Louie Palmer (born 22 November 1985) is an English drummer and session musician.
Biography
Palmer began playing the drums aged five, learning drumming from his father. He played drums in school jazz orchestras, and received an endorsement from Zildjian aged 17. He performed at various drum clinic events with former Style Council drummer Steve White.
In 2004, Palmer moved to Boston to study drumming at the Berklee College of Music. After returning to the UK, he played with former Sting sideman Jason Rebello, Gary Husband and Laurence Cottle.
Palmer has also studied with Thomas Lang, Dave Weckl, Peter Erskine and Virgil Donati. He returned to the US in 2013 to play with US Jazz guitarist Mike Stern.
In 2014 he recorded with saxophonist Nelson Rangell with Mitchel Forman, Randy Brecker and Bob James.
Palmer currently resides in Los Angeles and runs his online drum school - playbetterdrums.com - in addition to recording and touring work.
In 2018 he performed at the Baked Potato for the first time as a leader with Mitch Forman, Luis Conte, Brandon Fields and Janek Gwizdala.
2021 Equipment
Palmer endorses Pearl drums, Meinl cymbals, Pro Mark sticks, Evans drum heads, Alclair in-ears,Earthworks microphones. and Audimute.
Drums
Pearl Masterworks Studio Drum Set (maple/gum shells) 1× 22″ × 16″ Bass Drum 1× 18″ × 14″ Bass Drum 1× 10″ × 7″ Tom 1× 12″ × 8″ Tom 1× 13″ × 9″ Tom 1× 14″ × 14″ Floor Tom 1× 16″ × 16″ Floor Tom 1× 14″ × 5.5″ Snare Drum
Cymbals
14" Byzance Traditional Medium bottom over Extra Dry bottom
20" Byzance Vintage Pure Crash
23" Byzance Traditional Medium Ride
20" Byzance Dark Crash
20" Byzance Vintage Crash
22" Byzance Jazz China Ride
Drumheads
Evans UV1 on Snare Drums & Toms
Evans UV1 or G1 on Bass Drum
Sticks
Pro Mark 'Bob Gatzen' signature stick
Microphones
Earthworks
DM20 on toms and snare
SR25 as overheads
SR20LS for bass drum
2x TC20 for room mics
Studio Acoustics
Audimute (Custom Drum Studio Design) Audimute Strata Cityscape Audimute AcoustiStone - Nero Marquina - Offset w LED Audimute AcoustiColor Acoustic Panels - 2’x4’x1.5” Audimute Acoustic Image Panels
Discography
Time of Spring by Baki Duyarlar (2011) MW Trio by Marcus Wolf (2014) Red by Nelson Rangell (2014) Blue by Nelson Rangell (2014) Salvation by Malcolm Bruce (2017) A Lifetime Away by Ruslan Sirota (2017) Me and My Radio by Anthony Strong (2019) Light by Nelson Rangell (2019)