Meytal Cohen

Meytal Cohen (born August 9, 1984 in Ramat Gan , Israel ) is an American drummer . She started her career as a studio and live musician. The name Meytal (Hebrew: מיטל כהן) means thaw in Hebrew.

Life and musical career

Meytal Cohen is the youngest of seven children, she has four sisters and two brothers. Your parents are from Iraq. She graduated from Raman Gani Blich High School. At the age of 18 she started playing the drums, and she also studied tap dance and theater studies . She then did two years of military service in the Israeli army, as conscription is mandatory in Israel.

On the recommendation of her then drum teacher, Cohen moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to attend the advanced course drums / percussion at the Los Angeles Music Academy. Shortly thereafter, she had a serious car accident in which she broke three vertebrae and had to wear a back brace for six months. To promote the healing process and for physiotherapy , Cohen moved to Israel again for a year. She then returned to Los Angeles to continue her studies at the Music Academy. She was taught a. a. by Joe Porcaro , Ralph Humphrey, Michael Shapiro, Aaron Serfaty, Randy Cook, and Joey Heredia.

In 2007 she undertook concert tours in Australia, the United States, Mexico, South America and Europe with her band Metaphor , which also included Tina Guo on cello , Anna Stafford on violin and Ali Holz on piano . The Led Zeppelin cover band Moby Chick , also consisting of women, accompanied Metaphor on their tour in Puerto Rico. Metaphor's musical style can be described as a Classical Crossover .

In 2009 Cohen directed and produced an application video for the talent show America's Got Talent , a violin / metal version of the song Toxicity by the band System of a Down , with Jennifer Lynn and Christine Wu . Participation in the show did not succeed, but the application video, which was published on YouTube, had over three million clicks after six months. After this Internet success, Cohen decided in 2010 to shoot 100 videos with drums cover versions of her favorite songs and then publish them on her YouTube channel. It now has around 200 million clicks, 1.1 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.2 million Facebook likes.

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This success encouraged Cohen to form his own band and record an album. This is how the song Breathe came about . The first draft of this song (guitar and bass) was written by Gil Baram, a longtime friend who also helped produce the Toxicity video. Cohen chose Eric Emery as the singer for this song. Emery introduced her to Sahaj Ticotin, who played a large role in the making of Breathe . Cohen wrote the lyrics for the song together with Ticotin. In his house he recorded guitar, bass and backing vocals, Emery on vocals and Cohen on drums. The song was then mixed by Dave Schiffmann (u. A. Avenged Sevenfold, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down and RHCP) and Paul Logus (u. A. Limp Bizkit, David Bowie, Killswitch Engage and Beyonce) mastered . Breathe is the first song that Meytal Cohen released with her band Meytal .

After the success of the song and a sold out concert at Whiskey a Go Go , a rock club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood , several record companies became aware of the band and offered various contracts. However, Cohen decided to produce the album himself. So she kept all rights to her music, the merchandise , etc. To implement this project, Cohen initiated a Kickstarter campaign to collect $ 60,000 with the help of her fans for the production of her first album. The campaign was a huge success, raising over $ 140,000. From July 24, 2015, the album Alchemy could be purchased exclusively for the first 30 days on the Meytal Cohen website. The band Meytal consists of the following members: Eric Emery - vocals , Travis Montgomery - lead guitarist , Jeff Loomis - band and nociceptor, Doc Coyle - rhythm guitarist , backing vocals and screaming , Anel Pedrero - bass and backing vocals, and Meytal Cohen - drums .

Discography

Studio albums

2015: Alchemy
2019: The Witness

Live albums

2016: Alchemy Live

Video albums

2013: Maximum Meytal

Individual evidence

Web links

personal website
meytalll - Youtube Channel
Meytal Cohen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Cohen, Meytal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ramat Gan , Israel