Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham offers insight into the daily requirements, challenges, and rewards of life in the recording studio, sharing helpful tips on how to get started as a session player, what it takes to be successful, and how to deal with the demands of satisfying artists and producers.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham talks about why anyone seriously considering a career as a session musician might need to relocate in order to be successful. He also explains why musicians looking to network for session work would be best served by talking to musicians who play instruments other than their own.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham offers advice on how to find endorsement opportunities, explaining why endorsing a product is more than simply getting free gear.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham offers advice on how to get started as a session musician, outlining the skills, attitude, and geographic location required for success.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham talks about his move to Nashville, his first major session with Charlie Peacock, and how his relationships in the music community have fueled his career.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham discusses why it’s just as important to have a social rapport in the studio as it is to have the musical chops when it comes to being successful as a session player.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham explains how being able to work in more than one genre leads to more opportunities and greater success, even if it also means having to invest in appropriate gear to suit the genre.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham runs through the process of a typical recording session, from the initial booking through the day of recording.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham talks about his positive and negative experiences working with music legends such as Michael McDonald and others.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham talks about why he enjoys being both a producer and a musician, explaining how the two sides of his career influence each other and ultimately make him better at each.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham talks about why he’s still in it for the music, but also shares his frustration about long, unproductive studio sessions and the difficulties of pleasing artists who don’t always take others’ schedules into account.

Nashville producer and session drummer Dan Needham discusses the economic repercussions of the downturn of record sales as it applies to recording budgets, expressing regret that the increase in home studio recording has decreased the collaborative spirit that often fuels some of music’s best creative moments.