About Jim Greiner

Jim Greiner is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed percussionist, corporate drumming pioneer, educator, inspirational speaker and drum circle/community drumming leader. Jim performs, teaches and conducts interactive corporate and community drumming programs worldwide from his base in the Monterey Bay Area of California.

He has been playing hand drums and percussion instruments since 1970, including two years in Africa where he was deeply moved by the power of group drumming to build community bonds, invigorate and focus people, release stress and enhance a spirit of celebration.

Jim plays Congas, Bongos, Timbales, Djembe, Ashiko, Shekere and other shakers, Udu, claves, bells & blocks, cymbals & gongs and percussion sound effects. He performs and does recording sessions in a wide range of musical styles including contemporary & traditional Caribbean & African, Rock, Funk, R&B, Soul, Reggae, Jazz and Pop.

 Jim's areas of percussion expertise include:

• Performance and Recording
  
• Facilitating Drum Circles and Community Drumming Programs
  
• Conducting Interactive Corporate Team-Building and Conference Ice-Breaking Drumming Programs
• Percussion Education
• Rhythm-Based Personal Enrichment and Empowerment Workshops

"Jim Greiner is a master drum circle facilitator and a pioneer in using drumming to
build community bonds and motivate people in corporate and community groups."
-The Percussive Arts Society

"Jim Greiner is an accomplished and versatile percussionist, an outstanding educator
and a very strong communicator.  His enthusiasm for percussion and positive mind-set
is exhibited in every event in which he participates"
- Latin Percussion Instruments, Garfield, New Jersey

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 Jim is also widely renowned as an expert in the nature of rhythm; how different rhythms effect people in specific ways and in creating positive life rhythms. His Rhythm Power® interactive workshops, corporate and conference programs, instructional videos and percussion playing have won numerous awards, accolades and recognition, including seven Drum! Magazine Reader’s Polls Awards. 

Jim has been featured in articles by the international Percussive Arts Society, Drum! Magazine, Drum Business Magazine, Meetings West Magazine, New Age Retailer, local newspapers throughout North America and Europe, and other publications, as well as in broadcasts on PBS, NPR, the Discovery Channel - South America, the BBC, and others.

• Leads interactive group drumming programs and motivational rhythm-based keynotes for corporations, conferences, communities, schools and private groups throughout U.S. and worldwide through his company, Jim Greiner's Hands-On! Drumming® Events

• Presents Rhythm Power® interactive drumming programs to inspire people from all walks of life to learn and reinforce the real-world life skills they can use to create positive and powerful Life Rhythms.

• Teaches hand drum and hand percussion workshops, classes and residencies in schools, colleges, universities, music camps, music industry trade shows and community centers throughout North America and beyond

• Leads of the percussion group, The Celebration! Drummers™, a three to ten piece performance ensemble (with or without dancers) that plays uplifting and engaging contemporary Caribbean and African inspired rhythms for corporate, community and private groups

• Is the percussionist for The Bill Hopkins Rockin’ Orchestra , a 10 piece band that performs at corporate parties and resorts worldwide (“The best party band in the world!”- F. Duncan Reyes, Fairmont Hotels)

• Is the percussionist for Gospel/Soul singer Sista Monica Parker

• Has partnered with Latin Percussion Instruments to create LP's Recreational & Community Drumming with Jim Greiner Program (www.communitydrumming.com)

• Is the percussionist for the special events duo Zupa Zow, playing uplifting Caribbean-flavored music for corporate and private parties.

• Plays percussion (primarily Udu - the African clay pot drum) with a sitar player and a Didjeridu player
  in the musical meditation group Trance Groove Journey

• Is an active member of the Percussive Arts Society, an international organization that promotes percussion education, and has presented over thirty workshops at their prestigious International Conventions (PASIC).  Jim is currently a member of both the PAS Interactive Drumming Commitee and it's Health & Wellness Commitee (sub-chair for hand drumming)

• Writes and gives presentations about the physical, mental and emotional benefits of drumming for music, education, wellness and trade periodicals and groups including the National Association of Music Merchants/Music Products Trade Show, a dozen Whole Life Expos, numerous wellness centers and professional groups.

• Producing rhythm- and percussion-based instructional/inspirational web videos, DVDs and CDs

• Is an endorser/clinician for Latin Percussion Instruments (LP), Sabian Cymbals & Gongs, ProMark Drumsticks, Gibraltar Drum Hardware, Audix Microphones and Factory Metal Percussion

   

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