SkyMuse Master Class at DigiPen : March 7th

The next SkyMuse Master Class will be at DigiPen, Monday, March 7th with Special guests Dave Tull and Brad Dutz.

DigiPen is one of the most amazing places and a world leader in Game Development Education. A big thank you to DigiPen for hosting this event. Brad Dutz has been up from Los Angeles where he is one of the most in demand percussionists to teach two previous master classes. We are excited to have with us one of the very best drummers anywhere, Dave Tull to join with Brad for a great presentation. As composers, arrangers, orchestrators and musicians we are all interested in ways to use the power and drive of drums and percussion. These guys know how and will share it. I hope you will join us at DigiPen for this upcoming Master Class from SkyMuse. Here is the information:

DigiPen Institute of Technology is pleased to host the next installment in SkyMuse Studios’ Master Class Series:

Percussion and Drums with Brad Dutz and Dave Tull

7:30 pm Monday 7 March 2016

Michelangelo Auditorium, DigiPen Institute of Technology

9931 Willows Road NE

Redmond WA 98052

Join us for a lively discussion and musical demonstration by percussionist Brad Dutz and drummer Dave Tull. The event is free and open to all.

Presenter Bios:

Brad Dutz

While recording CDs for artists like KISS, WILLIE NELSON, MICHAEL WOLFF, TRIBAL TECH, DAVID BENOIT, RICK BRAUN, VINNY GOLIA, ALANIS MORRISETTE ,LEE ANN RYHMES, MITCH FORMAN, KIM RICHMOND, RICKIE LEE JONES, HANDS’ONSEMBLE  and even actors JEFF BRIDGES and RONNY COX, Brad tries to bring the strangest percussion instruments he has to the session to create a unique sound. . He can be heard on TV shows KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY, AMERICAN DAD, ENTERPRISE and FIREFLY. Some of the movies that Brad has played on are LAST VEGAS, BATTLESHIP, BOURNE LEGACY ,COWBOYS and ALIENS, PRINCE OF EGYPT, SYRIANA, HILDAGO, RUGRATS GO WILD,STAR TREK 5, OCEAN’S ELEVEN , ANCHORMAN, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE ,TRANSFORMERS 1 and 2 , RUSH HOUR 3, RUN DOWN and I SPY. IMAX films : MYSTERIES OF EGYPT, MT. KILAMANJARO , AMAZON, and ISLAND of SHARKS.

As a member of BMI since 1985 Dutz has produced  over thirty five CDs as a leader and  composed the entire body  of music  on more than twenty of those cds. He is the owner of the  publishing company  LEAKY SPLEEN music.  The ensembles he has written for cover a wide range of instrumental combinations. In 1990 Dutz started  his composition studies of multiple scores mainly of 20th century music  and privately  with  composers TERRY PLUMERI, RON JONES, RUSSELL  STEINBERG . In addition to  CD projects  he has composed for Dance companies, and Theatre as well as  some television and movies,as well as silent films. The main focus of his composition over the  last twenty years ,however,  has been  his  numerous cd releases . Everything from solo pieces to  nonets  are featured on his compact discs. Last year saw the fourth release- ‘”Peripheral Hearing”‘ of his latest quartet project .This unit has the  unique instrumental combination of mallet percussion, oboe, cello ,and bass clarinet.  Other recent  ensembles include- The Other Three (a trio with Kim Richmond and John Fumo),Obliteration  4tet  [found objects for  percussionists], Polarity Taskmasters [keyboards, voice, theremin, percussion] and the duet CD with  reedman VINNY GOLIA. In 2002 his Obliteration quartet was the subject of a documentary film.

As an educator, Brad has taught hand percussion at Cal State Long Beach since 1997. He has conducted hundreds  of clinics at colleges and high schools on a variety of topics (including studio work, composing for percussion,  producing one’s own CD ,world percussion and freelancing in the music industry
Dave Tull

Drummer/Vocalist/Songwriter
For twenty-five years Dave Tull has been known as a world-class jazz and big band drummer. In recent years Dave has made a name for himself as one of the country’s finest jazz vocalists. With his CD, “I Just Want To Get Paid”, Dave adds songwriting to his list

Dave has led his trio at The Vail, CO Jazz Festival, The Newport Beach Jazz Party, The Nash in Phoenix, The Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Ivories Jazz Club in Portland, and The “Jazz at Joe’s” concert series in Bend, OR among others. He was a featured performer both singing and drumming at the 2015 Frank DeMiero Jazz Festival and has recently shared concerts with vocalist Rebecca Kilgore and also pianist/vocalist Judy Roberts. Dave toured the world from 2000-2010 as drummer and lead vocalist for Chuck Mangione. Dave’s vocal on Mangione’s “The Children of Sanchez” and his bebop scat vocal on “Dizzymiles” has been featured at hundreds of concerts including The Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl and The Blue Note in New York City. A video of Dave with Mangione can be viewed at http://youtu.be/be-N6UnS7Bk

Since 2011 Dave has been the drummer for singer/actor Robert Davi, performing at The Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Budapest Arena and many other concerts around the world. Dave plays on four of singer Michael Buble’s CD’s including Buble’s notable version of “Moondance”. Dave has played drums for several episodes of the FOX TV show “Family Guy” and has backed Seth MacFarlane with The Ron Jones Influence Big Band. https://youtu.be/XvKlat3PPpw?t=10s Dave is the drummer on eight of Cheryl Bentyne’s (of the Manhattan Transfer) CD’s and has done six tours of Japan with Bentyne. Bentyne had Dave sing on two tracks of her CD “Moonlight Serenade” including the song “Tull Tales”, named after Dave! Dave wrote the vocalese lyric for Bentyne on “All of You” for her 2009 Cole Porter Songbook CD. Dave has played with Jack Sheldon’s Quartet and Big Band since 1991 and is on Jack’s 2007 CD, “Listen Up” on Butterfly Records. Dave has played with the Steve Huffsteter Big Band since 1998 http://youtu.be/7VXnkWw5ey8 and is on Steve’s CD “Live at Café 322”. He has been a member of The Les Brown Band of Renown since 1999, playing on that band’s CD, “Session 55”. Dave was the drummer for The Steve Allen Big Band for 5 years and performed many years with The Paul Smith Trio. Richie Cole has featured Dave on drums and vocals, and Cole has arranged two of Dave’s original songs for the band! An active jazz clinician on both drums and vocals, Dave teaches drum set at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, CA, and is the drum set instructor for the Los Angeles Jazz  Society’s “Bill Green Mentorship Program”.