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Accepted early into the Berklee College of Music with a merit based academic scholarship, Sam continued his studies of Contemporary Drum Set Performance as well as Music Business. During this time, his private teaching business continued to grow in size. Sam graduated from Berklee Magna Cum Laude in 2013 to continue his career as a performer and educator.
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Between 2013 and 2017, Sam worked in Boston MA for some of the best corporate bands in the city, and continued to run his teaching business which at this point had grown to around 50 students weekly. In the fall of 2017, Sam moved to Los Angeles to further his career as a performer as well as an educator.
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While living in Los Angeles, Sam signed his first major record deal with Atlantic Records, toured internationally/nationally, began doing session recording through the musician’s union in addition to private recording work; and has all the while continued to educate on a weekly basis; both virtually as well as in person.
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Upon moving to Las Vegas in 2022, Sam quickly got a job as a rotating drummer for the MJ Live Show at the Sahara Theater, (formerly in the Tropicana Theatre) on the strip. He also was hired as the drummer for the Justin Young Band, who had a residency at the Gambit in Henderson, the Hang Dynasty who had a residency at the Sand Dollar Downtown inside the Plaza Hotel & Casino, as well as gigs occasionally with local artists such as M3CCA, Rita Lim, RJ Reyes, Todd Simon, Cool Beats and more. He has recently started his own, Las Vegas based musician’s collective; Naughty Octopus Collective, which includes bands such as Cool Beats, Soul Beat, etc; and has been booking these bands at venues such as Maxan Jazz Club, Sand Dollar Lounge, Fat Cat & more. In addition to his busy performance schedule Sam is an in-demand drum instructor in Las Vegas.