SESSION DRUMMER

REMOTE DRUM RECORDING

DRUM EDUCATOR

My Services

DRUM LESSONS

You want to get better at playing drums? 

I may could help you.

SESSION DRUMMER

I love being in a studio, looking for the right sound and feel. 

If you are looking for someone supporting your song in the studio let me know. 

REMOTE DRUM RECORDING

No Budget for studio, audio engineer and musicians ?

I can record the drum tracks at my studio. 

Are you looking for individual drum tracks?

This is how remote drum recording works:

YOUR SONG

Send me your track, all info’s about your project, some references and lets talk about what you want.

RECORDING

I’ll start recording the drums till I’m satisfied with the results in sound and feel.

LISTEN BACK

Listen back to the recording and let me know if you like it! 

RECEIVE TRACKS

As soon as your are satisfied with the drums, you’ll receive the tracks as stems.

About Me

John Love

Philosophy

It’s all about the song. Maybe, the most difficult part about drumming is feeling when not to play. I am gonna record the drums to fit your song the best in terms of sound, arrangement, feel and timing.

Sometimes adding some percussion to the chorus makes it flying. Sometimes there is no need for drums in the verses. It all depends on the song and your vision of it.

Send me your song and let’s check out what you have in mind. 

Are you looking for individual drum tracks?

This is how the journey goes…

CHAPTER 1:

REQUEST QUOTE

Request an estimate of costs and provide me all information you can give about your project such as scratch/guide tracks, reference songs with notes (what you like and what you don’t like) and technical information such as sample and bitrate.

CHAPTER 2:

THE PROPOSAL

I am working through all information provided and send you a proposal of the services you have asked for and I can offer you. 

CHAPTER 3:

BOOK A DATE

After you have paid a deposit, we can book your project into my calendar.

CHAPTER 4:

RECORDING

Alright, now it’s on me to fall in to your project and find the best possible drums for it. Once I am satisfied with the results, I’ll sent you a mixdown of your song including roughly mixed drums.

CHAPTER 5:

LISTEN BACK

Take your time to go through the mixdown. Let me know if there are any revisions you’d like to make. 

CHAPTER 6:

PAYMENT

Once you are happy with the all drums and percussion I’ve provided, I’ll ask you to pay the remaining balance. 

CHAPTER 7:

YOUR CUSTOM DRUM TRACKS

The journey has come to an end. As soon as I received your payment, I’ll sent you the link to the uploaded drum tracks. 

The End?

Some more information

Johannes Schmitt

alias John Love

The past years I gathered quite some experience in playing arranging and tuning drums.

In numbers that means: 

20 years of drumming
4 years as a recording engineer
3 years as drum tech for studio sessions and live gigs.

Among others I worked for

Klangkantine Studios 

BlueLines Backline Rental

Drums

Sets:

Ludwig Classic Maple

Gretsch New Classic

Sonor Teardrop

Snares:

Mapex Black Panther 14″x5″

Ludwig BlackBeauty 14″x6,5″

Cymbals:

Zildjian Canstantinopel 20″ Ride

Meinl Benny Greb 22″ Sandride

Zildjian LightHat 15″ HiHat

Studio

Your drum tracks will be recorded at Klangkantine Studios in Darmstadt which is a high professional recording studio.

PreAmps:

RME UFX+
Rupert Neve Design 5024
Heritage Audio

API 

Microphones:

Neumann, AKG, Vanguard, Shure, Sennheiser uvm. 

References

To get a better impression of my playing, please have a listen to this playlist. It contains only songs I have played the drums and percussion on. All Songs are recorded at Klangkantine Studios in Darmstadt.

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Drum lessons

What to learn?

Why do you play drums or why do you want to learn it?

Do you want to play with friends, drum to your favorite songs or just groove?

With my drum lessons I would like to help you to do exactly what you enjoy on the drums. In order to achieve this goal, we will examine various areas related to drums.

Basics

Sheet reading, rudiments, different styles.

Play

You play to your favorite songs or we work on your band's songs.

Recording

We can record individual passages or exercises from the lesson to analyze your playing.

Know your instrument

Knowing your instrument is important. I'll show you how to tune your drums and adjust them properly.

Leave me a message

Your Project

If you want talk about your project or need an estimate of costs for live drum tracks. 

Session Drummer

If you are looking for live drum tracks on your song/album (at your studio or via remote).

Drum Lessons

If you are interested in taking drum lessons.