User talk:Tony Dashiell

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Tony Dashiell, born March 2nd 1982

Tony became obsessed with jazz during his high school years.

During that time Tony played in churches and with various small ensembles doing private parties, barbecues, and talent shows. Finding paying gigs during that time was rather difficult because he could not gain the respect of the seasoned gigging musicians in the area. (even though, he was chosen to participate in District and State Honors Bands for Jazz, Orchestra, and Marching).His desire to continue playing after graduation was influenced by his mentor Keith Brooks,(“No Byscuyts”)www.myspace.com/nobyscuyts. After researching drummers playing with national acts seen on MTV, VH1, live at the US Air Arena, and other television programs, Tony noticed the one thing they all had in common was a formal education. He enrolled in “Drummers Collective” in downtown Manhattan after graduating high school. After a year there, Tony returned home and began answering ads. After one audition with a Grateful Dead cover band,he performed with “Random Seed” for two years, all the while focusing on getting into one of the premier music schools, between Baltimore, and Boston. He auditioned for, and was even accepted into, Berklee College of Music, New School University, and Manhattan School of Music, but was unable to attend any of those due to extreme tuition costs. However this hurdle did not sway him. He continued his research and found the University of Wisconsin, and moved to the twin ports before even auditioning. Thanks to Max Dakota’s introduction to the head of the Jazz Dept there, he was accepted into the program. Since the move from MD Tony has performed with Max Dakota www.maxdakota.com in 4 projects; "I Am","Modern Life","3rd Stream Soul", "Flexible Strategies", and "Dakota 5" He also held the drumchair for a rock cover band called "Season of The Witch", Reggae with "Uprising" & "Prince Paul & The Conscious Party", and Funk with "Boku Frequency". Tony is transferring to McNaly Smith in St. Paul MN. Current projects are "Something Organic" (Facebook "Something Organic" Twitter @WeAreOrganinc, Kensington Stone (facebook "Kensington Stone") As of early August 2012, he also got the call for Ashley Dubose (ashleydubose.com). Bringing up the rear is a 'Beastie Boys' tribute project thats in the works.

Biography
Tony studied Jazz Performance at the University of Wisconsin. Plays Drums, Bass, and Keys