Also Playing Live & In Studio with: 

• 8TrackTimeMachine  — featuring Heather Davis & BobBB, along with top Local, Regional, & International Guest Artists, in various configurations — Duo, Trio, Quartet, to Full Bands, please inquire for more details about how we can provide music for your Event!
• GrantInConcert (Vocal Stylings featuring favorite Pop, Movie, Show,  Musical & Classic Theme Music from Past & Present…)
• The MostWanted Band (40s-50s-60s-70s-80s-90s+ classic four  piece Rhythm Section — Live & Studio, Will Travel…) 
• Cover2Cover (classic & modern rock Dance Band featuring Julie Masi of ‘Parachute Club’ fame) & Jim Rhindress (sub drums)
• Jake Allan & Rob Rowan and their Classic Country Music Icons Tribute to Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, & Merle Haggard — Featuring Jason Cooper as Merle Haggard, and renowned Canadian Champion Fiddler Mike Sanyshyn
• Ron Boudreau The ‘Canadian Crooner’  featuring The Uptown Hornz Little Big Band & Special Guests (courtesy of SSE) 
• FunktionGrooveMachine (60s/70s 8pc R&B / Funk Band) 

And Coming Soon…

• Featured Master Classes & Instruction Videos back for 2022…!) 
• ‘It’s all Twos and Threes’ — and THE MAGIC (‘Grease’) in the Infinite Spaces In-Between… The Pulse of ‘The Grease’ as ‘The Secret Sauce’ of ‘The Groove’…
• The Power of Para-Paradiddles (RLRRLL / LRLLRR) —  and Leading Hand Sticking (asymmetrical sticking) vs Hand-To-Hand Sticking (along with Paradiddles of all shapes and sizes…
• Audio / Video / Play-Along Multimedia Tracks & Samples
• Musical Drumming to Support & Enhance Vocalists, Soloists, and Ensembles — ‘Music First, ALWAYS SERVE The MUSIC’…!
• BobBB’s ‘Rubik’s Cube Model‘ for Shots & Accents in Big Band / Jazz / Fusion / Rock Contexts (Thanks Ted Reed, for the inspiration and initial ‘2x2x2’ Concept) 
• Musically Effective & Stylistically Appropriate Chart Interpretation — Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced / PRO Levels
• Advanced Applied Rhythmic Concepts & 4 Limb ‘Ambi-Sticking’ 
• Linear vs Layered Grooves — Their respective uses for optimal musical effect (along with the advantages and disadvantages of each, live & studio — very different…!)
• Creating Layered Simultaneous Half-Time & Double-Time Grooves, using Linear Funk and reassigned rudimental sticking principles 
• Stylistic / Genre Mashups for Enhancing Creativity 
• Complete Discography (200+ Album Projects and counting…)
• Designing Ergonomic Drumset & Integrated Percussion Setups for Maximum Efficiency / Comfort / Sonics – Live & Studio
• Developing Enhanced Improvisational Skills via ‘In-The-Moment’ Zen ‘No-Mind’ Exercises & Practices
• And So So Much More, Please Stay Tuned…!

Contact BobBB for Studio Sessions, Drum Tracks (@DrumBuddhaCaveStudios or elsewhere), Live Concerts (Starting Q4-2022), or Private / Group Master Classes @: 

• T:  +1 415.830.5499 – USA/Int’l
• T:  +1 250.808.7734 – Direct  
• E:   bobbachtold@gmail.com
• W: https://drumbuddha.com
• W: https://bobbachtoldmusic.com

More Videos Featuring BobBB on YouTube:

“Learnin’ The Blues” – Dreamland Big Band, Featuring ‘The Sinatra Guy’ Robert Fine, 2011 Bridges Benefit, Kelowna Community Theatre, BC…

“Sax For The Soul” – Dreamland Big Band, Featuring Malcolm Green, Sax / Composer, 2011 Bridges Benefit, Kelowna Community Theatre, BC…

Lots more videos coming soon, stay tuned!

