Frank Briggs
I am best known for my top-selling book/video package, “The Complete Modern Drum Set” which remained in Mel Bay Publications top 10 percussion books for a couple decades, and cited by Modern Drummer Magazine as a book & video that set a standard for the industry.
I have worked, in some capacity, either touring, gigging or recording with; Jimmy Haslip (YellowJackets) Dean Brown (Billy Cobham/Marcus Miller), Philippe Saisse (Chaka Khan), Kit Walker, Atlantic Starr, Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa), (Tony, Grammy & Emmy Award winner) Billy Porter, Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson/Jeff Beck), Engelbert Humperdinck, Swamp Thang, Masters of Reality, 805, AntiGravity, Cirque Du Soleil, and many others.
I worked for 20 years (1996-2016) music directing, drumming and composing for Fortune 500 companies; Eli Lilly, AstraZeneka, Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, Sepracor, Forest Labs, Roche Diagnostics, SAP, Amway, Novartis, American Express and others.
I retired in 2020
2003 : Session : LAQT : Improv
1982 : Session : 805
1982 : Session : RCA Records
1982 Isolated Drums Session 2
1982: Isolated Drums Session 1
The Lick Library : Gadd/Weckl Inspired
Session : "What Is Hip" Tower Of Power : Backing Track
Session : Softly As A Morning Sunrise : Backing Track
Funk : Hitting The Ahs : Lesson
The Lick Library : Alternating Triplet Warmup
The Lick Library : Crossover Fill & More
The Lick Library : 5-5-6 Sticking
Metric Modulation Basics
The Lick Library : Tony Inspired Accents
Practicing Over A Loop #2
Linear: 5 Note Group in 32 Notes
"Giant Steps" - Backing Track
Linear: 5 Note Phrase in 32nd Notes
2010 : Clinic : "Everything!"
2013 : Session : "Valdez in the Country"
2013 : Session : "Footprints"
1987 : Session : Play The Game
2011 : Session: Drums/Arranging/Production/Mixing
2010 : 4 Sessions : w/ Kit Walker
2008 : Session : Highway One
2012 : Session : What It Is : Mike Stern
1986 : Session : Doyle & Whiting : Revenge (In the Name of Love)
2019 : UK Drummer Podcast Interview
2024 : WIBX “Roam Live” Interview
2004 : Big Pharma Launch