Winner of the 2006 Modern Drummer "Up and Coming" poll, Aaron Spears broke onto the national scene with the Washington, D.C. based jazz/R&B/rock group known as the Gideon Band (GB). From there, Aaron has gone on to work with artists such as James Brown, Alicia Keys, Usher and the American Idol tour. 

Aaron also recognizes a host of great players thru the years who he has looked to as inspiration, including Jeff Davis, Gerald Heyward, Steve Smith, Billy Cobham, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd and Brian Frasier-Moore. Aaron hopes to inspire future drummers the way that he was inspired by all those greats that came before him.