624 – Ash Soan: Show Your Work
If you’ve spent any time on Instagram, no doubt you’ve come across a post by the great Ash Soan. Amassing 215K+ followers on the Instagram would be a feat in itself, but unlike a lot of drummers on the platform, Ash is so much more than just an Instagramer. He talks the talk and walks the walk.
The accomplished drummer has spent the past four decades working on Gold and Platinum records, including credits with artists like Adele, Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes, Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys, Rod Stewart, Dua Lipa, Fraser T Smith, Ed Sheeran, Seal, Hans Zimmer as well as an extensive resume of major motion picture soundtracks.
“I hear people saying that the recording business is finished. It hasn’t, it’s just changed and it’s changing right in front of our eyes.”
Ash Soan
I typically reference Ash as an example of someone who has masterfully adapted to the changing landscape of the music industry, embraced social media as a tool and has reinvented himself many times over. All of this has resulted in a continuous upward trajectory for Ash, even as some of his peers have aged out of the business; something Ash shows no signs of doing, whatsoever.
Ash Soan talks about:
- What he’s been working on
- His experience working on movies
- The worth of learning to read music
- How learning drums has changed due to the internet
- How he approaches his use of social media
- Things he wishes he saw more of in the drumming world
- How drumming has progressed over the last few decades
- The importance of being a good communicator and a likable person
- Meeting your heroes
- His 5 most influential drummers