ArieL Tseng is a drum teacher, performer, and recording artist based in Victoria, BC.

When Ariel was 12 she watched the movie Drumline starring Nick Cannon and decided that she was a drummer. She formed her first garage band a few months later.

As the drummer of Fortune Killers Ariel has performed at Rock The Shores, Phillips Backyard, and Rifflandia, and many more festivals across Canada. She has toured extensively, and shared stages with Sam Roberts Band, Cake, The Pack A.D., and Sweatshop Union. Ariel has also recorded with producers Howard Redekopp (Tegan and Sara, Mother Mother), and Tom Dobrzanski (The Zolas, Said The Whale).

Ariel currently plays drums in Friday Season, Waterfront Station, and Scrap Arts. She’s been teaching drums since she was a teenager, and opened Drum It Studios in 2016. Her specialties are RnB and pop/punk (emo).