Davy Jones Band

Felipe Torres: drums, vocals.  Felipe was born in Germany, spent his childhood in Colombia until age four, and the last 24 years in the NYC area. He started playing drums at 14 with a private teacher, and in high school played in every group he could—from marching band to chorus—and was voted Band President by senior year. It was that year that Felipe started taking lessons at New York City’s Drummers Collective with such notables as Sandy Gennaro, Mike Clark, Ian Froman, Guy Licata, Vince Cherico, and Gary Kelly.

Through the years in the New York area, Felipe also studied privately with Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Robby Ameen, Matt Johnson, Billy Ward, and Joe Ascione.

Felipe has been performing, recording, teaching and touring for the last 13 years. He has done US and Canada tours with Dreamworks artists OURS, Road Runner Records blues artist Peter Karp, and the Roadshow and jump/jazz band Jumptime, Lizard King Records rock band Surefire, The Monkees, and Chubby Checker—for the last few years as drummer/back-up vocalist for the Davy Jones Band. He is also currently in the original progressive/fusion/rock trio In Musth, playing with New York’s own Jerry Cherry, Senator, New Jersey’s premier Horror/Rockabilly band Dead Elvi, and completing the first double album with double drum set menace, TSN.

Felipe specializes in teaching beginners on drumset and orchestral percussion, reading, rudiments, and various styles of music. For lessons and much more please check out Felipe’s YouTube channel and his myspace page.

Felipe proudly endorses Evans Drumheads, Amedia Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks, The KickPort, and the Clamp-it Secure Mic Stand System.

Trivia: Felipe loves winter, night time, Fiji Water, and has 13 tattoos.
[photo of Felipe by Steve Geller]