Jan-Vincent Velazco, a Filipino drummer, has been playing the drums since he was 13, first formed a band during high school with his cousins and friends when he was still residing in the Philippines. They played gigs in Silang, Cavite.



When Jan-Vincent Velazco was 14, his grandmother then enrolled him at the Yamaha School of Music. He later proceeded to become a member of the De La Salle University-College of Saint Benilde school band Rhythmic Circle for two years.



Jan-Vincent Velazco was browsing the net when he discovered a music school in England. He sent a drum demo, passed the audition and was off to England a few weeks later.



He graduated from the prestigious Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford.



In 2008 Jan-Vincent Velazco joined a band named Running Riots, which was renamed to The Beautiful Game (TBG). TBG performed with top bands like Toploader, Reef, The Bluetones, and Dean Mumford and even one of their songs won the song of the week on Myspace.



In 2010, Jan-Vincent Velazco was selected to be one of the drummers for the Lexus Car TV commercial that featured Kylie Minogue.



After years of playing gigs, recording and creating projects, Jan-Vincent Velazco started getting endorsements from different drum companies such as Pellwood Drumsticks which designed his signature drumsticks.



In 2011 Jan-Vincent Velazco met Seb, a bass player, who is now his bandmate in a two-man progressive rock band named Control.



The next year Jan-Vincent Velazco performed during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Summer Olympics from July 27 to August 12.



Jan-Vincent Velazco is currently playing for three bands in London including Control which he considers as one of his most exciting projects.