Ryandrumdude!

chipferarri:

sjcdrums:

It’s been 5 years since I met the Butcher on the balcony of the Palladium backstage at the Midtown/The Academy Is/Hidden In Plan View tour. I went to the show to meet up with Rob Hitt of Midtown, and ended up hanging with Spencer Peterson and the Butcher all night as well. Fast forward: I remember vividly Scott and I crammed in the back of The Academy Is’ trailer in the rain at Bamboozle in NJ designing some new hoops for the Butcher’s bass drum. It seems like just yesterday the band rolling up in their white 15 passenger van to my grandmother’s house to check out the SJC shop that was in her basement to pick these hoops up before their show at the Axis later that night.. and it seems like just yesterday I stood watching in awe of how much this band killed it. Here we are, 5 years later, and The Academy Is will be celebrating the 5 year anniversary of “Almost Here”.

We are celebrating a decade of making custom drums, and I can’t imagine being where we are without the Butcher being part of it for the past 5. He’s been a huge part of our creativity as a company and it’s been amazing working with him and the band for the past 5 years.

I just wanted to write this to show my appreciation for The Academy Is and the Butcher himself and give them a big CONGRATULATIONS on the 5 year anniversary of “Almost Here”. I wish I could be at the show in Chicago this weekend.. so if you are going, please take some pictures for us and Tweet @sjcdrums and put tag us in them on our Facebook!

Much love

Mike/SJC Drums