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Mohamad Rizal Bin Abdul Jamal
Instructor
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Drums |
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My interest in drums started in 1986, when my mum bought me a toy drum on my 4th birthday. Since then, I got beats going into my head every time I played with it. I joined the military band as my extra curriculum activity during my primary and secondary school years, as a trumpeter and it really inspired me. I learned a lot on discipline, music notes and the beauty of music.
In 1996, I began to self-learn the basic drum techniques and strokes. I started playing in a band competitively in 1998. Practice makes perfect and I kept improving myself and came out playing with my own style and groove.
My talent had brought me to play different kinds of music such as rock, heavy metal, basic jazz, dangdut (malay traditional music), fusion, world music, funk, hip-hop, rnb, ska, reggae and pop. I played alongside Paul Danial (local guitar maestro) and also with various artists from Malaysia and Indonesia.
In 2003, I joined the one and only samba percussion band in Singapore, Wicked Aura Batucada. Playing with Wicked Aura had brought me a great wealth of exposure and experience. We have done a lot of shows for corporate events, charity shows, W.O.M.A.D festival-local & overseas, etc
Currently I am studying at Lasalle College School of the Arts for my diploma in Jazz music. I also taught Brazilian Percussion and Stomp in local schools and, enrichment classes in primary and secondary school as my part-time job and nurtured a couple of talents under my guidance. I am currently part of the residential band in the club Arena.
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