About Sean
Originally from Southern California, Sean
began playing the snare drum over forty years ago in the fifth grade.
Within a year, he had his first drum set and taught himself to play along
with his favorite records.
In Junior High School, he joined the school
concert band and began to get formal training in drums and percussion. In
his freshman year of high school he joined the San Bernardino High School
Marching Band where he marched in several half-time shows and parades
throughout Southern California. In 1972, Sean moved to Oregon and continued to play with the high school concert and marching
bands. The highlight of this period is when he toured the Pacific Northwest
and British Columbia as the drummer with the Brookings-Harbor High School Swing Choir. In
addition to his time spent in the school music departments throughout his
youth, Sean played with a couple of club bands and many "garage bands."
In the late 70s and 1980s, Sean lived in Louisiana
and played for area
bands and singer/songwriters such as
David Simons and
Julieann Banks. He also performed
with the
Harmon Drew Band which toured the south. During this time, Sean
also recorded in studios in Dallas,
Texas and Bossier City, Louisiana and then onto Nashville for songwriter
showcases.
It was in 1979 when he first
gave drum lessons Sean was delighted to be able to pass along his
experience and education to young drummers with the same enthusiasm he
remembered from when he first started out.
Sean’s experience in music has spanned many
different styles and venues. His influences came from many great drummers.
In his early years, his focus was on rock drummers such as
John Bonham,
Neal Peart,
Ian Paice and
Phil Ehart. Later on in life he began listening closely to the
great jazz and studio drummers like
Buddy Rich,
Steve Gadd,
Peter Erskine,
Joe Morello and
Dave Weckl. He attended Buddy Rich concerts and Steve Gadd
clinics usually on the front row with his mouth wide open in awe. Sean
studied rudimental jazz with Hines Williams, a Shreveport, Louisiana drummer
and instructor.
Sean moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1991
and has played with many local bands. Sean joined the staff at
Music Instruction Studio where he teaches private drum lessons.
You can also find him behind the drums during the contemporary services at
church.
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