Teaches in Texas

From Round Rock, Texas

Plays Bass, Drums, and Guitar

About

Kevin Abbenante has been a lifelong resident of the Austin area. He's been playing and studying drums for over 28 years, and has been performing and touring professionally for the last 17 years. He has also been playing guitar and bass for a combined total of 13 years. Not only has he been performing for the past 17 years, but he has also been a session drummer on numerous studio albums and currently performs and tours with Mariachi Rock Revolution.
Kevin earned his Associate Degree in Commercial Music Management from Austin Community College in 2012 and worked as a professional Audio Engineer and session drummer for the past 10 years, predominantly at 512 Studios with Omar Vallejo. He has also worked on several projects at Evenbreak Productions and Evil Snail Studios.
During his time at 512 Studios, the studio was voted “Best Recording Studio” in Austin for the 2016, 2018 and 2019 Austin Chronicle Music Industry Awards. Kevin has been a tracking engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, producer and drummer on many different styles ranging from Rock, Metal, Country, Hip-Hop and Tejano.
In addition, for the past 6 years, he has worked at School of Rock in Round Rock, Texas as a drums, bass, guitar, and performance program teacher. Presently, he is working with students of all ages and teaching music has become a passion of his. He enjoys helping people discover the joy of learning music and the excitement someone gets when they finally master a song, chord, or beat.