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About Jim Greiner<\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Jim Greiner is truly a world-class percussionist and educator”
\n<\/strong><\/span>Michael Kenyon, President of the international Percussive Arts Society<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jim has been playing percussion since 1970, including two years in Africa where he was profoundly moved by the power of rhythm to uplift and unify people. \u00a0He has been teaching since 1980, including thousands of percussion clinics and hands-on playshops throughout North America and beyond in schools and universities, music stores,\u00a0music camps and community centers. \u00a0Making\u00a0Santa Cruz his home since the 1970’s, Jim travels the globe performing, teaching and conducting his award-winning Rhythm Power\u00ae interactive, motivational rhythm programs for corporations, conferences and meetings, schools and private celebrations of all types and sizes. \u00a0He is also widely recognized, through his clinics, DVD’s and published writing, as an expert in the way different rhythms affect us in universally beneficial ways, and in using playing percussion as a way to reinforce positive patterns of attitude and action… productive, real-world Life Rhythms.<\/span>\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jim’s work includes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Performance:<\/strong> \u200b Thousands of shows worldwide with a number of musical groups. \u00a0Jim has played\u00a0at scores of the top hotels and resorts throughout the U.S. and internationally with the Bill Hopkins Rockin’ Orchestra,\u00a0one of America’s premier corporate event bands. \u00a0He has also performed\u00a0at dozens of festivals with R&B vocalist Sista Monica Parker, with the iconic Rock\/Jazz group Quicksilver Messenger Service, with Ashwin Batish’s Indian\/Jazz fusion Sitar Power Band,\u00a0with popular festival headliner Gary Gates, and with other groups. In addition, he has played at many hundreds of clubs throughout the U.S. in a huge range of styles, including Latin, R&B\/Funk, Rock, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Pop and African.<\/span><\/p>\n

Percussion Teaching:<\/strong> Jim has taught the joys of playing percussion instruments to literally tens of thousands of people worldwide. \u00a0His students come from all walks of life, of\u00a0all ages, and at all levels of experience from very beginners, to advanced\u00a0university-level students, to successful working musicians. \u00a0Through his own company, Jim Greiner’s Hands-On! Drumming\u00ae\u00a0Worldwide Events<\/span><\/a><\/span>, he has taught participants in over 3,000 corporate groups and conferences how to “communicate, collaborate and celebrate through rhythm”\u2122. \u00a0In this work, Jim uses rhythm play as a vehicle to create and reinforce positive, real-world Life Skills and Life Rhythms.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jim’s work has been featured on PBS, NPR, The Discovery Channel (South America), The New York Post, The BBC, New Age Journal, Meetings West Magazine, Modern Drummer Magazine, Drum! Magazine, Rhythm Magazine (Chile), Drum Business Magazine, and in numerous other music, wellness, business\u00a0and general interest publications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of Jim’s Percussion Performance & Education awards and accomplishments:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 A rare, seven-time winner of the annual Reader’s Poll Award\u00a0of influential worldwide consumer publication Drum! Magazine<\/span>
\n \u2022 Winner of the Gail Rich, Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year Award (2012)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Winner of the Santa Cruz County Youth Mentor of the Year Award (2008) presented by the Your Future Is Our Business organization<\/span>
\n \u200b\u2022 Has presented over 30 workshops around the U.S. at the prestigious Percussive Arts Society International Conference (PASIC)
\n\u2022 Is an endorser\/clinician\u00a0for some of the world’s leading music instrument\u00a0manufacturers:
\n\u200bLatin Percussion (LP), Sabian Cymbals, ProMark Drumsticks, Gibraltar Drum Hardward & Audix Microphone<\/span>
\n \u200b\u2022 Since 1993 has demonstrated instruments\u00a0for worldwide percussion leader Latin Percussion Instruments (LP) in their booth at the annual\u00a0National Association of Music Merchants\/International Music Products Trade Show. Jim is also an in-demand LP Clinician, with regular appearances in music stores, music camps and music education events throughout North America. \u00a0Jim also consults with LP about new products, and field-tests prototype instruments for them<\/span>
\n \u2022 Is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society, and is on both the PAS\u00a0Interactive Drumming Committee and Health & Wellness Committee (sub-chair for hand drumming)<\/span>
\n \u2022 Has partnered with LP to create the consumer education program, “LP’s Recreational & Community Drumming with Jim Greiner” (www.communitydrumming.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>). \u00a0On this site, Jim writes articles, posts videos, and responds to inquiries from around the world posted in their popular Ask Jim blog
\n\u200b\u2022 Has created a number of best-selling percussion instructional & inspirational DVD’s based upon his award-winning Rhythm Power\u00ae programs. \u00a0In addition, some of Jim’s online videos have received more than 90,000 views!<\/span>
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“The repetitive, physical nature of purposeful drumming, whether tranquil or vigorous, helps us to release stress and enhance clarity and focus, and has many of the same physical, mental and emotional
\nbenefits of Martial Arts, \u200bYoga, Athletics and Meditation.”
\n\u2013 Jim Greiner, interviewed on National Public Radio, Boston<\/em>
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\nClick Here<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to open a new window for information about the LP Jim Greiner Shekere! \u00a0This ground-breaking instrument combines old- and new-world technology to create a durable version of the fragile, gourd-based instrument from west Africa. \u00a0Jim hand-picked a gourd from the field to use as the basis for the LP Jim Greiner Shekere.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"About-Jim-Greiner\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Contact Jim\u00a0Greiner<\/span><\/a><\/span> for more information about hand drumming and hand percussion lessons<\/span>
\nin Santa Cruz, California, and beyond, and\u00a0to begin, or continue, your own Rhythm Journey<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Jim Greiner is truly a world-class percussionist and educator” Michael Kenyon, President of the international Percussive Arts Society Jim has been playing percussion since 1970, including two years in Africa where he was profoundly moved by the power of rhythm to uplift and unify people. \u00a0He has been teaching since 1980, including thousands of percussion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruzdrumlessons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}