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Dave Mohn

Dave comes from a family of drummers. His dad, uncle and grandfather were all drummers.

He had sticks in his hands from the time he could hold them and there were always drums around the house. Dave's Dad gave him his first snare at 7 and he began to learn what it took to be a drummer.

Dave studied with his dad, Harry; uncle, Don; with Getz/Byrd drummer/teacher, Buddy Deppenschmidt and majored in percussion at Trenton State College(now The College of New Jersey) He also had the distinct good fortune to become acquainted with jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette when Jack lived in West Amwell NJ. His philosophies on the art of drumming and his techniques were truly inspirational.

Along with writing & teaching rudimentally for Drum Corps and for high school drum lines, Dave has taught for the Community Conservatory of , Doylestown School of Music & Bucks County Community College and is currently devoting teaching time to private students.

A varied musical career has always included the broad category of jazz as a first love working with great jazz players such as Dennis DiBlasio, Richie Cole, Charles Fambrough, Steve Varner, Daryl Hall, Urbie Green, Mark Kramer, Arnie Lawrence, Barry Sames, Randy Reinhardt, Jim Ridl, Nelson Hill, Lenny Argese, Bob Devos, Ron Kerber, Ron McClure, Brian Trainor, Chico Huff, Andrew Neu, Matthew Parrish, John Bianculli, Glenn McClelland & Eric Mintel.

There are a few local groups that Dave worked with over the years that were (some still are) great bands with some really talented and renown players.The amazing power trio, "Unguided Missile" that featured guitar phenom John Bushnell and great bassist Angel Resto. John is also in the"Maggie Hill Band" featuring Maggie of course, a great singer-songwriter, the band also features Jerry Steele on bass and the amazing Tom Reock on keys and vocals. The jazz/fusion ensemble "Stiff Stuff" featured Rod Brennan (Esq) on keys and compositions & the tastey Rob Paoletti on guitars. "Otay, Otay" featured Carol Brooks on vocals, hard working blues guitarist Billy Baltera & the versatile Jim Gilheany on bass... great bands, great players.

Studio experience over the years has included sessions with Bittersweet (now Baillie & the Boys). Some of the players on those sessions were the likes of Lance & Larry Hoppen from Orleans and Paul Shaffer from the Letterman Show. Dave recorded with George Duke & Larry Coryell for the Musitronics project and did various commercials, jingles and also recorded sound tracks for Sesame Street animators.

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Intermediate to advanced

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