Desert Drummer

In a working setting, pro level performer, pro attitude when it comes to learning the music, showing up on time and knowing the music. A great sounding drum set with a solid groove that plays for the song and with his fellow performers.

In a Master Class setting you will get a fresh approach to the application of the rudiments to the drum set, new & creative ways to do fills along with a new demonstration on how to groove using world rhythms. He will also demonstrate exercises on how to gain the independence to perform 4-way independence grooves and solos.

In a solo performance setting you will see a ground breaking performer who is able to showcase the drum set as solo instrument that is capable of functioning within familiar songwriting formats. He also performs to prerecorded tracks that feature lots of other great rhythmic patterns in order to vary the set a bit while allowing the audience to be immersed in beautiful rhythms from the around the world.

Carlos Solorzano is a professional drummer & songwriter from Southern Arizona. He is also the co-founder of Sun Mirror Productions with his partner Angel Delallana with this company releasing his two solo albums, drumming book along with his tutorial videos.

Many of his original compositions have been featured on television shows including Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, America's Top Model, Live: With Regis and Kathie Lee, Weekly with Ed Gordon, Sunday Best on BET, various shows on the BBC including Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession & Rhys to the Rescue, Viva Hollywood (MTV & VH1), Steelroots Classics, and The Big Party & E! News Live on E! Entertainment Television. His compositions have also earned him multiple ASCAPLUS songwriting awards and a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts in order to write and record more compositions for licensing opportunities.

He also has a solo drumming act where he adapts world rhythms to the American drum set in order to imitate the sound of a percussion combo. He has appeared at clubs and festivals as well as Master Class settings all over Arizona and California. Such venues include: Music Instrument Museum, Tucson Morning Blend Television Show, Live on KXCI Radio, Motherland Music, AFASA African Festival, Kino Memorial Stadium, Arizona Black Film Showcase, Pima Community College, Instrumental Music Center, St. Augustine Catholic High School, Salpointe Catholic High School and Tucson Children's Museum

He performs regularly in the Tucson music scene and is on call for session work at multiple locations in Southern Arizona.

Carlos has been featured both as a performer and writer from DRUM! Magazine and is endorsed by and proudly uses: Soultone Cymbals, Ahead Sticks & Accessories, Drum Dots and Hansenfutz Pedals

A professional sound system with a sound engineer that can provide both a good house sound and a great monitor mix, which includes hearing the backing tracks clearly.

A decent stage size to showcase what I do.

Good lighting that allows the audience to see what I do.