Meet Simon Phillips

For this SPL User Story we visited none other than the legendary drummer, composer and producer Simon Phillips at his studio in Los Angeles, California.
Throughout the 70s and 80s, Simon collaborated with legendary rock bands and artists such as Jeff Beck, Michael Schenker, Nik Kershaw, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest, Mike Rutherford, Tears for Fears, 10cc, and The Who. Following the passing of Jeff Porcaro in 1992, he joined the world-renowned rock band Toto. After departing from the group in 2014, Simon delved into the realms of fusion and progressive rock as both a drummer and producer.

[@LeoBaars]

Simon is such a very nice guy and one of the best drummers on the planet! That combination together is something a lot of musicians can take an example from!

[@bentleygt3716]

amazing talented Musician.. at the age of 17 when he played with Robert Palmer !!!. how could someone be so good at this young age ??!!. it's beyond me. nice to see a fan of SPL equipment... he sure knows what he's doing...

[@davidbruce8786]

Talented, brilliant, humble.

[@JayYarbroughMusic]

Working with Simon is a dream. A songwriter can yearn ~

[@peevee605]

I’ve met Simon when he was out with Toto. What a brilliant musician and wonderful human being.

[@TheRickdoggie]

Simon is an amazing guy. So talented.

[@Jason_Drums_]

What a Record Maker 👌 🤩 🙌

[@KreativeDevices]

🔥 One of the greats

[@RichSkyWorld]

Simply the best all-round musician in biz !

[@marek8243]

Great backing track in this clip I wonder what is it?? It's definitely Simon's playing but I have never heard this tune.. Simon is the most important musician to me truly love his entire Mastercraft.

[@SPLSoundPerformanceLab]

The track is actually composed for this video. 🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@cristianrsepulveda]

@@SPLSoundPerformanceLab I WANT THIS TRACK !

[@ezstproductions_]

Awesome

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

Great drummer and I love his approach on recording his drums a lot 😻 I have the transient designer inserted always on drums and the vitalizer is always on my drumbus 👌🏼

[@brandon1351]

1. Simon Phillips 2. Todd Sucherman 3. Gavin Harrison 4. Danny Carey 5. Mike Portnoy Probably the best drummers in these times

[@osmator]

👌

[@starlightsign8666]

Is this Simon's new studio since the fire destroyed his old one some time ago? he's such a trooper...x

[@hellofx]

Now every single legendary musicians are " salesman " .

[@SPLSoundPerformanceLab]

Naah. Simon is not a "Salesman" . We are very proud that he likes our gear that much and that he did this video with us.

[@brandon1351]

That’s just a dumb comment to make.