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Rodrigo Villanueva
Gear
YAMAHA DRUMS
Birch Custom Absolute Nouveau or Recording Custom.
SABIAN CYMBALS
EVANS DRUM HEADS
VIC FIRTH DRUM STICKS, MALLETS & BRUSHES
LP PERCUSSION
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The Eddie Gomez Trio on Tour in Mexico. Featuring Stefan Karlsson & Rodrigo Villanueva
Source:
All About Jazz
"Rodrigo es un baterista de un talento muy especial." Eddie Gomez. -Xavier Quirarte, Milenio
Primary Instrument
Drums
Location
Madison
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
NIU School of Music
Professor of Jazz Studies
Private Studio in DeKalb, IL and Janesville, WI.
Over 25 years of teaching experience.
Fridays & Saturdays in Janesville, WI.
Tuesdays through Thursdays in DeKalb, IL.
Clinic/Workshop Information
Rodrigo has offered clinics at various universities and jazz schools all around the world: Mexico, Peru, USA, Korea, & Japan. Endorsements:
Yamaha Drums
Sabian Cymbals
Evans Drumheads
Vic Firth Drumsticks
LP percussion instruments
Rodrigo's master classes and clinics topics:
Time Keeping
Natural Motion and Posture
Melodic approach to improvisation and practice on the
drumset
Transcriptions: Understanding Style, Phrasing and Sound
through
drum set transcriptions.
Brushes
French Grip, American Grip and German Grip.
Time Placement: Playing On Top, Dead Center, and Behind the
beat.
Organizing your practice schedule and setting your goals.
Always make music when you practice.
Bill Stewart
drumsJack DeJohnette
drumsPhotos
Music
All Blues
From: Eddie Gomez Trio Live in Mexico...By Rodrigo Villanueva