A drummer who thinks like a producer.
The right drum track is not simply accurate—it controls energy, supports the lyric and helps the arrangement move. Steve listens for the emotional role of the drums before choosing the groove, dynamics, fills, kit, tuning and recording perspective.
His playing experience includes work with Tinie Tempah and recording at BBC Maida Vale, alongside decades spent producing, engineering and mixing. That combination makes it easier to create a part that works both musically and technically inside the wider record.
A complete remote drum-recording service.
Send a demo or working mix together with the tempo, sample rate, time signature and any notes about arrangement or references. The brief can be detailed, or Steve can take the creative lead and propose the part and sound.
Drums are recorded in the Pound House live room using close microphones, stereo overheads and carefully positioned room options. The final delivery can include the edited individual microphones, a stereo drum mix and clearly labelled files aligned to the start of your song.
Drum sounds shaped for the production.
The studio is particularly well suited to large, characterful country and Americana drums, organic singer-songwriter arrangements, rock and modern productions that need real movement rather than programmed repetition.
Kit choice, snare depth, damping, cymbals, tuning, microphone geometry and room balance are adjusted around the track. The sound is committed with intention while leaving the receiving mixer enough flexibility to finish the record.