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Reid DeFever - Drumset, Ethnic & Classical Percussion
   Los Angeles, California (310) 838-8522    http://www.defever.com

Drumset 24yrs, Hand Percussion 11yrs, Western-Classical Percussion 12 yrs,
Age: 35, Height: 6'1", Hair: Brown/Red, Eyes: Brown

Formal Education:

CSU Northridge Bachelor of  Music, Percussion Performance 1997, MoJuFuSa African Dance Troup

Tours: Balkans/Germany '03 Japan '02 Balkans/Germany '02 Canada '01 Seattle/Portland '01 Eastern States '00 Taiwan '98 Japan '97 East coast '97 Canada '96 Europe '92 Cds: "Sacred Language~INDIA" solo series "Passion" Michael Battista "Red Again" C. Ashleigh Caldwell "E-ching", Mutaytor-original release "Finn MacCool", Peter McGowan "Challenge" 3rd CD, Challenge "Darling Please", Stephanie Leevan "The King’s Anthem", Plutopia Productions "Rettig", Pat Rettig "Fabrick", Fabrick "Scarlet's Web", Theresa Musser "Nocturnal Journeys", Campanile "Alien Love God", Shaun Sanders "Bionica", Bionica "Well Traveled", Red Hot Blues "Shed", Dead End Studios

Special Events/Clients: *Pepsi/Sam's Club *Volkswagon--- 2006 * AFLAC * Disney * Universal Studios---- 2005 * SYP -Society of Young Philanthropists, LA * "The Pulse " Burningman---- 2004 * Irish Music Festival * Cirque du Solie, Los Angeles * RedBull Stuntman Awards * Special Olympics, Long Beach * "Heartbeat of the Man" Burningman--- 2003 * Coachella Music Festival * HalloWeHo, West LA Halloween street festival * 3com Park -Mutaytor/Crystall Method Rave * Monterey Blues Festival--- 2002 * Los Angeles Music Awards-Stirling Brig    (Rock Artist of the Year)--- 2001 * Tony Serra -Prison Art Show * Playboy * 25th annual FDF-Greek Dance Festival--- 2000 * Lee Canyon Blues Festival-Vegas--- '97-'98 * NAMM, Cakewalk/Intel.--- '96 Film Soundtracks: the Zone Will to Live History of the Drive-In Theater Descent Cycles Love without Socks Other: Orchestral arranging for Craig Safan of "Cheers"    New Japanese Opera Music Transcriptions/Copyist, "Eight Heads and a Duffle Bag"    TV: Talking Drum:African Voice The Other Half-live performance Lipton Ice Tea-commercial Disney-commercial

Singer Songwriters: C. Ashleigh Caldwell, Scarlet's Web, Shannon Beaty, Ali Weiss, Stephanie Leevan, Venice Maki, Keith Nichols. 

Bands: Battista, Urban Tribal Dance Company, Soul in the Machine, Mutaytor, Stirling Brig, Fabrick, Finn MacCool, Scarlet's Web, Emily 'o Neary, RedHot Blues, Push, Man Made Souls, False Profits, Mind Empire, Defrost, Campanile, Celestial Undertow, MoJuFoSa African Dance Troupe, Spontaneous Combustion, Absence of Color.

Venues: House of Blues, BB Kings, CoachHouse, Bar Fly, Billboard Live, Roxy, Whiskey, Troubador, Roxburry, Knitting Factory, Fremont Street Blues & Reggae, Eight Ball, Ghengis Cohen, The Block, The Mint, West End, The Gig, Arcadia, The Gate, Vesuvius, Garden of Eden, Kimball's East-S.F.  Taipei National Concert Hall, Smetena Hall, Votive Kirken, NAFs in Japan, Nato bases Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia.

Ochestral: Santa Monica Symphony, Pacific Brass Ensemble, Bakersfield Symphony, Aspiro Orchestra, pit orchestras for: Des Fleidermaus, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Annie, Grease.