Songwriter and multi instromentalist Michael D'Agostino has been a professional musician in the New York City area for 35 years.

Sounds Like: The Band, The Blue Nile

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The process of organizing my catalog of music and creating anew in the studio is underway and I'll be releasing more tracks both old and new. Tracks with Trey Gunn(King Crimson, John Paul Johns) to be released soon. Was a wonderful experience having Janis Pendarvis(Sting,The Rolling Stones) sing backing vocals on my song Scorched.

Michael D'Agostino Bio

MICHAEL D'AGOSTINO www.michaeldagostino.com 862-377-1025 ? mdagostino77@optonline.net
Michael D'Agostino moves seamlessly between drummer, songwriter, vocalist, keyboard player and recording engineer.
• Formed the free-improvisational quartet INNERrOUTe. Credited with drumming, engineering, mixing and mastering the bands self-titled first release, the groups 2nd, "Fourmation" on Planet Arts Records and 3rd "Wing Factory" on Rainchant Records
• Drummer for NYC based "Ballets With A Twist" featuring a 10 -piece group of top NYC musicians, including Steve Gaboury, Lincoln Goines, Deni Bonet, Mark Shulman, Peter Zummo
• Drummer for ambient overdrive group King Chubby with former Pat Metheny bassist Mark Egan. Signed to Caliente Records/Universal Music Group. Their release "IS" hit the Top 10 on many CMJ charts across the US.
• Drummer for Trey Gunn (King Crimson, John Paul Jones) and NYC based rock trio "Desperate Measures," with Curt Golden on guitar and Victor McSurely on Chapman stick, both members of Robert Fripp's (King Crimson) "League of Crafty Guitarists."
• Primary songwriter, lead vocalist and drummer on "Blue Halo Effect," in collaboration with David Biglin (Art Garfunkel, Steve Howe.) Performed in and around NYC including several shows for ASCAP .
• Original songs "Scorched" and "Baghdad" received honorable mention from the 2009 Billboard World Song Contest.
• Drum Instructor at The Drummer's Collective NYC (e-drums), The Sam Ash Music Institute, School of Rock, The Music Den, The Monroe School of Dance, Music and Theatre and privately.
• Worked with (partial list) Vernon Reid, Carlos Alomar, Trey Gunn, William Gallison, Stanley Jordan, Wendy Starland, The Winter Olympic Orchestra, George Clinton, Jimmy Norman, Gabrielle Roth, Debashish Bhattacharya, Subhasis Bhattacharya, Sean Harkness, Coleman Barks, Robert Dick, The Dance Companies of David Dorfman and Ralph Lemon amongst others.
• The solo release "Future Reflections" is available on iTunes, CD Baby, and Rhapsody.
• Drummer and engineer for the Indie feature film "Sweet Lorraine" starring Academy Award
winning actress Tatum O'Neal, and Steven Bauer (Scarface.)
• Compositions can be heard on The Lifetime Channel, BET, BET on Jazz, CNN, 20th Century Fox's The X-Files, Fox Sports, The Outdoor Channel and in Film and TV in the US, Europe, Africa, Canada and Australia.
• Engineer for Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel,) Devon Allman, John Ginty, Jimmy Norman, Miki Howard and many more.
• Programmed drum sounds for Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, Kiss, Third World, Ronald Shannon Jackson, and Kenwood Dennard.
• Studied drums with Gary Chaffee, Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon,) Mike Longo (Dizzy Gillespie,) Jim Petercsak (SUNY Potsdam) and Red Snyder (Les Brown,) voice with Janice Pendarvis (Sting, Mick Jagger) and Marimba with Leigh Howard Stevens.
• Endorses Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Drumsticks