Sean O'Rourke



Sean O'Rourke

                   Drums, Percussion, Protools, & Production

Website: http://www.seanorourke.com

E-mail: sean@seanorourke.com

Cell: 770-377-1941

Work experience:
2006 - 2007

· June '07 Modern Drummer feature.
· ACM Awards Television appearence with Sugarland.
· Tour with Sugarland including opening for Kenny Chesney and headling the CMT tour.

2005 - 2006
· Opened O'Rourke Audio Protools Recording Studio. Outsourcing Drum Trax Nationwide.
· Record for Anthony Papamichael entitled "Mass Appeal".
· Drummed, Mixed, Mastered Three records at O'Rourke Audio for Tom Grose entitled "Jetsum", "Music For Film and Television", "At Bay".
· Released Solo Record entitlted "Primal Colors". Reviewed in Ocotber 2005 Modern Drummer.
· Record For William Bell entitled "New Lease on Life".
· Record for Lola Gully produced by William Bell.
· Nationwide Tour with Multi-Platinum artists "Sugarland".
· Good Morning America Television show with "Sugarland".
· Martha Stewart Television Show with "Sugarland".
· Country Music Awards Television show with "Sugarland".
· Walmart Television show aired in all Wallmarts worldwide with "Sugarland".
· AOL Sessions with "Sugarland".
· Music video for Sugarland single "Settlin'".
· Recieved Ludwig Drum endorsement.
· Recieved Sabian cymbal endorsement.

2003 - 2004
· Grammy nomination for Howard Tate's,"Rediscovered" produced by Jerry Ragavoy, the Writer/Producer for

      Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones and owner of The Hit factory.

 ·               Four Star Modern Drummer review for The Aquarium Rescue Unit's, "The Calling".

 ·               Television ad's for The Discovery Channel's, "American Hotrod".

 ·                  Television ad's TBS, including "Movie Bowl and Stuntman" .

 ·               Performed with Mothers Finest including a double bill with Peter Frampton.

 ·               Performed with William Bell at The Atlanta History Center.

 ·               Performed with Chuck Rainey, world renowned bass player for Steeley Dan,

      Aretha Franklin, etc.

 ·                  Record for Gwenn Hughes.

 ·                  Record for Johnny Knox and Hi-Test entitled"Renegade Rhythm".

 ·                  Records for Kodac Harrison entitled"Portraits and Passages and "Georgia Soul".

 ·                  Record for Anthony Papamichael entitled "Mass Appeal".

 ·                  Record for Andrew Black and The Believers entitled "Live at Feelay Gumbo".

 ·                  Record for Eric Michael Hopper entitled "Inside Out".

 ·                  Record for Bobby Brader entitled "Suspired Dreams".

 ·                  Record for Bob Katz with Pat Travers on guitar.

 ·                  Record for Ab Ivens and the Xmissamericas entitled "So".

 ·                  Record for Jeff Floyd, Produced by William Bell .

 ·                  Record for 10 Story Relapse.

 ·                   Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

      dates.

2001 - 2002

·                Record with Howard Tate produced by Jerry Ragavoy, the Writer/Producer for

     Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones and owner of The Hit factory.

·                Performed with Chuck Rainey, world renowned bass player for Steeley Dan,

     Aretha Franklin, etc.

·                Featured on Twenty-fifth Anniversary Compilation for EMG Pickups with Anthony

     Papamichael.

·                Recorded “Let’s Jam Instructional Series” for both Jazz and Rock with Peter

     Vogl.

·                Performed at the Southern Regional Emmy Awards with Emmy Award winning

     composer, Mr. Eddie Horst.

·                Performed full-time with Francine Reed including notable performance at Music

     Midtown Festival.

·                Performed with Donna Hopkins Band at the Harvest Moon Blues Festival and the

     Annual Lenox Fourth of July Fireworks with notable guests, Governor Roy Barnes

     and Mayor Shirley Franklin.

·                Recorded music for film and television for TBS (Movie Bowl, NASCAR, & NBA),

     Turner South, Cartoon Network (Space Ghost, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays main theme, Ed,

Edd, & Eddie, Johnny Bravo, & Courage the Dog),and Turner Classic Movies (Wonder Woman).

·                Record with Oteil Burbridge for Rush Anderson titled “Rush Hour”.

