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Sam Nadel

Available for Drum Lessons and Sessions

About Me

Born in Oregon U.S.A, grew up in Bath and now based in London, I currently play in the band Blackbud who've been lucky enough to play all around the world and record in some great studios . We're signed to Independiente and are putting the finishing touches on our second album with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys / Foals). Other highlights have included doing a live session at Maida Vale studios for Radio 1 and having our track 'Heartbeat' named 'single of the week' and 'hottest record in the world' by Zane Lowe. We've also worked with top producers Youth (The Verve / Killing Joke), David Bottrill (Tool/Peter Gabriel) and Chris Hughes (Robert Plant, Paul McCartney)In 2006 Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page contributed an article to Classic Rock magazine saying "(Blackbud) show so much maturity...they're serious musicians, doing they're homework and they seem to know why music ticks...and they play well together" I also play with jazz band Barcode, Ruby Galliers, Sarah Leanne Palmer, Rob Sharples, Sam Carter and have been doing sessions for producers Sam Williams (Supergrass) and Mark Gardener (from Ride). To contact me about sessions or private lessons email me at [email protected]. I am a proud endorser of Zildjian cymbals and I play a vintage Ludwig kit and a Gretsch USA Custom. I also use Premier snares and Vic Firth sticks. Blackbud "Barefoot Dancing"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/2/2007
Band Website: blackbud.co.uk
Influences: Zigaboo Modeliste and the Meters, Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Dave King (The Bad Plus), Elvin Jones, Zoro, Stanton Moore, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Mitch Mitchell, John Bohnam, Chad Smith, , John Riley, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Jeff Hamiltion, Steve Jordan, John Blackwell, Jim Chapin, Jason Rebello, Flee, Miles Davis, my friends and family, Hendrix etc etc Drum Solo @ The Vortex, London Jazz/Funk Jam in London
Record Label: Independiente
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Zildjian Endorsement

Im happy to say I now play and endorse Zildjian cymbals. I have a whole new setup including a beautiful K Custom Dry Ride and a pair of A 'New Beat Hi-Hats'.Big thanks to Tina at  the Zildjian of...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:09:00 PST

Chance to play at Twickenham - please vote!

Hey everyone..So Sarah Leanne Palmer's band (which I play in) is down to the last 20 in a competition to play at Twickenham stadium in front of 60,000 people!!The London Paper are running it so please...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:39:00 PST

New Mp3 - Barcode Quartet Sliced!

Hey...so its been a busy couple of weeks. Still working on the Blackbud album as well doing recording sessions for many an other artist including Rob Sharples and Barcode Quartet. We've been demoing t...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:48:00 PST

Sessions

So ive been doing a run of sessions which is great as its why I came to London in the first place. At the moment im doing a project with the singer/guitarist from Oxford band Ride, Mark Gardener. He's...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Sun, 11 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

In the Audience

Been to some great shows recently...all of which were completely different to eachother. Stanton Moores band Galatic at the Jazz Cafe was mind blowing. A great jam band driven by Stanton's infectious ...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Sun, 11 May 2008 01:21:00 PST

New Video from Barcode show in Suffolk

Hey People....still mixing over at Miloco studios in Tower Bridge. In the meantime theres a new video on my page from the Barcode show in Suffolk a few weeks back. A cool little track called "Coming t...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:54:00 PST

More Gigs and Mixing

So Mike Crossey is currently in Miloco Studios mixing the new Blackbud record and the tracks are sounding great. Im also playing more shows with Barcode and now Ruby Galliers (all in my top friends). ...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:06:00 PST

Zildjian Artist Day

Had a great chance to meet alot of the other jobbing drummers from around the UK yesterday as it was the Zildjian artist day in London. Its basically a chance to talk drums while you try out lots of t...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:35:00 PST

In the studio/ Update

So i'm going into Strongrooms studio in London next week to start work on Blackbud's 2nd album. We're working with producer Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Zutons). There's gonna be alot of experimentat...
Posted by Sam Nadel on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:43:00 PST

Yet More Videos

Two more videos online...this time improvisations around Funk and New Orleans Grooves. Enjoy!
Posted by Sam Nadel on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:48:00 PST