In April Keith Carlock went into the studio to shoot a new dvd. The forthcoming dvd, tentatively titled \'Finding Your Own Voice\', features Keith performing with his trio and with backing tracks, and features Keith answering in-depth questions from an in-studio audience.
Keith Carlock
Originally from Clinton, Mississippi, Keith chose to attend North Texas State University in Denton, Texas because he wanted to study with Ed Soph. Of his experience with Ed, Keith says:
“He completely changed my approach to the drums; thinking of the drums in a musical way instead of only being a timekeeper for songs.\"
Keith played professionally in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for several years after leaving UNT, eventually moving to NYC, where he started getting gigs with a wide variety of bands and artists, including Wayne Krantz, David Johansen and The Harry Smiths.
Keith Carlock has toured with acts such as the original Blues Brothers Band, Eddie Floyd, Tommy McDonnell, Steve Cropper, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, Donald “Duck” Dunn, Lou “Blue Lou” Marini, Alan Rubin, Birch Johnson, Leon Pendarvis, Harry Belafonte, Chris Botti, and with the late Grover Washington, Jr.
He also plays around New York with different groups including Leni Stern, Oz Noy, Richard Bona, and Francis Mbappe’s FM Tribe.
In 2006, Keith Carlock was honored by being named “#2 Best All-Around Drummer” in Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll, finishing second to the legendary Vinnie Colaiuta. 2007’s poll results tagged Keith as “#2 Best Pop Drummer” and #3 Best All-Around Drummer (following only to Steve Gadd and Vinnie Colaiuta.) In 2008, Keith was honored with winning the “Pop” category and being voted 3rd “Best All-Around” in Modern Drummer’s Readers Poll.
In 2007 Keith performed at acclaimed drum festival The Big Bang as part of The World Drummers Ensemble XL, along with Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Glen Velez, Keyvan Chemirani, Rhani Krija and Suat Borazan.
When he’s not on tour, Keith Carlock spends a great deal of time doing drum clinics around the world. He’s appeared as a featured clinician at PASIC 2006, completed a clinic tour of the US, Canada and Asia and the UK.
