Sunday
Mar062011
Welcome
Please check out my debut solo CD, Percussion Discussion. For information overload on the music, click on Directed Listening. You can purchase a disc directly from this site by clicking Buy CD.
I am available for gigs, tours, recordings, private lessons, conducting sectionals/ensembles and giving clinics/masterclasses.
Feel free to email me at: ericsandersdrums@gmail.com
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News - 2011
Percussion Discussion was released the end of February.
In April, I played crazy fusion music with The YETI Trio at the Allman Brothers' festival "Wanee," in Florida. In conjunction with this performance, we released a live CD, entitled Go Play! The music was culled from our reunion show 2 years ago with Mike Keneally & Bryan Beller. For more info on Yeti, including pictures, audio and how to purchase Go Play!, please visit our site: www.theyetitrio.com
There's live footage of me on the new Liz Melendez DVD, Unknown Rockstar, which was released in June.
I spent about 2 months of the summer on tour as the percussionist with Arrival, from Sweden. They play the music of ABBA. It was a highly successful tour; the highlights being a sold out performance at Red Rocks in Colorado and playing with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra at their beautiful Davies Symphony Hall. My percussion station consisted of the following instruments: tympani, xylophone, glockenspiel, suspended cymbal, bar chimes, tambourine, shaker, cabasa and congas. I also learned how to speak a little bit of Swedish!
I added a little bit of auxiliary percussion on Randy Hoexter's forthcoming CD. It was cool to record triangle over Dave Weckl's drum parts!
By the end of the year, I should have my 2nd solo percussion disc fully recorded. I hope to have it released by next summer.
In addition to the above, I continue to teach and gig in the Atlanta area. I'm currently composing the percussion pieces that will comprise my 3rd CD.