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The RoboDrum

From Miami to Memphis, Beale St Modern Blues/Funk band The RoboDrum has taken the blues off of its 65 year old shelf, blown the dust off of it & given it a facelift for a modern, younger audience.

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Hometown	Tupelo, MS
Genres	Modern Rock, Alt. Rock
Band Members	Dusty-Vocals Guitars; Annelisa- Lead Vocals / Keyboard... » more
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Publicist Mandy Moore synchronicitypr@gmail.com 251-233-4690 Label Melodic Revolution Records (Orlando) nick@melodicrevolution.com 315-404-8711 Artist / Band Member J Everett Dutschke info@robodrum.com 662-321-9425 Manager Janet Cayson janet@robodrum.com 662-321-9326
# Years Experience Performing Live:	20
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	47
Market Draw:	New York: 31-50; Miami: 76-100; Sarasota: 76-100; Memphis: 151-200; Chicago: 31-50
Venue History:	Chattanooga Convention Center - Chattanooga, TN Wolfchase Gallaria - Memphis, TN Central Floida Music Festival - Lakeland , FL Rock The Light Festival - La Cygne, Kansas Ringling College - Sarasota, FL Six Flags Great America - Gurnee, IL Six Flags St. Louis - Eureka, MO Six Flags - Albany, NY
Opener Experience:	Skillet; Submission Red; Adam Payne; Government Mule; Gary Schutt; Howie Day
Similar Artists:	Joe Satriani
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	Gods Of Indie Guitar-2011 (Compilation CD) Single—2011; String Theory LP—2011; The Christmas Gift (compilation-Melodic Revolution Records) Single—2010; Guitar Czar LP—2010; Demille Radio Sampler (Compilation CD) Single—2010; For Your Leather LP—2009

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At this moment, The RoboDrum is finishing up its 2011 Summer Tour which includes colleges, major festivals all over the U.S. & Six Flags, including Six Flags St Louis, Six Flags Chicago & Six Flags New York.

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Rock Finals Grand Prize Winner January 2012

Specialty Finals Grand Prize Winner December 2011

Specialty Finals Grand Prize Winner April 2011

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The RoboDrum by Man vs Machine
There’s Delta blues, Chicago blues, Texas blues, Piedmont blues and Jump blues, to name a few, but Everett “Dusty” Dutschke is taking the blues to new places. Dusty is making his own brand of blues, armed with his guitar and his Boss drum machine, which he lovingly calls “The Boss.” A drum machine in blues music? There’s a first time for everything. “That’s how I came up with the name, RoboDrum. We get criticized all the time because,” he said, mocking his critics’ Southern accent, “‘You don’t have a drummer.’” Finding a place Dusty grew up in a musical family in Texas. He moved to Mississippi as a teenager and began working in broadcasting, always working on music. He played with several different bands but nothing seemed to stick, so in the late 2000s, he started RoboDrum. Blues is Dusty’s first love, but he wanted to make the genre his own. “The only decision I made was to modernize the blues,” he said. “The blues is stuck on a 65-year-old shelf. It’s been played the same way.” The blues appeals to listeners of every age, he said, and he wanted a sound that could appeal to everyone, too. He’s released two RoboDrum albums, “For Your Leather” and “Guitar Czar,” as a solo act – “For Your Leather” in 2009 and “Guitar Czar” in February. He wanted to add “a new flavor” to his music, so he teamed with Reginald “Se’an” Farris, a Tupelo musician who comes from more of a classical background. “We have two entirely different styles, but together it works,” Se’an said. “It shouldn’t work, but it does.” And as for that third member – “The Boss”? Dusty admits there’s some novelty to a blues band using a drum machine as a drummer, but “The Boss” meets his needs. “It happened out of necessity. Tupelo has a shortage of bass players and drummers,” he said. “I became very loop-oriented, so I didn’t need that person.” On the road Neither does the audience, apparently. He said he’s heard some complaints about the mechanical drummer, but “it takes them about a half a second to forget about (the machine) in a live show.” A RoboDrum live show showcases both songs from the two albums as well as a few covers. Se’an and Dusty allow the music to breathe a little bit live – and it’s not like the drum machine can complain. “I’m a greedy blues guitarist, so I like a lot of space” to improvise, Dusty said. Dusty and Se’an are now promoting “Guitar Czar” by performing locally and regionally, as well as with a few tours that will take the guys thousands of miles from home. (see the rest at link below)

