Toby Bender
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Toby Bender - Drummer, Percussionist & Vocalist
Currently performing with: Burn The Floor (Miami, FL), ClaveMania Latin Jazz (Melbourne, Vic, Aus), Three Feet of Beat (Melbourne, Vic, Aus).
BIO -
Toby Bender has become a popular figure in the Melbourne music scene; a multi-instrumental percussionist, drummer and vocalist.
Growing up in a house surrounded by Jewish theatre and the ever present sounds of Steely Dan & Joe Satriani, it was never a question of what to do but rather what instrument to do it with. Originally taking up the saxophone, then trumpet, followed by another five melodic instruments, it took years for him to find his voice as a percussionist; taking up the djembe at the age of 11. By the next year his formal studies on drum kit had commenced and in the years that followed his arsenal grew with the addition of many Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian & Brazilian percussion instruments.
Skype: t.l.bender