(e.g., "New York guitar player" or "Beatles influenced drummer")

Musician - matt_thomas

• Age 42 | Musician | Albuquerque, NM

Drummer with many years of playing. Jazz, rock, blues, latin, alt country, musicals, indie etc.....
Have studied with some great teachers. I also teach privately and at The New Mexico School of Music.

Currently playing for the One Eyed Fords (Blues) Randy Heddon (jazz) and a Jazz meets Dance band that has no name. as well as pick up gig.

I've written songs in several bands, done wedding bands, avant garde etc....

• Drum Kit

• Acoustic,
• Alternative,
• Bluegrass,
• Blues,
• Celtic,
• Experimental,
• Folk,
• Funk,
• Hip-Hop,
• Indie,
• Jazz,
• Latin,
• Light Rock,
• Popular,
• Punk,
• R&B,
• Reggae,
• Rock,
• Rock n Roll,
• Rockabilly,
• Roots,
• Singer/Songwriter,
• Swing

• Accordion,
• Banjo,
• Bass Guitar,
• Cello,
• Clarinet,
• Cornet,
• Dobro,
• Flugelhorn,
• Flute,
• French Horn,
• Guitar,
• Harmonica,
• Keyboard,
• Lap Steel Guitar,
• Lead Vocals,
• Mandolin,
• Piano,
• Saxophone,
• Trombone,
• Trumpet,
• Tuba,
• Upright Bass,
• Viola,
• Violin

• Acoustic,
• Alternative,
• Bluegrass,
• Blues,
• Celtic,
• Experimental,
• Folk,
• Funk,
• Hip-Hop,
• Indie,
• Jazz,
• Latin,
• Light Rock,
• Popular,
• Punk,
• R&B,
• Reggae,
• Rock,
• Rock n Roll,
• Rockabilly,
• Roots,
• Singer/Songwriter,
• Swing,
• World,
• Zydeco

Elvin Jones, Dale Crover, Jodie Stephens, Ringo, Russ Kunkel, Rashid Ali, Matt Wilson, CLAUDE COLEMAN, Philly Jo Jones, John Bonham, Tiki Fulwood, Stewart Copeland, Harvey Mason, Zigaboo Modeliste .......

I like folk, rock, disco, funk, old timey, bluegrass, newgrass, jazz, latin jazz, electric jazz, world beat, new wave, punk rock, experimental and on and on.

Ween, The Melvins, Doc Watson, John Coltrane, The Minutemen(D Boon lives), Miles, P-Funk, Monk, Uncle Dave Macon, Dar Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Chris Smither, Bee Gees, Beatles, Zeppelin, Zappa, Charles Wright, Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Gid Tanner, Richard Thompson, Boubacor Toure, Yes, Rush, The Band, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Thievery Corporation, Nick Drake

• Have played in cover, original, jazz, blues, and indie bands. I moved here from NJ so the names of bands would mean nothing out here.
  
  Although I wrote and drummed for a Ween spin off band "HUGE" which still gets airplay on Ween radio.

• I'd like to see a project get off the ground that incoprorates jazz,funk,and ambient textures, instrumentation is less imoportent than direction and vibe. Live sound textures and themes for a dancing night out at a bar or event. I've seen a guy play a banjo like a fiddle and own the room with his vibe.
  
  A mix of Thievery Corporation, St Germain, Herbie Hancock, meets the Meters, Funkadelic, Grateful Dead, John Scofield meets Eight Ball, Charles Wright, BeeGees, Tribe Called Quest.
  
  But I'll take on any kind of project - folk to metal.

• Experience: Professional
  
• Availability: 1 day a week
  
• Commitment: Professional
  
• Energy: Upbeat
  

• Smokes: Nope
  
• Drinks: Nope
  

• Experience: Intermediate
  
• Energy: Upbeat
  

• Tolerates Smoking: Yes
  
• Tolerates Drinking: Yes