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Mike Veny is an accomplished professional drummer and first class drum teacher. He dedicates his life to leveraging his talents to effectively serve others.

With over 18 years experience in drumming, he as been featured in Modern Drummer Magazine and Drum! Magazine. Mike's expertise has allowed him to serve as an adjudicator for the Guitar Center Drum Off, the World's Largest Drum Competition!

Mike Veny is an accomplished professional drummer and first class drum teacher. He dedicates his life to leveraging his talents to effectively serve others.

Mike has performed with the Hip Pickles, the Sunrisers Drum & Bugle Corps, pit orchestras for many musicals, various contemporary ensembles, and seven albums including Chicago the Musical ,Jesus Christ Superstar, and Bad Ideas: a New Musical by Joshua Z. Kant.

He has been coached by Kim Monroe, Chet Doboe, Jerry Nobile, Dave Rataczjak, and Tobias Ralph. Known for his pulsating, high energy grooves, he draws inspiration from Dennis Chambers, Ziggy Modeliste and John Bonham.

Mike is currently on faculty at the Long Island High School for the Arts. He also teaches drum lessons at Drummers World, located in the heart of New York City. His online musical instrument store is affiliated with zZounds and he donates a portion of all sales to charity.

Mike is currently performing with Nhojj, on various projects with the Emmy Award Winning Kim Oler; the staff composer on ABC's All My Children. He also performs on various projects with Jeannine Otis, featured soloist on the on the dance rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which reached the Top Ten on the High Energy Dance Charts in the USA, UK, Italy, and Australia.

Mike Veny credits a great deal of his success to his business coach, Marian Banker.

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