Kent Aberle
Kent Aberle performs with Nigredo and is a first-call professional drummer from Atlanta, GA, with over thirty-years of drumming and fifteen years experience as a professional, Kent has performed every type of situation possible from the restaurant jazz gig, to the metal rock show, to playing in front of 10,000 people with a Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
With a strong belief in the power of rhythm to shape lives, Kent has become one the most sought after instructors in the Atlanta area. This aspiration to teach led to the self-release of Kent’s instructional DVD “Technique and Musicality for The Weekend Warrior” which is receiving great reviews from drummers nationwide. This same aspiration to reach out to and help other drummers also led to Kent writing a column titled “The Weekend Warrior” for DRUMHEAD Magazine starting in 2010 Kent’s personal website www.kentaberle.com. Kent also has performed numerous drum clinics for music stores covering not only playing drums, but talking to future professionals about what it takes to pursue a career in music.
Kent endorses SONOR Drums, Vic Firth drumsticks, Meinl Cymbals and Percussion, Aquarian Drumheads, Hendrix Sleeved Washers, and DB Drumshoes.