·                Record with Kodac Harrison titled “Touched by an Angel”.

·                 Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

2000 - 2001

·                Toured with the Derek Trucks Band including notable performances with Mike

     Stern, as well as, New Year’s Eve with Phil Lesh and Friends.

·                Performed full-time with Francine Reed including notable performances at

     Midtown Music Festival and "A Time to Dance", a play featuring Ms. Reed.

·                Recorded music for film and television for Turner Classic Movies, Turner

     South and "Movie City" for LAP (Latin American Pay Television).

·                Recorded the CDs “Defending the Orphan” and “Unexpect It” for Anthony

     Papamichael.

·                Performed at the Southern Regional Emmy Awards with Emmy Award winning

     composer, Mr. Eddie Horst.

·                Recorded numerous drum sessions with a variety of artists.

·                Achieved Pro Tools certification.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates averaging thirty-two different musicians a month.

1999 – 2000

·                Performed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival with Leo Nocentelli of The Meters

     and Oteil Burbridge of The Allman Bros and The Aquarium Rescue Unit.

·                Performed full-time drumming with Francine Reed including notable performance

     at Music Midtown Festival.

·                Performed with David "Honeyboy" Edwards, an 85-year-old guitar player who

     performed with Robert Johnson and is featured in U.S. News & World Report,

     “America’s Music” July 8-15, 2002 issue.

·                Performed with Snooky Pryor, the first man to electrify the harp.

·                Performed at the Southern Regional Emmy Awards with Emmy Award winning

     composer, Mr. Eddie Horst.

·                Performed frequently with Oteil and the Peacemakers.

·                Performed at Swamiville with "Cosmic Zambi" featuring Ricky Keller, Brian

     Lopes, Randy Honea, and Count Mbutu.

·                Toured Europe with Mothers Finest including East and West Germany, Austria,

     Liechtenstein, and the Netherlands.

·                The Georgia Music Hall of Fame with Mothers Finest.

·                Performed regionally with Speech of Arrested Development.

·                Recorded NBA music and video for film and television for TBS, Turner South,

     and NASCAR for TBS.

·                Employed as Staff Drummer for Exocet Studios.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

1998 - 1999

·                Performed with Speech, Arrested Development, Mothers Finest and the Aquarium

     Rescue Unit.

·                Performed with William Bell and Johnny Taylor at Montgomery Coliseum.

·                Web site, http://www.seanorourke.com/, featured in Modern Drummer.

·                Performed at the Southern Regional Emmy Awards with Emmy Award winning

     composer, Mr. Eddie Horst.

·                Employed as Staff Drummer for Exocet Studios.

·                Employed as Staff Instructor at East Cobb Music Academy.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

1996 - 1998

·                Performed full-time with "The Aquarium Rescue Unit", PBS airing of

     Jacksonville Jazz Festival, as well as, opening for "Bela Fleck and The

     Flecktones", "Jimmy Cliff", and "Greg Allman".

·                Recorded music for television and film for CNN, Cartoon Network, Sportstown,

     and CTC - Russian Television.

·                Performed at the Southern Regional Emmy Awards with Emmy Award winning

     composer, Mr. Eddie Horst.

·                Performed with Eric Essex of Zebra Records.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

·                Toured Switzerland with Ichiban recording artist, “Francine Reed” of "Lyle

     Lovett" and “Willie Nelson”.

·                Performed in Manhattan, NY at various nightclubs including CBGBs, Bottom Line,

     Bitter End, and Club Sine.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

1982 - 1994

·                Appeared on the national TV show "Star Search" for two weeks.

·                Employed as House Drummer for "Sound Lab Studios".

·                Appeared with "Boss Tweed" on 94Q's CD, "The Best of Atlanta Jazz Flavours

     III".

·                Toured southeastern U.S. with  "The Sensors", opening for CBS recording act

     "The Producers".

·                Played with Pat Buchanan and Brendon O'Brian for solo project.

·                Performed with "Boss Tweed" opening for "The Producers", "Billy Powell", "The

     Outlaws", and "Pat Travers".

·                Performed with "The Running" touring southeastern United States.

·                Performed in numerous showcases on both the east and west coasts with Florida

     based rock band, "False Alarm" opening for "38-Special" and "Eddie Money".

