Todd the Rocket is an acclaimed performing/producing musician, DJ, remixer, musicologist, student, and educator; a living, breathing celebration of Soul Jazz, Motown, Philly Soul, Disco, Funk, Electro-Boogie, 80s Pop, 90s Party Jams, First Generation Hip Hop, Classic House, and sounds that have traveled the world over. Todd is nothing less than the sum of his inputs, the potent cultural elements of the analog years and the revolutionary conversion to digital.

Todd the Rocket’s hallmarks are a soul-forward focus and a developed sense of playful sophistication, purely borne out of his own influences and record collection.

Recent DJ events and appearances have included the Nantucket After Dark event at  the Nantucket Wine Festival, providing music for a public art installation opening for the organ donation nonprofit Donate Life CT, and serving as a guest speaker and presenter on the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop, and use of sampling in pop culture at the University of Hartford.

Known as a driver of arrangements, a supporter of vocalists and melodies, and a library of pan-global sounds and ideas, Todd the Rocket is an in-demand session drummer for a host of musical acts including the latest release by legendary singer-songwriter Jonathan Edwards, and providing drums, percussion, and production for a variety of independent music artists around New England.

Todd is intrinsically and inexorably connected to the communities in which he lives and works. His career has brought him from Main Street Nantucket, where he played in the summers for spare change, to Boston clubs, to Manhattan studios, to national showcases, to Nashville, to countless other far-flung destinations.

He is a tireless supporter of the arts and humanities, and has counseled and directed countless brands, organizations, and companies, as well as serving as a trustee on various non-profit boards.

As a musicologist, Todd frequently writes essays about music, art, culture, Generation X, and their intersections. He has served as music education faculty and ensemble director at several nonprofit music schools, as well as an artist in residence and clinician.

Todd is beyond honored to have met and worked with an undeniable music legend (and one of his personal heroes,) Gene McDaniels, enjoying a friendship with Gene in the two years prior to his passing in 2011, and has made it a cornerstone in his career to celebrate Gene’s life and work in music.

When not on stage or in the studio, Todd is completing his long-awaited bachelors degree at University of Hartford, where he has been a colloquium presenter, presidential list honoree, and accepted to the humanities seminar on futurism for the 2023-2024 school year.

Todd the Rocket is the owner/operator/co-founder of the Downbeat Renaissance, a media label/imprint of Milled Pavement Records.