Jim Mola
As a drummer: Performances and recordings: Phil Woods, Hank Jones, Billy Taylor, Mike Stern, Charlie Rouse, Stanley Turrentine, Tony Bennett, Weird Al Yankovic, Last Week Tonight, Turner Classic Movies, Good Morning America, PASIC with Arthur Lipner and Glen Velez.
As an educator: University of Bridgeport, Collective School of Music, PAS New York chapter president, PAS Drum Set Committee, Jim currently teaches privately in New York City, leads a successful drum camp in NYC, and appears as a clinician in drum shops and universities.
As a studio vocalist and VO artist: Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, Robert DeNiro, NBC, Pixar, iHeart Radio, DL Hughley, The Smithsonian, Bacardi, Goldfish, Duncan Sheik, the WWF, and many others as clients in TV, radio and film, including a run as the voice of the Jolly Green Giant.
Creative Independence
Session Description:
A series of simple yet fundamental designs will be demonstrated (accompanied by visual support) which demystify independence and encourage interplay between the limbs in a way that beat combination and pattern books fail to address. This approach emphasizes musicality at its core rather than sheer difficulty or virtuosity, and can develop over time into an individual approach for building grooves, solos, and a sound palette. In much the same way that we practice to even up our two hands into one voice, we learn to think in terms of four limbs instead of hands then feet. Four limbs, endless sound possibilities, one voice.
Session Category:
- Drumset
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- Virtual
Date:
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Time:
3:00 PM
Location:
Virtual
Session Type:
Clinic
Session Format:
Virtual
