Chris Braeuel - Bio

      Chris began playing the drums at age 12 and is self-taught. From Junior High through High School, he performed live rock n’ roll and hard rock songs with various local bands. After taking a break from music for a few years, Chris rekindled his passion and joined the pop cover band Mourning Glory for several years while in University. By the late 90s, his musical tastes had expanded as Chris fell in love with Latin Jazz and Bossa Nova during his travels through the Americas. Looking for a new challenge, he diversified his gift for rhythm by learning the congas and bongos and performing live with Rumbamania Compania, a then well-known Latin ensemble in Ottawa-Gatineau. When the ensemble eventually split, Chris united with Paul Sheehy to form what soon after became the Paul Sheehy Trio. Chris applies a creative mix to music, using congas, bongos, brush techniques with snare drum, cymbals, chimes and other percussion instruments for optimum effect and balance. His main influences include Alvaro De Minaya and Giovanni Hidalgo