463 - Tom Jorgensen: Playing on the "Beetlejuice" Tour, Studying with Michael Carvin, A Sound-Oriented Approach

Working Drummer

Tom Jorgensen is an active and highly-requested drummer, session musician, composer, and mixing engineer based in New York City, currently on the first national tour of the Beetlejuice Broadway musical. Tom is a graduate with a BFA from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC, where he studied with jazz legends such as Reggie Workman, Charli Persip, and privately with Master Drummer Michael Carvin, with whom a mentorship continues to this day.

Tom frequently performs with the internet sensation Post Modern Jukebox, having toured with the group extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. His career has also taken him abroad throughout Europe, South America, French Polynesia, and the Caribbean while acting as Music Director onboard Holland America Cruise Line.

In this episode, Tom talks about:

• The broad range of genres and drumming styles in the “Beetlejuice” show
• Auditioning for a Broadway tour vs. being offered the gig outright
• The “authenticity meter” in relationship building
• What it means to have a sound-oriented approach
• His experience studying with Michael Carvin at The New School in New York
• What good relationships look like - if one person wins, we all win
• “Go, do, be, have” in that order