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Born and raised in Hartford, CT, Larone McMillian began his early journey in music playing drums in church. From that platform he has expanded into many other genres including Hip Hop, R&B, Gospel Soul, Pop and Jazz. After many years of training and developing to be a better and more seasoned musician he began his journey as a professional right out of high school. First opportunity came when being recommended to super music director Ray Chew to be the drummer for the pop star JOJO in 2006. After a few years of touring with the pop star it lead to quite a bit of exposure which opened many doors to receive more and more calls by other MD's in the business. Since then Larone has worked with some of the top artist in the business. Aside to being a touring drummer Larone is also a Producer/ programmer as well having worked on a quite of projects live and in studio in the music industry
Artists worked/played with:
Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, Kiesza, Jennifer Hudson, JOJO, NEYO, The Dream, Jazmine Sullivan, Ginuwine, Mario, Fantasia, Christie Michelle, En The Clark Sisters, Vogue, MusiqSoulchild, 4UPrince, Kandace Springs and many more etc.....
TV shows/Appearances:
Today Show, Good Morning America, CD USA, The Tonight show w/ Jay Leno, The Late show w/ David Letterman, Ellen Degeneres show, Last Call w/ Carson Daily, MTV TRL, Regis & Kelly show, 2014 Bet Awards, 2015 NHL Awards show annual (house band) World famous Apollo Theater house band , BET Breast cancer special
David Nester is an experienced, knowledgeable, and well-traveled drummer and drum technician from Dayton, Ohio. Currently the live drummer for Aaron Lewis.
His background includes professional drumming for many genres ranging from:
Metal - Mick Blankenship, Mychildren Mybride, Wolves at the Gate, Once Nothing, Body Harvest
Rock/Pop - My Name In Vain, Me In The Making, Marilyn Avenue, To No End
Country - Clark Manson, Rayne Johnson, Pistol Holler, The Billy Brown Band, The Jason Owens Band, The Amy Sailor Band, Lexy Dunn, Alyssa Oeder, JAYME, 9Eight Central, The Derek Alan Band
Drum tech experience includes touring with bands/artist such as:
Staind (drum/playback tech)
Greta Van Fleet (drum tech)
Korn (drum/playback tech)
Marilyn Manson (drum/playback tech)
Rob Zombie (drum tech)
All That Remains (drums/playback tech)
Whitechapel (drum tech)
Atreyu (drum tech)
Booking Inquiries can be sent to me@davidnester.com
