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Bio

lending diverse rhythmic styles into the mainstream scene with good taste has been Tim Kane's forte as a musician for more than 30 years.

Professional musicians define him as "intuitive" and a "songwriter's drummer." Kane considers those kind words both gracious compliments and reality. His humble approach to the drumset has always been about complementing the music, and more importantly, keeping solid time while laying down a cool groove.

Today, he feels lucky to have a diverse range of experiences to draw from as a working professional drummer.

Kane began drumming and playing trombone in fourth grade and studied through college, formally trained in jazz, concert and marching bands. He studied and performed with a jazz quintet a few years back at the well-respected Indian Hill Music Center in Littleton, Mass. He also played trombone in various school bands for 12 years. He knows the bass clef and how to sight read.

Though he minored in music at Fitchburg State College, Kane treated it like a Master's program. His collegiate playing involved everything from school jazz ensembles and concert bands to alternative rock, funk and jam bands. He was certainly hitting the skins a lot more than the books.

Today, he performs with three active and gigging bands: an all original/instrumental funk rock trio, “Moon Man Auto”; an all original rock-funk-quintet, “The Love Dogs”; and classic rock cover band, “Stru Crazy”. He also teaches drums to area school students on a weekly basis. He also worked as a weekly educational blog writer for two years at Gibraltar Hardware and Dixon Drums up until this past March.

Past bands include Callithump, Dr. Funk and Suffering Bastards, Rattleshack, Krossroads, and Boilers, all of which have performed in clubs and outdoor venues throughout Western and Central Massachusetts as well as Providence, Boston and Maine. Kane enjoyed some spot gigs with nationally touring/recording artist "Katrin" a few years back.

Kane also composes and plays his own songs on guitar, piano, trombone and drums, and has a full album available for listening on this web site.

Inspired early on by music from such artists as The Police, Rush, Dave Brubeck, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Steely Dan, Chicago, Buddy Rich and the Allman Brothers, Kane finds many musicians compare his approach to that of international studio guru Steve Gadd.

While "I'm certainly no Steve Gadd," Kane does respect and practice his mantra of playing in the pocket, finding a groove and not overplaying.

He works as a writer and editor for area newspaper publications, and is married with two beautiful baby boys.

Click here for Tim's resume. Plenty of professional references available upon request.