Lucy Yates

LUCYPLAYSDRUMS X ABBEY ROAD (pt.1) Earlier this year, I was awarded a Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) grant by @aceagrams with the intention of elevating my playing and developing my creativity through the medium of drums 🥁. This content series is a culmination of my efforts across this time. I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity and proud of the work I've done this year. This grant has given me the chance to work with awesome mentors (big shout out to @maxieplaysdrums who has been my cheerleader since the application process, and @beaniemusicofficial who has trusted and guided me through the latter part of this year.) I'm going to be sharing this content in little nuggets over the start of the new year, with maybe a little bit of YouTube content too 😎 I can't wait to see what the new year holds! Engineered by @tephisawayrightnow Video by @reecehenderson.headshots @zildjiangbi @vicfirthuk @ludwigdrumshq #drummer #sessiondrummer #artscouncil

If you've only come across me/my work in the last year or so, this might seem like a digression from my usual drum content but here's what actually happened: I trained as an actor, side-quested too close to the sun and accidentally became a session drummer. Whoops 🤷😎🥁 BUT I am in fact still an actor and have just done a little headshot/showreel update. Once again likening myself to a duck, a lot is happening under the surface of creative life 🦆 ✨For any acting related enquiries, get in touch with my agent @pontinsimon at @leodistalent ✨ --> swipe to see me in action with the lovely Rosie Raven and the full version is on Spotlight via the link in my bio 🐦‍⬛ 📸 @benwulfphoto 🎥 @reecehenderson.actor and @silvia_presente on sound #actor #acting #casting

The drum cam has dropped 😎🥁 Thanks @girlimusic for having me on drums, opening for @scenequeenrocks Shout out to @lakemalice who absolutely killed their sets ✨ Thanks @teeks.live for being a slay TM 💪 Huge love and thanks to the best tech/mentor/friend/camera-setter-upper @maxieplaysdrums @zildjiangbi @ludwigdrumshq @vicfirthuk @rolandglobal #drummer #drumcam #sessiondrummer

FULL GRAFFITI READS: - sing to the tune of "You Give Love a Bad Name" "Went to the bar, to get some lunch We smoke b*d on bad days" Maybe tour got to me idk why it made me chuckle so much 🤷🤷🤷 On tour with @girlimusic @dirt__flirt night two at @roughtradelpl #touringdrummer #tourvlog #girli #vlog

TOUR VLOG! Epic scenes at @roughtradebristol doing in-store shows for Girli's new album "It's just my opinion." Rare duck: Red Crested Pochard, I was thrilled beyond belief 🦆 Thank you @oatly for the socks that came in my chocolate drink care package ily 🩷🩷🩷 @girlimusic @dirt__flirt #vlog #girli #drummervlog

@girlimusic at @roughtradebristol last night on the drum cam! Instore album tour continues tonight at @roughtradelpl Girli's New album "It's just my Opinion" is out now go and listen x 🎸 @dirt__flirt @teeks.live Rig: @zildjiangbi @ludwigdrumshq @rolandglobal @vicfirthuk #drumcam #sessiondrummer #femaledrummer #girli

Officially claiming the title of "uncoolest drummer!" As always, a joy to be out with @girlimusic and expect to see more vlogs as I'm heading out on her in-store album in May!! Help her get her album into the @officialcharts by ore-ordering it or coming to one of the in-store shows :)) My setup: @ludwigdrumshq @ludwigdrumseurope @zildjiangbi @rolandglobal @vicfirthuk Powered by @oatly #drummervlog #vlog #sessiondrummer #drummer

POV gig day doesn't 100% go to plan, but you carry on anyway 🥁🥁🥁 WE ARE SO BACK FOLKS if you've missed the lucyplaysdrums vlogs show some love ⬇️🩷 Had a lovely gig depping on drums for the incredible @bugeye_music go and check em out 😊 #drummerlife #sessiondrummer #dayinthelife

LUCYPLAYSDRUMS X ABBEY ROAD (Pt. 5) FULL VIDEO on my YouTube via link in bio!!! Affectionally named "Mr Hooty's Groove Manifesto," this is snippet of my latest passion project, where I have been sampling the calls and screeches of owls 🦉 and turning them into drum sounds on Ableton Live 12, for use with my hybrid drum setup. My objective was to create some content that showcased the capabilities of the ‪@rolandglobal ‬​ SPDSX-pro, which I use on a regular basis for my pop session work, but put a creative, lucyplaysdrums type spin on it. This is an experimentation, I would love to develop this concept further and perhaps sample some other birds. Note the "manifesto" in the name - the collective noun for owls is a parliament, so there's a little owl easter egg for you. If you want to see how Owls became drums, then head to the link in my bio and watch my YouTube video that's got a breakdown of my Ableton project. 🦉🦉🦉🦉 Hope you enjoy x This wouldn't have been possible without: The engineering/mixing/mastering skills of ‪@tephisawayrightnow ‬​ Videography on the day at Abbey Road by ‪@ReeceHendyy ‬​ Guitar and general emotional support from @Cameron_probably Mentoring, thoughts and endorsement of my madness from ‪@maxieplaysdrums ‬​ Editing advice and support from ‪@MoistCoreGames ‬​ #drums ​ #abletonlive​ #roland​ #rolandspdsxpro​ #sampling​

I sat for some portrait shots in my favourite jumper with my pal @reecehenderson.headshots just before Christmas. He's the guy behind all my Abbey Road content too. Hit him up for all of your videography/photography needs 🎥📸 #portrait #portraitphotography #photoshoot

LUCYPLAYSDRUMS X ABBEY ROAD (pt.4) A nice little moment for the @zildjiangbi gear - I'm using the 22" K Constantinople Ride, 16" K Dark medium thin crash, 18" K cluster crash and 14" K mastersound hihats. Thanks for all the love on this content series so far, it has really meant the world to me!!! 🥁🥁🥁 Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by @tephisawayrightnow Shot by @reecehenderson.headshots @ludwigdrumshq @vicfirthuk #drummer #sessiondrummer #femaledrummer

LUCYPLAYSDRUMS X ABBEY ROAD (Pt.3) I love a half time pop ballad, wanted to create one of my own, and so this groove was born. Love the @bigfatsnaredrum as well, making my snare sound huge every time 🥁🥁 If you're an artist and you would like to work with me this year, I have some availability for sessions/live/touring, my DMs are open 🙂 Engineered, mixed and mastered by @tephisawayrightnow Video by @reecehenderson.headshots @zildjiancompany @ludwigdrumshq @vicfirth #drummer #sessiondrummer #femaledrummer