, I use Vic Firth 5a American Classic Sticks with wood tips, Heritage Brushes, Rutes, Swizzle Sticks, double sided 6" work out pad, leather stick bag, Maraca sticks, and cartwheel timpani mallets.
I also use an SM58 Microphone on a boom stand and drink Fiji water.
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- http://www.felipetorres.net
- Drums Played
- Evans drumheads, Pearl, Vic FIrth, Zildjian
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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.
October 1st. 4:00 -9:00 PM
Jam Studios
86 Lackawanna Ave, Suite 221
W. Paterson, NJ 07424
973-256-3936
www.jamrecordingstudios.com
Thanks
Greg Abrom
myspace.com/creationdrumcompany
www. creationdrums.com.
ciao, -janelle
Felipe welcome to my site sorry it so long to say hello
on the road right now.......put some music,video,more pics up when you find the time i hop you Enjoy The Drumnetwork
Peace
Poogie Bell