Lessons with Aaron Gillespie
All Pro Percussion is pleased to announce that Aaron Gillespie of Underoath will be giving 1 hour private drum lessons at our Tampa store during the months of April and May.
TO RESERVE A TIME PLEASE VISIT OUR STORE OR CALL US AT (813) 341-3786
BACKGROUND:
Aaron Roderick Gillespie was born on July 18, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. He grew up in a devout Christian family, attended private schools and went to church regularly. He enjoyed playing the drums at church, but was told he did not play well and that he played too loud. At only 14 years old, he received a call from Underoath asking him to play drums for them.[1]
UNDEROATH
Gillespie has performed on every Underoath release and first began to add clean vocals on Underoath’s third album The Changing of Times, which shifted Underoath’s general music style into a more straightforward metalcore sound and was released in 2002. After lead vocalist Dallas Taylor parted with the band, Spencer Chamberlain joined and the band began to change the style of music even more.
Most of the album They’re Only Chasing Safety is solely written by Gillespie and is about him ending a four year relationship. He stated to Alternative Press “I think I would’ve died if we didn’t write those songs. I thought I had ruined someone’s life. It’s hard to explain, but you can’t just pretend that things are great and go on and get married,”. The follow-up to They’re Only Chasing Safety, Define the Great Line was released on June 20, 2006, it was certified Gold by the RIAA on November 11, 2006, representing 500,000 shipped units of the album.[citation needed] He now is a leader at a youth group in Hudson, Florida as of January 2010.
EQUIPMENT
- Truth Custom Drums:
- 14×8 Gold brass, die-cast hoops, Trick throw-off Snare
- 13×9 – Rack Tom
- 16×16 – Floor Tom,
- 18×16 – Floor Tom
- 24×18 – Kick Drum
- These drums are New Orange Glass Glitter with Aged White Pearl Stripe.
- The Shells:
- Vintage Mahogany shells w/ reinforcement rings & roundover edges.[3]
- DW Hardware and Pedals
- Meinl Cymbals:
- 14″ Byzance Dark Hihats
- 22″ Byzance Traditional Medium Crashes
- 21″ Byzance Traditional Medium Crashes
- 24″ Byzance Traditional Medium Ride [4]
- Evans Drumheads
- 24″ EMAD Bass drum head
- 13″, 16″ 18″ G2 Coated Tom Heads
- Promark Drumsticks
- 2B “The Natural” Hickory (16″ Long, and 0.630″ in diameter) Wood Tip
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