Soultone Artist: Amado Tuazon

hilippines. At the late age of fourteen he started teaching himself from the influences of funk-groove drummer David Garibaldi of Tower of Power and the power-rock drummer John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. In grade school he studied trumpet but realized that percussion and drumming would be his passion. He went on to studying in college studying music theory and was a member of the jazz ensemble under the wings of professor Bill Bell. Amado has been enriched with all the musical styles offered to him and can be easily heard in his performance and the vast styles of bands he currently performs for. Amado’s philosophy is to always learn all you can and has often shared his philosophy with new and young players. “Learning is a never ending task”, he quotes. A band member quoted “Amado can do anything you throw at him”, what a great compliment this was. Currently, performing with a variety of bands in the San Francisco Area and a member of Music Organization Bands4Bands, Amado was honored with The Best Drummer Award for 2009 winning over a surprising eleven great drummers in the running. A current project in the works is helping produce and record drum tracks for a well known Christian artist to be marketed in Guam.