About
The Rock Mill is the culmination of a life long love of music of both our founders. Roscoe Justice and Jennifer Satterwhite have an intense love for music and are so happy to be able to bring this dream to fruition here in the middle of Historic Old Town Keller!
The Rock Mill provides a safe and fun environment for students of all ages to come and work on every facet of music performance. We have a state of the art recording studio with the gear and staff to do any level recording project you can imagine. We have multi-tiered lesson and band dynamics packages for all ages and experience levels. Whether you're a total beginner looking to get started or an experienced player needing to take your performance to the next level, there is a place for you here!
The People Behind The Music
Roscoe Justice
Founder of The Rock Mill Music Academy
Roscoe has been performing onstage all his life, starting at the age of six. He began vocal lessons shortly after and was cast as the lead in several school musicals throughout grade school and high school, such as the Prince in Cinderella, and The Velveteen Rabbit, among others. By the age of eighteen he had also won two national vocal awards in classical and operatic performance. Roscoe came from a very musical family with several uncles who were accomplished bluegrass, country and gospel musicians. He began to pursue the guitar in his early teens and won several competitions with his first band Vas Deferens during high school, and later formed The Laid Law Union with whom he performed and toured with extensively for the next few years. Roscoe was then signed to a production deal with Mind Ignition LLC out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and formed The Roscoe Justice Band. He has opened up for and performed with several renowned recording artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Foreigner, Dr. Hook,and B.B. King. Roscoe has taught and administered in music schools in the DFW area since 2012, and with his partner Jennifer Satterwhite, opened The Rock Mill Music Academy in June of 2018.
Ezrie Katzen
Solo Artist Director
Producer & Engineer
Ezrie is an accomplished musician and performer who has played all over DFW with many different bands and collaborations. He has produced and engineered several EPs for regional artists and is currently working on several projects here at Rock Mill Studios for student artists, and local performers. Ezrie teaches guitar, bass, drums, piano, as well as music production. He is currently the director for the solo artist development program here at The Rock Mill, in addition to Rock Mill Studio's premier producer and audio engineer.
Jordan Urashi
Music Instructor
Jordan Urashi, age 28, born and raised in Fort Worth, Tx. Jordan began playing at the age of 9 taking private lessons. He's been playing in bands since the age of 12 starting with his church's youth band, then starting bands throughout his time in high school, and finally traveling with his previous band lightfall. Today Jordan has multiple projects he writes and produces himself and with his bandmates. Jordan has been producing music since the age of 16 taking production and music theory classes in high school and at UTA and taking classes through various online programs to this day. Jordan produces audiobooks at the studio here as well as bands and solo artists.
Band Director
Caylee Fuchs
Caylee is currently enrolled at TCC, working towards her Bachelors in Music Therapy and aspires to attend Texas Women’s University. Starting at the age of 9, she grew up taking lessons and participating in band programs throughout the DFW area; studying instruments such as bass, guitar, and drums. Formerly a student of the Rock Mill, Caylee now pursues her love of teaching while actively participating in the local music scene.
Willem Stewart
Music Instructor
Willem Stewart is a multi-instrumentalist based in Fort Worth, Texas. At a young age, he started to study guitar, piano, and percussion. He has played in various ensembles across the country and abroad, such as the University of North Texas drumline, the festival of winds and percussion, and multiple bands across the DFW metroplex. He has been teaching music for just over five years and is excited for more years to come.
Collin Smith
Music Instructor
Collin was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, living there for the majority of his life. He began playing guitar at the age of 13, and since then has studied instruments such as bass guitar and drums. Around the age of 18, he took up performing with different DFW projects, and in doing that found a passion for writing and performing music. He toured internationally in 2020, followed by US East and West coast tours in the following years. Collin has recently joined the staff at the Rockmill, and has an eagerness to pass off what he has learned to his students.
Lorelai Weber
Music Instructor
Lorelai is primarily a vocalist but also has experience with various instruments. Lorelai has been involved In numerous music programs through out DFW and has been pursuing their love of music and performance since they were about 10. Through out high school Lorelai found their passion for music education through teaching vocal lessons and music theory.
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Alex is from, and grew up in the Fort Worth/Keller area and started percussion in 6th grade. From there he continued to progress and grow in his love for rhythm and music. He was in drumline all through out high school, and has been to numerous competitions and played for, and opened at many events around Fort Worth. Alex is a multi percussionist and was placed in the top 10 drummers in the state of Texas for the TMEA jazz program in high school. He has also been invited to numerous music festivals such as the TCU Jazz Festival, Music For All Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as the UT Jazz Music Festival in Austin. Alex is excited to continue to teach private lessons and work towards more freelancing gig in the future.
Alex Diaz
Instructor
Jax Justice
Mascot and
the True Power Behind the Scenes
Who is Jaximillion Justice?
Jax is a complex personality, as are most of the small breed of modern day renaissance millionaire dog business owners. Jax enjoys disc retrieval, long walks on the beach, and a good steak bone from most upscale local DFW restaurants. Never one to shy away from hard work, Jax has indelibly become a cultural icon here at The Rock Mill. After a lengthy court battle with the estate of the late country star Randy Travis for his rap/country style cover of Diggin' Up Bones, Jax is ready to get back to what he does best... Catchin' names, and takin' Frisbees.
Awards
WE WON! The Rock Mill is proud to announce that we were named Living Magazine's Best Music School in Keller in 2020! Thank you so much for voting #BESTOF2020! Check us out at LivingMagazine.net and in the August edition of the magazine!
The Rock Mill is proud to announce that we made Hulafrog's Most Loved list! This award is only given to family-friendly companies that receive the most votes from parents and the community.
Society Life Magazine has named The Rock Mill in their "Tops in Tarrant" 100 Best in Industry. This award is only given to companies that received the most votes from the people in the community.