Not just a drummer — the missing piece that makes your record unforgettable. With 37 years behind the kit and credits spanning tours, studio sessions, and producing, I bring more than drum tracks. I bring producer-level instincts that make your songs hit harder, groove deeper, and connect with listeners on the next level.
- Why Work With Me
Vision & Direction – I don’t just play parts. I help shape arrangements, dynamics, and feel so your music tells the story it’s meant to.
Consistency & Dependability – Your songs will get the same precision and intensity every single time. No surprises, no compromises.
Pro Studio Quality – Recorded with top-end gear, tuned drums, and an ear for the final mix — so your tracks drop right into your session.
Tour-Proven Energy – Whether it’s a ballad that needs space or a barn-burner that needs fire, I bring the same power that’s put me on international stages.
- When to Call Me
This isn’t the place for cookie-cutter, 24-hour turnaround tracks. Great records deserve better.
The right approach means spending time with the song — understanding its dynamics, story, and emotion — before locking in parts that lift it higher.
For artists who value quality and longevity, this process ensures drums that feel like they were always meant to be there: solid, inspired, and record-ready the first time.
Your music deserves more than average.
Let’s talk about your project today — and make it something people feel.
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Credits
Interview with Drewblood on the Drums
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: This is about breathing life into your creation. Any drummer here can play the notes. Take some time to get to know us and find someone who is most in synch with where you want to go. Don't get caught up in style/genre. Look for authenticity.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Iggy Pop - because there is no one more authentic (Nikka Costa, Paloma Faith, Beth Hart, Bonnie Tyler or Paul Stanley would all be pretty great as well)
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Recently I was asked to replace a top Nashville player. The artist had completely orchestrated the drum part to synch with his guitars. The guy in Nashville disregarded this and apparently played something he thought was just fine - only it wasn't. I ended up creating a note-for-note transcription of what the artist had scored. It was significantly more effort than a standard session but the results, and happy client, speak for themselves.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: The people that have been hiring me are doing so because they feel good about what I'm going to do for their music. If anything, I'm the one that's asking all the questions. Most typically though, they're curious about what I think of the existing drum part on their demos and how I may be hearing things differently. In many cases I prefer to take what they've begun and simply put a clear lens on it. Rarely do I say let's throw everything out and start over.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been gigging and recording non-stop for well over thirty years.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Anything that is focused on the song - notice a theme here. The style or genre is irrelevant.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Clarity, drive, feel, intent. I like to really get down to the core of the song and go from there
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: First and foremost - understand what it is you are looking for. It's not about me playing the drums. It's about you having a great sounding song. From there I like to sit with the material for a bit. If I play through it every day the nuances will start to emerge after a week or so.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: There are a few pro-grade studios I work with in Chicago. My go-to, which I've been working out of since the mid-90's. Over the years they have hosted artists such as Cheap Trick and Mike Chapman. The Ludwig kit there always sounds great.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: You'd never know it from hearing me play, but my favorite drummer is Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden. What appeals to me in any artist is authenticity. Technique is useless if you can't find your voice. Go and listen to, "'Til I Get To You" by Nikka Costa. Lenny Kravitz plays drums. He may not be known as a drummer, but he certainly knows what a drummer should do.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: My approach has always been song first. The notes are easy. What I'm looking to do is get down deeper into who you are as an artist, what you are trying to communicate, and how I can bring that out to make you sound like the star you are.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: At this very moment I am producing four different projects. Three of them will have me playing drums as well. There's the usual odd gig and some inquiries for touring coming in as well - tbd.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Who cares. What does the project need?
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I'm going to take the time to understand what it is you want and go in deep
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That simplicity is easy. You can't conceal anything in an open field.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Always there, solid, never in the way, clutter free.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Let it breathe
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I've been at this long enough to know how to put the song before the drums. There is nothing worse than listening to a drummer who is playing all over everything
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Doesn't matter. Whatever I'm being paid to play. You can't beat Yamaha drum hardware, though. Nothing else comes close.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Drums, music, what's not to like?
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What's your vision? Do you have anything points of reference stylistically or sonically I should be aware of? If you have worked with other drummers what was it that you did or didn't like about them? (musically, not personally)
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