Andrew McAuley a.k.a. Kind Beats

Introduction: A professional drummer and percussionist is available for teaching, recording, touring, educational clinics, and more! Services offered are: * Private Lessons: $60 per hour * Custom Video Lesson: $20 per video * Tracking: $100 per song The following is his official bio. Andrew McAuley (a.k.a. Kind Beats) is a drummer, percussionist, composer, and educator known for his outside-of-the-box approach to drumming. Taking styles from all around the globe, he seamlessly weaves them together with both neck-breaking grooves and soaring soundscapes. Influenced by drum and percussion visionaries such as Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood) and Cyro Baptista (Beat The Donkey, Sting, Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock), his belief is that everyone should try to discover their own unique voice on the instrument, and that it is an ongoing process that never truly ends. Andrew started drumming under Al Miller and later, private instructor Scott Foley. After a few years with no teachers, Andrew started studying under Billy Martin, and was inspired to pursue studies at the world renowned Drummers Collective in 2001. There, he studied under masters such as Michael Lauren, Kim Plainfield, Frank Katz, Fred Klatz, Memo Acevedo, and many others. After completing studies at The Collective, he continued studies with Billy Martin and began studying percussion under Cyro Baptista as well. To date, Andrew has performed and/or recorded with Billy Martin (Medeski Martin and Wood), Cyro Baptista (Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Sting) Terry Bozzio (of Frank Zappa, Missing Persons), Colleen Rennison and The New Breed, has written an instructional book, started the free “Heavy In The Beats” online series, and launched a website for drummers. Andrew is officially endorsed by Hammerax Cymbals.