Orange Sky, the experience.
2 Silva Terrace,
Maraval,
Trinidad.
Email: orangesky@angelfire.com
Name:
Rene Coryat.
Date of Birth: October
27, 1972.
Age: 25.
Height: 5’ 11¾”.
Band: Orange Sky.
Nickname: Doctor.
Have been playing drums for:
14 years.
Musical Influences:Michael
Tobas, Billy Cobham, Louis Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, The
Mighty Shadow, Neil Peart, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Terri Lyne Carrington,
George Clinton.
Favorite Drums: Pearl.
Favorite Drummers: Buddy
Rich, Gene Kruppa, Michael “Toby” Tobas.
Favorite musical genre:
Rock/Reggae/Fusion
Favorite Color: Red.
Favorite foods: Italian,
Callaloo and Mushrooms.
Most frequent cravings:
Chocolates.
Loves: God
Likes: Jazz/Fusion, Classical,
World Beat, Blues, Funk, Rock.
Also Likes: Good company,
outdoor activities, music, jamming with other musicians, animals, aviation,
Internet chat, fast cars.
Sometimes very: Inquisitive.
Usually very: Quiet, honest,
thoughtful, active.
Dislikes: Satan.
Needs more: Drumsticks,
batter heads, Cymbals.
Musical Experience:
1985-1987 Michael Tobas, School of Drumming
and Percussion.
1987, December:
Orchestra Workshop sponsored by Trinidad & Tobago Music Foundation
– four day workshop.
1988, August:
U.W.I Extra Mural Studies Unit, St. Augustine Vacation School in the Creative
Arts.
Percussion – 60 contact hours. Five (5) Credits.
1989, August:
U.W.I Extra Mural Studies Unit, St. Augustine Vacation School in the Creative
Arts.
Percussion – 60 contact hours. Five (5) Credits.
1989 November:
Performed: Symphony No. 94 First Movement, Haydn, Queen’s Hall and Naparima
Bowl; Timpani part, National Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Performed: Halleluia Chorus, Handel, All Saints Church; Percussion
part, Chanteurs Immortelle.
1990, June:
Performed: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Andrew Lloyd Webber,
Centenary Hall, St. Mary’s College; Drums.
Performed: Orpheus and Euridice, Gluck, Queen’s Hall; Timpani
part.
1991 August:
Performed Air and Final, “Water Music,” Handel; Overture “1812”, Tchaikovsky;
Percussion part, Naprima Bowl and Queen’s Hall.
Performed (18) Cole Porter compositions in “An
Evening with Cole Porter”; Drums ,Queen’s Hall.
1993 Performed:
Rock Concert, in Alternative Rock Band “Smith Tuttle”, original compositions,
The Palace, Sangre Grande.
1993 Performed:
Symphony No. 40, First Movement, Mozart; Prelude and Fugue in G minor,
Bach. National Youth Symphony Orchestra, Percussion part. Queen’s Hall.
Has also done :
Studio Sessions with various bands and artists.
Bands to my credit:
Toxic Generation, Orange Peel Groove, Smith Tuttle, Creed, Slave Driver,
Amethyst, Sativa.
