Home

Bio

Gear

Discography

Pictures

Gigs

Allusion Studios

Studio Drum Videos (WMV) OZ Studio 1 OZ Studio 2 Warp 3 Snyder Audio Samples

Join Jim's Email Newsletter for updates on performances, recordings, and other news:

Live Drum Videos (WMV) Warp 3 Warp 3 #2 Barry Sparks Oz (Just for fun- bad audio) TenaciousD

Do you need a professional drummer for your project? Whether you need tracks recorded for a national band, a home studio project, or are in need of a touring live drummer, Jim Pavett can efficiently meet all your needs. In fact, you can even send us a pilot track of your song and receive back a disk with all the drum tracks in the file format of your choice. Upload them to your system; Sync them, mix, and your done. You didn't even have to buy a plane ticket.

Jim's style is based off of rock. This includes: fusion, progressive, hard rock, alternative, pop, country, ballads, funk, and R & B. Playing to the song is the most important part, but it is nice to bring a little edge to the mix even on a soft song. This can be accomplished not only by the drum composition, but by the imaging of the parts themselves. Jim is always thinking of executing his parts in the stereo spectrum. This, along with pristine sounds, adds to the song and brings ear candy to the listener. The most important part of your recording is the stereo palate created by the drums. It creates the stereo imaging and the mood/ driving force of the rhythm section. A recording with great guitar sounds and a mono weak drum sound is usually perceived as a bad recording. A recording with a weak guitar sound and great drums is usually perceived as "they meant to do that in the production, but it still rocks".

If you are interested in having Jim record drums for an album or tour live, Email him

Here are some different examples of projects Jim has worked on. The samples are longer than usual, so you can get a feel of the song and how the drum parts apply. Some samples have been edited (2 phrases instead of 4, or intro-3rd verse-outro) so you do not have lengthy downloads. Give a listen!

	MP3-1 MP3-2	Amber Norgaard - Adult Contempory Pop Rock All about the groove, but staying out of the way.
	MP3-1 MP3-2	Warp 3 - Fusion Prog Rock 2 samples to let you here unison lines with musicality.
	MP3	B.C. Priest - Modern Rock Intricate rock at it's finest.
	MP3	Barry Sparks (MSG,Yngwie,Dokken..) - Rock Even though Barry can play as many notes as Yngwie, he knows that commercial songwriting is about the song in it's simplicity. I took a strait approach to the drums, but hit them as hard as I could to keep it rockin'.
	MP3-1 MP3-2	Shan'n - Female Pop Alternative This is what you get when you have great musicians learning the song on the spot, running through it 3 times, and hitting record. Look out Tori!
	MP3	Nevershine - Alternative Ballad Have you ever heard of a ringer? No official credits on this one. I even got a ringo lick in. Well that makes sense. Ringo never got credit for anything either.
	MP3	Funky Bonz - Funk Funk with a rock edge.
	MP3	Rich Hopkins & the Luminarios- Rock Almost a Neal Young jam going on. Yes, I was a luminario once too.
	MP3	Agressive Sound Session - Club Mix This Rage/Korn type band hired me to do a White zombish remix of thier song. I used programing and live drums at the same time.