Steve Misamore on SoundBetter

Dierks Bentley's drummer since 1999 a long time ago. Dierks' sound is unique to most other top charting country artists in how he incorporates Bluegrass and Americana sounds into his recordings and live performances. Let me bring my experience of playing drums for Dierks' style of contemporary, classic and Americana country to your next project.

I specialize in today's country, however, I love Americana, and Indie pop as well. Another great thing about playing with Dierks, aside from playing with Dierks, is his love for other artists in other genres. We get to play with a bunch of other outstanding artists in their fields as well. This can range from Miranda Lambert to Elle King or even Dan Auerbach to Dwight Yoakum or 90's country sensation Hot Country Knights. I've also managed to sneak in on a few sessions and have played on 2 #1's and 2 grammy nominated projects of Dierks'. I've also played on numerous recording projects that were produced by myself or others over the years. Okay, you get the idea...enough of that.
Here's the services: Drums and percussion tracks
Gear: DW and Ludwig Drums with various snares. Zildjian cymbals etc
Recording gear: Apollo 4x and x8 total of 8 inputs. These pre's are as incredible as they say. Various UAD plugins. Ableton 10 @ 96Khz Roland and Superior Drummer 3, Apple Mac
Mics: Shure 57, Beta 92, KSM137, KSM32, etc
The price depends on the project but I am happy to work with any budget from $100-$1,000,000. Demo available.
Please contact me. Steve

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Dierks Bentley
Hot Country Knights
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Kacey Jones
Chris Ayer
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Interview with Steve Misamore

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Yes! Dan Hochhalter on fiddle. He's our fearless band leader. Very talented and a good friend and Ben Helson who is an incredible guitar player both acoustic and electric and a good friend too!
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: It's helpful to know what you want it to sound like or direction.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Listen on multiple sources.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My setup is a small room setup. Apollo x4 and x8 for a total of 8 inputs. I can also supplement with Superior Drummer 3 in denser mixes or more creativity.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Everyone is a little different but generally speaking, I listen to what the client wants and try to fill that need. Sometimes its straight forward and sometimes it requires a bit of experimenting. Definitely have to be open minded and ready to go a totally different direction if necessary.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The most fun project ever is Hot Country Knights on Capitol Records. A comedy band who plays 90's country and are still looking for their big break. Monty is my guy.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Always working on sounds.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both have advantages and disadvantages but digital is more flexible right now.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Listening.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I get to live the dream!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: The biggest misconception is that I won't wanna work with someone who doesn't have a whole lot of experience.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: It would depend on what the needs are but I would advise to look for someone that you think you might click with.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: kick snare hat floor tom and an eq
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Ive been doing this for 30 years strong!
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Simple and accommodating to the song
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I've gotten to work with a lot of great artists but one artist I would like to work with is John Mayer. I love his approach to music.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Usually country or pop/singer songwriter type stuff.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is creating a good feel for a song. Its more intuitive then technical but if it doesn't feel right it ain't right. Thats not my quote but I like it anyway.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring 30 years of experience in playing music with the right feel.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: The number of musicians who inspire is a large number. I'm regularly inspired by other players that we tour with.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Most of the type of work I do for people is drum tracks and percussion tracks.