Chris Black is a twenty-six year-old American musician,
songwriter, and producer born and raised in Connecticut. While
he feels most at home behind the drum kit, he also enjoys
writing songs on the acoustic guitar and creating lush
soundscapes using a variety of instruments and a loop station.
Chris’s playing draws influence from a wide variety of styles,
including hip-hop, jazz, fusion, metal, funk, world music, and
electronica. He seeks to create intricate grooves while
maintaining elements of space and explosiveness. In his
compositions, Chris strives to elicit catharsis through haunting
melodies, rhythmic drive, and esoteric lyrics.
Chris first began playing drums when he was 10 years old after
his uncle (a drummer himself) convinced his parents to get him
his first drum set. He spent his years from elementary school
through college teaching himself primarily by ear and playing
with local bands in Philadelphia, New York City, and in his
hometown of Darien.
Having next to no formal musical education for the vast majority
of his life, Chris once approached music as a hobby, something
in which to privately find both immense joy and personal
challenge. This all changed in 2018 after spending a year in
Spain to earn a performance master's degree from Berklee
College of Music. Chris has now given himself permission to
forsake a “normal” life in pursuit of his dreams of becoming a
performing artist.