happy new year

sorry guys for the late january update – but here it comes:

i´ve been to turkey and austria with the wonderful jazz pianist sabri tulug tirpan. and next month we will play at ankara jazz festival.

apart from that there have been some shows with Stoppok
…and btw. for the ppl from outside germany who wanna hear me play in a pop/rock context check out the myspace page. i put up a short live clip of a Stoppok concert there.

also i´m happy to announce that 3ergezimmer will perform monthly in hamburg from now on. at the fine club “metropolis” (across the “fabrik”) so when you´re in town stop by. the next show will be 10th of febuary.

and still for lessons check the news below for information on the “creative drum camp”

i wish you a healthy and happy new year and hope to see you soon.
all the best
benny

hey everyone
the USA tour went great and i wanna thank again everyone involved and everyone that went to the clinics.
i had a fantastic time and was really happy with how many people showed up.
thank you !!!

and this will be a busy last month of the year. i just travelled to austria, switzerland for 4 days and will fly to istanbul tomorrow to play some shows with the wonderful jazz quartet of sabri tulug tirpan. after that i´ll fly to luxemburg to a drumfestival before i will celebrate christmas with my family in bavaria.

please check out the new 3ergezimmer album that is now available in the shop segment and on itunes.

happy christmas to you all and thank you for your support – this has been an exciting year for me and i´m looking forward to 2010.

another thing talking about 2010 ..i often get asked about private lessons and i always have to say no because i hardly find time to teach nowadays. but there will be a drumcamp that will take place in summer next year that is really great and will give those of you who want to spend some more time with me than in clinics the chance to do so. here is the link (there is only a german website sorry , for questions office@percussion-creativ.de) maybe i´ll see you there.

all the best

benny

hi folks

this month i´m on the cover of the dutch drum magazine slagwerkkrant which features an interview with me.
and besides new dates a new story about the brassband
album in the interview/review section from the german jazzmagazine ” jazzthetik ”

and i will be on clinic tour in the USA check the
dates for more info:

all the best
benny

My DVD “The Language of Drumming”  was awarded as best Drum DVD 2008 / 2009 in the Netherlands and Belgium also my new album Benny Greb – Brassband was CD of the month in the Drummer mag in the UK check out the Review here.

Sandride
also i´ve made a clip where i demonstrate my new signature ride from meinl  - the “sandride”. check it out in the gear section.   

US Tour / PASIC
not only have i been invited again to perform at this years Conventon of the Percussive Arts Society  - PASIC. in Indianapolis.
but i will also do a clinictour through the US in November. check out the dates here.

Clinics in Spain 
this month i will travel to spain to perform. more infos here as well – check out the dates here.

but folks i also got some sad news

Jerobeam have split

It is, as it is:
Jerobeam, as you know them, are history. In all those years that we’ve been on our way, making records, we did not succeed in building a structure, capable of carrying it self. We have not succeeded in transforming a vision that has a message strong enough to carry itself. There are multiple reasons, but they are to be left open.

We have experienced a lot, been playin on the streets, festivals and did some tours with bands that were friends.
We have had good times, played great music and got to know great people,
But we also had to fight from the beginning. And in the end this battle has led to nothing. And so it only makes sense to to end the fighting.

Thank you for the support and thank you for the good experiences that we could share with you.
Over and out.
But we will surely meet again. In one way or another.

the brass band album is now available and another release is coming up this month

the 3ergezimmer debutalbum
will be released on sept 9th
you can order it and do some prelistening in the discography segment …
check it out

strom und wasser is a project i´m involved with for several years now with drumming and writing. we just got the award of the german record critics we won that now with the second album in a row wich is quite unusual and a great honour.

there are new dates of some clinics and gigs this month in the dates section and also i put up some new material in the interview section …check it out

all the best
benny