About Paul
SESSION DRUMMER – EARLY INFLUENCES
Paul Jones is a London based session drummer known for his versatility, solid groove and musical approach.
His personal musical taste is extremely diverse, with strong influences stemming from the late 80s rave and pop scene / 90s house scene, 70s and 80s funk and jazz funk through to early electro and hip hop into modern day dance and pop.
A MUSICAL JOURNEY
Whilst Paul was living in Manchester Jungle and Drum n Bass in the 90s was a solid bedrock of the underground scene which he fully immersed myself into, and Manchester was also where he also scored his first major gig with pop stars Cleopatra.
“We played at the old Wembley Stadium supporting The Spice Girls and to me, this felt like an extremely important turning point which led me to decide to relocate back to my hometown of London to concentrate on further exploring my love for work with singers and further develop the all important groove.”
VERSATILITY
As a seasoned touring and recording session drummer, Paul has had the pleasure of helping to provide that all important backbone for all manor of artists including.
Some of the artists over the past 20 years include: Alison Moyet, Brian Jackson (Gil Scott Heron), Martha High, Labrinth, Sigma, (x)Propaganda, Spacek, Alison Limerick, Mica Paris, Cleopatra, Leee John (Imagination), Rodney P and Boney M, Josh Milan, Tkay Maidza, Rahsaan Patterson, the incredible Bamboo Manalac from the Philippines and the late / great Don Blackman.
Paul is out on an Aus/NZ tour with Brian Jackson this March 2023.
Paul is proud to be sponsored by
“I can say without hesitation that [Paul] is a consummate & passionate professional, never satisfied with giving anything less than his best.”
Gordon Hulbert (Chaka Khan / Russell Watson)
Portfolio
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XPROPAGANDA
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SPACEK
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Rahsaan Patterson
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Leee John (Imagination)
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Boney M
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All Saints
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LABRINTH
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BAMBOO
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ALISON MOYET
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SIGMA
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TKAY MAIDZA
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Loose Ends
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Tyler James
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Cyndi Lauper
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ETTA BOND
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Mica Paris
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Mikey Graham
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Sheila Ferguson
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Noel McKoy
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Rodney P
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STEVE SPACEK
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ALISON LIMERICK
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Ona Onabule
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RAF RILEY
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DON BLACKMAN
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Modjo
Videos
PAUL JONES – SESSION DRUMMER
PRESS ARTICLES
RHYTHM MAGAZINE INTERVIEW – PAUL JONES / SESSION DRUMMER WITH SIGMA
MUSIC RADAR ARTICLE – GUIDE TO PLAYING FUNK
“NEW MUSIC”
REMOTE DRUM RECORDING
If you’re looking for remote drum recordings that sound and feel great to slot perfectly into your songs and compositions, look no further than my recording website Orangedrumtracks.com
The benefits of my service mean that there’s no need to look for a separate studio or engineer and incur extra costs that your budget won’t allow for. Instead, welcome this simple and easy solution to owning great sounding live drums that could be yours in as little as 48hrs from start to finish.
Get in touch today by clicking here or below to take you directly to my remote drum recording page.
Jasper Wilkinson – Multi instrumentalist (TV Theme and commercials writer)
“Thanks so much for your drum stems, they have transformed my tracks and made them sound so much more authentic and grooving!
Lessons
DRUM LESSONS.
Paul offers the choice of 1 to 1 lessons, in person as well as online if you prefer. If you’re interested to find out more, hit the Book Now button below.
Some of the key things Paul offers at his South London studio:
- Intermediate to Advanced level welcome. Some daytime slots available.
- Improve your groove! Solidify your backbeat / improve your time keeping.
- Scared of the click? Let’s work on that together.
- Hand / Foot development, Moeller technique.
- Suffer from confidence / low self esteem? Let’s work on that together.
All drum lessons are individually tailored to help take you to the next level.
(N.B. After school slots possible.)
DBS checked (enhanced certificate).
Masterclasses are also available on how to approach to drum triggering within today’s crossover electronic / acoustic genres using hybrid acoustic /electronic drumkits.
Also how to work with click tracks, input song material into a DAW and cover techniques to successfully combine playback and live drumming elements.
Click below to watch ACM’s and ICMP’s videos of Paul during his visits to the Academy and the Institute earlier this year.
Masterclasses
The masterclasses address Paul’s approach to the recreation of acoustic / electronic pop music, including but not exclusive to Drum & Bass, house and garage in todays live settings.
Much of the music he has been touring with for the last 7 years has seen him using a setup consisting of Roland V Drums, TM2 / TMC6 trigger units alongside his Sakae Almighty acoustic kit with an Akai MPC1000 at the heart of it all.
For bookings and more information, click on the link.
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