Biography: Juan started playing drums at the age of 10. For at least 8 years he seriously took lessons on the drum set and classical percussion from drum a Dutch teacher called Marius Spikmans. His first band he joined and played on stage with was at the age of 13 years. He continued studying music in school until the age of 17. The next step he took was intensive musical training at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands. As a professional session drummer, Juan played together with quite a number of artists, including the Dutch artists Kaz Lux (Brain Box), Julya Lo'Ko and Robby Valentine. His passion for touring and meeting musicians from other countries, turned him into an international session-player. From 1993 he played on stage with various guitar players and singers such as: Mick Moody & Bernie Marsden (White Snake), Walter Trout (John Mayal Band), Poppa Chubby, Omar Dykes (Omar & The Howlers) In the years following, Juan performed on tour in Europe with some of the world's greatest guitarists: Snowy White (Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy), Mick Rogers (Manfred Man's Earthband), Pat Travers, Steve Lukather (Toto). Many of his dreams came out during this period: he toured through Japan with artists Valentine and Valensia, went on a Californian tour with acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostin and with world class guitar player Steve Lukather he played on two tours through Europe. altogether they did 22 shows! He performed in an eight-concert tour with Walter Trout in Holland, as part of a tribute to Jimi Hendrix and last but certainly not least he played on many tours with the living legend guitar player Snowy White! Although Juan's music is influenced by funk, jazz and Latin, his way of playing has turned into a strong grooving rock-based style, combined with percussion flavored arrangements. In the past 5 years Juan chose to be a member of the Stef Burns Group (SBG) and for the last 5 years they've been touring and playing a lot in Italy. "I really love to work and travel with this guy and his music; absolutely one of my favorite guitar heroes of today's rock music scene!!" Having met acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino (USA) and Stef Burns (USA), it started a new creative and exciting challenge for Juan. Working with both Peppino and Stef meant: "freedom to play more than just drums"; by using even more dynamics and more colorful sounds. For these concerts on their tours in Italy, Juan designed a special stage set-up that continues to serve his acoustic adventures and his outstanding creative imagination. Because of his passion for creative sounds and innovation, he is now working several years on new tools and instruments with the company called: "Albrando". With the first product called “SMAX” they've hit the market in co-operation with the best stick-brand ever: PRO MARK

Time moves on....Juan: "and so I got a chance to play with a new artist (singer composer) from the Netherlands called WAYLON. An absolutely well talented performer with a fantastic voice and a great guy to work with! I had the honor to step in his band for 5 concerts of which one of them was at the North Sea Jazz Festival. I always wanted to play there, so this was a more than pleasant occasion!

Today’s band: Juan is a steady band member of the SBG (Stef Burns Group). Their music has evolved from instrumental guitar fusion to modern Rock songs. Juan: "At the moment we are working on finishing this great album which is to be released in autumn 2012. To me it sounds like the BEST CD album I have ever done!"

Tour Project April 2012 Billy Sheehan, Stef Burns and Juan decide to join forces and do a tour in Italy. The project's name is called: "POWER OF3".

Music & Art Juan also started a project together with WMDC in Rotterdam called:"Stand Up Music". In this project Juan invites great artists from any music and culture direction to join in on a performance that he calles a 'music journey'. During the pilot concert you experience what happens if you put Niti Ranjan Biswas (tabla & Indian percussion), Ronald Kool (keys), Micha Molthoff (tango-violin) a rock drummer and a VJ together in one hall.

Drum Clinics One of the main reasons why Juan is doing drum clinics, is that he really believes that passing on inside information and inspiring young people is the most important things that a musician should do. Quote Juan: "Performing a drum clinic should be a lot more that just show-off on a stage and leave the audience in awe!" For year he's worked all around the Benelux meeting young and old to inspire them with his drum clinics.

Teaching: Besides being a performer, Juan teaches for more than 17 years! In 1992 he started his private drum school and for years he taught to more than 45 students on a weekly base. In 1998 he started to do clinics and workshops in The Netherlands on a low profile base. Since 2000 he teaches at the Conservatorium at Rotterdam (now known as "CODARTS"), to teach well-talented students from all over Europe of which many of them have become excellent international artists!

Discography:

-"Here We Are" Jan Somers Band / Timeless Records Holland 1993 - "De Nette Man" V.O.F. De Kunst / Sony Records Holland 1993 - "Highway to the Sun" Snowy White / Bellaphone/CNR Germany 1994 - "White Album" Valensia Mercury/Polygram Holland/Jap. 1994 - "Gaya" Valensia Mercury/Polygram Holland/Jap. 1994 - "Colour Me Forever" Julya Lo'ko En Bleu/Briadoon Holland 1995 - "Valentine" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1995 - "Goldtop" Snowy White RPM Records UK 1995 - "Valentine Live" Robby Valentine Polydor Japan 1996 - "No Faith Required" Snowy White / RPM Records UK 1996 - "Blues From a Hotel Room" Andy Fernbach / AKR Records UK 1996 - "4 United" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 - "Christmas in Heaven" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 - "Hand in Hand" Robby Valentine / Polydor Japan 1997 - "Jimi Hendrix festival div. Artists" Provoque Holland 1998 - "Little Wing" Snowy White / Hypertension / BMG Germany 1998 - "Keep Out" Snowy White / Hypertension BMG Germany 1999 - "Melting" Snowy White / Mystic Records USA 2000 - "Believing is Seeing" Valentine / Polydor Japan 2000 - "Peppino D'Agostino - Acoustic Guitar" Peppino D'Agostino / (DVD) AIX Records USA 2001 - "Restless" Snowy White / Ovaçäo Portugal 2002 - "The Voice Inside" Jan van Oort Band / Kunstoort 2003 - "Live Flames" Snowy White / Germany 2007 - "Better Days" Jenna Attison / Whitezöne Portugal 2007 -"World-Universe-Infinity" Stef Burns / Ultratempo 2008 -"In Our Time Of Living" The Snowy White Blues Project/Soulfood 2009 -"World-Universe-Infinty Live DVD" Stef Burns Group / Ultratempo 2010 -“Realistic” Snowy White & The Whiteflames /Soulfood 2011

