How I Use E- Drums

Tom Wheeler is a Bristol, UK-based drummer/producer currently working with Dr Meaker, Paragon and Laurent John. He explains how e-drums have helped unleash his creativity.

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SINCE I STARTED playing drums, I always had a passion for dance and electronic music. I would always listen to artists like The Prodigy, Daft Punk, Prince, Massive Attack, to name a few.

As soon as I got my first set of drums, I would play along to my favourite albums from artists like this and always wanted to recreate the sounds I was hearing on these records I loved so much.

After doing tours/gigs for various established artists, I got the gig for Dr Meaker, which was a perfect blend of the live soul edge and heavy electronic music that I loved. I had previously been experimenting with electronic/acoustic hybrid set-ups in other acts, but it was in this outfit I found one of my favourite set-ups.

The Dr Meaker set-up is a combination of acoustic kit playing while using my Roland SPD-SX and Roland PD-85 trigger pads for hitting off samples, splitting breaks and also FX. The Dr Meaker album