Instruments
Drums
Percussion
Education
24 years of experience playing the drums and recording/touring with bands of various styles and genres
Services
Drums (beginner to advanced)
Percussion (Djembe, Dholki, and various hand drums)
Drum Recording/Logic Pro X
Visual Artist
Bio
Hey Bellingham Music Community!
My name is Gregory Meredith. I’m a musician and artist and live out in the county with my sweetie Melissa and our magical and beautiful daughter Runa.
My musical journey started at a very early age. I was drawn to music as early as I can remember. I grew up in a musical household, and my mother is a fantastic singer and pianist. She would often sing me sweet lullabies. One of my earliest memories is of her singing “Somewhere Out There” from An American Tale to me in my crib.
I started to gravitate towards the rhythmic aspect of music in my pre-teens and began persistently signaling to my parents that I wanted to play drums.
I started playing drums just after my 13th birthday. My first drum teacher was Scott Mort, who still is teaching in the Western PA area. He helped provide me with a very solid foundation and continued to inspire me to develop my ear through active listening training. His background as a funk and rock drummer helped inform my sensibilities that are still present to this day.
Playing the drums quickly became a powerful meditation for me and a path towards self-discovery. I found that no matter what challenges life brought my way, the drums were always there for me.
I immediately started playing in bands and learned most of what I know about drums through the direct experience of playing with other musicians.
I got involved in the vibrant local music scene of Johnstown, PA shortly thereafter. Being a part of this music scene was a feeling of coming home. Playing drums and connecting with the local music scene became a solid foundation for my relationship with the drums.
I then moved to Nashville in 2007 to go to university and ended up steeped in the underground scene there. I played in many different projects, mostly under the umbrella of rock, metal, and experimental genres. I toured the US and even got to record with Jack White at his home studio for a band I was in at the time.
By 2013 I was called to the PNW and moved to Portland, OR. Here I continued to play drums solo and was also part of a metal band. I discovered the art of tea and worked at two prominent teahouses in the city.
I met my partner in 2015 through working for the same tea company. We eventually moved up to Bellingham in 2018.
Over the past several years, I’ve focused on my personal relationship with the drums and started recording remotely for artists, both domestic and internationally. I regularly create drum content that I post on social media. I also have been working on my own solo project.
My obsession for the drums has only deepened over the past several years. I have a passion for providing inspiration, particularly for young and up-and-coming drummers.
Recently, I’ve been diving into Indian music and rhythms and am currently learning to play the dholki, a North Indian double-sided hand drum.
I look forward to sharing this passion of all things drum and rhythm with you!
Influences
Jaki Liebezeit (CAN)
Danny Carey (TOOL)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Ginger Baker (Cream)
Klaus Schulze (Ash Ra Tempel/Cosmic Jokers)
Mario Duplantier (Gojira)
Stewart Copeland (The Police)
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Gustav Ejstes (Dungen)
Thomas Hedlund (Cult of Luna/Phoenix)
Jason Roeder (Neurosis/SLEEP)
Aaron Harris (ISIS)
GOAT (Sweden)
Ravi Shankar
Tony Williams
Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy)
Phil Taylor (Motörhead)
Ringo Starr
Levon Helm (The Band)
Phil Collins
Greg Fox
Pete Sandoval (Morbid Angel)
Panda Bear (Animal Collective)
Current Projects
<><> (solo project)
Grog Moss (psychedelic metal project)
Currently recording remotely for various artists