·                Employed full-time by "Sloppy Joe's - Key West": house band "The Out of Hand Band".

·                Completed numerous recording sessions.

·                Nationwide freelance drummer including various recording sessions and club

     dates.

Studio Experience:

1.          Jerry Ragavoy Studios: Howard Tate

2.          Turner Studios: Music for Film and Television

3.          Sound Lab Studio: Staff Drummer

4.          Crescendo Studio: Commercial Work

5.          JBS studio: Project Work

6.          New Age Sight & Sound: Project Work

7.          Devotion Sound: Project Work

8.          Audio Works Studio: Project Work

9.          Soundscape Studios: Project Work

10.       Radio Active Records: Record Dates

11.       Criteria Studios: EP produced by Tom Allom of "Judas Priest"

12.       Kala Studios: Record Dates

13.       Dopplar Studios: Commercial Work

14.       Crawford Studios: Commercial Work

15.       Exocet Studios: Staff Drummer

16.       Crash Bang Wallop: Project Work

17.       Arcadia Studio: Commercial & Project Work

18.       Windy Hill Studios: Project Work

19.       Duck Tape Music: work with Johnny Sandlin

20.       McMix Productions: Project Work, Dan Coy Trio

21.       Tree Sound: The Aquarium Rescue Unit

22.       Nitework Studios: Speech of "Arrested Development"

23.       Five Star studios: Johnathan Wilson "Loopworks.com". and Jeffrey Butts of

     "Shock Lobo" and "Modern Hero"

24.       CMO studios: Francine Reed of Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson, & Henry Parrilla

     of "The Platters", "Widespread Hispanic"

25.       Turner Studios: Commercial Work

26.       VMG Studios: Project Work

27.       Rush Hour Studios: Project Work

Producers / Composers:

1.            Jerry Ragavoy: Owner of The Hit Factory producer/composer of Janis Joplin &

     The Rolling Stones.

2.            William Bell: Stax Records, Ichiban Records

3.            Rodney Mills: Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, The Atlanta Rhythm Section, & The

     Aquarium Rescue Unit

4.            Eddie Horst: TBS, CNN, NASCAR, NBA, Cartoon Network, CTC - Russian Television,

     and LAP – Latin American Pay Television.

5.            Reid Hall: TBS (Movie Bowl) and Turner Classic Movies (Wonder Woman)

6.            Tom Allom: Judas Priest

7.            Richie Gold: Union Street Mgmt.

8.            Steve Hulse: Atlanta Composer

9.            Sam Knox: Arcadia Music

10.        Geno Montgomery, Bruce Bennett, Scott Patton: Exocet Records

11.        Johnny Sandlin: Allman Bros.

12.        Wayne Dykes, Danny Stearns: Acoustech

13.        John Briggs: First Night Atlanta

14.        Bryan Cole: Ichiban Records

15.        Speech: Arrested Development

16.        Cole, Miller, O'Neill: CMO Studios

17.        Ricky Keller: Cosmic Zambi, Southern Living At It's Finest

Bands / Singers / Musicians: {I've recorded for that I can remember}

Howard Tate

Aquarium Rescue Unit

Speech and “Arrested Development”

Mothers Finest

Solomon Burke

Francine Reed

Jerral Portman (Steven Stills)

Petro’s Whack Attack

Richard Bicknell

Dan Coy

Kodac Harrison

Jimmy Harris

Anthony Papamichael

Henry Parrilla (The Platters)

The X Miss America’s

Peter Vogl

Rush Anderson

Bradford Rodgers

Boss Tweed

Rob Narke

The Running

Marc Jackson

Alan Finegold

Sean Romuno

The Velvet Jones

Marty Kearns

Peter and Patrick Noonan

Chris Wilson

Jump The Wall

Dezeray's Hammer

John Briggs production of "Dracula: The Rock Opera".

Curtis Jones

Art Linton

Steve Milsap

Al Rinegold

Billy Wilke

Out of Hand Band

False Alarm

Touvaroon

Seed Machine

References:

Jerry Ragavoy Studios: Jerry Ragavoy (770) 642-6852

Eddie Horst Music: Eddie Horst (404) 892-8630

Bryan Cole Production: Bryan Cole (404) 605-0572