Ethnomusicologist. Drummer. Nonprofit Director.
Hi! I’m Alex! I am …
A Chicagoland ethnomusicologist, drummer.
My claim to Y-list celebrity is playing as the drumming behind Roger Lima in the band Rehasher, I also work as a drummer in the Chicagoland area, performing with The Mackenzie O’Brien Band and Brittany Bindrim. I previously performed with the indie pop/rock band Ava in the Dark and founded the funk/soul outfit The Savants in Gainesville, FL. I also am a private drum instructor and founded the nonprofit Upbeat GNV, an organization targeting reducing held stigmas and financial blockades toward mental health treatment for musicians in my hometown of Gainesville, FL.
My education includes a master’s degree in Popular Music & Culture possess a B.S. in Journalism earned from the University of Florida, and have served simultaneously as the Metro & University Desk editor for the Independent Florida Alligator.
Photo courtesy of Dana Householder
Photo courtesy of Suzanna Mars
Here’s some of my favorite drumming I’ve done:
By the numbers
Live Performances
700+
U.S. States Performed
26/50
Sessions (Drummer)
42
Sessions (Producer)
9
Countries Performed
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Ethnomusicology
In 2022, I earned my M.A. in Popular Music & Culture from Leeds-Beckett University in the United Kingdom. Along the way, I worked on projects covering practical effects of licensing restrictions on music podcast distribution, analytical strategies for genreless music curation, and critical explorations of gender politics in the discourse surrounding Disco Demolition Night. I also performed an in-depth Musematic analysis of the work “360 No Scope” by Ghost Town Remedy.