Modern Drummer calls him “a drummer on the
move”. Who is he? He’s Rory Faciane a Louisiana native who is making
quite a name for himself both on the local and national music scene
with his drumming talent. Rory comes by music naturally, his
grandfather was a country and western artist who owned and operated
his own recording studio, record label and publishing company. As a
result, Rory grew up around musicians.
Rory started drumming with local
bands on the New Orleans circuit as a teenager. Up until the age of
17, he was self taught, playing mostly by ear. Desiring to further his
natural talent as a drummer, he moved west to study at the Percussion
Institute of Technology in Los Angeles. This led to work with several
bands and recording projects in the Los Angeles area. After graduating
from the Percussion Institute of Technology with honors, he also
studied with drumming legends Gregg Bissonette and Guy Gelso. He also
began doing drum clinics in local schools and in music stores. Rory
won first place in the 1993 drum wars-double bass division, first
place in the 1994 drum wars–single bass division and first place in
the 1995 drum wars-double bass division. Also in 1995, he released his
first educational drum video/dvd titled “The Essentials of Rock
Drumming”. That same year he recorded and toured with Ash America
recording artist Biloxi.
In 2000 Rory recorded and toured
with Barchen Records artist The Jay B. Elston Band, a southern
blues-rock trio that have two C.D.’s to their credit. Releasing his
second educational drum video/dvd titled “The Linear Double Bass
Shuffle Concept” in 2000; he is also the author of several
instructional drum books, The Melodic Linear Drum Method, The Ultimate
Reading Workbook, The Ultimate Drumset Workbook and The Ultimate
Double Bass Workbook. Writing a monthly drum column for the Tambalaya
magazine, he has also been featured in Modern Drummer and DRUM!
Magazines.
In 2004, Rory recorded with
Nocturnal Records artist Fall From Eden, a punk rock act produced by
Dave Fortman. Fall From Eden had several songs featured on MTV’s Road
Rules/ Real World Challenge T.V. show.
Rory had the pleasure of playing
drums on two of Charlotte Church’s releases, Tissues and Issues,
released on Sony Records and The Passion, songs inspired by The
Passion of Christ, released on Windup Records.
He also works closely with famed
producer Dave Fortman fine-tuning drums for some major record
companies. Some of the artists have been Sterofuse, 12 Stones, Biff
Naked, Charlotte Church, Mudvayne, Otep, Simple Plan and Evanescence.
Over the years, Rory has had a
chance to open shows with some of the biggest names in the business,
including Gatemouth Brown, David Allen Coe, Charlie Daniels, Black Oak
Arkanasas, Marshall Tucker, Dixie All-stars, Travis Tritt, Slaughter,
Survivor, Quiet Riot, Blue Oyster Cult, Blessed Union of Souls, The
Misfits, Vince Neil, Social Burn, Dokken, Days of the New, Judas
Priest, Flaw and 3 Doors Down (a band which had one of his former drum
students as their drummer). He has appeared on countless recording
sessions, T.V. shows and radio broadcasts, even playing a show at the
Atlanta Falcons vs Carolina Panthers NFL football game for 72,000
football fans. Pushing the envelope even further, he now lives in
Nashville, TN where he is pursuing a career as a Nashville session
drummer.
