Channa Channa Channa VLogs – Ep40 – Brandon Khoo

In this episode, Channa Channa Channa talks to Brandon Khoo, Founder of Progressive Metal band COEN. Channa met Brandon in 2019 when he toured the Philippines with RockWeller. They have been friends ever since.

Brandon is also a versatile session drummer with more than 15 years of experience playing globally on stage, touring and recording for various bands/solo artists/projects/musicians. He has performed for/worked with Grammy-award winning guitarist Kiko Loureiro (Megadeth), Grammy-nominated keyboardist Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), and opened up for multiple Platinum recording bands The Script, Golden Melody Awards winning singer Emil Chau, Golden Horse Award-winning singer and actor Leon Lai, Jaycee Chan (Son of Jackie Chan), Wu Jiahui and Serene Koong. Aside from performing for Artists, Brandon has performed in Drum Festivals in Singapore and Indonesia.

Brandon has also traveled to Canada, Vancouver to perform at Drumeo in 2017 and filmed a series of lessons for members of Drumeo. His videos on Drumeo has reached over a million people around the world.

Known for his YouTube video "How can you tell a good drummer and a bad drummer apart?" which has been viewed over 4 million times. Brandon continues to emphasize the importance of serving the song rather than yourself while playing with many different artists in a wide scope of genres, from the Pop, rock, Latin, and metal genre and a series of drum covers which can be found on his YouTube channel.

Brandon talks about his childhood, how his parents influenced him towards music, the music he first discovered, learning drums, taking drum examinations, discovering progressive metal after listening to Dream Theater. He also talks about forming COEN, recording its first album, collaborating with Jordan Rudess and Raz Azraai.

Brandon also remembers his tour to Manila which he identifies as one of his best tours abroad, especially due to the Filipino hospitality, friendliness he experienced. He looks forward to coming back to the Philippines with COEN.

Checkout COEN’s The Moon and Dancer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaybRK13FYc

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