Richard Hutchins is a drummer/percussionist in the New York’s Lower East Side.  His first instrument was violin, which he played for over 4 years, as a member of the school orchestra.  He studied violin, piano, & recorder at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, and took private violin & theory lessons until around age 10.

Around age 12, he became interested in playing music
again, but was more interested in guitar. Richard took
guitar lessons and then a few  bass lessons for a short time and spent all his time jamming with his friends.  At some of these jams a friend's brother would play drums.   One day, Richard sat down at the drum kit, & started playing a beat & simple rolls. From that moment on, Richard knew he was to play drums.

Richard took some drum lessons from local teachers. In college studying for a marketing degree, he took classes in Music Theory, History of Western Music, Guitar, the Physics of High Fidelity, & Computer Music.

Richard also currently performs with THE HUNGRY
MARCH BAND, a 20-odd piece brass band that does
covers and originals from around the world,
including raggae, ska, balkan, bollywood, New Orleans 2nd line, rock, funk, etc. They have toured Europe & recorded 2 CDs. Their music has appeared in films by John Cameron Mitchell, ads for American Express, and they were voted 'Best Anarchist Brass Band in New York' by the New York Press.