For Music Projects

Ian has been studying and playing percussion for over 36 years.  He has a great deal of experience touring and recording as a sideman and he would love to contribute to your recordings, tours, or any other sort of music project that you can dream up.  He also composes and arranges.  Below are samples of his abilities on various percussion instruments as well as his composing/arranging.

 

Drum Set (Ian’s best instrument):

jazz big band examples

rock band examples

jazz combo examples

 

 

Timpani

 

 

Steel Pan

 

Arranging (8-piece Jazz Band, Ian also plays drum set on these examples)

Stompin’ at the Savoy

Sing Sing Sing

 

Composing/Arranging for Big Band

Grandpa’s Song

 

Composing/Arranging for Combo (Ian also plays drum set on this example)

Duck Walk

 

Composing/Arranging for Video (Ian plays all instruments)

Chef Demo

 

Marimba

 

Orchestral Percussion

Jackson Berkey

 

Vibraphone

Various Songs/Styles

Grandpa’s Song

 

Tabla

Tin Tal