Aaron McLendon
- Actor
- Sound Department
Drummer, record producer, and playlist creator Aaron McLendon was born in Santa Barbara, California. Raised by musician parents, McLendon took four years of piano lessons and first started playing drums at the age of thirteen. Aaron studied every Sunday at Mike's Drum Shop with Barry Birmingham and learned drum set techniques along with all styles of music from composer Craig Thatcher. Following high school McLendon went on to attend both William Patterson University and the California Institute of the Arts (he received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the latter). Among the notable artists Aaron has played drums for are George Clinton, Billy Childs, Michael Bublé, George Benson, Taylor Eigsti, Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, and Postmodern Jukebox. Moreover, McLendon has also worked as a producer for such notable clients as MTV, Facebook TV, and The Discovery Channel.