Kevin Sawka is a freak of live drum n bass nature. He plays things you can’t believe you are seeing with your own ear-eyes.

As Blake Lewis’ drummer he’s performed on just about every TV show you can think of. He even spat his fat d n b on Ellen.

Kevin is gear maven. He stopped by to talk shop:

Kevin, I know you are polyamorous when it comes to gear. You love much gear at the same time. What have you been loving lately?
Sawka: I’ve been loving the good old Korg Electribe Sampler SX for a while now. It’s definitely nothing new but, I use it a little differently than most. I don’t use it for playing pre-programmed beats or basslines. I use it as a sampler to trigger live drums and as an input device. I also run my vocals through it and play live nasty internal basslines everyone screams for. I run the microphone through it, a Kaoss Pad 3, and a DigiTech whammy pedal to make nasty bass sounds with my voice. Also, I run my acoustic drums through the same microphone, making cool delays, glitch effects, and looping. It’s a great bunch of tools to fly with too. Nice and light. You can get the same sort off effects only using the Electribe without the whammy and Kaoss Pad, but with the three devices it makes for many many sound-crunching options.

What’s your favorite TV show that you’ve played on so far?
Jimmy Kimmel for sure. They have a separate area of the show where all the bands setup. It’s a bar type atmosphere with a stage. When the show is almost over, the studio audience goes into the bar area and the band rocks for them. Jimmy came up and said hi and shook our hands. He was very cool. It’s all the drinks and food you can pour down your throat. Everyone got trashed. Cast a crew included.