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| “ | Grey in the back, sippic ‘gnac can hear, he's knocking down the shots like Bill Laimbeer. | ” |
| — Zubin Sedghi, Welcome to Tally Hall | ||
Ross Steven Federman is the drummer of Tally Hall. He also DJs, and remixes under the pseudonym Mr. F.
Biography[]
Ross Federman was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He attended Lahser High School and was in the marching band. Though his time at Lahser overlapped with Joe Hawley, they were never close friends.
Joe, remembering a conversation he'd held with Ross about drumming while canvassing dorms for his run for student government, recruited Ross as Tally Hall's drummer when their previous drummer, Steve Gallagher, left in 2004. Though Ross appears on the cover of Complete Demos, the drums on all of the tracks were actually performed by Steve.
Ross majored in Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan, and was due to graduate in 2007 but dropped out after two years to pursue music full time with Tally Hall.
When the band moved to New York in 2008, Federman took up DJing and remixing under the name Mr. F.
After Tally Hall, Ross moved back to Ann Arbor to finish his degree at U of M, and after graduating in 2013 is now a Ph.D candidate in Immunology at Yale University.
He was one of the three main producers on Hawaii: Part II, alongside Joe Hawley and Bora Karaca, contributing songwriting, drum playing and programming, and production. He also contributed production and drum programming to Rob Cantor's 2014 solo album, Not a Trampoline.
Ross Federman is, according to Joe Hawley, currently assisting with frontline efforts combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can also read Federman's personal bio from an old website in 2006.
Website Bio[]
"ross, like joe, rob AND zubin is from that same suburban detroit neighborhood that everyone loves so much. He went to school with joe, while zubin and rob went to the OTHER high school. While there, federman was very active in a variety of musical endeavors, including but not limited to band.
"skills" (the napolean dynamite kind): drumming and other various percussion
favorite color: green.......(i hate you andrew)
good bands: Zeppelin, Beatles, ben folds, bnl, Radiohead, lots of others
good drummers: Dennis chambers, also lots of others
favorite pixel on my computer screen: 297 from the left, and 172 from the bottom
other percussive engagements: snare drummer in Michigan marching band, drums in men's basketball band
work:.... yeah, right.
major: cell and molecular biology, planning on attending med school after undergrad (oooh rob, zubin and i have so much in common)
drumset: pearl session (replace with "yamaha" as soon as i purchase a new one)
sticks: vater fusions
least favorite quality about myself: never knowing what to write on profiles"
"ross was born and raised in a suburb of detroit known as bloomfield hills, where he attended lahser high school. while there, he took part in a large variety of musical endeavors, including but not limited to band.
WHAT HE DOES: among other things, drumming and percussion
FAVORITE COLOR: green (somehow I got stuck with silver)
FAVORITE BANDS: zeppelin, ben folds (five), (the) beatles, radiohead, lots of others
FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR: mint chocolate chip
FAVORITE PIXEL ON HIS COMPUTER SCREEN: 297 from left, 192 from bottom
MAJOR IN SCHOOL: cell and molecular biology (premed)
STICK CHOICE: vater fusions
DRUMSET: pearl session series"
Trivia[]
- Many people think he made his vocal debut on their Good & Evil tour singing Buddy Holly's "Everyday", and on the album itself in "Hymn For A Scarecrow". However, his first lead vocals were for the bonus song “Mucka Blucka” on Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.
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