In The Studio
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In the Studio with Wes Little
A New York transplant cranking away in Nashville Wes Little moved from New York City to Nashville in 2008. In NYC he attended the Manhattan School of Music to study jazz and performed regularly with several different bands, including Confrontation…
In the Studio with Drummer/Producer Evan Hutchings
Evan Hutchings made the move from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Nashville in 2006, enrolling at Middle Tennessee State with a plan to be a studio musician. “I wanted to be Steve Jordan,” he says. “That was the goal.” Like many…
In the Studio With Kenny Chesney’s Sean Paddock
When drummer Sean Paddock isn’t out playing stadium shows with country superstar Kenny Chesney, he’s in his newly built riverfront home studio making music. Paddock had a small area allocated for recording in his previous house, but moving to a…
In the Studio With Miles McPherson: Touring Pro Turned Session Ace
Miles McPherson moved to Nashville in 1986, when his father, Jerry, relocated the family there so he could work in the studios as a session guitarist. Miles was expecting to be a guitarist—until he sat at a drumset for the…
In the Studio With Brothers Osborne’s Adam Box
Adam Box moved from Meridian, Mississippi, to Nashville in 2010. He has a musical background, having grown up playing drums at church and in his dad’s band. Box is also adept enough on other instruments to mix, arrange, and produce.…
In The Studio with Drummer/Producer Elton Charles
The pace in Nashville studios struck Charles as the biggest change. “Here in Nashville, we have maybe fifteen or twenty minutes to get drum sounds,” he says. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
In the Studio with Nashville Veteran Tommy Harden
Breaking into the session world is difficult, particularly in Nashville. “Folks need to know that you can come in and get the job done expeditiously because there’s a lot of money being spent on a recording.” TO READ THE FULL…
In the Studio with Nashville Performer and YouTube Success Story Harry Miree
If you’ve perused YouTube in search of drum-related videos, you’ve likely stumbled upon one of Harry Miree’s informative and humorous offerings. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
In the Studio with Toby Keith's Dave McAfee
Dave McAfee has been on the road with country superstar Toby Keith for almost twenty years. Dave and the band have been just about everywhere in the world.
In the Studio with Gunnar Olsen
Gunnar does a lot of work in both the industrial and indie-music scenes employing both programming and live playing.
The Offspring's Pete Parada
Offspring's drummer Pete Parada relocated with his family to Nashville in 2011 from Chico, a small college town in northern California.
Korn’s Ray Luzier
Korn drummer Ray Luzier moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2014. “I can live pretty much anywhere I want because I only meet the other members of the band on airplanes.”
O.A.R.'s Chris Culos
Chris Culos has come a long way since 1996, when he and bandmate Marc Roberge started O.A.R. in the basement of his childhood home.
Rock Drumming In The Studio
Recording methods for rock drummers have changed drastically since the days of simply setting up the drumkit in the studio drum booth and plugging in microphones.
