About RENE ESCOVEDO

At a very early age, Rene started learning the basic fundamentals and techniques through rudiment applications in grade school.

For the next few years Rene spent a lot of time practicing until he was nine years old, when he then received his first jazz drum kit.

At that time Rene started listening and learning to play what ever music was popular at the time, most of which was what ever his Uncles where doing. 

Rene was very fortunate to be raised in a great musical family, and growing up with his cousins. It also allowed him to be influenced by some of the greatest music of that time and also having experienced first hand some of the bands and musicians to come through the Bay Area. 

Rene was lucky enough to see allot of acts perform up close on the same stages he would later perform on him self. Such venues where the "Greek Theater Berkeley Ca.", The "Fillmore Theater SF. Ca.", "Yoshis Jazz Club Oakland Ca.", "The Stone SF. Ca." to name just a few. 

Rene spent his younger years listing and learning as many styles of music as possible. Having been born into what would soon be a family full of great drummers and percussionist, Rene new at a very early age that drumming was in his blood and the overwhelming need to play drums was flowing through his veins. 

Growing up as a drummer in the post "Billy", "Tony", Buddy", "Steve", "Peter", "Vinnie”, “Dave” landscape of fusion and jazz, its easy to think that everything had already been done. What could possibly top the acid jazz and progressive fusion explosion. 

For the Oaktown bread drummer, the answer is his approach based on melodic timbre, basic grooves, emotional and powerful performances. 

For the next several years Rene did allot of wood shedding, practicing and learning the best ways of playing some of the hardest songs, by some of the best drummers around at the time. 

He continued to work on developing the skills needed for playing more of a melodic style with a direct approach to using basic fundamentals towards any and all genres of music. 

For quite some time now Rene has been playing much more aggressive styles of music and started exploring drums as a instrument of space dynamics and intensity.

He then grew from being a stylistic drummer, to becoming a drummer that learned how too express his musical thoughts effectively.

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