Hey there, and thanks for dropping by. My name is John Tuosto and I’m a New York bred, Italian fed drummer.

I made my way out to Los Angeles to build my career as a musician. I’ve dedicated my life to professionally studying and playing drums and music at large.

Whether you’re looking for a session drummer, in need of someone to write drum parts and help produce, searching for a drummer to bring on tour or for one-offs, or maybe you’re a drummer yourself in need of a tech, I am ready for the gig. While you’re here, check out some of my work and feel free to drop a line so we can be in touch. I look forward to working with you!

Some of my Work

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I've been distancing myself from social media for a short while to allow for some time and space to reflect, reexamine, and refocus. The top of the year is always a great time to do so, but rather than setting resolutions, developing systems underneath is far more important and effective. I've been changing a lot about myself in my day-to-day and owe a lot of the recent positive growth to this book, Atomic Habits, by @jamesclear 
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Pictured along with the book is a metronome, timer, and alarm clock. All three of which a phone has the capability of doing - and that's exactly the point. I've found that my phone proves to be far too great of a distraction from my practice. It serves as a visual cue; when I go to change the tempo or timer on the respective app, I'm hit with notifications, tempted to check social media, the news, etc. and my mind starts racing about things that have nothing to do with what's right in front of me. In the book, Clear identifies one of the laws of creating a new habit is to make it easy, but to stop a bad habit, you invert it by making it difficult. I now place my phone outside of my studio so I can't see or hear it and use the metronome and timer instead. In the mornings, I use my alarm clock instead of my phone so I'm not tempted to check my phone for email, notifications, etc. right when my eyes are opening. By making it difficult to access my phone at strategic times, I increase the efficacy of being in the moment. 
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This is the book you didn't know you needed. It's fascinating how just about everything we do is attributed to habits. You have the power to start a new habit or stop a current bad habit, and it's much simpler than you think. 
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So last year I set out to improve my footwork, in effort to play more double bass drum stuff. I had been working hard on it for a while but the results seemed to be slow and inconsistent. For this reason, and many others, I turned to the one and only @daveelitch for help. 
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Proper foot technique is something that seems to be completely overlooked and is such a foundational element to playing. I had developed some poor habits because of this neglect and it was causing me to overplay - not realizing that I wasn't using the mechanics of the pedal and my own kinesiology to my advantage. 
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Since I've been studying under him, he has completely transformed my foot technique and habits. And this is where I've been living lately - hours of just this. Having to revert back to such a rudimentary level after I've been playing for as long as I have been has been a humbling experience and frustrating at times. However, the results are starting to show and I know that this is what I need to advance my playing. 
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Dave, I can't thank you enough for your teaching mastery. And for any of you reading this who are drummers, or thinking about starting out, I cannot recommend Dave's teaching any higher. He has an online instructional course available called "Getting Out Of Your Own Way" which is such an appropriate title for his teachings. Get it and/or book a session with him one-on-one. 
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2021 - the year of the foot fettish 
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You may have noticed that my stack is where my splash used to be. It’s not a replacement, just a coping mechanism to deal with the mourning. 
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