ARTISTS
Get to know some of our artists and the pro audio gear, EFNOTE Drums and X Series instruments they love.
EFNOTE ARTISTS
Drummer with THE JACKSONS
Stacey Lamont Sydnor is a music director, producer, drummer, percussionist, songwriter, and composer. He’s performed with: Seal, Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, Starship, Hillary Duff, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Missy Elliot, Alicia Keys, Jermaine Jackson, Philip Bailey, The Jacksons, Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton, Sly Stone, The Temptations and many, many more.
Drummer with CHICAGO
Tris Imboden is an American rock and jazz drummer. As a performer, he has been in studio sessions and on tour with some of the most notable and highest-selling musicians of all time. He was the drummer for the multi-platinum band Chicago from 1990 to 2018. He is a multi-platinum selling artist.
Drummer with EARTH, WIND & FIRE
John Paris is an American drummer, saxophonist, arranger, singer and songwriter. Paris is a member of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Paris has also played with artists such as Patti LaBelle, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Cliff, Sheila E, Karyn White and Eric Benet.
Drummer with TOM PETTY
Steve Ferrone is an English drummer known as a member of the rock band: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994–2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the Average White Band in the 1970s.
Drummer with THE TEMPTATIONS
Aaron “The A-Train” Smith is a Nashville-based drummer and percussionist. At the age of 20, Aaron Smith played drums on The Temptations‘ Grammy-Winning megahit “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone“. Aaron has recorded, performed and toured with artists including Ray Charles, Romeo Void, The 77s, Rich Mullins and Jimmy Abegg.
Social Media Phenom
Rocker Girl has now amassed 2.1 million followers on TikTok, 430K followers on Instagram, 630K subscriptions on YouTube, picked up a coveted Sabian endorsement and was nominated by the drumming world’s juggernaut platform, DRUMEO, as TIKTOK DRUMMER OF THE YEAR in the DRUMEO Awards!
XKEY / XJAM ARTISTS
Keyboardist with DREAM THEATER
Renowned as the “Best Keyboardist of All Time” by Music Radar Magazine, Jordan Rudess stands out as the extraordinary keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist for the platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning progressive rock band, Dream Theater. Embarking on his musical journey as a classical prodigy, Jordan initiated his studies at the illustrious Juilliard School of Music at the age of 9, laying the foundation for a career marked by a distinctive fusion of classical and rock influences.
Keyboardist / Musical Director with EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Myron McKinley is a pianist, producer, songwriter, programmer, and film score composer. McKinley has toured with Grammy award winner Whitney Houston, Kenny Lattimore, Stanley Clarke, En Vogue, and has toured as the Musical Director for Philip Bailey, Cherokee, Doc Powell , Shai and currently, for the last twelve years, serves as the Musical Director for Grammy award winners and pop music giants Earth, Wind & Fire.
Keyboardist / Composer
As one of the most versatile keyboardists on the West Coast, Bobby Cressey has years of experience professionally performing and producing at the highest levels in multiple styles of music. He was part of DJ Skee’s Skeetox band, currently plays organ for the San Diego Padres, and has performed with Ice Cube, Jesse McCartney, Xzibit, Lil’ John, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Bobby Brown, The Glenn Miller big band and the Tom Kubis Big Band at Goldenwest.
PRO AUDIO ARTISTS
Singer/Founder of NITEFLYTE
Howard Williams Johnson (born November 28, 1956, in Miami, Florida) is a former American soul/disco singer, and founder of the group Niteflyte. He charted two songs on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart during the 1980s – “So Fine”, which spent one week at No. 1 in 1982, and “Let This Dream Be Real,” which reached No. 19 in 1983.
Bassist
Heavy bass riff driven songs with post-punk sneer, pop-punk melodies, expressive vocals, screams and beautiful harmonies, reminiscent of Elastica, Hole, The Breeders and L7. She sings about overcoming adversity and keeping the light in your soul glowing in an increasingly cold, dark world. Nicki has toured with Trance pioneer BT, and played with Primus’s Tim Alexander.
Country Singer
My name is Kristen Brown, and I am a 24-year-old country singer from Roseville, CA. From the time I was a little girl, country music has had a huge hold on my heart. From singing on the back of my dad’s bass boat to traveling the country performing in my best pair of boots, I’ve loved every second of being in the country music family.
PIANO ARTISTS
