M is an LA-based musician and actor born in Guildford, UK. Having grown up in Canada and the United States, he began his career in music, touring extensively on the East Coast with drummer Jimmy Coleman (John Legend, Eric Hutchison, Diahann Carroll) and bassist Kevin Vecchione (Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen). M sold CDs and DVDs of a live show, recorded and filmed at the GrapestreetPhiladelphia, produced by Phil Nicolo (Aerosmith, Sting, Bob Dylan) and Skip Drinkwater (Norman Connors, Eddie Henderson) and received rave reviews from The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Loquitor, Philly News, and Phoenixville News, amongst others.
M has played at venues such as The Blow Up Metro (London, UK), The Boiler Room (Guildford,UK), Steel City Cafe (Phoenixville, PA), DogfishHead (DE), Tribeca (NY), World Cafe Live (PA), Grapestreet Philadelphia, Fergie's (PA), Doc Watson's (PA), Northstar Bar (PA), Speakeasy (PA), and also proudly played at CBGB’s before it closed down.
M studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, Ontario), and The National Guitar Workshop (Connecticut & Texas). M also studied with James Kenny (classical guitar) and the legendary Jimmy Bruno (jazz guitar). While living in the UK, M joined glam indie pop group, The Dirty Disco, touring as their drummer in London and the South of England.
M founded his new rock group, Royal Jacks, and they are currently playing LA, getting audiences hooked on their unique blend of new wave rock n roll!
Born in Braunschweig, Germany, Till started playing drums at the age of three and played his first professional gig at the age of nine with his father’s band. He also began to study classical piano at the age of six. Through his teens, Till continued to play in several high school and private music school bands in his hometown.
In his early years of drumming, Till had the privilege of studying with Benny Greb, Jost Nickel and Stephan Emig. After graduating high school, he attended the Los Angeles College of Music in Pasadena. While and after pursuing his Associates of Arts Degree in Drum Performance, Till worked and performed with renowned musicians such as Ralph Humphrey, Emil Richards, Brad Rabuchin, Philip Bynoe, David Garfield, Joe Porcaro, Dorian Holley, Richie Garcia and Pathik Desai.
Before his arrival in Los Angeles, Till performed and recorded with artists such as Alex Knolle, Jazzkantine, Kroner, Satellite View, Reggie Worthy, Ricky Lawson and Tyrone Silva. He also participated and won the nationwide competition “Jugend Musiziert“ as well as the “DrumHeads!!-Playalong Contest“.
Till recently performed at the NAMM 2014 show with Art Alexakis at the John Lennon Tour Bus, at the DrumChannel with Chaun Horton and at the Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany, with Alex Knolle. He also got to perform with Bonavox on Allen Stone's Radius Tour on the west coast in Fall 2014.
Till joined the Royal Jacks after the filming of the music video of "Hello" and is now a permanent member of the band.
Dave Leon was born in Oviedo, Spain; and studied music since the age of 4, playing mainly guitar and singing. Many years playing rock, jazz and performing opera and theater, Dave moved to Sweden to pursue his music career.
After coming to LA, "El Leon" started pursuing his acting career and has recently joined the Royal Jacks, meeting M and Till on the set of their recent hit video, "Hello".