Love Nashville drumming, but unsure how to achieve that Nashville sound? Come and learn!
Presented by Bruce Wallace
Where: Jean Village Music
Shop 3 Jean Village Shopping Centre
Corner Jean Avenue & Gerhard Street
Centurion
0189
Pretoria
When: 11 am, Saturday 18 June 2016
Bruce Wallace will be demonstrating The Modern Sound of Nashville (Drumming) with Guest Artists Jason Bradley and Travis Johnston
The topics that will be covered are
- Working with a Modern Country Artist
- The Nashville Sound and Styles
- Timekeeping and Groove
- Working with Sub mixes and Loops
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Biography
Bruce has performed enjoyed a successful career as a “first-call” session drummer for over Three hundred albums, 11 DVD’s, and tours with some of the best known, and awarded Artists in the Country.
He has performed on the best selling Gospel CD in South Africa, the best selling DVD in South African history, and more than 30 Multi Platinum, Platinum or Gold albums.
Some of the big names in the South African music industry he has recorded and/or toured with include, Mean Mr. Mustard, Teuns Jordaan, Bok Van Blerk, Steve Hofmeyer, Mango Groove, Danny K, The Soweto String Quartet, Nianell Eden, Juanita Du Plesis, Leanie May, Bobby Van Jaarsveld, P J Powers, Jan Blom
World Class Producers he has worked with include Mauritz Lotz, Pete”Boxta”Martin(London),MathysMaree, Coleski, and Johan Laas.
In addition to recordings, Bruce has performed corporate events all over the country with The Electric Pops Orchestra, The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and is a member of the official “702 Radio, Solid Gold Band”.
Television performances include, Idols, Strictly Come Dancing, The Jerry Springer Show, and several television tracks for Vodacom, including the well known “Leeu loop” and “Player 23”.
In 2010, Bruce performed in the Africa Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai, for Chinese artist Lilly Feng.
Bruce Wallace was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He showed an interest in playing music at age 4, and took formal tuition in drums and percussion at the age of 8. After Bruce and his family immigrated to the United Kingdom at age 11, he continued his musical education in high school, playing in their Orchestras, Wind Band, “Rock school” competitions, and school plays. By the age of 12 he was performing in the Northern Ireland Junior Symphony Orchestra. By the age of 13 Bruce helped establish a band called Schertzo, which performed corporate events and various gigs in London and around Northern Ireland.
In 1989, Bruce returned to, South Africa, where he completed is secondary education at Pretoria Boys High School. As well as playing for the School Orchestra he played for the then renowned, Dixie Jazz Band, and recorded an album with them.
In 1991, Bruce studied at the Technikon Pretoria, and obtained his National Diploma in Light Music in 1995.
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