Adam McMillion Joins the Meinl Cymbal Family

Name:

Adam McMillion

Band:

Fireflight

Drumming since:

1995

With MEINL since:

2011

Birthday:

July 12, 1985

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Place of Birth:

Mobile, AL

Currently living in:

Nashville, TN

Favorite Food:

Red Robin

Favorite Drink:

Sweet Tea

Matched Grip or Traditional Grip:

Matched Grip

MEINL cymal series used:

Byzance

Favorite MEINL cymbal:

Byzance Medium Crashes

Car that you currently drive:

2004 Dodge Stratus

Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:

Skateboard/Snowboard/Disc Golf

Teacher:

Self taught with a ton of influences along the way

Drumtech:

One Day

Highlight of your career so far:

Becoming a Tooth and Nail artist with Search the City and being asked to play for Fireflight.

Drumming strengths:

Creativity and power.

Drumming means to me:

Drumming is in my blood it was the first thing I knew I was meant to do since I was young.

Advice for up and coming drummers:

Practice with a metronome, study great players and don’t forget why you fell in love with it in the first place.

How would you describe yourself:

I try and remind myself that I'm not the point in life and that there are some things greater than my own wants or desires. Hopefully that opens up the door to love others and be more attentive to their needs.

When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:

Do you remember that one time when the crowd was chanting my name and I used my strength to rip my blouse?

Interview with Dawn

Go to this site to hear a full interview with Dawn from Fireflight

New album

New CD Is Done!!

Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 08:18PM

Just in case you didn't gather from the title of this blog, our new cd is finally done! We just heard the final, mastered versions of the songs this past Tuesday for the first time, and I'm now more excited than ever for you guys and girls to hear it all.  I won't say the standard "this is our best album we've ever done," because if i do that I will set up an expectation that...well...it's the best album we've ever done. I'm not saying i don't feel that way, but you're gonna be hard pressed to get me to say it.
Just to reiterate something I addressed in our last blog: No, we don't know when it's coming out yet. However, we now know what it's called...that doesn't mean we're gonna tell you what it's called, but I can promise you if you use some of the letters of the American alphabet you will be able to form the title of the record, once the correct letters, and number of letters are put in the correct sequence. So...get to guessing!!!
We're currently wrapping up the Music With a Mission Tour with Hawk Nelson, Superchick, Hyland, Manafest, and more.  It's been a really fun tour and we've made a lot of new friends, so hopefully some of you were able to check it out at one point. For you West Coast peeps, we'll be heading out your way in November for Winter Jam, which, despite the season, is still called Winter Jam.  Maybe next year it will be Fall Jam...who knows? We'll be sharing the stage with RED, Kutless, Newsboys, Matthew West and a lot more, so make sure you come out and see us.
That's it for now. As soon as we have more info on the release date, album title and anything else related to the new album, like a new song off it...that you West Coast Winter Jam people WILL be hearing, keep an eye here and on our facebook. Oh, and follow us on twitter @fireflightrock
Justin

All credits go to official FIREFLIGHT website

Grammy Awards

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