FROM STUDIO TO STAGE

With Adam Marcello and Joe Clegg

As music genres evolve, placing ever greater demand on the drummer to deliver a broader range of sounds, and as music technology becomes more accessible, hybrid drumming (or simply combining acoustic and electronic drum gear in one setup) is helping gigging drummers everywhere at all levels, from the smallest to the largest stages, to up their game and deliver impressive performances every night.

To help you get started on your own hybrid drumming journey, we have teamed up with two leading professional drummers using Roland Hybrid Drums setups to explain why they use a hybrid drum kit, and how to do it.

Joe Clegg, drummer and Musical Director for Ellie Goulding and Adam Marcello, sticksman and Musical Director with Katy Perry, are two of the leading drummers in the professional pop world. Hybrid drumming has become an essential and indispensable tool within their working careers, both of them championing the power of Roland Hybrid Drums to deliver incredible arena-level drumming performances.

Through a series of tutorial videos, Joe and Adam will take you on a journey; starting at the studio and looking at what was recorded on a track, to how Roland Hybrid Drums can be used to perform studio sounds and song parts on stage. By the end of the series, you’ll be able to choose what parts of a track you need to play on the live stage, how to play and perform song parts using a hybrid drum setup, what gear you will need and even how to use it.

The series is broken into a number of parts, making it simple to choose and review the information you need:

With guidance from our experts, you’ll be ready to impress your band mates and help your band take it to the next level, delivering live performances that are a cut above the rest – simply by introducing some electronic drum and percussion gear to your acoustic kit.

APPLICATIONS
USING HYBRID WITHIN DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC

Roland Hybrid Drums are part of mainstream modern drumming. The benefits of hybrid drums extend across all music genres—you’ll be surprised how much your standard rock or metal kit can be improved by introducing some easy-to-use hybrid components.