I just wanted to share something that I think could be pretty cool for all you drummers out there trying to figure out how to get more gigs.
I've been drumming professionally for about 10 years and for about the last 5 I've been using a charting technique that helps me learn and play artist's music [...]
Last night The Rocketboys had 3 songs on the E! reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians". The songs were from "Sing Bird Sing" on which I played P.Ellis Drums for the entire album (and the kit I used for that album is the one for sell right below this post!) This is very exciting [...]
I will be on tour with Aaron Ivey for the next 2 weeks. This tour will be very cool, the show is a mixture of music, story telling, and multimedia. We will be playing in people's living rooms, backyards, and patios. Our set for these shows will be somewhat broken down so in preparation for [...]
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I went to Abilene, TX over the weekend for the wedding of a good friend of mine – Brady Bruton. (Brady also is an extrememly talented musician and craftsman. He makes some of the most innovative and creative road/flight [...]
Austin, Texas-based band The Rocketboys have released their first new track in over two years.
The track, 'Like Ice In Water', is from the groups upcoming full-length album “20,000 Ghosts,” to be released September 29.
“20,000 Ghosts,” was engineered and produced by Louie Lino (Nada Surf, Matt Pond PA), mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens, [...]
This past week I had a little bit of down time to make some drum videos. I've always been fascinated with Afro-Cuban and latin music, so I wanted to share a little bit of my passion with you. I'm no authentic Cuban drummer, but I try to fake it every now and then. I hope [...]
Aaron Ivey's new record just hit #1 on Itunes in the Christian genre. I'm honored to say that I was able to lay down the drums on 2 songs for this record – "Found" and "The Name". I'm also excited because P. Ellis Drums were used on this record. Check out Aaron site for more [...]
I don't have any custom drum sets to work on in the shop today, so I've decided to make some instructional drum videos of all of the Rocketboys' drum parts. I will be broadcasting while i'm doing this, but i'm also going to be editing film from another camera to put on YouTube! I'll let [...]
I'll be working on finishing up some drums tomorrow wanted to broadcast it all live.Specifically I'll be staining a couple of bass drum hoops that i've already cut inlays into, and then i'll be cuting out sparkle for the inlay, waiting for the stain to dry, assembleing 2 bass drums and a floor tom…so it [...]
It’s that time of year again, when 27,000 music and film lovers assemble in Austin, TX to partake in one of the greatest music festivals to grace this Earth. Make sure that you check out The Rocketboys sometime this week! If you still haven’t heard a P.Ellis Drum set yet, one of their 3 shows [...]
