Brendan McCourt

The audience is all but guaranteed to dance when I'm playing drums thanks to my deep pocket feel and soul/hip-hop influences. I'm a responsive improv player but I'm not a stranger to grooving along with background tracks, samples or clicks.

VENUES PLAYED include:
- Nokia Theatre on Broadway; CBGB (New York City)
- Hotel Cafe, The Roxy (Los Angeles/Hollywood)
- Belly Up, The Casbah, Lafayette Hotel, Winston's, 710 Beach Club, Soda Bar, The Merrow, The Irenic, House of Blues, Hard Rock Cafe, Brick by Brick, Lestat's, Tower Bar, Pacific Beachfest, Adams Avenue Unplugged (San Diego)
- 9:30 Club, The French Embassy; The National Music Center; LOVE; The State Theatre; Rock and Roll Hotel; Jammin Java; IOTA; Hard Rock Cafe (Washington, DC)
- Theatre of Living Arts “TLA” (Philadelphia)
- Meyer Amphitheatre (West Palm Beach, FL)
- CBS tailgate party for Tim Tebow (Florida Gators)
- The Next Great American Band (2007 FOX TV reality show with Johnny Rzeznik & Sheila E – yeah, it was terrible)
- Port O’ Call (Outer Banks, NC)
- Bottle & Cork; Dogfish Head (Dewey Beach, DE)
- The Jewish Mother (Virginia Beach, VA)

SUPPORTING ACT for:
- The Roots
- Lauryn Hill
- India Arie
- Al Green
- Blind Melon
- Soul Asylum
- Sugar Hill Gang
- Floetry
- Raphael Saadiq
- Chrisette Michele
- Soulive
- Raheem DeVaughn
- Ryan Toby & Claudette Ortiz of City High
- Pat McGee Band
- Badfish

IN THE STUDIO I’ve had the pleasure to work with and learn from:
- Roy Silverstein (Rarefied Recording)
- Alan Sanderson (Pacific Beat Recording; credits include Elton John, Chris Cornell, Rolling Stones, Weezer, Madonna, Fiona Apple, Jewel, Fleetwood Mac, Counting Crows)
- Blue Miller (Nashville producer co-wrote with India Arie, Blue October, former guitarist for Gibson Miller Band, Isaac Hayes, Bob Seger, Don Was, Ted Nugent)
- Greg Archilla (Matchbox 20, Blue October, Collective Soul, Edwin McCain, Buckcherry, Safety Suit)
- Julian McBrowne (Kid Creole, Blackstreet, Peter Tosh)
- Stacy Heydon (former “Station to Station” era David Bowie & Iggy Pop guitarist)
- Roy Silverstein (Rarefied Recording)
- Tony Alany (Andy Zipf, Virginia Coalition, Pat McGee)
- Skip DeRupa (The Neptunes, Gwen Stefani)
- Alex Bush (Nine Inch Nails sessions, High School Musical Sndtrk)
- Dave McDonald (Agents of Good Roots, Andrew Winn)
- Xavier Swafford (Marcus Johnson)

I usually play an acoustic kit tailored to the gig. I have a variety of drums and cymbals to choose from. I also have some electronic triggers and a Roland SPD-S sampler to incorporated samples, backing tracks and other sounds into the performance.