Today we’d like to introduce you to Scott Pellegrom.
Hi Scott, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I’m going to be using voice to text so apologies for any errors. When I was still in the womb, my mother claimed that I would be a drummer or a soccer player. The first article of clothing given to me from my mother‘s teaching assistant was a onesie that had a snare drum on it. I was constantly banging on pots and pans, and eventually was giving a Sesame Street toy drum kit. By age 5, I was studying big band drumming and classical music. I had a lot of amazing mentors in the beginning and throughout my entire life. I quickly became very obsessed with music as a life and for a living and had some of my first paying gigs at age 14 and went professional by age 16 teaching private Drum Lessons and playing gigs. I was a class president from eighth grade all the way through my senior year. aside from music I was very active in school with politics, community building and leadership, which led me to travel around the Midwest and out to Washington DC.. I participated in Boys State, Close-up and was a pure assistant leader while inquire musicals, jazz band and the marching band. When I graduated high school I did a year at Northern Michigan University where I met Dr. James A. Strain. I quickly decided that college wasn’t for me and I moved out west to Portland, Oregon. It was there where I found my love for the Pacific Northwest and quickly began touring as a jazz drummer in 2006. I was a top four finalist in the Guitar center Drum off out of 5000 contestants. It was at that time that really helped launch my career with sponsors and endorsements from there. I toured all over the world spent a lot of time in Europe, the UK, China, Australia performing in 46 out of the 50 states. I appeared on Drumeo, Drum Channel and had a lot of viral videos, even starting the squeaky chicken as a percussion Instrument.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Absolutely not I don’t think anyone who is self-employed and an entrepreneur has an easy road, especially when passion and obsession become your way of living. Every time I got knocked down I got right back up, whenever I had achievements or great success. I just took that as a compliment on my hard work and kept moving forward I even made sacrifices to live in a van just to save money. I’ve lived in Nashville, Tennessee Atlanta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and was in between New York City and Los Angeles and a lot of other cities pursuing my dreams in my career. I put on the back burner being married or starting a family just so I can support my dreams of being a professional Drummer. I was blessed to record with Sheridan Tongue on six time Emmy award-winning documentary-The last artifact I was nominated in the top five educators and top five drum solos in the world..Recently I co authored and released an E book and app pack with Andy Shoniker called Count Clap Tap. It’s a streamlined learning system for everyone to learn reading, counting and syncopation. It’s also great for building cognitive thinking and coordination.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
Long story short I hit metal and plastic with wood lol my main passion is being a Drum educator and Drum clinician within the Drum industry, which is an incredibly loving and embracing global market. I’ve been able to perform study and teach alongside some of the greatest legends to ever have existed in the world. My goal was to have Music for a life in Music for a living, which allows me to do what I love continue to learn study and grow and make a lot of friends around the world. My goal was to continue studying and teaching drums while traveling the world. I’m a big foodie and I love to cook, so that’s also another driving force of where I perform and tour now in my Leif community building in West Michigan is very important to me to be able to share my experiences what I’ve learned how I got there to help uplift others wanting to pursue their dreams whether it’s in music art science be becoming a doctor whatever
Can you talk to us a bit about the role of luck?
Just being completely obsessed I hear see and feel music in everyday life and everything I do everywhere. I am whether I’m in nature I’m in the city cooking food and eating food to me. Everything is Music melody harmony and rhythm every time someone told me I couldn’t do Music for a living. I took that as a positive sign. I’m on the right path. You have to be slightly obsessed and crazy to pursue your dreams. Otherwise it would be very easy to submit when others tell you it can’t be done.
Pricing:
- Pricing varies greatly. I can make $100-$2500 for one performance.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.scottpellegrom.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottpellegrom
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eh9wnh2Rz/
- Youtube: @scottpellegrom
