Jayson "Binky" Brinkworth is an accomplished independent drummer, percussionist and vocalist who grew up and still makes his home on the Canadian Prairies in Regina, Saskatchewan. He has enjoyed many exciting moments in his 20 year career of playing, writing, teaching and recording music.
"Be respectful of music and people, always give 110%, make the music feel good and have fun."
From countless live gigs and recordings , to educating through private lessons at Music In The House which Jayson Brinkworth is co-owner, his interactive percussion program in the Regina Public School Board, as well as several clinics and workshops throughout Western Canada. His influences are as diverse as the music he performs and range from Jeff Porcaro, Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, Billy Ward, Rick Marotta, to Buddy Rich, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones to Eddie Bayers, Billy Thomas and Buddy Harman. His playing philosophy is the same as his philosophy of life
Jayson Brinkworth's resume of artists he has played live and recorded with is quite impressive and looks like a who's who of the Canadian music scene. Some of these artists include Gil Grand, Thomas Wade, Steve Fox, Jamie Warren, Brad Johner, Rick Tippie, Jake Mathews, Diane Chase, Beverly Mahood, Jack Semple, The Poverty Plainsmen, Tracey James, Stephanie Thomson, Melanie Laine, Marny Duncan-Cary, Tera Lee, Duane Steel and most recently Curb Nashville recording artist Lisa Brokop. His musical approach to the drumset and percussion in general has led to him being very busy as he brings a valuable combination of groove and creativity to every gig, no matter what style of music he is playing.
On the other side of his music career, Jayson Brinkworth is co-owner of Regina's hippest music school Music In The House which was founded in 2002 by himself with Ray Bell and Shamma Sabir. Music In The House employs 7 teachers, and offers lessons in drumset and percussion, as well as guitar, bass , violin, piano, and vocals. Students enrollment is at 225 per week in which Jayson teaches 45 of his own private students as well as oversees lessons for 20 other students. The primary focus of the lessons is on drumset but students learn hand drumming basics from Africa and Cuba as well as other percussion and history of the drum. Jayson is in the process of working on a drum book/method which will be titled "Thinking Outside The Books", it is a take on thinking outside the box and is geared at tapping into the creative mind of all students at all levels of playing.
Jayson Brinkworth has also been involved in a program called Learning Through The Arts for the past 4 years where he teaches his percussion program called FLIP ( Fun Learning Interactive Percussion). Learning Through The Arts is a national program that is administered through the Royal Conservatory of Music and is used to reinforce curricular needs in the class room through an art form. The program is in place in all 47 public schools in Regina, the largest site in the world, and Jayson works with approximately 600 grade 2 and 3 students every year. For more information on this program, feel free to contact Jayson personally.
Jayson Brinkworth is currently working on another program involving team building through percussion, in which he will be focusing on workshops with sports teams and corporations to promote a positive team atmosphere in a big game or when making important company business decisions, and showing how the natural act of drumming can be relaxing, healing and teach us to trust our own intuition in times of stress and pressure.
Career Highlights:
Awards:
2001 Drum Workshops - Prairie Music Awards - Edmonton Alberta
2003 Drum Workshops - Western Canadian Music Awards - Regina Saskatchewan
2004 Drum Workshops - Western Canadian Music Awards - Calgary Alberta
2003 – 2004 numerous clinics for EPEK Percussion
Nominations:
2003 - Musician of the Year - Western Canadian Music Awards
2004 - Top 10 nominee for Canadian Country Music Drummer of the Year
2005 - Top 5 nominee for Canadian Country Music Drummer of the Year
Other Accomplishments:
Drum lessons with Peter Erskine, John Blackwell, Tom Brechtlein, and most recently Rick Gratton, Mark Kelso and Vito Rezza.
2003 Gala performance for Prince Edward at Regina’s Globe Theatre for Regina’s centennial celebration in which he was the only member of the musical cast from Western Canada. The production was “Govenor of the Dew” by Floyd Favel, music composed and directed by Anthony Rosankovich – Cirque du Soliel.
Jeremy Colson
