Tommy Rich

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  Published on: 11/13/2007    Last Visited: 11/13/2007  

  TOMMY RICH Music Director / Drum Instructor
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  Patti Smith was never in a boot camp run by Tommy Rich.
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  A name percussionist on the Cleveland music scene who was born eons ago, Tommy played drums in American Noise (signed to Planet/Elektra Records) in 1980, and learned what if felt like to be in a hot group for five years.Then he cruised - or rather, became a Cruiser, taking his stickwork to tour with Donnie Iris and the Cruisers, appearing on their next LP.He moved to NYC and by 1987 began playing around the NY-New Jersey circuit with a couple of Asbury Jukes, recording with ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, doing discs at the legendary Hit Factory and getting ripped off by a manager (wouldn't be the first time, wouldn't be the last time).Then Tommy felt it was his cue to go leavin' on a jet plane...He sojourned in the UK, dated a "gorgeous, deranged" English model and pilgrimaged to the original names of major rock influences: The Who, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Hendrix Experience.A job opening for a drummer with Youngstown glam-rockers Noisy Mama (signed to Atco) took Tommy back to NYC and back out on tour.After that band's breakup in 1994, Tommy re-joined Donnie Iris, played blues with Big Jack Johnson and the biker-circuit fave Burnt River, and even gigged with back-from-retirement pop-genius Eric Carmen.
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  Tommy's 'day job' is a mix of session drumming and producing, with both stateside and UK groups, the latest being the 2006 CD release "Unpopular" by Cleveland pop-punkers The Unknown.He's been up, down and all around, and now he's ready to dispense wit, wisdom and war stories in the School of Rock!

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  Published on: 7/6/2006    Last Visited: 4/9/2007  

  Tommy Rich: School of Rock
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  Tommy Rich: School of Rock
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  Manager Shelley Norehad and music director Tommy Rich of the local Paul Green School of Rock Music School.
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  In attendance were the Norehads, representatives of the Philadelphia main school, and Tommy Rich, the newly hired music director of the Paul Green School in Rocky River.
  
  Rich, of Shaker Heights, is a multi-instrumentalist who played drums in the bands American Noise, Big Zipper and Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.
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  Rich had never taught formally before, "but it's not a big jump for me because I've been producing records for the past eight years,� he said.
  
  When he first heard that the School of Rock was hiring, he, too, thought it was a tie-in with "that goofy movie with Jack Black.�Rich got an education in the real School of Rock from the Sundance Film Festival documentary feature "Rock School,� which went along with Paul Green to show his no-holds-barred, R-rated teaching methods.
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  "I think we're pretty confident that Tommy will not be screaming profanities at the kids,� said Shelly Norehad, who will have two of her own three daughters in the inaugural classes in Rocky River.
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  Nonetheless, Tommy Rich said that the school here will be about music as work, not playtime: "The first thing they're going to learn is ‘Roadie 101.' How to break down your gear, how to get it up and running.�The school will have a supply of drums, amplifiers and keyboards, but students are expected to provide and get to know their own instruments.
  
  Guest speakers will cover songwriting and music copyrighting, and how to make a living in the field.And, yes, the language might get parental-advisory rough."We're real musicians, the real stuff…and if it ain't for you, it ain't for you,�Rich said.
  
  School of Rock is divided up into 12-week sessions, three times per year.At the end of each, the students, ages 9 to 19, get to show off their chops in concert at an established music club.Already, the Paul Green lesson plan has the first show as mandatory: "‘The Wall,' by Pink Floyd, front to back.�It's not too difficult, but not too easy either, Rich said.
  
  The various School of Rock franchises are then allowed to choose from curriculum that emphasizes different musical themes and readies the students to deliver in different climactic shows, such as music of The Who, or Judas Priest vs.Iron Maiden.Individual music directors are allowed to improvise their own productions as well."I saw a blues show in Philadelphia with the kids doing old-school blues,� said Rich.

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  The music director is Tommy Rich, a former drummer with Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.
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  "We get to feel like passing something on we love to another generation of motivated and interested people and that's a beautiful thing, " said Rich.

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  Scott and long time friend, drummer Tommy Rich, Headmaster @ Cleveland School of Rock, in front of "The Hall" at The Studio of 5 Rings.

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  Published on: 1/16/2008    Last Visited: 1/16/2008  

  And in their spirit of creative originality, drummer Tommy Rich did the graphics and laid out the watery album cover.
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  Tommy Rich . . . . . . drums

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  Published on: 5/29/2007    Last Visited: 5/30/2007  

  says school director Tommy Rich.

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  "There's chemistry in this band," said drummer Tommy Rich."Yeah, group psychosis," Sorensen shot back.Swimming With Nancy jams at 9 p.m. Saturday in Bev's Jook Joint in Superior."Come throw your empties," Rich invited.

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  Published on: 11/13/2007    Last Visited: 11/13/2007  

  In attendance were the Norehads, representatives of the Philadelphia main school, and Tommy Rich, the newly hired music director of the Paul Green School in Rocky River.
  
  Rich, of Shaker Heights, is a multi-instrumentalist who played drums in the bands American Noise, Big Zipper and Donnie Iris and the Cruisers.
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  Rich had never taught formally before, "but it's not a big jump for me because I've been producing records for the past eight years," he said.
  
  When he first heard that the School of Rock was hiring, he, too, thought it was a tie-in with "that goofy movie with Jack Black."Rich got an education in the real School of Rock from the Sundance Film Festival documentary feature "Rock School," which went along with Paul Green to show his no-holds-barred, R-rated teaching methods.
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  "I think we're pretty confident that Tommy will not be screaming profanities at the kids," said Shelly Norehad, who will have two of her own three daughters in the inaugural classes in Rocky River.
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  Nonetheless, Tommy Rich said that the school here will be about music as work, not playtime: "The first thing they're going to learn is ‘Roadie 101.' How to break down your gear, how to get it up and running."
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  It's not too difficult, but not too easy either, Rich said.
  
  The various School of Rock franchises are then allowed to choose from curriculum that emphasizes different musical themes and readies the students to deliver in different climactic shows, such as music of The Who, or Judas Priest vs.Iron Maiden.Individual music directors are allowed to improvise their own productions as well."I saw a blues show in Philadelphia with the kids doing old-school blues," said Rich.
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  Rich, a 52-year-old Shaker Heights native, played with American Noise, Donny Iris and the Burnt River Band.
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  "I like the idea of exposing kids to real rock 'n' roll as opposed to the Top 40 crap they hear on the radio," said Rich.
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  Rich said the School of Rock concept is a lot different from ordinary music lessons.
  
  "Every week from the very beginning these kids will be playing in a band.

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  Published on: 6/3/2006    Last Visited: 4/9/2007  

  It features a career spanning set list, and the band (Avsec, Iris, bassist Paul Goll, drummer Tommy Rich, and lead guitarist Marty Lee) has never sounded better.
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  "Tommy Rich has really turned out to be the perfect drummer for us."
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  "I think Tommy and Marty Lee really kicked ass on the live CD."

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  Published on: 4/9/2007    Last Visited: 4/9/2007  

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