“When it comes to drums, nothing beats the real thing.”
Drums provide the foundation to which great songs are built on. It’s all about the right beat and nothing can compare to the sound and feel of a real drum kit played well.
Remote Drum Recording
In todays music industry many musicians are able to record their own music at home due to the recent affordability of recording software, the quality of amp simulators and powerful home computers.
Recording drums can be a real expense and a hassle to organise. You need the space, the microphones, an engineer, multiple recording channels and most importantly a good drummer. So with this in mind home studios are turning to drum sampling software. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great products out there but nothing beats the real thing. This is where I come in.
“He’s my human drum machine.”
“In no time at all he knew what to play. The drums are brilliant and compliment my song perfectly.”
With over 15 years experience as a professional drummer in the studio and on the stage I can provide you with real drum recording at an affordable price. Based at The Old Blacksmiths Studios (a fully functional professional recording studios which I also happen to own) I can record real drums for your songs. Simply send me your songs (WAV, MP3, Pro Tools project) along with the click track (varying tempo) or BPM (fixed tempo) and I will send you back a professional, multi-mic drum recording ready to import into your DAW (mixed or unmixed - up to you).
When it comes to drums, nothing beats the real thing.
Remote drum recording service
Professional studio setup
Delivery of high quality stems (WAV)
Mixed or unmixed
Quick turnaround
BEWARE THE BEAR FEAT. SEAN SMITH - WISHING ON THE WATER
ELLIS SLATER - ACTION STATIONS
The Drum Doctor
So you’ve finally taken the plunge and bought the drum kit of your dreams. It looks great and you’re ready to upset the neighbours. But hang on, you’ve spent all this money and it turns out the drums don’t sound very nice; the snare is buzzy, the bass drum is boomy and the toms are making all sorts of weird noises. What’s going on here?
Unfortunately drums don’t sound great straight out of the box. This is very common. There are many factors involved that make drums sound great. Drum skins are so important to the quality of sound and manufacturers don’t tend to put great quality skins on the kit in the factory. The correct type and position of dampening (o-rings, moon gel etc.) can really help make a kit sound amazing and of course the drums need to be tuned correctly. This is where I come in.
“My drum kit has never sounded so good!”
I’ve built up years of experience preparing drum kits for the recording studio to make them sound the best they can. Whether you’ve just entered the world of drums (welcome!) or been playing for years I can help make your drums sing.
Drum tuning
Re-skinning
Drum maintenance and cleaning
Dampening
General advice
Oxygen thief
Ben performing at 2000 Trees.
“Mosh-pit inducing drums.”