About
Hey… This is Tiger Bill Meligari
I’m the developer of Tension Free Drumming™ (TFD) Concepts. Whether or not you’ve ever heard of Tension Free Drumming™ (TFD), if you are a drum student or drummer from beginner through professional level, or drum instructor of any style of drumming, you’ve come to the right place!
My Concepts of Tension Free Drumming™ will allow you to perform at top speed with incredible endurance with all the power and precision you need but without ever getting tired or fatigued. And, as a bonus, TFD will not cause any physical injuries such as carpal tunnel or tendonitis.
To learn more about TFD, click this link. To learn more about me, you can continue reading my official Biography that follows!
Jazz Drumming Legend Joe Morello talking technique with Tiger Bill at PAS
Tiger Bill Meligari Biography
Tiger Bill Meligari is a drummer-performer, teacher-clinician, author-publisher, producer, and Webmaster with more than 30 years experience in the drumming field. Nicknamed the “Tiger” by drum legend Joe Morello, Bill is an internationally recognized educator credited with developing a system of Tension Free Drumming™. His unique approach provides extreme power, extended endurance, precise control, and incredible speed without using tension, which has been known to cause repetitive motion injuries. Drummers from all over the globe travel to study with Bill in his state-of-the-art east coast drum studio. An in-demand clinician, Bill spreads the word about his Concepts of Tension Free Drumming™ through performances and clinics in school systems, music stores, and the world’s largest drum events such as Cape Breton International Drum Festival, KoSA, and DrumBeat Fest.
Tiger Bill presents the first copy of his book DoubleDrum to Louie Bellson, the father of Double Bass Drumming, on the cover of Sam Ulano's DrumWorld Newspaper, which pre-dated and served as inspiration for Ron Spagnardi's Modern Drummer Magazine!
In addition to writing numerous articles for magazines, including On Stage, Modern Drummer, and DRUM!, Bill has authored a groundbreaking double bass drum text that received high praise from master percussionists, including Louis Bellson and Roy Haynes. Bill has also produced a series of books and DVDs covering his Tension Free Drumming™ techniques in great detail, which has met with critical acclaim from amateur and professional drummers and drum instructors around the world.
Bill is Webmaster and original content provider for his popular Drum and Percussion Resource Web site TigerBill’s DrumBeat at TigerBill.com, which is a vast free resource that’s been a model for drum sites that followed, a discount online Drum Shop Drummers Wish List, his official company Website TigerMix.com, Inc., and the site that you are now on – TensionFreeDrumming.com, which he dedicates to the drum community. It’s a premium resource designed to teach drummers of all ages and experience levels, including instructors, the proper techniques and concepts of Tension Free Drumming™ so that they will be able to further these concepts and pass them along to the rest of the drum community. Bill is also resident Drum Expert at About.com.
Tiger Bill with Rock Legend Vince Martell
Balancing his role as educator, Tiger Bill is a seasoned performer having played many styles of music with a variety of artists from Jazz specialists like Thad Jones to Rock ‘n’ Rollers like Vince Martell (original lead guitarist of the Vanilla Fudge). He even enjoyed a stint working with the Joe Morello Quintet. Recordings include albums with keyboard artist Rocco Ferrante and Dickie Goodman’s hit album “Jaws.”
Tiger Bill plays single strokes at top speed for 60 seconds to win the title of World's Fastest Drummer at NAMM 2004
At California’s Winter NAMM, in 2004, Bill proved the effectiveness of his Tension Free Drumming technique by winning the NAMM World’s Fastest Drummer Competition for hands and setting a record for fastest feet. This led to radio and TV appearances across the country with Tiger Bill promoting events like the NAMM World’s Fastest Drummer Competition and the NAMM Music and Sound Expo resulting in Bill gaining recognition as one of the fastest drummers in the world in that ultra rare category of being able to play at speeds in excess of 1,000 beats per minute with either his hands or feet.
Over the years, Tiger Bill continues to push the boundaries of drum education from his popular free video speed drum lessons exclusively on the DRUM! Magazine Web site to his educational cable TV show Fun With Drums, which currently airs on Comcast Cable. He also produces an annual DrumBeat Festival, which combines educational clinics and performances featuring some of the world’s greatest drummers and drum educators.
Tiger Bill currently uses and endorses SABIAN cymbals, Pro-Mark sticks, Aquarian Drumheads and practice pads, Taye drums, Axis Percussion Pedals, Pintech edrums, Hansenfutz practice pedals, Kelly SHU, and the Beatnik Rhythmic Analyzer.
Hey… I’m back!
This is Tiger again. If you’d like to find out more about me, although I can’t imagine why!, check out Tiger Bill’s Place.
If you’re ready to rock, let’s start by learning what you can do with Tension Free Drumming™ and what Tension Free Drumming™ can do for you!
Stay loose!
Tiger Bill
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