Gray LeGere
*Music Production/Recording/Editing/Mixing*
Introduced to music via a pair of plush headphones and a Vietnam era living room turntable, a passion for music and the creative arts was planted and has continued to grow and develop ever sense.
Woodstock era albums from CSNY, Santana, Joe Cocker, Ritchie Havens and countless others fueled a love for vocal harmonies, melodies and big deep pocket. The Beatles, The Stones, Kiss, Rush, Van Halen, Blondie....were the driving forces that motivated Gray to listen more intensely for the recipes that made the classics come to life.
Gray's experience ranges from working in music retail, launching a record label (LeGere Productions) in Austin Tx.....building a couple of recording studios from the ground up, A stint as a writer for not so modern drummer magazine... "drum tweaking 101” column, studio sessions, commercial work, engineering and producing.
Whether on stage or in the studio, the challenge to play what's right for the song in a new, creative, textural way is what continues to motivate and shape him as a musician.
Worship work at Gateway, Shoreline and many other worship venues around the state of Texas offered a soft place to land after a week of touring or session work. Worship gigs allowed for the incorporation of electronics into his set up as well as utilizing click, charts and running and triggering backing tracks on the fly during live performances via Ableton.....Not to mention an extra 4-6 performances a week on top of a touring and studio schedule.
Gray has had the pleasure of touring, recording and performing with artists across many genres including Curtis Grimes, coached by CeeLo on The Voice, Wade Bowen, Granian (Kill The Alarm), Anne E Dechant, Patrick Stone (Adler’s Appetite, Budderside), Andy Ackland (Kieth Urban, The Eagles), Jimmy Bain ( Dio, Rainbow), Garry Foote (Smokey Robinson, Blood Sweat and Tears), Kevin Max (DC Talk), JJ Plasencio (Sixpence none the richer), Israel Houghton, Singer songwriters Jackson Parten, Chris Beall, Denny Herrin, Austin Gilliam, Brendan O'donnell, Ry Taylor and many others.
In addition to performing Gray has produced and engineered VO sessions and bumper music for Comedy Central, ESPN and BBC as well as being a drum therapy/circle facilitator since 2006. Gray has instructed students as young as 10 up to professional touring artists.
Currently residing in the high desert of Northern New Mexico, Gray plays regularly at local venues & festivals, teaches lessons and picks up a variety of gigs along the way.
When not behind the kit, LeGere is likely spending time with his partner and dog, making a strong cup of coffee, hiking through rocky canyons, seeking out petroglyphs and walking along streams and rivers with a fly rod in hand.