Author: pwadmin

March 2012

Paul Wandtke aka (PaulE) recently went to the studio to track a drum cover of the song Too Loud by Island Def Jam artist WAX.


Too Loud is the latest new single from Wax’s mixtape “Eviction Notice”
Original beat Produced by EOM.

Words from Paul:

“I fell in love with this song when I heard it post NAMM so I was like, ‘ DUDE, can I get the original session to tear up some improv/live drums?’ and Mike (WAX) was like, ‘cool man.’
~Paul Wandtke

Performance Notes:

I never really dabbled with Hip Hop but this song was super fun and I think my rock/metal influences added some spice with complimenting the lyrics of this song. I hope you dig this performance of me tracking at Planet 10 studios in Palatine, IL.

Special thanks to Mike Jones (WAX) for permission to use the original session and special thanks to Jimmy at Planet 10 for getting killer live drum sounds via this beautiful Trick drum set. What you hear is all natural drum sounds! I did the final mixing by adding simple compression and reverb. You’ll mostly notice that quantization wasn’t used as I don’t fall in to the pocket until the first verse; oooops but hey it’s live, it’s real, feel it.

Also find out why Paul uses 5B EXtremes @ Vic Firth at www.vicfirth.com or better yet:

http://www.vicfirth.com/product/buynow/product.php?button=X5B

For hiring Paul for sessions/tours visit www.paulwandtke.com or contact a representative at Planet 10 studios @ http://p10studios.com/contact_us ask for Jimmy.

January 2012

Paul’s post NAMM Anaheim, CA 2012 experience

Words from Paul:

"Happy belated New Years! I guess that’s what happens when your running around parts of the world like Dubai, or Norway etc, etc because you forget to say stuff like this in the technology/computer box world. Attending Namm was awe inspiring, my media assistant is in the works of helping me TELL my ‘STORY’, so all this crazy stuff will be uploaded very soon but for now here’s a cool clip of myself w/ Vinnie Paul saying ‘Hell Yeah’:

I said he changed my life and he said ‘Hell Yeah.’

"I’m left with a whirlwind of emotions and inspiration after this convention. Stay tuned and come back soon to read my mini-blog "Confessions of Rocker part 2" as I talk about my upbringing being a very sad kid thinking I couldn’t do anything with my life, then one day it all turned around……………after an unexpected life threatening event. I’m by no means anywhere where I wanna be in life, but I CAN tell you this; I’M ON THE RIGHT PATH and I’M LOVING IT."

Peace and be cool and be sure to come back for my crazy story.

~Paul Wandtke
Let’s make 2012 a killer year!

October 2011

October Studio Update

In the midst of touring last year, Boston based shred guitarist Dean Cascione asked if I could track drums for his upcoming E.P. so I tracked drums at Porcupine recording studios in Chandler, AZ clients at Porcupine have included Johnny Depp, George Benson, Esteban, etc, etc.

I just wanna give a personal thanks to Dean Casione for letting me be a part of his new E.P. "Neoclassical Fire" which was released June 27th, 2011.

Order a copy of it today for only $10.00

In other news, I’m happy to announce, that I’ve started my own independent music project where I sing/songwrite everything. It’s called Dead Original and you can purchase my first single ‘Save Me’ on CDBaby! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/deadoriginalpaule2 soon to be on Itunes, Rhapsody, Amazon etc, etc.

Yes, this is a project that’s not all drums and I track, write, sing everything under the stage name PaulE. Plans are to continue this as a studio project and to release a studio album sometime next year or the following. If all goes well, then I might do some showcases where I play guitar and sing with a live band, but until then………..

I’ve realized in the industry that some of the best drummers are not just drummers and alongside being educators, most are songwriters and/or producers of some sort. I starting writing a few years back sparingly but lately it’s become a new venture and something I look forward to in addition to drumming.

Songwriting has really opened up my concept of "playing for the song" not only for my project but for any other musical setting because now, I’m always thinking of how my drums can really support the vocals, bass, gtr etc, etc and overall feel of the song.

Stay tuned and keep informed with my original project at www.facebook.com/DeadOriginal.

Here’s a nice little lyric video for my new single ‘Save Me’.