Session Drummer
I am professional session drummer who is able to perform different styles of live music including rock, metal, electronic, pop, acoustic and funk. I am also experienced in live events including band performance and live productions.
A competent sight reader which I believe is an essential element to a session drummer, I can get up to speed extremely quickly which reduces the requirement for extended studio time.
I have played the drums since the age of 12, passed grade 8 on the drum kit and grade 5 in music theory. I have played on all types of kit and currently using a MAPEX set with Sabian cymbals.
I am a member of the Musicians’ Union with a full DBS check and fully ensured.
'Dystopia' (TesseracT Cover) - Estragos
Genre: progressive metal
Credits: drums, programming, backing vocals
Estragos was a progressive rock/metal covers band that was formed at university. This was my favourite song in our set to perform and also oneof the most challenging due to its off-timed prog rhythms and large amount of ghostnotes on the snare which kept the left hand busy. Big thanks to Jonathan Davies at JDavies Audio for engineering the gig and for capturing and mixing this performance.
'Insomnia' (Faithless Cover) - Search Party
Genre: electronic rock, drum and bass
Credits: drums, programming, backing vocals
Search Party was a fun college project. We had the pleasure of performing a live set on FCOT FM's "Sessions" show and so we decided to cover one of the greatest dance tracks of all time (well, in our opinion). Produced, mixed and filmed by FCOT's Alan Horner.
Hotwire
[available on Bandcamp and Soundcloud]
An rock originals/covers band in which I had the pleasure of playing drums and synths for three and a half years.
‘She Says’ - Single
Genre: rock
Released: 7th December 2014
Credits: drums, co-writing
‘The Night’ - Single
Genre: rock
Released: 20th July 2014
Credits: drums, synths, programming, co-writing
Kit:
Mapex QR drum set (with Remo heads dampened with Moongel)
- 20"x16" kick
- (Pearl P-902 pedal)
- 14" snare
- 10"x8", 12"x9" and 14"x14" toms
Sabian XS20 cymbals
- 14" Hats
- 16" medium thin crash
- 18" medium thin crash
- 20" ride
Sabian B8 Cymbals
- 10" splash
- 18" Chinese
Sabian 10" chopper
samuelbrice@hotmail.co.uk
+44 7780 111 788
