North Shore Drums
April 24th 2024
Greetings everyone,
I hope you are all doing more than well! I have been keeping busy with a solid teaching schedule as well as many various live performances, both with my jazz trio as well as my rock band. I feel grateful to have many opportunities to perform with great musicians in Vancouver and beyond.
This next month I will be preparing to perform at a number of private events. One unique show I will be part of is as a member a show band which will be accompanying a large group of singers, called ‘Bursting With Broadway’. This performance will be at Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver on May 19th. http://www.burstinwithbroadway.com/
In addition, my rock band ‘Undercover’ will be performing at West Vancouver Yacht Club on May 24th, tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/878668159117?aff=oddtdtcreator
Lastly, my jazz trio and I will be performing at ‘A Taste of The Bay’ in Horseshoe Bay on May 29th. Stay posted for more details.
Please take a moment to check out my instagram/Facebook/Youtube posts where I will adding some new content soon.
Best regards,
Kristian Braathen
April 06th, 2022
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all doing well, and enjoying the longer days and sunny weather. Much has been happening since my last post. I have been keeping busy building my online learning system, which will be launching in the coming weeks! This new drum education course will be available soon, on ‘Teachable.com’. Once things are all in place, I’ll be sharing some links to check out the content.
The past number of months I have also been spending time learning recording and film editing techniques, which will be useful in remote recording sessions, as well as sharing content on Youtube and other social media sites like Instagram, Facebook and others.
If you have any questions or areas that you would like me to feature on these lessons, please feel free to contact me! kristianbraathendrums@gmail.com
Gigs have been returning on a decent uptick, I’m excited to be performing much more once again. For upcoming performances, please check out my trio site, www.vancouverjazz.ca
That’s all for now, enjoy your music journey!
Cheers,
Kristian Braathen
January 10th, 2022
Greetings everyone,
Welcome to my blog on everything drums! I hope you are all enjoying music these days and the journey of music practice and creation. I had a very busy lead up to the holiday season, both recording and performing with my trio (Miles Black and Steve Holy), in addition to my regular teaching schedule.
While not everything has been easy over the past couple years with everything related to Covid, it has presented a few great opportunities that I didn’t have previously. One of which is the option to teach drums to a wider range of people on Zoom. This has enabled me to expand my reach of teaching beyond my local area, to a wide range of people across the Lower Mainland, Canada and as far away as Singapore.
I have also had the wonderful opportunity to study with the world renown jazz drummer, Carl Allen. With Carl based in New York City, it’s been an honour to gain new invites with regards to drums and music from my home in West Vancouver.
I look forward to preparing my next instalment on the drum blog. Stay well everyone and happy practicing!
Kristian Braathen