Compilations
•1996: Snowy White - Goldtop: Groups & Sessions '74–'94


Equipment

-Aquarian Drumheads -Sonor Drums (Beech Infinite) -Paiste Cymbals (Twenty Series) -Pro Mark sticks (739TX Juan van Emmerloot) -H&B Enduro drumcases -Protection Racket drum bags -Cympads

Bio Dave van Beek
Dave was born in 1971 in Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
At the age of 6 he started playing drums with a private teacher called Jan de Ruiter.
With Jan, Dave learned all the basics he needed to become a good drummer.
Dave's father was a tapdancer and a drummer also ,so Dave learned to play the drums very quickly. After a period of studying without a teacher, Dave attended the musicschool of Amersfoort . With a new teacher called Hans Weyergang ,Dave studied drumset because he wanted to study at the Conservatorium at Hilversum. At the age of 17 he attended the Conservatorium of Hilversum. He had different teachers,such as Cees Kranenburg ,Roy Dackus, Gerard Jelthes,Danny Sahupala. At the age of 22 he graduated ,being the youngest student that graduated. In his first year of the Conservatorium,Dave also went to the Drummers Collective in New York were he studied with Ricky Sebastian. Dave is a professional drummer since the age of 18. At 18, he did his first big gig/musical called "Move" wich played for 3 months in the Royal Theater Carre in Amsterdam. Here Dave met a lot of producers and artists ,and Dave went on working with a lot of them.
Dave is now the drummer for a dutch band called Acda en de Munnik, and for dutch diva Karin Bloemen.
From the age of 18 Dave went on working constantly. The shows Dave played in are.:
• Move (musical)
• Roze Krokodillen(musical)
• La Bloemen (show with diva Karin Bloemen)
• La on tour (with Karin Bloemen)
• Karin live at Paradiso
• Kamleon (with Karin Bloemen)
• Cabaresstafette
• Nationaal Tekstschrijvers concours.
• Dancing Queens (musical)
• Nillson(musical)
• Freek de Jonge Dutch Tour.
• Freek de Jonge Belgium Tour.
• Liesbeth List dutch tour.
• Liesbeth List Belgium tour.
• Van Shaffy tot Piaf (with ducht artist Liesbeth List.
• Gotta have Soul.(musical.)
• Zing The Beatles (with jazz singer Deborah Carter,Jose Koning)
• Dutch tour with fusion band Second Vision. (with Mike Mainieri)
• Benelux tour with Second Vision and Mike Mainieri.
• North Sea Jazz festival with Second Vision and Dianna Reeves.
With other artists Dave played also in different countries such as;
• Beirut (Libanbon) at the Hamra Festival
• Jakarta (Indonesia) with Karin Bloemen.
• Singapore with Karin Bloemen.
• Curacuao with Karin Bloemen and Gerard Joling.
• Curacuao with Acda en de Munik.
• Bonaire with Acda en de Munnik .
• Austria with Acda en de Munnik live broadcast for the Champions
League.
Dave also can be seen live on dvd :
• Maaiveld Live (with Acda en de Munnik).
• Acda en de Munnik live at Caprera Bloemendaal.
• Trilogie (with Acda en de Munnik).
• Liedjes van Lenny Live.(with Acda en de Munnik).
• Ren Lenny Ren (musical with Acda en de Munnik).
• Van Shaffy tot Piaf (with Liesbeth List).
• Friends for Warchild

Juan started playing drums at the age of 10. He joined his first band and played on stage when he was 13 years old. He continued studying music in school until the age of 17. The next step he took was intensive musical training at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands.



As a professional session drummer, Juan played together with quite a number of artists, including the Dutch artists Kaz Lux (Brain Box), Julya Lo'Ko and Robby Valentine.



His passion for touring and meeting musicians from other countries, turned him into an international session-player. From 1993 he played on stage with various guitar players and singers such as:

• Mick Moody & Bernie Marsden (White Snake) 1994
  
• Walter Trout (John Mayal Band) 1996
  
• Poppa Chubby 1996 / 2005
  
• Omar Dykes (Omar & The Howlers) 1996

In the years following, Juan performed on tour in Europe with some of the world's greatest guitarists:

• Snowy White (Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy) 1997-2000
  
• Mick Rogers (Manfred Man's Earthband) 1998
  
• Pat Travers 1998
  
• Steve Lukather (Toto) 1998 and 2001

In 1996 & 1999, Juan toured Japan with Valentine and Valensia.

In August 2000, he was on tour in California with acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino.

December 2001, he played with Steve Lukather in the Amsterdam Heineken Hall.

March 2002, an eight-concert tour with Walter Trout in Holland, as part of a tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

September 2004, you can find him on stage again in The Netherlands with Popa Chubby in "De Boerderij" Zoetermeer and "013" in Tilburg



Although Juan's music is influenced by funk, jazz and Latin, his way of playing has turned into a strong grooving rock-based style, combined with percussion flavoured arrangements.



Having met acoustic guitarist Peppino D'Agostino (USA) in December of 1999 this created for Juan a new and exciting challenge. Working with Peppino meant 'the freedom to play more than just drums; by using more dynamics and even more colourful sounds.' For these concerts Juan designed a special stage set-up that continues to serve his acoustic adventures and his outstanding creative imagination.