As for interpersonal relationships, how important are communication and personal skills to a session drummer?
TRAVIS: It’s super important. You need to ensure that you’re at a level that you can do whatever might be expected of you. Often, at least in my experience you land up working with people who approach you because they like how you do things, or because they’re heard good things about your playing through people that they trust. Networking is just so important, it is without a doubt of of the most needed tools in a musicians toolbox. You could be the best drummer/musician in the world, but if all you’re doing is practising in the comfort of your own home all day, how is anyone ever going to know that you’re the best. You need to get out there, you need to network and you need to build up relationships. OLD: What types of things does a session drummer do? TRAVIS: All my job as a session drummers entails is to back the artist who has hired me to the best of my ability. I guess it would be fair to say that the job title changes depending on the artist you’re working with. For example, if I
