I played one gig with this band. @-3 rehearsals. Board tape.

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On The Brown House In The Green Road

Introductions

You Call This Living

The Anchor

Kill The King

This track appears on my album "China Ranch". It features Steve Weingart on keys, Chris Golden on bass, Brina Price on guitar and myself; drums, composition and additional keys. 

From the liner notes by Jeffrey Davis; Supple melodies dance over shape-shifting modes and contrasting instrumental voicings. The players carve deep jazz- and funk-based grooves while playfully displacing beats and inverting expectations around every corner.

China Ranch features; Frank Briggs: producer, composer, drums, keyboards, programming; Brian Price: guitar (1-7,9); Kit Walker: Fender Rhodes, synths (1, 3, 7, 8); Steve Weingart: piano, Fender Rhodes, synths (2-4, 6, 9); Ric Fierabracci: bass (1-3, 5, 7, 10); Mitchel Forman: Fender Rhodes, blowtorch, piano (5, 10); Frank Gambale: guitar (10); Mark Doyle: guitar (8); Travis Carlton: bass (4); Chris Golden: bass (6, 8); Jeff Babko: Fender Rhodes, synths (9); Jimmy Earl: bass (9). Rich Breen; mix engineer,

Everything!

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From the 1982 RCA album "Stand In Line" Composed by Frank Briggs/David Porter. Features Edward Vivenzio; keys, Greg Liss; bass, Dave Porter; guitar/vox, Frank Briggs; drums

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Frank Briggs is best known among drummers for his top-selling instructional book/DVD package, "The Complete Modern Drum Set" which has remained in Mel Bay Publications top 10 for the past 23 years.

He has worked, toured and/or recorded with; Jimmy Haslip, Dean Brown, Philippe Saisse, Kit Walker, Atlantic Starr, Mike Keneally, Brian Beller, Tony Award winner Billy Porter, Jennifer Batten, 805, Engelbert Humperdinck, Lee Thornburg, Swamp Thang, Pat Boone, John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting), Japanese singing star Minako Honda, Frank Gambale, George Clinton, Jimmy Earl, Tim Pierce, Gary Shea, Masters of Reality, Matthew Charles Heulitt, Frank Macchia, AntiGravity, Cirque Du Soleil, Chris Golden, St. Clair, Rudy Sarzo, Don Randi, Don Peake, Mariana Ingold, Pamela Polland, Steve Weingart, Ric Fierabracci, Ohm, Chris Poland, Mitchel Forman, Loren Gold, Dereck Oles, Andrew Lane, Eric Marienthal, Jeff Babko, Doug Lunn, Chris Goss, Maxine Nightingale, Alex Isles, Sal Lozano, Hale, David Lawrence, Epoch Films, Finger Music and others.

He has appeared on record labels Universal, EMI/Sony, Warner Bros, Reprise, RCA, Tone Center, Immune, Higher Octave, and MTM (Germany). He also composed, edited and/or appeared in TV/Radio commercials and programming for; Disney, Galoob, Sudafed, Micro Machines, Ikea, PBS, NPR and Deutsch Welle (Germany). 

TV/Movie appearances and music cues include; Soul Train, The Arsenio Hall Show, Pat Sajak, Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon with Ed McMann, MTV, VH1, Studio Jams, Argentine TV Buenos Aires, and Ulysse Films.

Current endorsements include Istanbul Agop cymbals, Attack drum heads, Yamaha drums.

Frank has lent his band leading, music directing, composition and performance skills to Fortune 500 companies American Express, Toyota, Forest Labs, GameStop, Disney, SAP, AstraZeneka, Sepracor, Amway, Lunesta, Celexa, Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly - just to name a few, and has worked with the biggest event producers in this genre. His band has backed up and/or performed with Jay Leno, Jeff Foxworthy, Riverdance, Cirque Du Soleil, The Answer Guys, AntiGravity, Caroline Rhea, Hector Elizondo, Billy Porter, Earth Wind & Fire, Hip Pickles, and others.

Frank has authored over 10 instructional books and 2 DVDs on drum set technique and vocabulary for publishing companies Mel Bay, and Hal Leonard. His educational books and videos have been used worldwide by professional drummers, private educators and music schools and has traveled extensively giving master classes and clinics. The Collective (NYC), Musicians Institute (Hollywood, CA), Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), Berklee School of Music (Boston, MA), EMU Music School (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Red House PAC (Syracuse, NY) and many retail outlets, including Guitar Center (27 locations), Sam Ash, Tom Lee Music (Vancouver, BC), The Music Center (Syracuse, NY), House of Guitars (Rochester, NY), Big Apple Music (New Hartford, NY), Music Go Round (Phoenix, and Mesa, AZ) and others.

Modern Drummer magazine recognized Frank's Complete Modern Drum Set instructional DVD as one that helped set the standard for the industry, and has consistently given his educational books 4 star reviews, and a featured interview.

A native of Central New York, Frank settled in southern California where he stays busy as a private instructor, drum set coach for actors, session/live drummer, occasional band leader, drum set clinician, and produces, engineers, mixes and masters various types of music and video projects at his studio in Los Angeles, CA. In 2015 Frank launched an online educational web site called The Drum School @frankbriggs.com

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