Joe Trump Percussion

Joe Trump is a veteran of NYC's studio and live music scene, though now he makes his home with his wife, two young children, and two old cats in Portland, Oregon. Classically trained, the son of two opera singers, he began playing the drums at the age of six, then later also studied piano, violin and voice. Immediately after majoring in music at SUNY Albany, h worked as an assistant engineer for two and a half years at Planet Sound Recording Studios, NYC. He has been a professional drummer/percussionist for 29 years, writing, recording and producing for 20, and specifically for film and video for 9. Commercial and Industrial clients include Nike, Inc, and Weiden & Kennedy Advertising. As a member of such diverse groups as Carlos Alomar/Robin Clark Project (r&b/funk); Elliott Sharp's Carbon (avante garde industrial), Boodlers (improv psychic acid jazz) and Terraplane (straight-up blues); Martin Atkin's Pigface (art-punk industrial) and Brian Brain (punk-funk); Susan McKeown's Chanting House (folky- funky crossover celtic); King Black Acid (heavy groove space-rock); Hitting Birth (heavier neo-tribal industrial); Galactic Federation (super groovy live trip-hop/acid jazz); Gawk (heavy modern art-rock), and many, many others too numerous to mention, he has toured and recorded extensively throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan. Visit Joe's Web Site: Here