SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Piano.ABOUT
*** Contact me at DerekDrums(at)yah00(dot)com ***
What up y'all, I'm a drummer currently based out of Carmel. I play out off and on with a few musicians/groups in the area, but took a hiatus from touring a few years back to build up a home studio. These days I mostly do production work for some midwest musicians, but I'm usually down to gig in between projects. As a drummer, I lean towards jambands due to a love of improv and odd time signatures. As a producer, I tend to gravitate towards rap/hip-hop/trap.
I've played hundreds of gigs as a drummer over the years and have gotten to open and share the bill with some legends. Looking to create unique music with good people, with or without intention of taking it anywhere else. My schedule can get a little crazy, but if you hit me up and have some solid material I'll do my best to get back to you!
- Screen name:
- DerekDrums
- Member since:
- Dec 19 2006
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 20
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Radiohead, The Beatles, Phish, Tool, Animal Collective, Grateful Dead, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Snarky Puppy, Dave Matthews Band, Vampire Weekend, Jamiroquai, Citizen Cope, Flecktones, Soulive, The Police, MM&W, Thom Yorke, Oysterhead, Thievery Corporation, Bob Marley, John Mayer, Incubus, Hendrix, Dylan, Clapton, SRV, Herbie Hancock, Pearl Jam, RATM, Soundgarden, Counting Crows, Stevie Wonder, Les Claypool, John Scofield, Jack Johnson, etc.. Anything funky, creative, and/or improvisational really, plus a strange obsession with rap/hip-hop.
Instrument experience:
- Drums:
- Expert
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Other Percussion:
- Moderate
- Keyboard:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Multiple drum kits (acoustic kits and v-drums), guitars and a bass, random percussive toys and misc stringed instruments. Keyboards and a few samplers, Big Native Instruments guy (Maschine, Traktor, Komplete). Also a big UAD guy, and a decent sampling of hardware and mics you'd find in most pro recording studios.
MUSIC
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Different Folk - CUIDADO: Piso Mojado (2002 live)
Different Folk - CUIDADO: Piso Mojado (2002 live) Album: Live At Cheers Genre: Funk
This is a live clip of the intro and first 30 seconds or so of a song my brother and me worked on when I was in middle school. Ended up playing it with Different Folk three or four years later, and this is a clip of it live.
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Trev Diesel - The Road (2005)
Trev Diesel - The Road (2005) Track number: 3 Year: 2005 Album: The Parachutes EP Genre: Reggae
This is a clip done in the studio with Trev Diesel for an EP he put out last year. Did some session drumming for him and toured with his live group. This particular song wasn't going to be on the EP at first, but after a little jamming it went from an acoustic song to a reggae feel.
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Plan B - Gadget Improv (2006 live)
Plan B - Gadget Improv (2006 live) Album: Live At The Chevron Genre: Funk
This is a small clip of a long improv jam done live with a group made of myself, my older brother, a bass player, and another guitarist. This group was for fun, with music that was 75% improv, 25% reoccuring riffs. At some point this particular jam turned into a TV show theme song. This is where the clip begins.
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Upshot - WTWFA (2011)
Upshot - WTWFA (2011)
A reggae tune from an album I worked on back in 2011 with a former band (Upshot - Indianapolis)
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Funky Britches - Barricades (2012)
Funky Britches - Barricades (2012)
A tune I made in the home studio with the lead singer of a former band (Upshot - Indianapolis).