Lyrics and music by Tim Kane Verse 1 Let me tell you ‘bout one Cape Cod night  Legend tour ‘round all the sights We started at the Chatham Squire ‘Cause Brewster’s Woodshed was on fire Cruised 6A for a few long miles  Caught sunset over Grand Isle Verse 2 National Seashore roared all its might ..read more

Many thanks to Kevin Saleeba at Central Mass Town Square Media for writing so eloquently about what it is that I do as a drummer and drum circle facilitator ..read more

Tiki Tim’s Trop-Roc Tributes is a weekly Facebook live show featuring regionally and nationally touring singer-songwriters working in the trop-roc musical genre. This first episode of season 2 linked to Facebook below features an in-depth Q&A with music legend and New Hampshire native, Scott Kirby Scottkirby. https://fb.watch/4svPLY4FTg/ Singer, songwriter, guitarist, storyteller, sailor and road warrior ..read more

By Tim Kane Long before the advent of the modern day drummer in America and women’s incredible contributions leading that movement, our country enjoyed early female drumming pioneers the likes of Viola Smith (née Schmitz).  Born November 29, 1912 in Wisconsin, Viola was the first professional female jazz drummer and noted for using up to ..read more

NEW RELEASE Li’l K9 (Christopher Miles Kane) released his second full RAP/Hip-hop album “PA$$” on July 31, 2020. Chris, 13, composed the entire album himself, playing keyboards, drums, vocals, lyric writing and most all sound design and loops. He self-recorded the album in his home studio using Logic Pro X, Behringer UPhoria, and M-audio. Below ..read more

“TIKI TIM’S TROP-ROC TRIBUTES” is a special live and recorded weekly podcast powered through Zoom to Facebook Live, re-emerging later on RSS Feed and YouTube. Drummer Tim Kane hosts the show Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in his home-based recording studio turned tropical island paradise with everything miced up. Tim’s show features guest trop-roc singer-songwriters from ..read more

“How to Create Homemade Hand Drums” is a special 10-minute How-To video produced by Drum Circle Facilitator Tim Kane in June 2020 to help players of all ages who want to participate in a virtual online group drum circle, but don’t yet own their own drums. https://youtu.be/CWsTY_mqTTA ..read more

Someone remarked to me before a recent drum circle that she thought I was just a “rhythm starter” who owns a bunch of drums, and not an actual teacher of drumming. It’s a common misperception in my industry. While there is nothing wrong with simply starting rhythms as I have to do that often during ..read more

Drum instructor Tim Kane Email: tim@kanedrums.com Call or text him at: 774-757-7636 Tim Kane, a professional drummer with more than 30 years of performance experience, teaches beginner to advanced musical styles on drum set and concert percussion, including hard rock with optional double kick drum, jazz, funk, reggae, world beats and marching drum corps. He ..read more

I’ve been working with engineer Steven Tamburri on designing a working prototype for a special Djembe stand idea I created that is intended for wheelchair-bound people and others. Through working with mostly senior citizens for the past 7 years facilitating drum circles, I discovered that many existing Djembe stands just aren’t designed for people in ..read more