Tim Metz

Gretsch Artist Since: 2010

Country: US

Band or Affiliations: Educator

Current Kit Setup:
USA Custom 25th Anniversary Cadillac Green
14x18 BD, 8x12 RT, 14x14 FT, 14x5 SD

Influences:
"My greatest influences are of course all the amazing teachers I’ve had the privilege of studying with. Listening wise, Max Roach, Hilly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, jimmy Cobb, Art Blakey, Joe Chambers, Mike Clark, David Garibaldi and so many others."

We asked...Why Gretsch?:
"Gretsch drums are the sound of the music I play. I know that I will always be able to achieve the sound I hear in my head if I am playing a Gretsch kit."

Advice to aspiring musicians?:
"Seek great mentors, play with as many musicians as you can, listen to as much music as you can and make the music you would want to listen to."

Bio:
There are few drummers as well respected as Tim Metz. An academically trained musician with a true feel for the subtle nuances in rhythm that add texture and musicality to jazz standards and new compositions alike, Metz continues to be an in-demand session and live player.

Metz’s professional resume is impressive. His first drum lessons began when he was seven years old and by age 11 he was playing in the traditional jazz band The New Traditionalists. Graduating from Rio Americano, Metz went on to the prestigious William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, where he graduated with a B.A. in Jazz Performance in August 2001. It was at WPU that Metz was able to study and/or play with some of the leading lights of the international jazz scene, a list of names that includes: Rufus Reid, Conrad Herwig, Lynn Seaton, Don Braden, Dr. David Demsey, Steve Wilson, Horacee Arnold, and John Riley.