SEEKING
Band to Join.ABOUT
My name is Gregory Phifer, and i'm a native of the South Chicago area. Growing up in a musical family, I've been exposed to numerous musical and artistic ventures. At a young age, I started taking private piano lessons, shortly before taking drum set and auxiliary percussion lessons. My foundations in classical and jazz music stem mainly from here. In middle school, I began private instruction and group performance with Douglas Waddell (Lyric Opera of Chicago/Grant Park Symphony Orchestra) and his wife, Patricia Dash (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) under the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Percussion Scholarship Program. While continuing classical percussion and piano instruction, I continued studying Jazz as a member of the Chicago All-City/Jazz Links Youth Ensembles, under the direction of multiple talented, artistic Chicago Public Schools music teachers (Mark Coulter, Carlos Ayento, Madeline Mallinedo). After graduating high school, I continued my education at the University of Miami, studying music education. I received my bachelors of music with a minor in education in May 2023, and and currently withholding my teaching license process until further notice. In my experience at UM, I excelled in music theory, instrumental techniques, music technology, mixing and mastering, and several teaching aspects.
Today, I continue to offer my musical hand in varying types of percussion (Drum set, mallet percussion, auxiliary, etc.), music production and composition (approximately 8 years experience, notable arrangements for the Percussion Scholarship Program include "Danny Elfman Medley" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas"), and music production (approximately 12 years of experience with a plethora of released music and several commissioned projects)
- Screen name:
- gregory1731041
- Member since:
- Sep 04 2023
- Active within 24 hours
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 13
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 4-5 nights a week
- Most available:
- Days
Influences
Electronic Music Influences: Skrillex, Deadmau5, Pegboard Nerds, Virtual Riot, Josh Wink, Swell, Boombox Cartel, Knife Party, So Wylie, Rachel K Collier, Julian Calor, Feed Me, and more.
Classical Music Influences: Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saens, Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Llyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, George Gershwin, and more.
Jazz Influences: Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Chick Corea, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Chet Baker, Mel Torme, and more.
Instrument experience:
- Other Percussion:
- Expert
- Other:
- Expert
- Electronic Music:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Bass:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Baritone:
- Advanced
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
- DJ:
- Advanced
- Piano:
- Moderate
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
Drum set
- Slingerland vintange 5-tom studio drum kit, complete with full cymbal selection, a variety of snares, and multiple setups to accomodate for space, group size, and other factors.
Mallets
- Deagan 4 Octave Vibraphone (with working motor/vibrato)
- Musser 4.3 Octave Rosewood Marimba
Auxiliary Percussion:
- Tambourines, Triangles, and Shakers
- Hand Drums
Others:
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Melodica
- Theremin
- Keyboards (Used with MIDI-capable software)
Electronics:
- Audio recording equipment (up to 6 musicians)
- Audio production equipment (for collaborating with other artists, a portable production suite is available)
[Other instruments/Equipment may be available. Please inquire for more information.)
