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Bio

Recording Artist 📀
Percussionist for Fleetwood Mac 🥁🐧
Hired gun 🔫 that hits things 👊🏼
From Stevie Nicks to Stevie Wonder,
Dr. Dre to Dr. John, & everyone in-between.🤘🏼

Tri-Coastal (NYC🗽 / NOLA⚜ / LA🌅)
3rd Culture Kid (Japan🇯🇵 /California 🌞 / HK🇭🇰)
Currently living and hitting things in LA 😎

✈🌎🎶 Tours:
Fleetwood Mac, Whitney Houston, John Mayer, Bette Midler, Lionel Richie, Isaac Hayes, Stevie Nicks, Les Nubians, Dr. John, Lindsey Buckingham, A.R. Rahman, Hikaru Utada, Giorgia, Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil; Consultant to Trent Reznor for the Nine Inch Nails "Lights In The Sky" world tour; Performances in arenas and stadiums in 30 countries across five continents.

🎵📀🎧 Recordings:
Dr. Dre ("2001"), Whitney Houston, Jay-Z, Ziggy Marley, Lionel Richie, Stevie Nicks, LeAnn Rimes, Josh Groban, Nelly Furtado, Chromeo, Hikaru Utada, The Temptations, Lindsey Buckingham, various film scores, movie soundtracks, TV, commercial, and remix work.

🥁🎙🎶 Live performances:
Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Shakira, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Garth Brooks, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, John Legend, Usher, Pharrell, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige, Steven Tyler, Gary Clark Jr., Annie Lennox, Lorde, Wilĺie Nelson, Peter Frampton, Sheryl Crow, HAIM, Demi Lovato, Lalah Hathaway, Don Henley, Yolanda Adams, Trombone Shorty, Jennifer Hudson, Andra Day, Babyface; In Russia as a member of the United Nations/UNESCO International Jazz Day All-Star Band under the direction of Herbie Hancock, twice in South Africa for President Nelson Mandela, twice at the White House for President Barack Obama.

🎓 Education:
Berklee College of Music - Bachelor of Music

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) -
Graduate studies in World Music Performance (West African, Indian percussion)

Escuela Nacional de Artes (ENA), Havana, Cuba - Afro-Cuban percussion research

👨🏻‍🏫 Educator:
Artist residency, regular speaker/panelist: Berklee College of Music (Music Business and Management, Music Therapy, Professional Music, Music Education, and Percussion Performance majors)

Artist residency: Hugh Hodgson School of Music - University of Georgia.

Visiting Professor: Moody College of Communication- University of Texas at Austin.

Master classes/Guest artist at: NYU, Carnegie Mellon University, Loyola University New Orleans College of Music and Media.

www.TAKUpercussion.com