Gruendler, Donny Drums
Donny Gruendler was born and raised in the diverse musical surroundings of Detroit, Mich. where he was influenced by the styles from rock, soul, funk, pop and hip-hop to traditional swing, hard bop, and blues. By the time he was 21, Gruendler had earned his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music and Master of Music from Wayne State University in Detroit. He now lives in L.A., where he has performed, programmed, toured and recorded behind such diverse artists as jazz greats Kenny Burrell and John Medeski, D.J. Logic, Euro-rock outfit JuliaFly, Genome, Rick Holmstrom and Rhett Frazier, Inc. Donny is an expert at performing with backing tracks, manually triggering samples and playing with loops (both live and in the studio) and has also programmed and performed jingles (Remax on the Blvd. radio/TV campaigns, KFC, NPR), created content for sample and loop libraries (East West, Eclectic Ensembles) and has had his music featured in both TV and film. Donny has written MI’s Digital Drumming curriculum and co-authored the Rhythm Section Workshop curriculum, is the author of Playing with Drum Loops (Carl Fischer DVD) and Seeing Sounds (Hudson Music), and has written regularly for Modern Drummer. At MI, Donny teaches Digital Drumming, Jazz Drums and Private Lessons.
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