Yamaha Grows Their Artists list, Adding Accomplished Drummer Rikki Rockett
Yamaha Artist Relations Group (YARG) is thrilled to welcome Rikki Rockett, the co-founder and drummer for the band Poison to their ever-growing roster of artists. Yamaha is committed to making a lifetime relationship with musicians, and Rockett’s expertise in drums and trust in our high-quality craftsmanship creates the perfect synergy.
Poison exploded into the highly competitive Los Angeles…
PRETTY BOY FLOYD dates April - May @prettyboyfloydband Apr. 7 – Fulton 55 – Fresno, CA Apr. 8 – South Bay Customs – El Segundo, CA Apr. 21 – Whisky A Go-Go – Hollywood, CA Apr. 22 – Count’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV May 5 – Nile Theater – Phoenix, AZ** May 6 – The Whisky A Go-Go – Hollywood, CA** May 7 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA** May 9 – Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA** May 10 – Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, CA** May 12 – The Ranch House – Reno, NV** May 13 – Retro Junkie – Walnut Creek, CA **with @the69eyesofficial #TourDates #OnTour #Showtime #PrettyBoyFloyd #GlamMetal #HairMetal #69Eyes #HelsinkiVampires #YamahaDrums #Paiste #AquarianDrumheads #AheadDrumsticks https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxwC2ipHFE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Parte de los preparativos para evento con la banda @_lolly.pop__ 🤟🏼😜🍭 . #jhonpuppet con #lollypop #lollypops . #whasburnguitars #fenderamp #marshallamp #yamahadrums (en Metro dvo. Oceania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkT5vfOu3iV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
One of my favorite things to do in my practice sessions is to play-along with music. Sometimes that means recordings of songs that I know the parts to note for note, but I also enjoy playing to play-along tracks that don’t have any drums. It gives me the opportunity and challenges me to create an original, meaningful part to fill in a musical void that is asking to be filled, and the best part is, I can loop it in my DAW and try as many different ideas as I want. Sometimes I focus on developing a couple of particular ideas until I feel like it’s cohesive, or I just whatever strikes me each time it restarts, and sometimes I just improvise wildly, to get some energy out. This go around was an exercise in just putting something down after just a couple of quick listen throughs, and not overthinking it, which I personally find to be the biggest challenge most of the time.
This practice track was created by one of the most amazingly talented musicians that I have the privilege of calling friend, @tjhartmanndrums. Check out his killer drumming and sick as heck videos.
themarkmclean: Tour photo dump #1
Having an amazing time touring with @ darrencriss and company! Incredible musicians and a fantastic crew! #darrencriss #christmastour #yamahadrums #zildjian #remo #vicfirth #jhaudio
What we’ll say is “several” decades ago, I was in a really fun, musically intelligent & raw band with these two incredibly wonderful humans, Edward Fitzpatrick and the artists currently know as #LucyTight. We had the good fortune to record a demo with our producer, engineer & mentor, @dmacaudio, at DynaGroove’s Dump studio with Bob Jordan and Erik Shazamowitz. We took it to Ray Legnini at Alpha Wave (?), I believe. Somewhere, there are vhs, beta, 35mm & 16mm movies/videos and countless live recordings from all kinds of venues (that I don’t seem to have in my archives). Fun stuff with really cool people many moons ago. This pic was a VERY cold night, although you can’t quite tell, in Norristown at The Music Factory (?). A good thing...as it were. #Drums #drummer #danieleast #danieleastmusic #drumlife #drumfam #drummerfam #yamahadrums #aquariandrumheads #sennheiser #neumann #soultonecymbals #kickport #drumtacs #futuresonics #humesandberg #tunebot #stageninjagear #pitchslapdrums https://www.instagram.com/p/CgflzkigHU-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=