Tommy Distefano
This page is for my solo endeavors. I am primarily a drummer/percussionist, but also play the didjeridu, do a small amount of vocals, and enjoy messing around with music programs. If you're interested in hearing my main band, Metapneuma, go to
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I grew up playing around on my brother's drumset. In 5th grade I started playing drums for school, and stuck with that until my junior year of high school, when I decided to take music technology instead. I also took drum lessons from 1998-2002 with Steve Thomas. In 2002 I created a solo album on Fruityloops called Transduction. Since then I've jammed with quite a few people, but my main band is .
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I play live in my basement, usually for audiences ranging from 0-5 people.
Your musical influences
Tool, Pink Floyd, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Estradasphere, Buckethead, Fantomas, String Cheese Incident, King Crimson, Shpongle, Frank Zappa, etc.
What equipment do you use?
A 6-piece emerald green Premier Signia, 3 remo rototoms, a remo djembe, a doumbek, a timbale, Zildjian A cymbals, berimbau, didjeridu, and a crappy computer with Fruityloops3.0.
