Currently a sophomore at the University of North Texas, Michael D'Angelo has grown by leaps and bounds as a drummer and more importantly as a musician. Michael's first appearance on the scene was after winning Modern Drummer Magazine's Undiscovered Drummer Contest in 2000, and was subsequently featured on the DVD released by Hudson Music.



Since then he has studied extenstively with Rick Dior, now currently professor of percussion at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, being a freelance musician in the Charlotte city area as well as the east coast. He has performed at Pasic 2000 and 2001 and has been a guest during the Pearl Summer Jam Sessions. He is a proud representative of Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks, and Remo Drumheads.



Currently, at the University of North Texas, Michael has already established a name for himself as being the 4:00 Lab Band drummer of Fall '05, and now the 2:00 Lab Band drummer for Spring '06. He was also featured as a soloist with the UNT Symphony Orchestra performing the Creston marimba concerto. He has also been studying with acclaimed professors Mark Ford, Ed Soph, Christopher Deane and Robert Schietroma.



"The technical aspects are drumming are only the fundamental. The real challenge is music. The real thing to analyze is how good the music feels, and whether your role as a drummer is not the technical one, but the musical one. That is the one thing I can honestly say I've learned so far from my experiences at UNT. MUSIC is key. Everything is about the music. Everything should have a musical purpose, because it's really all about the music."