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Darrell Craig Harris is currently with Cirque Du Soleil's new ZED show that is being presented at Tokyo Disneyland. I have created this page to share some playing and instructional videos, and also to meet new friends from around the world. :0)
About Me:
Hi, my name is Darrell Craig Harris, and for the past five years (03-08) I have been onstage in Las Vegas with Cirque Du Soleil's "Mystere" and 2008-2011 Cirque du Soleil's ZED show at Tokyo Disneyland.
I am now living in Las Vegas and available for online bass lessons via Skype.
I started out in music on guitar and vocals, then bass and on to drums and percussion. I first started touring when I was fifteen years old with the Velvet Knights drum and bugle corps from Santa Ana, California. With VK I gained great experience, an also through playing in high school jazz band (Ocean View High in Huntington Beach California) I learned to read music and explore many different styles of playing.
After High school, I went on to attend Musicians Institute in Hollywood California from 18984-85. I went to the school in it's original building with most of the original instructors those included: Jeff Berlin, Frank Gimbale, Howard Roberts, Jeff Porcaro, Joe Porcaro and many other great teachers and players.
Since my beginnings, I have strived to grow as a bassist and more importantly as a musician in general. In my current position with Cirque's ZED in Tokyo, I am playing electric doublebass (BSX) Electric fretted/fretless and a Godin A5 acoustic electric five string fretless bass, and Toca Djembe.
I have been very fortunate to perform onstage and in the studio with some of the worlds great musical artists, and below is a list of some the most prominent of those.
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Billy Preston (Rolling Stones, The Beatles)
Bassist and road manager with-Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (Lady Willpower, Young Girl)
Stage manager and bassist with-Frankie Avalon (Grease)
Bobby Rydell
Fabian
Sonny Turner (Platters lead vocalist)
The Champs (Tequila)
Cirque Du Soleil (Mystere)
The Young Americans (Hawaii tour, Boine Highlands summer theatre)
American Academy of The Dramatic Arts (rehearsal band)
Martha Reeves
Mary Wells
Helsinki Records (house musician, Sunami Relief concerts)
Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist representing Finland, bass Sunami concert Helsinki)
Little Richard
Phyllis Hyman (Dreamgirls-Broadway, Blues bar cast)
Lou Christie
Disneyworld (Flowerpower concert series)
Legends In Concert (Japan, Iceland, Mexico)
Sitmar Cruise lines (house orchestra)
Jackson Caine (Sony Records)
Billy Ray Charles (blues artist-Malaco records)
Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.)
Clarence Paul (co founder Jobet music-Motown, Stevie Wonder Conductor)
Rosanne (Talk show)
Manny Kellog (Billy Preston, Graham Central Station, Quincy Jones)
Entertainment Tonight
Wolfman Jack
Del Shannon
The Platters, The Drifters, The Coasters
The Golden Boys (Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell)
Little Anthony and The Imperials
Lenny Welch (Since I Fell For You)
PBS Television concert special (bass wih Frankie Avalon, Conductor/bass with Gary Puckett)
Tony Tillman (Bill Cosby opener, Helsinki 89-92)
Curly Muskgrave (Western music association top performer, bass on the award winning album "The Heritage")
Numerous Broadway Musicals (various venues)
Toured with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 1980-83 on various percussion instruments (Snare/quads/instructor)
Royal Carribean Cruise lines (Frankie Avalon, Gary Puckett)
Mike Zerbe (Air Supply drummer)
attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 1984-85
ENDORSEMENTS: Fender, Yamaha, Lakland, Brubaker, G&L, Music Man, BSX, Agular, Seymour Duncan, Guitar-Cable.com, Eden, Hartke, LP (Latin Percussion) Toca percussion, DDrums
I very much enjoy traveling for work and pleasure, in recent years I have been to:
Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Helsinki, Turku, Lapland- Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokahama, Carribean, Puerto Villarta, Cozumel, St. Martin, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Paradise Island Bahamas, Curacau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Key West, Alaska, Hawaii, and Montreal. I also enjoy writing music, and finding new and challenging projects to be involved with. THANKS for visiting my music page :0)
Formation Date:
Feb 10, 2003
Record Label:
Cirque Du Soleil
Label Type:
Unsigned
Band Members:
Darrell Craig Harris
Influences:
Everything
Sounds Like:
World music
Hometown:
Huntington Beach California
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Musician/photographer
Companies:
Cirque Du Soleil/ Darrell Craig Harris photography
Schools:
Musicians Institute- Hollywood California
Interests:
Music, travel, photography
Movies:
Blade Runner, Westworld, Paranormal State
Music:
Everything
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Raquel
Im pretty sure you have been asked this before but what is the best way to land a gig like the cirque du soleil gig? do they have open auditions every season?