Marco Giovino

Drummer i.a. for Norah Jones, Tom Jones, Neil Young and Jon Bon Jovi

Marco Giovino is a musician from Boston and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. Throughout his career, he has performed, toured, and recorded with a diverse range of artists and producers, including Robert Plant, Norah Jones, Alison Krauss, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, T-Bone Burnett, Jon Bon Jovi, Tom Jones (as his U.S. Musical Director), John Cale, Buddy & Julie Miller, Stan Lynch, Patty Griffin, North Mississippi Allstars, Don Was, Keb’ Mo’, Don Henley, Bettye LaVette (as her Musical Director), Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes, and many more. From 2009 to 2011, Marco was a member of Robert Plant’s Band of Joy, touring and recording with the former Led Zeppelin frontman. Alongside Buddy Miller, he and Robert Plant also co-wrote an album together.

Favorite Instruments

<p>There are many crashers on the market. Most of them feature several differently shaped and arranged metal sheets. They provide the drummer with hard, short, cutting crashing sounds. Our approach here is a little different. Our experience with the BuzzBoards led to the approach to make this exact sound system playable via sticks with a wider dynamic range. Thus, the DynaCrasher was developed with wooden panels with a snare carpet on a solid wood carrier. This design allows for quiet hand playing that instantly produces snare or sizzle sounds at low volumes. Still, there's penetrating crasher sounds when playing with sticks at high volumes, such as drum set groove arrangements. Two adjustment screws take care of the buzz/crash sustain setting. Even though it's wood, the surface material is extremely durable. We offer two versions for different applications. DC280 is the percussion version, which is fixed on a surface by Velcro (the number stands for the length in mm) DC280M is mountable via our woodblock mount, suitable for any standard percussion rod with 9-10mm diameter. A great addition to any percussion or drum setup.</p>