Albuquerque-based alternative rock band TDM ready to make debut

Massimo Lorenzini has been around music his entire life.

In fact, for his day job, he can be found fixing drums and selling them.

“I build snare drums from scratch,” he says. “Everything I do is custom and the repairs are intense to make.”

More recently, Lorenzini teamed up with David Lane and Trent Candelaria to create the alternative rock band TDM.

The band will play one of its first shows at the Sunday Variety Show at JUNO brewery + cafe + art on Sunday, July 9.

The monthly event is a showcase of mediums of New Mexicans.

The event will also feature performances from Black Canari and Sly. Comedians Danger K Varoz and Preston will also perform with Dan Guiterrez hosting the night.

It’s a 21 and over event, though children with parents are permitted.

Lorenzini says the band slowly came together after he put out an ad on an Albuquerque musicians Facebook group.

“I had put that I liked alternative music,” he says. “Then David responded to the ad. We had a lot of similar interests as far as music goes. It was a short time after that we found the bass player Trent.”

TDM, which is formed using the first initials of each member, is ready to make its debut as a band.

Lorenzini says the band has played a few open mics.

“We’ve been rehearsing and we already have 12 songs,” he says. “We were asked to play the variety show and this helps get us out to a bigger audience.”

Lorenzini began playing drums in middle school and hasn’t stopped.

Now 52, he says being part of the band is the next musical chapter.

He was living in Jemez Springs and driving down to Rio Rancho to rehearse with a band prior to the pandemic.

He moved to Albuquerque to start performing with the band in February 2020 — then the lockdowns happened.

“The bands disbanded eventually,” he says. “That’s when I started buying beat up drums. It got me to become good at tuning them.”

Lorenzini says Albuquerque loves classic rock, blues, metal and country.

“There’s not a lot of indie rock,” he says. “I grew up listening to this kind of music. It’s refreshing to find a group of guys willing to play Raconteurs, Arctic Monkeys and Silversun Pickups. All the other bands I’ve been a part of all my life have been in classic rock or variety bands. This gives me a chance to do the music that I love.”

Lorenzini says the band has also been working on some original songs.

“David is a songwriter and we’ll add some of those to the set list.,” he says. “We want to be different in what we offer an audience.”