ni hao!
Name: Jonah Caling
I've been a drummer since i was 15 years old and by year 2000
(professionally) onwards...
I started playing drums in high school... it was grunge days and glam rock era.. since then, i cant stop my self listening to different music.. i started listening to rock music like metallica, meshuggah, tool, alice in chains (jerry cantrel rocks man!), pearl jam, live, Days of the new, STP (any oldschool baby!) and dream theater... Man, 90's rocks!!!...
and after that, as my music grow and encountered more music, i incorporate jazz music and funk,,, and i discovered gospel music/chops (black drummers from different churches) , since im a christian, i want to glorify God and share music to everyone..
I'm a proud drummer because: in all the things God has
given to me I'm a greatful person through small things to
penny. i love music so much that my heart is filled with wild
mornings.
Drums… means so much to me. rotates 360 degrees. God
put me in this position.. It’s my gift that I must use to touch
peoples lives. To see true color, the shade of redden. To
cultivate the birthright of being a moral fiber, to proliferate
the grandeur of the drum… the palpitate of the heart, the
clannish of the ancient and drench the raw ears with
gratifying melody … This is what I want and at the end of it,
still I’ll be as what I’ve become… There’s no turning back
because I have no doubt of what I have. Just the river, the
metamorphosis, the photosynthesis of my becoming. My life
is not that fancy or glamorous nor goldy. My life depends on
how Jesus will mold me, draw me...
He's able.
My favorite musical style/s: funk, soul, jazz, gospel and
groove music...
My favorite drummer/s: Eric moore II, Ronald Bruner jr.,
Aaron Spears, Doobie & Billy Powell, Gerald Heyward,
Third III, Justin Brown, Jerome Flood II,
Thomas Pridgen, Tony Royster Jr., Benjie Mendez (pinoy)
and my first Influence... Akira Jimbo.
My musical influence/s: Incognito, D'sound, Carribean jazz
project, Pauline Wilson with Seawind, Workshy, Head
hunters, Tower of power, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Israel and
New breed, Kirk Franklin, Jay Durias, Dream Theater...
I played drums for: Luke Mejares (1 album and shows), Sofia (2 albums, 3 MTV and shows), Guji Lorenzana (1 album 1 MTV and shows), Aliya Parks Kayla, and many artist from the Philippines...
My favorite things are Pearl drums, Zildjian cymbals, Gator cases and Vic firth drumsticks