If you are reading this article, you are probably considering hiring a session drummer, but you are trying to understand: what should I expect to pay a session drummer? And more importantly, what value does a session drummer offer my music?

Successfully releasing a song in 2022 is as much of an art and science as the actual creation and performance of music. Spotify receives around 60,000 songs a day. With so much music coming out, it’s important to plan your release so that your songs don’t get lost in the fray. With so many factors to a successful release, it’s easy to forget about a step, or miss an opportunity to give your song more traction. This post will move through the different steps you should follow in order to release your songs as effectively as possible.

A real, unique, professionally recorded drum performance by a pro studio drummer is a great way to add life and feel to a song.

I’ve been lucky enough to record drums on hundreds of songs, and throughout that experience I’ve worked with artists and producers at many levels and identified some things that can help the process go well.

In this post I'm going to lay out some tips for working with a session drummer to make sure you get the best possible end product: the perfect drum take for your song. This is an exhaustive list, so feel free to use it as a reference.