Bob ‘BobBB The DrumBuddha’ Bachtold has over three decades of experience as a first-call live & studio drummer / percussionist for top Classic & Modern R&B, Jazz, Funk, Rock, Blues, Big Bands, Latin, Fusion, and Pop / Symphonic Orchestras throughout North America. 

BobBB is best known for his tone, taste, touch, intense groove, and uniquely uncanny ability to lift any size and type of musical group to new musical heights – making the music come alive with that ‘extra special something’ that discerning artists and audiences crave and live for – regardless of how demanding the performance, group, situation, or environment. 

BobBB has also played or recorded with Harry Nilsson, The Platters, Leonard Camplin & Kelowna Pops Orchestra, The Cruzeros, Julie Masi (Parachute Club) & Half A Quorum, Studebaker John, Michael Garding Big Band & Quartet, George Robert (RIP), Cat ‘Phat Betty’ Wells, Metal Stiletto, EasyFix, MoniFunk, Danny McBride, Steve Soucy (RIP), Robbie Buchanan, Blue City Trio & Quartet, ‘Harpdog’ Brown (RIP), Dan Engelland (RIP), Uptown Hornz, Gino Monopoli & ‘Almost Elvis’ Revue featuring The Uptown Hornz, Oz Fritz, Ivan Lourie, Stan Ross, Henry Piovesan & His Heroes, Kath Raeber & Her TomKats, Sonny Rhodes (RIP), Cal Batchelor, Jason Buie (RIP), Rick ‘Poppa Dawg’ Halisheff & Dogskin Suit, Sherman Doucette, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, Blues Tribe, Tony Coleman, Jimmi Accardi (Monkees, Chuck Berry, The Kojaks, CBGBs, Rock N’ Roll Party), Nolan Murray (Tiller’s Folly), Jon Memolo & The Popoffs, MarvinJ & Friends, Redfish, Johnny Ferreira, Gary Tackett & The California Cowboys, Bobby Black, Paul Sorensen Big Band & Orchestra, Leroy Wiens Orchestra & Okanagan Valley Singers, Katherine van Kampen & Celebration Singers, The Lounge Lizards, Heavy Weather, Saxissimo, Let’s Dance, The Kojaks, EJ Gold, Jan Cox (RIP), Terry Blankenship & Daemon, Cuban Jazz pianist legend Panchito Calimano, Al Downing, Smiley Ortiz & Trio, Hal Harvey & The Affair, Rod Griffith Show Band (RIP), John Stamos, Martha Raye (RIP), The Chambers Brothers (Brian Keenan RIP), SunRidge Church, Christ The King Community Church, & Saddleback Community Church Choir & Band, among many others during the past few decades… 

BobBB has studied formally with Ted Reed (of ‘Syncopation’ fame) and Al ‘Hoot Gibson’ Rudkin (The Revlons / Motown), and has also done formal / informal Master Classes with Dr Steve Gadd, Louie Bellson (RIP), Tony Williams (RIP), Larrie Londin (RIP), Martin Drew (RIP), Ricky Lawson (RIP), Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts, Trevor Lawrence Jr,  Ed Shaughnessy (RIP), Freddy Gruber (RIP), Ed Thigpen (RIP), Jim Chapin (RIP), Joe Morello (RIP), Airto Moreira, Trilok Gurtu, Tris Imboden, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Manolo Badrena, Mino Cinelu, Ramon Lopez (RIP), and many other drumming & percussion Masters over the years. 

BobBB endorses Dunnett Custom Snare Drums and George Way Drums (Thank You Ronn for your sonically and visually amazing Drums), Paiste Cymbals (Many Thanks to the Paiste Family, Franklin Vanderbilt, JR Robinson, Abe Laboriel Jr,  Dave Karasony, Vinnie Colaiuta, & Ricky Lawson), Tama Pedals & Hardware (Thank You, Kenny Aronoff), Remo Drumheads & Ethnic Percussion, Vater & Ahead drumsticks & accessories, and Vic Firth specialty sticks, mallets & brushes.