Professional studio and touring drummer for 6+ years. Specializing in pop, indie, and CCM.
My name is James Kalis. I offer recorded and/or programmed drums and percussion right from my home studio. Based in Nashville, TN, I have extensive experience in recording and engineering and can't wait to bring your songs to life with high quality, and carefully thought out drum tracks. I specialize in pop music to the likes of John Mayer, LANY, Kasey Musgraves, and more. I am also well versed in CCM and Worship.
Recorded credits include: ANX, Gray, Samantha Ivilez, Waymaker Worship, and more.
Extensive and Competitive gear list including:
Drum Set:
- C&C Player date II
Snares:
- Vintage Ludwig Supraphonic
- Vintage Rogers Tower snare
- Risen drums 6.5" x 14" Brass
Cymbals:
- 24" Istanbul Agop Joey Waranker Ride
- 22" Istanbul Agop Traditional Dark Ride
- 22" Istanbul Agop Xist Power Crash
- 20" Istanbul Agop Traditional Medium Crash
- 15" Istanbul Agop Signature Hihats
- 24" Heartbeat Jazz Ride
- 24" Heartbeat Classic Ride
- 21" Heartbeat Studio Crash
- 21" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Ride
- 16" Hihats (half Istanbul Agop Xist, half Dream bliss)
Microphones:
- 1 Telefunken m80
- 1 Sennheiser 421-II
- 2 Sennheizer e604
- 1 Sennheizer e902
- 1 AKG P170
- 1 AKG D112
- 1 Shure Beta 91a
- 1 Shure Beta 57a
- 1 Shure sm57
- 2 Behringer C2
Would love to hear from you. Click the contact button above to get in touch.
I was the Mixing Engineer and Drummer in this production
- Live drum trackAverage price - $100 per song
- PercussionAverage price - $100 per song
- Programmed drumAverage price - $100 per song
- Songwriter - LyricAverage price - $70 per song
- Time alignment - QuantizingAverage price - $40 per track
On average I like to stick to 3 revisions to accommodate for your time. I can record up to 8 recorded tracks at a time, however I can record as many passes of overdubs and percussion if needed.
- Ludwig drums
- C&C drums
- Istanbul Cymbals
- Variety of Vintage drums
- Logic Pro X
- High end Microphones.
