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joel styzens
joel styzens

Joel Styzens is a drummer/percussionist, songwriter and electronic music composer.
He is originally from Springfield, IL and is a graduate of Millikin University (class of '03) where he earned a degree in Music Business and Percussion, specializing in drum set, hand drums and mallet instruments. During his schooling, he performed with a large collection of percussion and jazz groups around the country, traveled to the Dominican Republic with one of Millikin's finest jazz groups and taught in the University's preparatory department.
Joel currently freelances in the Chicago music circuit where he's involved in several different projects. He also travels with a handful of other groups, teaches at the Old Town School of Folk Music and runs his own private percussion studio. He has collaborated with musicians in every style from Jazz to Rock and enjoys incorporating all of the elements into his teaching and performing.

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Uncommon Ground Past Show Dates
2008-07-15 (45 days) Heather Styka
Katinka Kleijn
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SHURE sponsored Open Mic - Hosted by Kat Fitzgerald
2008-03-09 (173 days) Heather Styka
Cabaret Parisien
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2008-02-01 (210 days) joel styzens
Vicky Emerson
Joe Taylor
CARNIVALE WEEKEND!
Som Brasil
2008-01-18 (224 days) Heather Styka
Rebecca Rego
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Good Morning Evil
Yoko Noge's Japanesque

Known Open Mic Appearances:

07/07/2008
05/12/2008
04/21/2008
03/31/2008
03/24/2008
03/03/2008
01/28/2008
01/21/2008
12/17/2007
10/01/2007
09/24/2007
09/10/2007
08/27/2007
08/13/2007
08/06/2007
07/30/2007
07/09/2007