Blake Paulson is a consummate musician: a session drummer, mix engineer, bandleader, educator, and author.
As a recording artist, Blake has performed on over 500 songs in the studio with artists including: Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Joey Yung, Last Unicorn; Movie studios: Netflix, Disney, Paramount; Producers, songwriters, & composers: Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman, Drew Lawrence, Rob Kleiner, Miklos Malek, Jerry Streeter, Zack Ryan, Josh “Igloo” Monroy, Todd Bergman, Andrew Furze; and many independent singers, songwriters, & producers.
As a touring musician pre Covid, Blake performed 50+ shows a year with noted artists including: Hayley Orrantia, The Dales, Hoku, Coffey Anderson, Brennley Brown, See Green, Porcelain, Stephanie Quayle, and many independent artists and bands.
From 2007-2015 Blake co-founded and co-managed an innovative team of twelve LA session musicians, the Backliners. In 2014 Blake founded a world-class drum recording & teaching facility, Unleashed Drum Studio. In 2016 Blake co-founded and continues to co-manage a high-end collective of popular Los Angeles musicians, the LA Session Group.
As an educator, Blake has helped hundreds of drummers of all skill levels improve their drumming through his inspirational Private Drum Lessons, 5-Hour Drum Recording Masterclasses, and the five award nominated Drumset Method Books he has written: Drumset Coordination (Hal Leonard); Drumset Overlay (Self-Published); Linear Drum Fills (Alfred Music); Drumset Supersets (Alfred Music); and Groove Fundamentals (Self-Published).
Endorsements
Blake Proudly Endorses: A&F Drum Co. (Drums); Sabian (Cymbals); Remo (Drum Heads); Mogami (Cables); Humes & Berg (Drum Cases); Snare Weight (Drum Dampeners); BagEnd Loudspeakers (Subwoofers); is an Ultimate Ears Ambassador (In-Ear Monitors); and Vic Firth Educator (Drumsticks). In addition, Blake works directly with Drum Workshop (Hardware, Pedals); Avid (Recording Software); MakeMusic (Notation Software); FabFilter (Recording Plug-ins) and Sennheiser (Microphones, Headphones).
Featured Video: The step by step construction of my Unleashed Drum Studio.
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Blake is the only drumset educator in Los Angeles with the unique
