Tag Archives: Kanye West

Sonicscoop “Sweet Spot” Interview, Cameo in Batterie Magazine (France) with Alicia Keys!

We’re huge fans of the recording/engineering blog SonicScoop, so it’s a real honor to be featured on their site. “Is this innovative studio the new king of NYC drum rooms? Our latest ‘Sweet Spot’ is a strong contender,” says SonicScoop. Take a peek at our massive wall of drums, too (and that’s only a fraction of Read the Rest…

Six month wrap-up: Grammy nomination w/ Kanye & Jay-Z, on #1 Album “Take Care” w/ Drake, “I Love My B___s” w/ Rick Ross, and a brand new studio!

We’ve barely had time to breathe here at Indie Studio Drummer, so much has happened since August. Here’s a wrap-up of highlights: Our first Grammy-nominated album! Kanye West and Jay-Z’s Platinum-selling and #1 charting disc Watch the Throne is up for several Grammies this year.  Our resident session drummer Dylan Wissing performs on the track “Prime Read the Rest…

Appearing on “Gossip Girls” with Kanye and Jay-Z, apparently…

Thanks, Musicians Union for the heads-up (several months after the fact, but that’s fine by me)… Apparently the Kanye West / Jay-Z track “Power” I played drums on is prominently featured on the show “Gossip Girls!”  If, like everyone here at Indie Studio Drummer, you are dying to find out just what happened on the Read the Rest…

Playing Drums on Kanye West’s “Power” Remix with Jay-Z!

We at Indie Studio Drummer are extremely pleased to announce that our resident drummer Dylan Wissing is playing drums on Kanye West’s “Power” remix (Roc-A-Fella), featuring Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz!  

Back in studio with producer extraordinaire Ken Lewis

Crazy week – literally the instant my son was born (I mean, right there in the delivery room!), Grammy-winning, mega-platinum producer Ken Lewis (Kanye West, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, a zillion others) texted to say that we had an emergency session for a VERY high-profile hip hop artist that needed to be done immediately, if not Read the Rest…