Brahm grew up between two small towns, one nestled in the Berkshire foothills of western Massachusetts USA, and one harbored in between the Pacific Ocean and the Sierra Madres Mountains in Jalisco Mexico. Raised in a family of artists who always encouraged creativity, Brahm has been immersed in music all of their life. At around two or three years old, Brahm began tagging along to West African Drum and Dance classes with their father. After a year or two, one of the drummers in the troupe handed Brahm a pair of sticks and a bucket, from then on, they were hooked. Brahm began taking drum lessons at the age of 6. Their mom would drive them every week, 2 hours roundtrip to study with their longtime teacher and mentor Ricky Marshall. To pursue their passion, Brahm attended PVPA, a performing arts charter public middle and high school in western Massachusetts. While in high school they continued to study percussion with Ricky Marshall as well as additional long time teacher and mentor Bob Weiner. They were also fortunate to have many other early music mentors in addition to this private instruction. Brahm studied the ancient Carnatic form of spoken rhythm, Indian Konnakol with Rahul Roy. Alpha Kabinet Bisko instructed Brahm on West African rhythm including Guinean djembe and Dun-Dun playing. Mathew King began Brahm on their deep educational pursuit of Puerto Rican and Cuban folkloric music, and Frank Newton taught Brahm private composition and theory classes.

Once at PVPA, Brahm quickly started creating their own projects while also honing their musicianship as a sideman. At age 16 Brahm began playing with Charles Neville (of the Neville brothers) and continued playing with him until his death in 2018. Brahm has played at numerous venues throughout the north east with the New England Nevilles including the Iron Horse Music Hall, The Green River Fest, and the Springfield Jazz Festival.

Brahm also co-founded and co-led their band MASLA, a hip hop, funk, jazz fusion group that toured from 2013-2016. The group billed with acts such as Talib Kweli and Blackalicious, and shared songs and stages with the Soul Rebels and the Alchemistics. The band headlined at venues across the western USA such as Ziontific Music Festival, Iron Horse Music Hall, and Oberlin College.

Quickly becoming an important part of the the Miami music scene, Brahm began picking up incredible opportunities, regularly touring with Cuban greats such as pianist Tony Perez (Irakere) and bassist Armando Gola, while furthering a jazz career by playing with legends such as Arturo Sandoval, Nestor Torres, Curtis Lundy and John Daversa. By the end of almost 8 years in Miami, Brahm was the original core drummer for over 12 different original artist music projects while also being a regular collaborator and first call for already established South Florida based artists such as Electric Kif, Nicole Henry, Tal Cohen, Suenalo and many more.

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Brahm has, and continues to extensively study and play Rumba (a complex folkloric style of cuban drumming) in addition to playing west African drum, Puerto Rican Bomba, Plena and traditional Haitian folkloric percussion. Brahm is has also been a part of Miami’s own Brazilian Carnival style Bateria “Miami Bloco” for over 4 years.

Brahm has had the privilege of working with a slew of amazing musicians, traveling throughout North and South America at venues such as the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, the San Jose Jazz Festival, In California, and Public Records in New York City.