Aaron Kusterer

 
J.K. Kleutgens is a professional bassist and musical director based out of Las Vegas. Currently, he works as a bass player, musical director, and Ableton operator at Cirque du Soleil Zumanity. In addition, he is also the musical director for One Night for One Drop and Cirque Essence. He has also been involved with numerous TV and live productions.
 
J.K. Kleutgens has recorded, performed live, collaborated, and toured with Peter Erskine, Nancy Sinatra, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Tavaglione, Gary Novak, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Dave Weckl, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, Carl Verheyen, Mitch Forman, Alan Pasqua, Brandon Fields, Tal Bergman, Otmaro Ruiz, Dirk K., Dan Sistos, Alan Pasqua, Kai Eckhardt, Alex Machacek, Antti Kotikoski, Richard Hallebeek, Hans Zermuehlen, Jean-Marc Belkadi, Thom Rotella, Pat Kelly, Sandro Albert, Roger Burn(Rip), Mark Schulman, Gary Meek, Dan Gilbert, Scott Kinsey, Don Randi, Joe Heredia, Joe Labarbera, Mike Shapiro, Russ Miller, Charlie Bisharat, Ron Powell, Bernie Dresel, William Kennedy, Tom Brechtlein, Marco Minneman, Teri Lynn Carrington, Virgil Donati, Ron Bruner Jr., Larry Aberman, Paris Red, TJ Helmerich, Aaron Kusterer, Jennifer Batten, Nivi Lifshitz, and Danny Elfman.
 
He attended Musicians Institute and studied with teachers, Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, and Steve Bailey. Additionally, he taught at Musicians Institute for over 10 years (received Instructor of the Year twice) and Los Angeles Music Academy. 

Troy Griffin is a professional drummer currently residing in Honolulu, Hawaii and hails from Los Angeles, California. He specializes in a variety of commercial music ranging from Jazz to Rock. Troy currently plays with The Air Force Band of the Pacific-Hawaii, The Dukes of Surf, and free-lances with various artists in the Honolulu area. He also has a home studio where he regularly records for artists all over the country.

Troy Griffin has performed and/or worked with Elton John, Michael Bolton, Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck, Cirque du Soleil), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Jeff Lorber, J.K. Kleutgens (Cirque du Soleil), Aaron Kusterer (Independent, Air Force Band), Trout Fishing In America, Bill Watrous, Arturo Sandoval, Philip Smith (NY Philharmonic), Chris Jaudes (Broadway), Tom Ranier, US Air Force Bands, and others. He also toured worldwide with various groups and also played the 2011 Vans Warped Tour with his band, Saturday Sleeper.

He attended Hamilton High School Academy of Music and completed musical works at Fullerton College - a sister school of the Berklee College of Music. He then enrolled in the Drummers Collective to attend their 5 Day Intensive. He has studied with influential drummers & percussionists including, Will Denton (Steven Curtis Chapman, Leann Rimes, The Farm), Matt Johnson, Jerry Steinholtz, Andrew Eberhard, Rob Slack, Leroy Clouden, Sandy Gennaro, Pat Petrillo, Adriano Santos, Peter Retzlaff & Steven Bartkoski (M-Audio).