- Phil Robertson
Phil Robertson is a professional studio
drum mer.Phil has been playing in studios for 24 years, the last 10 or so as a first call session player and online studio drummer. He has played on many albums for
Warner Bros. Records ,Polygram ,Elektra Records ,Atlantic Records as well as countless jingles and soundtracks.He has played on 3 multimillion selling NBA games for
Electronic Arts with their intense and burning soundtracks as well as Need For Speed (Series) - Hot Pursuit 2, Motor City USA and The Simpson's Road Rage. Of the EA Motorcity Online Original Soundtrack, music4games.net had this to say, " [http://music4games.net/Reviews_Index.aspx?t=Archives&p=4 ...major kudos must also go to Matt's fellow musicians, particularly drummer Phil Robertson...] ".Phil was also the drummer selected to play on the
NBA promotional video starringMontell Jordan that went around the world in 2003. He is also appearing on a new single for the Smile Africa project featuring new international R&B sensationGlenn Lewis .Phil has recently received acclaim not only for his role as drummer/keyboardist in the jazz/rock fusion duo [http://www.e-rez.net Rez] , but also for his work as Producer on the self-titled debut CD. Steve Newton of The Georgia Straight calls it, [http://www.straight.com/article/rez-rocks-with-spontaneity "...the finest guitar-based instrumental-rock CD ever to come out of Vancouver."]
During his career, Phil has worked with producer/engineers such as Micheal Bienhorn (Chili Peppers), Bob Rock (Metallica, Mötley Crüe), Mike Fraser (AC/DC), Declan Oderity (Rita McNeil), and Bill Henderson (Chilliwack), along with many others.
In a live setting he's backed American music legend Ray Charles on live television, the David Foster Band, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, Burton Cummings, Michael Bublè, Paul Janz, Sue Medley, Kim Kuzma, and Jimi Hendrix alumni Ellen McEllwaine. He was a founding member of the Juno award winning recording act [http://www.idleeyes.com/history.html Idle Eyes] who toured with Bryan Adams, Toto, Tears for Fears, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider and Human League. Phil is the drummer for the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show which plays to 20,000 people a night for its annual 10 day run.
As an online studio drummer, he has done hundreds of recording sessions from his studio 'The Crawlspace' via the internet for jingle companies, singer/songwriters, producers, movie / television and parody music producers worldwide! He was recently selected as the pop and R&B specialist to play all the drum performances for the internationally successful software program
Band-in-a-Box .External links
* [http://www.e-studio-drummer.com e-studio-drummer]
* [http://nicelittlechurch.com/musicians.htm Phil played drums for this song]
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