Tony Bartone

Tony Bartone has been playing drums most of his life. His early training in rudiments definitely paid off as he grew to become a working professional with some pretty high profile gigs, including a year on the set of Everyday with Joan Lunden. Today, Tony teaches a wide variety of students in his home state of New Jersey; he's also an accomplished piano player and vocalist who gigs weekly. We met up on the phone early one Saturday morning before his student's began arriving for lessons to talk about his path to drums, his professional experience, and his advice to new and returning drummers.