S2 E47 JERRY TEE (Kyriacos Tsitas) Jerry Tee Live Percussion, Official Endorsed Artist for Soultone Cymbals, London Drumstico Co, LP Percussion, Remo, Daddario Australia Drums, & Cympad International

Jerry Tee was surrounded by music from birth, his father Dimitris Tsitas, was the singer in the band ‘Akropolis Live’. The band performed extensively in Adelaide at weddings, panigiria, and festivals, and Jerry loved going to watch them play, always focusing on their drummer . As a young boy, Jerry Tee would practice every day, for hours, straight after school, listening to old cassette recordings of famous Greek singers. By the time he was 13, his father decided that Jerry was ready to join his band as his full-time drummer which he did, and Jerry has been performing ever since. Two years later, Jerry Tee was approached to perform with Glykeria at the Glendi Greek festival, 40,000 people turned up during the two-day festival. As he got older, Jerry started exploring other genres of music including electronic and house, this led to him being given an opportunity through his friend Rebecca, to perform in the Adelaide nightclub 'Little Red Door'. Jerry has been performing in nightclubs, venues and at major festivals and events ever since. During the Pandemic lockdown, Jerry gathered some musicians and started to livestream videos on his Facebook page, his series of live Facebook streams reached over 86,000 views worldwide! The year of the pandemic, though a hard one, turned out to be an important one for Jerry, who signed 6 major contacts with the world’s largest music brands as an official endorsed artist, Soultone Cymbals - Los Angeles USA, London Drumstico Co - United Kingdom, LP Percussion - New Jersey USA, Remo - California USA, Daddario Australia Drums - Melbourne, and Cympad International - Switzerland. He has his own custom-made signature series cymbals & drumsticks with his logo on them. Jerry is also a “ghost percussionist” for some of the world’s biggest overseas record labels, performing percussion on some of the biggest smash hit tracks by major artists, keeping that identity private to the public eye by using an alias. Jerry is also the assistant manager for Derringers Drum Shop, sharing his passion for music with everyone. Music: intro "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro: "La Miami mashup" DJ Angelo K, Jerry Tee Live Percussion, Feat: MC Stojan and Konstantinos Kofos.  Links: Facebook: www.Facebook.com/officialjerrytee Instagram: www.Instagram.com/officialjerrytee Web: www.jerrytee.com www.soultonecymbals.com/artist/jerry-tee www.londondrumsticks.co.uk/ldcartists/ www.lpmusic.com www.daddario.com.au www.cympad.com www.remo.com/team/member/jerry-tee/  If you enjoy listening to this interview please share the link. To support BAND IT ABOUT: https://paypal.me/banditabout?locale.x=en_AU Leave a review: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/band-it-about-podcast-series-985443/reviews/63027 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BAND-It-ABOUT-Podcast-Series-103410885324059/   https://www.instagram.com/banditaboutpodcastseries/?hl=en  E: [email protected]