alexarellanomalca

SEEKING

Band to Join, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Violin, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Trombone, Upright bass, Cello.

ABOUT

NEW CD "THE FOUNDRY"
alexarellanomalca dot band camp dot com/releases

Avant-garde, prog metal,jazz, fusion, tech, drummer. Played in Power Of Omens (Elevate Records) and The Fractured Dimension (Mals Records)Appeared in Modern Drummer and DRUM! magazines. Looking for musicians or a band into intense technical instrumental music. )- for more videos, audio samples or to contact me, please visit: alexarellanodrums dot com
info at alexarellanodrums dot com

Screen name:: alexarellanomalca
Member since:: Feb 17 2012; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 30
Gigs played:: Over 100
Most available:: Nights

Influences

drummers: Mark Zonder, Chad Wackerman, Terry Bozzio, Dave Weckl, Akira Jimbo, Mike Mangini, Gavin Harrison, Grant Collins, Rod Morgenstein, Keisuke Komori, Sebastian Lanser, Virgil Donati
bands: Planet X, Dream Theater, Spiral Architect, Allan Holdsworth, Panzerballett, Hago, Wormhole Experience, Alamaailman Vasarat, ArsNova, Apocalyptica, Chick Corea, Univers Zero, On The Virg, HIROMI, Kansas, Rush, etc

Instrument experience:

Drums:: Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Endorsements: SPAUN drums, Attack heads, Meinl, Audix

DRUM! Magazine - Aug 2009
As the name suggests, Alex Arellano’s band, Fractured Dimension, is a perilous black hole of virtuosic musicianship – call it a prog-gasm. But it’s largely Arellano – rocking a gargantuan double bass Spaun kit that Mike Portnoy would approve of – who gives this power trio its note-y rhythmic stylings. The Squid was particularly impressed with Arellano’s central rhythmic conceit of bass drum/tom—derived sextuplets, or consecutive triplets if you like, that function as kind of a quasi-fill-fueled beat. Also noteworthy are the two hi-hats he works in counterpoint with each other, or to his main beat – and good luck pinning down what that is. New album Toward The Mysterium sees Arellano rolling up and down the kit almost like a keyboard player, punctuating his statements with an array of palate-cleansing splashes, never once veering from the click. Hey Alex, can we shake your hand?

"Alex has a great amount of technical skills and musicality. He has a unique and refreshing creative approach to his musical drumming which can be an inspiration to all of us looking to explore what we can do on the drums," - Dr. Grant Collins - Master Drummer/ Independent / Paul Wardingham / Topology / https://www.grantcollins.com/

"Very cool & inventive! Love the sounds & intricate playing, some serious crazy patterns! very well thought out!" - Mark Zonder - Warlord/Fates Warning/A-Z/Sessions

"Your drumming is extremely orchestral, your drumset is like a big keyboard! Great orchestral drumming, that was really interesting stuff! I enjoyed it!" - Mike Mangini - Dream Theater / Steve Vai