Photo by: Alex Kluft Percussionist Chris Karabelas’ journey is an interesting story. He grew up outside of Baltimore, MD. His father was a big music fan who took him to more concerts than he can even remember. At five, his parents bought him a djembe to get him off their pots and pans, and at 10 they bought him a drum set under the condition he started taking lessons. At 15 he enrolled in the Paul Green School of Rock where he played shows in a bathing suit because of his obsession with Taylor Hawkins. By 17, Chris was playing for the School of Rock All-Stars touring band and sitting in at his teachers’ gigs. All this time he was only playing drum set. When he enrolled at Belmont University, he was a commercial percussion (drum set) performance major. Chris is thankful that his start on drum set was […]

January 2024 Issue