Sunday 4 Jun 2017, 11:04pm
I’m a session drummer with 13 years of playing experience ( 10 of which, so far, have been spent working within the music industry with a signed act) and am available to add my expertise to help bring your work to life.
You might be a solo artist who needs percussion or drum tracks for a single, an EP or a full album or you might even be looking for musicians to put a backing band together – you might be a band who’s yet to find a drummer but feels ready to record and get your music out there where the right drummer can hear it and be inspired to contact you – you might have a live booking that you need covering due to illness... in any of these situations (and many more) I can be of assistance.
I am available to record totally custom drum tracks for you either from my own home studio, a studio of your choice or one of several that I already have good working relationships with. I can work from scratch to write the parts you’re looking for or use existing MIDI/programmed parts and help bring them to life into something that can compliment your music and propel it forward.
I have an intuitive approach to parts, a firm knowledge of the digital recording process, professional quality equipment to deliver a professional sound, solid timekeeping (and lots of experience with click tracks) and, most of all, a polite and professional attitude coupled with a desire to find the drum parts that you’re really looking to have recorded, the parts that really move and breathe with your music in order to make it full of life and ready to release. I’m a firm believer in musical drum parts that work with (not against) your music and am always open to suggestions and direction.
My recording portfolio covers a range of styles and is regularly expanding with more releases and genres – I’m most at home with rock/pop, singer/songwriter, A.O.R, progressive and metal but can also comfortably bring my skills into play with smooth jazz, soul and others.
If you’re looking for a dep for a single gig right through to a tour – I can handle that too and travel is no issue. My live experience has been built up over many years and ranges from small pubs and clubs, right through to mainstage festival appearances at arena sized venues – just as an example, my festival appearances have included: Sonisphere (UK and Spain), Metalcamp (Slovenia), Download (UK), Bloodstock Open Air (UK), Hellfest (France), Damnation (UK), Devilside (Germany) and many more…my touring experience has included shows supporting Lacuna Coil, Prong, Fear Factory, Sylosis, Straight Line Stitch and many others.
My session rates are fair yet affordable. I am Musician's Union / PRS registered and am a proud endorsing artist for Aquarian Drumheads, Flynn Drums, Protection Racket Cases, Shaw Sticks, Premier Drums, Tuner Fish Lug Locks, Variphone/Westone In-Ears, Duallist Pedals, Drum Dial and Murat Diril Cymbals.
Past clients have included EnkElination, E of E, Tom Wills, Beyond The Chaos, Thesis Progression, Sacrilegious Throne, Resource Sound Ltd, Orgone Ocean Sonar, SR Studios (Grantham), Fractured Sound Studios (Scunthorpe), Black Dog Ceilidh Band, Chasing Ghosts, Chapel Studios (Lincolnshire), Crooks Hall Studios (Suffolk), Final Warning, Winter Storm, The Endeavour and many more.
Please take the time to browse my website, listen to some of the examples of my work and read the growing list of testimonials posted there.
Thanks for your time and please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss your project or your requirements in depth.
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