Biography & Career
Nashville-based drummer, born on January 4 in Westminster, MD, currently touring with Taylor Swift. Matt has toured on The Red Tour with Taylor Swift and just ended touring on the 1989 World Tour too. In the past, Billingslea toured with country singer/songwriter Gary Allan, and spent 3 years performing and co-writing with multi-Grammy winners Lady Antebellum. Recently, he has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Ellen and on Jimmy Kimmel Live, just to name a few. Matt has performed with James Taylor, Tim McGraw, Ed Sheeran and T.I. He is a native of Westminster, Maryland. He started playing drums at age ten and played in local and regional bands through high school. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Capital University, with a double major in Jazz Studies and Music Industry
Hardware & Setup
Drums
Ludwig Classic Maple Sky Blue Pearl
14x20 Bass Drum
7x10 Tom Tom
8x12 Tom Tom
14x15 Floor tom
Snare Drums:
5x14 Acrolite