San Marcos, Texas · Since 1975
Live music after dark.
Bruce Wayne has been playing drums for a living for 51 years. Book one of his bands for your wedding, party or venue, or learn from him in his drum room.
The bands
Three bands, one drummer.
Jazz for a dinner, a regular night at a venue, or a full dance floor. Bruce is behind the kit in every one.
Bat's Jazz Trio
Jazz standards and bossa nova, with Bruce on drums.
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Hipsonic
The first-Saturday band at the Villa at Gruene, all through 2019.
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Jump Start
Event venues and private parties, from Austin to Lampasas.
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Where the bands have played
Villa at Gruene, GrueneCamp Lucy, Dripping SpringsUT Alumni Center, AustinCanyonwood Springs, Dripping SpringsHidden River Ranch, LampasasCourtyard Marriott (Rising Stars of New Braunfels), New BraunfelsWildflower Festival, Dripping Springs
The drummer
51 years behind the kit.
A Texas State percussion graduate who has played rock, jazz, R&B, soul, country and Latin, classical percussion and Broadway-style musicals.
Has shared a stage with
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Ray Benson
- Gary P. Nunn
- Pat Travers
- Mitch Watkins
- James Polk
- and more →
Lessons
Learn from a working drummer.
Drum set, snare, mallets and hand percussion with Bruce, in the drum room at the house in San Marcos. Beginners and seasoned players, kids and adults. Everything you need is already set up.
Another instrument?
Music Retreat at Willow Creek
Piano, voice, guitar, bass, brass and more are taught at the same house, at the music school Bruce owns. Book those lessons with them.
Visit musicretreat.net ↗The Bat Cave
The gear list.
An 8-piece DW maple kit, two jazz kits, a vibraphone, two marimbas, an electronic kit and a full PA, all at the house in San Marcos.
Booking
Put a band on the stage.
Tell Bruce the date, the place and the kind of night you have in mind. He will tell you which band fits and what it costs.