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Personal Statement:
I am constantly amazed, that I posses the incredible opportunity to touch another human being's life with music. Music is my lifelong passion, my motivation. It is incredibly difficult to imagine my existence without it. Thank you to everyone who has believed in me, and supported my desires and wishes from the tender age of three. I am forever in your debt. To the fans, thank you so very much for your support throughout the years. To my family, my daughter, my wife - I am nothing without you, I love you. To the left, is my music. Please listen!
Year Born:
- august 1978
Year Began Playing Drums:
- 1981
- professionally, 2000
Instructors:
- Steve Smith
First Live Performance:
- august 2000, borders book store; longmont, co
- the melanie susuras band
Albums Recorded:
- 3 studio
- 2 live
Career highlights/milestones:
- live on air radio performance/interview
- headline act in front of 2300 fans
- session musician on three studio records
- recorded two live records
- recognized by tama drums
- recognized by zildjian cymbals
Professional Experience:
- full time; 2000-2003
- part time; 2004-2007
- full time; 2008-Current
Performance Highlights:
- headlining act at varous theaters/festivals in colorado
- touring musician from 2000-2003
Theater Work:
- the bluebird theatre; denver, co
- the soiled dove; denver, co
- hermans hideaway; denver, co
- d note; denver, co
- red rocks; morrison, co
- lindens; ft. collins, co
- conor o'neills; denver, co
Favorite Show/Venue:
- the soiled dove; denver, co
Festivals:
- peoples fair 2001-2003; denver, co
- lilt festival 2001-2003; denver, co
Recording Engagements:
- take this (2004)
- tequila mockingbird (2003)
- evanston street (2001)
- the melanie susuras band (2001, 2002, 2003)
- orion (1997)
- jonestown punch (1996)
Awards and Honors:
- 1996 most improved amateur musician
- 1998, 2000 you go boy! music
- 2000 whos who in denver music
Influences:
- carter beauford (the dave matthews band)
- chad smith (red hot chili peppers)
- stewart copeland (the police)
- taylor hawkins (alanis morisette, foo fighters)
- rick allen (def leppard)
- terry bozzio (missing persons)
- john bonham (led zeppelin)
- keith moon (the who)
- neil peart (rush)
Endorsements:
- tama drums & hardware
- zildjian cymbals
- bear Percussion kevlar drumheads
- remo drumheads
- easton ahead sticks
- aquarian super kick 2 bass drumheads
Equipment/Setup:
- 2000 tama starclassic 4 piece, aka "y2k", midnight black lacquer finish
(12x12 tom, 16x16 tom, 18x20 bass, 5x14 bell brass snare)
- pearl masters series 12x10" backup snare drum
- zildjian z-custom rock crash cymbals (17, 18, 19")
- zildjian z-custom rock ride (20")
- zildjian k-custom hi-hats (14")
- zildjian a-custom splash (6")
- paiste novo 2002 china boy - low (18")
- tama double braced hardware
- d.w. delta II double bass pedal, chain drive
- d.w. delta II dual leg hi-hat stand, chain drive
- pearl wide boy throne
- lp percussion accessories (jam block, cowbell)
- toca congas, bongos
- remo clear double pinstripe heads (toms)
- remo powerstroke 2 heads (snare)
- aquarian super kick 2 head (bass)
- Drums Played
- Tama Starclassic
Music at left features me on drums by the way.
Joshua "J-Dub" Westbrook's Blog
Auditions
Hello! Finally, after a huge break (well, hiatus really, have not played live since 2004) I am finally back at auditioning for a position in a band as a drummer. I cannot wait until I find that one band that lets me express myself in my music. I miss the stage, I miss the fans, I miss the fun, I miss the music. I have worked hard these past 4 years or so (after moving back home to Georgia) on my drum chops, different techniques, teaching, experimenting, and all around playing to get my sound bet… Continue
Posted on May 10th, 2008 at 1:01am —
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J!!!! GLAD YOU MADE IT I SEE YOU GOT SOME MUSIC UP AND SOME PIC';S WAY TO GO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.......NETWORKING!!!!!!! LOOKING FORWARD TO NETWORKING WITH YOU AND YOU'RE FRIENDS!!!!!!!
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POOGIE
Thanx for the add...much success & continued, happy, in the pocket drumming.
Peace,
Doc