The RoboDrum Artist Access Winner by Meets with Industry executives in NYC
It’s not every day that a band gets personalized feedback after playing an intimate show for a music industry veteran, but in late June OurStage “Artist Access” winner Dusty The RoboDrum got the chance to do just that. After rocking New York’s Local 269 club, the band sat down for a mentoring session with industry professional Bruce Tyler. We caught up with Dusty to discuss the band’s one-of-a-kind experience and how this meeting could help shape their future development as a band. OS: What did you do to prepare for your performance and mentoring session with Bruce Tyler? Did you have anything in mind to ask him before you met with him? D: Well, the biggest [question] I had in mind was to simply ask, “We’re here, how can you help?” Really all we did was rehearse like crazy for the performance, pack up the RoboDrum van, go to the Big Apple and play the 269 Bar. Mentally, all we did was just try to figure out what questions we needed to ask him—A) How can we help the people you have connections [to]?” and B) How can you help us? Which I think is probably the point of the competition in the first place. OS: What kinds of valuable advice did Bruce offer you? D: Well, Bruce Tyler is just an extremely knowledgeable, very very experienced man.…his experience consulting with artists like Beyoncé and John Mayer kinda helped keep RoboDrum focused and energized the way it should. The big thing that stuck with us was that no two artists, no two bands are the same. They don’t have the same goals. Some bands want to tour, some bands want album sales or CD sales and some, like the RoboDrum, want licensing. In fact, the song that I won the “Artist Access” Competition with was written for the movie Fish Story. Bruce and other industry experts know how to channel that music to the right direction. The artists themselves simply don’t have those connections and, in our case, that’s licensing, especially for our more instrumental stuff. That’s one of the big things that I took away. OS: Did he offer you any strategies on how to do that or how to reach those audiences in the future? D: There are a lot of different ways to get your music heard. We use some sites that are specific to licensing. OurStage offers licensing opportunities and gives artists a chance to take their music out for a test drive to see how well it performs. All of [OurStage's] partnerships—Ernie Ball, Coors and MTV—[help] in a way that make it fun at the same time. So one thing we’re going to do is use OurStage licensing a little bit more. Step 1 is to take that music out for a test drive—see how well it performs. OurStage lets us do that. Step 2 is getting our music into the hands of music supervisors. That piggybacks on one of the big things that we took away from the meeting. OS: So you mentioned you’re going to use OurStage more for licensing. Are there any other ways that you plan to apply some of the advice that Bruce gave you? D: ….One of the important things that he told me to ensure that I do immediately is to update robodrum.com. Our main Web site is just not as up to date as some of the other sites that are easier to update while you’re on the road. Since we’re in the middle of touring festivals and Six Flags that’s kind of hard to do. But that’s imperative as it’s the final and ultimate web destination not just for your fans but for A&R people like Bruce and music supervisors. In fact, I’m going to set aside every Sunday and force myself to sit down and update robodrum.com. Even though Bruce would probably prefer we update it every day, at least this way I’ll be committed to doing it at least once a week. OS: That’s great. What do you think of this type of prize where artists are able to meet face to face with A&R and career building music executives? D: It’s very, very different. There are tons of music sites and there are other competition sites everywhere. They are everywhere. One of the things that makes OurStage different is the fact that it does creative competitions and this is certainly one of the most creative competitions that I’ve ever heard of. Worst case scenario a band could get, essentially, a paid trip to New York. In our case we got a chance to perform up there for an industry executive. That’s the kind of thing that most bands work an entire lifetime to do. They want that one moment where they “get discovered”.… The creative contests really help artists with the motivation to do that. Unlike most of the bands on OurStage, we are a signed band. We weren’t going there looking to be signed. The RoboDrum is already on an indie label. The CEO of Melodic Revolution, that’s our record company, has always said, “It’s all about the music.” Bruce echoed that when he was sitting face to face [with] me when he simply said, “Keep making good songs.” Nowhere else can anyone get that kind of an opportunity, not that I’ve ever seen.

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If PA is provided- All we need are one Right & one left. 1/4 inch inputs as we are one of the few bands that performs in stereo.

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