You get to talk to fans and give them something tangible, and it keeps you busy. But putting stuff behind a paywall is interesting right now. Does it make sense? Do you want us to show a rehearsal or a writing session? Oh, totally. Some nights there will be , people watching the thing. As a musician, I have a hard time thinking that in a time of crisis, people need this. I have a hard time accepting the fact people need something that I can offer at a time like this. You and I see that.
When I was younger, I took it for granted. We write dope-ass shit, whatever. And some of that stuff is important to a lot of people. And that sometimes is fucking weird, man—when you really break that down and what that means. I feel like every day is Groundhog Day. The kind of day where everyone is experiencing their own shit. I have an 8-year-old son, and his mom is an ER nurse. I think everyone has a certain story in their lives right now that levels the playing field. Nobody has a superior stance.
Very little had said he will go on to be someone great, and he had followed the positive advice during his teenage years. During his educational life, he attended only private schools. At the age of 14, he was invited to play the drums for the band Underoath. By the time he was 18, Gillespie's parents had divorced. After many years of Underoath, he had won an award for Best Drummer, along with another award by one of his band mates.
He had left the band in He had worked on a solo album for the rest of , though it received fair charting, though had very little reviews. He also ran a clothing brand with his wife, though as of , only his wife works on it. He had done vocals for the song "All About Us" by the band He is We, which released a few months before the split with Underoath. At the age of 14, Gillespie was called by Underoath to join as a drummer for the band, which had lasted until During the 3 albums he worked on, he wrote lyrics for the third album.
Some lyrics were based on his personal life, such as almost getting married at the wrong time with the wrong person. He had stated, "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.
He had made a compromise with the other members of the band and wrote a personal post on his blog about his emotions with leaving the band he was in since a teenager. After leaving he band, The Oath released one more studio album before everyone had separated, which had lyrical conflicts with their own feelings of having a band change after many years. The album, being their seventh and final, did not do as well as their past albums. During the history of the band, they had never received a platinum award.
During , on a tour with Underoath, Gillespie had received emergency care after getting an infected thumb. He was replaced while his thumb was healing. Asked about what exactly happened, he said, "here is the story of my thumb.
I hope you like it. Last year, Underoath went on a headlining tour. It was long over due since it was the first time we had headlined off of our current record. That, Gillespie continues, is the spirit behind his songwriting and drumming workshop, as well.
I love making stuff. I got into this business to make shit. Though still a successful musician in his own right, Gillespie has embraced the slight shift in his role from a rock star drummer and vocalist to a mentor and teacher of drumming and songwriting. Few may know of his prolific work in that space; he estimates he spends 90 percent of his time now writing songs for other people over the course of five-to-eight Zoom sessions per week.
In the band setting you have more cooks in the kitchen, Gillespie says. But you also have the benefit of bouncing ideas off people. The Almost is kind of a one-man show.
That has its pluses and minuses. Through the years, the band and Gillespie especially have learned more about music theory and technical songwriting, such as the Nashville Number System. With his shift to singer-songwriter music on Southern Weather , Gillespie mostly used standard tuning.
The band tours with about 20 guitars to accommodate the various tunings. But Gillespie is satisfied with everything the band, the touring lifestyle, has given him.
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