Billboard Magazine's focus on
the South Florida Recording scene referred to Lee Levin as "the
city's most in demand drummer". Since graduating the University of Miami
in 1989, Lee has played on more than 1000 recordings for a variety of artists
throughout the world including Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Backstreet Boys,
Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Nelly Furtado, Clay Aiken, Christina Aquilera, Michael
Bolton, Sarah Silverman, Meat Loaf, Teddy Geiger, Ricardo Arjona, Alejandro
Sanz, Juan Luis Guerra, Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Eros
Ramazzotti, Shakira and many others. His drumming can also be heard on
ESPN and NBC Sports shows.
Currently, lee is touring the
world with Barry Gibb and has previously toured/performed Ricky Martin, Julio
Iglesias, and Jon Secada. Although mostly known as a studio session
player, Lee’s experience’s also include TV and award shows, classical and Jazz
concerts, and performing in the World Premier of the Elvis Costello/Twyla Tharp
Ballet, “Nightspot”.
As a writer, Lee has written
and/or recorded commercials for Pantene, Bellsouth, Florida Lottery, McDonalds,
and Domino's Pizza. His compositions have been heard on NBC's Friends, Saturday
Night Live, Dateline, America's Next Top Model and TMZ. Lee has worked on
many educational books, videos and CD's for Alfred Publications including one
he wrote for the Ultimate Beginner Tech Start Series entitled “Drum Programming
Basics”. He also released his own project in 2012 called The Voters.
A natural transition toward
production has landed Levin with 5 Latin Grammy awards and 1 Grammy
award. His nominations as either a producer or engineer, include 2 for
2013 Album of the Year (Alejandro Sanz & Andres Cepeda), 2 For 2012
Album of the Year and Record of the Year (Ricardo Arjona), 1 for 2011 Album of
the Year (Calle 13) 3 for 2010-Record of the Year (Alejandro Sanz), Album of
the Year (Alejandro Sanz), and Best Engineering (Diego Torres). Past
nominations include 2009 Record of the Year (Luis Fonsi), 2007-Best Engineering
(Juan Fernando Velazco), and 2006 Record of the Year (Ricardo Arjona). In 2008,
Lee, along with Tommy Torres and Dan Warner co-produced “Tarde o Temprano” for
Tommy Torres, which was nominated in both the American and Latin Grammys.
They also co-produced Ednita Nazario's "Por Ti" album (certified
gold), which was nominated for a Grammy and won a Latin Billboard Award, as
well as her release "Appasionata". In addition to co-producing a #1
song for Luis Fonsi, Levin has also produced for Ricardo Arjona, Tommy Torres,
Gisselle, and Perry Joslin. Lee's endorsements include Pearl Drums &
Percussion, Innovative Percussion Drumsticks, Paiste Cymbals, Remo Drumheads,
Kickport products and Heil Microphones.