Ron “Blondie Boy” Thaler is credited on more than 450 recordings, his drumming,
production, and musical collaborations heard upwards of 43 billion times, with 3
Grammys©, 2 BCMA awards, 2 LAMA awards, a Songwriters Hall Of Fame award, & 11
He has worked with Alicia Keys, Sophie B. Hawkins, Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson & Hank
Williams Jr., David Guetta, John Legend, Sarah McLachlan, Debbie Gibson, Jewel, Anita
Prime, 12XPretty, Moev, Darren Hodson & Southern Companion, Dweezil Zappa, Ashlee
Simpson, Wyclef Jean, Mercedes Ferrer, Lizzy Mercier, Taylor Dayne, DJ Logic, Hush
Hush Noise, Jason Yudoff & The New Hotness, Al DiMeola, Mike Stern, Matt Garrison,
Oz Noy, Rick Margitza, Rufus Reid, Donny McCaslin, Hiram Bullock, and on the Capcom
gaming franchise “Dead Rising 4”. Ron has released four solo albums, “Works” (OMD
Records), “Grain” (EFA/JVC), “Jazzed & Confused” (RTP), and “Elimotion 1” (Amazon).
In addition, Ron took to primetime TV where he appeared as an on-camera character on
NBC TV’s “Lipstick Jungle” alongside Brooke Shields.
Ron can be found at the Haus of Owl, and at his music production company RTP with
500 syncs to his credit, most recently for the Qatar world cup. Ron also enjoys working in
immersive 360 sound, pioneering film/tv/gaming/music creation and the future of music
distribution through his two spatial sound companies SoundSphere® Immersive and
Lysten360®.
Ron has delivered over 500 drum clinics and keynotes/master classes, at SXSW, Sync
Summit, Music West, E3, Zebrock, Future Music Forum, SAE, The Sorbonne, Mainz
College, and ISE, and performed at The Montreal International Drum Festival, The
TUDW Ultimate Drummers Festival, The Vancouver International Drum Festival, The
Batteur International Drum Festival, KOSA International Drum Festival, The Victoria
International Drum Festival and on Drumeo TV. Ron’s French-language instructional
video entitled “Phraseology and Individuality on the Drumset” was voted as one of the “25
All-Time Must Have Drum Videos” in Batteur Magazine’s 2010 readers poll.
Ron has been featured in Modern Drummer, Digital Drummer (Cover), Stuff Magazine,
Drums Etc., Batteur Magazine, DrumScene, The New York Times, JazzTimes, L’Est
Republicain, All About Jazz, Forbes Magazine, Art of Music, and the Montreal Gazette.
Ron is a voting member of the Grammy© Foundation, AFTRA, NARAS, SOCAN,
CARAS, CMRRA, and ASCAP.
