Elliot Benjamin Jacobson is an American drummer, songwriter and producer. He was the producer and cowriter of

Vérité Kelsey Regina Byrne (born May 6, 1990), known professionally as Vérité (stylized as VÉRITÉ), is an American singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her first single "Strange Enough" was self-released in July 2014, reaching n ...

for her first EP, Echo and the majority of her second EP, Sentiment."The Windish Agency"
/ref> He plays drums for the New York-based singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. He also plays drums for

Jenny Owen Youngs Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released three albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records, and has toured worldwide. Youngs is also a songwriting collaborator whos ...

Elle King Tanner Elle Schneider (born July 3, 1989), known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical style was influenced by country, rock and blues. In 2012, King released her debut EP, '' The Elle King ...

Emily Kinney Emily Rebecca Kinney is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her role as Beth Greene on AMC's horror drama television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2011–2015, 2018). Kinney has also appeared on several other televisi ...

, and Wakey! Wakey!. Elliot was born in

Houston, TX Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...

and moved as a teen to

Buffalo, NY Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

. Elliot started playing drums in his middle school band, later playing with A New Easy Way. It was while Elliot was attending

Wagner College Wagner College is a private liberal arts college in Staten Island, New York City. Founded in 1883 and with an enrollment of approximately 2,200 students, Wagner is known for its academic program, The Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts. It ...

on Staten Island, NY that he met Ingrid Michaelson and her bassist Chris Kuffner. Ingrid invited Elliot to play drums on her first album Slow The Rain."Indie Sided Blog Interview"
/ref> He later played drums on Girls and Boys, Be Ok, Everybody, Human Again, Lights Out and other separate releases. All Music Guide"/ref> Elliot has performed on

The Late Show with David Letterman The ''Late Show with David Letterman'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the The Late Show (franchise), ''Late Show'' franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by ...

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, The CBS Early Show and others."Sabian Cymbals Artist Profile"
/ref> Elliot uses Vater drumsticks,

Yamaha Drums Yamaha Drums is a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation founded in 1967. The company manufactures acoustic and electronic drum kits as well as percussion instruments, marching band equipment, and drum hardware. Production Most of Yamaha's drums a ...

Sabian Cymbals Sabian is a Canadian and Armenian cymbal manufacturing company established in 1981 in Meductic, New Brunswick, where it is still headquartered. Sabian is considered one of the ''big four'' manufacturers of cymbals, along with Zildjian, Meinl and ...

Evans Drumheads D'Addario is a family-owned and operated American multinational company that specializes in musical instrument accessories headquartered in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. D’Addario is the world’s largest musical instrument accesso ...

and Gator Cases. Elliot has performed live with

Regina Spektor Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, ; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian–born American singer, songwriter, and pianist. After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in ...

,Spektor Fan Site"
/ref>

Anya Marina Anya Marina (born September 23, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, based in New York City. Her music has been featured on several television shows, including ''Grey's Anatomy,'' '' How I Met Your Mother'', '' The Real World'', '' Castle'', ...

, Katie Costello,

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, David Garza, and many others. As a popular session drummer, Elliot has recorded with

Greg Laswell Greg Laswell (born April 26, 1974) is an American musician, recording engineer, and record producer from San Diego, California. He attended high school at Valley Christian High School in Cerritos, California. He has released 7 studio albums: '' ...

, The Vamps, A Great Big World,

Lenka Lenka Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song " The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. " The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as ...

, April Smith,"April Smith and the Great Picture Show"
/ref>

Dan Romer Dan Romer is an American film composer, music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Career As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', '' Beasts of No Nation'', '' Chasing Coral' ...

Hayley Taylor Hayley Taylor is an American singer-songwriter, actress, painter and director whose songs have been featured on many popular television shows, including Netflix's Ginny & Georgia, How I Met Your Mother and Pretty Little Liars. Life Born ...

Nick Howard Nicholas 'Nick' Howard (born 24 April 1982, Brighton) is an English singer-songwriter who has released six albums since 2008 and played over 1000 shows across the world. His music has been featured on ''Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth ...

Samantha Ronson Samantha Ronson (born 7 August 1977) is an English DJ, singer, and songwriter who lives in Santa Monica, California, United States. Early life Ronson was born in Camden, London, to writer/socialite Ann Dexter-Jones and one-time music executive ...

, Beasts of the Southern Wild,

Abigail Breslin Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress. She rose to prominence with the comedy-drama film ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at ...

, Sarah Blacker,

John-Allison Weiss John-Allison Weiss (born April 13, 1987) is a Los Angeles-based indie pop singer, songwriter, and performer. To date, they have released three full-length albums and several EPs. Their most recent LP, ''New Love'', was released on October 2, 201 ...

, Jay Stolar,

He is We He Is We is an indie pop band from Tacoma, Washington, fronted by lead singer, Rachel Taylor. Career 2008–2011: Formation and early years Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly met while working at Ted Brown Music Company, a music store in their h ...

and many, many others. In 2010, Elliot was voted as #1 Up and Coming Drummer in the Modern Drummer Magazine's Readers Poll.Modern Drummer Magazine, July 2010, page 22 When he is not touring, Elliot currently resides in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, NY.

References

External links

Jacobson's Official Website
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