About Alexa

Alexa Brinkschulte was born in Bremen, Germany and didn’t start playing drums until the age of 17. Only two weeks after her first lesson, she started performing and recording with the local rock band“Noise of Destiny”. In the summer of 1999, Alexa was featured on German national television’s “Buten und Binnen” news program and in local newspapers as a young drummer with talent and ambitions. Shortly after, she moved to the United States to attend the Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, CA followed by Berklee College of Music in Boston, CA, where she received her B.A. in Music with a GPA of 3.9.

While in school, she studied under the guidance of some of the world’s best drummers including Joe Pocaro, Ralph Humphrey, Mark Schulman, Mike Shapiro, Jamey Haddad, Dave DiCenso, Skip Hadden, and John “J.R.” Robinson, among others.

Since moving back to Los Angeles following her graduation from Berklee College of Music, Alexa has performed, toured and recorded with numerous bands and artists, such as: Kubist Hall, Sacha Sacket, Angela Peterson, William Close And the Earth Harp Collective, Seven Saturdays, Swimming in Trees, Gotaway Girl, Light FM, Saucy Monky, Willie’s Nerve Clinic, Idle Hands, The Undercover Club, Greg in Good Company, and many more. A few years ago, Alexa finished a 1-year contract with Fruit of the Loom/Vanity Fair who scoured the country to find talented female musicians for a marketing campaign featuring “The Vassarettes”- an all female rock band. This opportunity provided Alexa with nationwide exposure through print ads in magazines like Marie Claire, InStyle, and a TV appearance on Style Networks’ reality series “Running In Heels.”

Along with her numerous engagements as a performer, Alexa has been teaching drums privately for the past 14 years, which included a stint as a faculty member at California College of Music in Pasadena, CA.