🎧 Session Work: Need professional drums for your next recording? Patrick Hennessey provides in-person and remote session drumming for artists, bands, songwriters and producers in Sacramento, Northern California and beyond.
Recording experience
Mr. Hennessey began his drum recording career in his teens in Minneapolis, MN. where he was first hired by a singer songwriter to add drums to her solo project in 1993. From there he went on to record at multiple studios with varying musicians in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for the next 15 years. The most notable studio where he recorded was a little place named Paisley Park.
Remote drum recording
With the enormous expansion of recording technologies over the last 15 years he can now record in his home studio and provide individual and stylized drum tracks to fit the exact needs of your songs.
Studio sessions
He is also within driving distance of some of the most amazing recording studios in California, and is happy to meet you at the studio of your choosing.
Equipment
Drum Sets
7 piece Gretsch Catalina Maple
6 Piece Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage
5 Piece Pacific Drums FS Series by Drum Workshop
5 Piece Tama Stage star
4 Piece Pearl Export
5 Piece Roland V-Drums
Various sizes of Paiste, Zildjian, PA Meinl, and SoulTone Cymbals
Various Percussion options as well as other unique drums
Genres
Rock: Alternative, Classic, Oldies, Hard, Pop, Soft, Yacht, all styles
Blues, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Gospel, RnB, Hip Hop, Dance,
Indie, Americana, Singer Songwriter, Folk, Reggae, World
You name it, I’ll try it.
Turnaround
Every project is different. Whether you need a quick turnaround for a single track or drums for a larger recording project, I’ll work with your schedule to establish a realistic delivery date before we begin.
How artists send tracks
Primarily over the internet via WAV or MP3 files, but I can work with just about any format
Examples of session recordings
Hennessey On Drums YouTube Channel
Rates/quotes
Session rates vary based on the number of songs, recording requirements, revisions and whether the session is remote or in-studio. Contact me with details about your project and I’ll provide a personalized quote.
Contact/booking
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