Doug Rezac is from Aberdeen, South Dakota and is the studio and touring drummer percussionist for “Dawn Kinsman” and “Agnus Dei”. Doug’s greatest influences are his daughters Amie and Joanna along with his wife Ly(Lee). He has a very extensive music history, having been on the road playing guitar and drums in a number of bands in a different variety of musical styling. Drummer Mark Craney of Jethro Tull, Gino Vaneli Fame has been a great friend and influence in Doug’s development as a human being and drummer. With Mark’s passing in November of 2005 Doug feels the importance to educate the next generation of drummers about Mark’s work. It can be heard on a Mark Craney CD titled “Something with a Pulse”. Doug’s other musical influences are brothers, sisters and friends that pulled him along dancing around furniture in his childhood home as his father played the accordion! Doug’s brother played guitar, father on accordion, and somewhere in the house was a clarinet involved. Doug states that your friends are always getting you involved with something. Thank God it was music because there’s times that all we need is a little help from our friends! Thanks to B.B. Wailing, Boyce Wahlen, Jim Groth and Tim Gross for all the hours we’ve listened to music, they’ve been great musical lighthouses!
Doug is presently in his 24th year as percussion manager at Taylor Music in Aberdeen. At the present time Doug is working on a project with friends to be released as the “Beat Market” project. It’s a bunch of recorded setting with live recording and studio loops done in several studios with great players in a variety of settings. Doug plays guitar and drums on different songs. Watch for the “Beat Market” coming soon.
Though Doug has spent time as a studio drummer, he prefers live settings so he can see the emotions of the people! In 2005 Doug produced an ‘A cappella 2006 Gospel Trio, recorded at Audio Plex Studios.
Doug is working with friend Boyce Wahlen in the Darren Geffre Band doing the Rising Star Tour. Darren is a 2004 Grammy nominee for the “Civilized” CD he released.
Doug has been teaching drum sets in the area for over 20 years, with the concept of using eye and hand coordination with influenced rudiments. Trying to pass on practical application to playing in a band Doug has three concepts he likes to pass on to young players. They are: