Magesh

Magesh
Magesh performing at the 2006 "Drumania" Festival in Geelong, Australia.
Background information
Birth name	Magesh
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1995 - Present
Associated acts	Nelly Furtado Justin Timberlake Rhianna Vanessa Amorosi Anastacia
Website	Official Website

Magesh is a professional drummer and a popular drum clinician drummer from Australia .

About Magesh

Magesh is from ponneri, and currently lives in Melbourne. Magesh is currently one of Australia's most in demand session drummers.

Voted one of the “Top 20 Millennium Players” by Drumscene magazine, he is regarded as one of Australia’s most exciting and innovative drummers.^[1] Magesh does many workshops around Australia and in other parts of the world. He is known for incorporating tablas and electronics with the drumset. He has performed with International artists like Nelly Furtado, The Pussy Cat Dolls, Lionel Richie, Ricky Martin, Justin Timberlake, Anastacia, Chris Brown, Rhianna, Vanessa Amorosi and Daniel Merriweather. Magesh recorded a DVD called Unique Beats in which he wrote all the music, played majority of the instruments and produced himself. He then signed a deal with Hal Leonard in the United States. His skills have earned him praise from some of the biggest names in the music business. Magesh has appeared in TV adds for 'M&M' Chocolates and Sony PlayStation. He is currently finishing a book on drumming. He has also appeared in such drumming magazines as Modern Drummer (USA), Rhythm (USA), Newsbeat (Canada) and Drumscene (Australia).

Magesh has performed at the "Australian Ultimate Drummers Weekend" on more than one occasion, and has been a regular at the "Drumania" Festival in Geelong, run by Geelong's largest music store, "The Music Den".

Magesh's Equipment

Current Kit (2007)

• Tama Starclassic Maple Drums & Sabian Cymbals:
• Drums – Sunset Burst
  • 10x8" Rack Tom
  • 14x16" Floor Tom
  • 14x5.5" Starclassic Maple Snare
  • 20x18" Bass Drum
• Cymbals – Sabian
  • 14" Hi-Hats
  • 17" HHX Stage Crash
  • 18" HHX Crash
  • 21" Jojo Mayer Signature Fierce Ride

• Magesh also uses Vic Firth drum sticks & Remo drum skins.

John Blackwell Jr. Clinics

On more than one occasion, Magesh has been the support act for John Blackwell Jr., whilst Blackwell has been on tour in Australia. Magesh and Blackwell have a close friendship and it seems every time Blackwell makes it to Australia, Magesh will do a clinic with Blackwell. In November 2007, Magesh performed a few clinics with John Blackwell Jr. whilst he was in Australia on tour with Justin Timberlake.

References

1. ^ http://www.halleonard.com.au/cmsutil/file.php?file=document_file_29.pdf

External links

• Magesh's Official Website
• Magesh's Official MySpace
• A Website Dedicated to Famous Drummers
• A Website for Drummers

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