Embracing Technology as a Drummer and Animator feat. Chris Georgenes

This week Alison welcomes Boston based, drummer illustrator, animator, producer, audio engineer extraordinaire and visual storyteller, Chris Georgenes!

Chris is a fabulous, funky and natural born drummer..   In fact, he is one of the busiest working drummers around Boston and New England and can frequently be seen playing with the band, The Boston Naturals as well as many other New England music artists. I first became familiar with Chris when I became a fan of his remote music collaboration videos through social media during the height of covid last year,  where many talented area musicians sent him their audio tracks of their music performances through the computer.. and Chris using his many talents, ensembles them into these beautiful visual and audio music stories. On Chris’s website bostondrummer.com,  instagram and facebook.. you find the many collaborations he ended up doing.

In our conversation we talk about a few of Chris’s music video collaborations in particular. One video, was a beautiful rendition of the song, O-O-H Child” made famous in 1970 by the family band the five stairsteps. This song and collaboration was just what people needed during covid when everyone was stuck at home needing inspiration and hope. In our conversation we discussed how it came together and how the video was uploaded on a sunday evening and was on the new the next evening! .. The video can be found on youtube, it’s called “ inspirational video with 17 musicians from Boston to Italy” It features a group performance that includes musicians, medical professionals and postman also showcase their musical skills in this beautiful,  moving performance… I have also had the pleasure of playing bass for a few of Chris’s collaborations including , “tear the roof off” by parliament recorded with 13 basses and an original composition we co wrote with Perry Bakalos called, “ Scorpion Bowl” All these collaborations can be found on the websites below. 

 

In our conversation we also talk about Chris’s impressive career as an animator and the wonderful experiences that lead him to illustrate work for Steven Spielberg. 

 

Chris Georgenes was destined to be a creative person and we talk about how it all started in a car ride with his family when he was a child. Chris went to Hartford Arts School and shares his drumming and arts background as well as his drum influences and connection to the drum community by providing many free, downloadable, tracks to play with. 

 

Chris is hugely inspiring as he drives to create and produce content for all to enjoy. Chris, “Says yes to everything’ keeps his mind open and is endlessly excited and dedicated to technology,  progress and story telling. 

 

Websites :

Chris Georgenes     https://www.bostondrummer.com

                                listen to Chris's music here! 

 

Keep up with Chris on Social Media!

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVc_j7llJH3xwT34WXS-Ow

                  https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisGeorgenes1/videos

 

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/chrisgeorgenes/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/chris.georgenes

 

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"In The Stars" by Alison Keslow

 

Outro song :

"In The Stars" by Alison Keslow“     

 

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