Hi, my name’s Steve and I’m a drummer from the UK.
Welcome to my website.
It’s essentially a scrap book of some of the amazing things I've been able to experience over the last ten years as a professional musician.
It's also a great place to come if you’d like to find out more about me and my work. I’d love to hear from you, hopefully we can work on a project together soon.
About
Over the last ten years I've had the pleasure of working with Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award winning Singers, Songwriters, Engineers and Producers. During this time I've been called upon by major record labels, management companies and video directors to work on a whole host of projects from touring, recording and more recently musical directing.
Artists and Bands
Other artists and bands I’ve had the good fortune of working with (Live or recording):
Michele Stodart (Magic Numbers), Ezra Vine, Barbudo, Clayhill, Jennifer Owens, The Hall Of Mirrors, Humphrey Milles, The New York Fund, The Langley Sisters, Race Car Hearts, The Inky Depths, Dirty Pretty Strings, Ben Brookes and many more.
Live
I've embarked on numerous UK and European tours, played on countless TV shows, radio sessions and had the buzz of playing to huge crowds at major festivals.
Audio
Here are some clips of music Im featured on:
Recording
I’ve been lucky enough to have recorded at many of the UK’s best studios and been able to work with, (and pick the brains) of some of the worlds best engineers, mixers and producers.
Ben Amesbury - The Magic Numbers, Michele Stodart
Dimitr Tikovoi - Placebo, Charlie XCX
Guy Chambers - Robbie Williams, James Blunt
Robbie Nelson - Beck, Mick Jagger
Seton Daunt - Kylie Minogue, 5 Seconds of Summer
Clint Murphy - Busted, Bic Runga
Greg Haver - Mel C, Manic Street Preachers
James Lewis - Rudimental, Rae Morris
Ed Harcourt - Paloma Faith, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Tony Platt - AC/DC, Bob Marley
Paul Staveley O’Duffy - Amy Winehouse, John Barry
Julian Kindred - Ellie Goulding, Steve Winwood
Brett Shaw - Lady Gaga, Clean Bandit
Daniel Moyler - Kaiser Chiefs, Zayn Malik
Sam McCarthy - The Kooks, Dagny
Remote Recording
With many of the larger commercial studios closing over the last few years and changes in budgets for artists and bands making records. I decided to set up my own tracking room for remote recordings.
THE STUDIO IS SET UP AROUND A UNIVERSAL AUDIO APOLLO X8P WITH AN ADDITIONAL UA 4-710D, WARM AUDIO WA73-EQ AND FOCUSRITE ISA TWO RUNNING LOGIC PRO X WITH A LIBRARY OF UA PLUG-INS AND AN ARRAY OF RIBBON, DYNAMIC, SMALL AND LARGE DIAPHRAGM MICS FROM SHURE, SENNHEISER, EV, BEYER DYNAMIC, AKG AND SE.
Please listen to some samples which have all been recorded in my room.
Gear
Drums:
Gretsch Broadkaster - Maple/Poplar/Maple shells in Gold Sparkle
24x14 Kick, 12x8, 13x9 Toms and 16x16 Floor
1965 LUDWIG SUPER CLASSIC - MaHOGANY/Poplar/MaHOGANY shells in Black DIAMOND PEARL
22x14 Kick, 13x9 Tom and 16x16 Floor
Tama Starclassic - Walnut/Birch Shells in Piano Black
22x14 Kick, 12x8 Tom and 16x16 Floor
1979 Premier Club - Birch Shells in red
22x14 Kick, 12x8 Tom and 16x15 Floor (concert toms)