About Ruben

Hi there,

Ruben here

Let's talk about

My biggest passion

and that is playing drums and recording audio. Combine these two and I welcome you to my happy place.

With over 15 years of experience I’m confident to play various genres and make the best possible sounds that suits your project.

I can talk for hours about recording drums but I also like to keep it simple. That also reflect my drumming. I like to play functional with enough information to get to the point for you, as a listener.

With good communication I can make the right choices to elevate your production.

1990

The year I was born. 3th of august to be exact. It was a warm day (my mother annualy tells me…)

2002

I started to play drums. Didn’t like it at first…

But it turned out quite good

2008

I got payed for the first time as a drummer. Hell yeah! Bought drumsticks and deodorant…

Well, that just happened...

Career highlights

I’ve been fortunate enough to see almost everything that you could imagen in the dutch music industry.

But sometimes there are moments you’ll never forget. Here are some of my favourite moments of my drumming career where I’m very proud of.

Ambassador for freedom

Every year we celebrate freedom in The Netherlands. And that requires an ambassador to make that loud and clear. Popular artists will be flying around in a helicopters and do several shows throughout the Netherlands.

Two years in a row I was lucky enough to be part of this beautiful experience.

Pinkpop & Lowlands

If you’re from The Netherlands you know that their are some ‘bucketlist festivals’. Pinkpop and Lowlands are a few of these festivals.

Lowlands: 2012 and 2017
Pinkpop: 2012 and 2018

Stadium shows

Where can you fit 35.000 people in one place? Well, Guus Meeuwis was known for his annual shows in the PSV stadium. Every year sold out! Multiple days in a row.

And I’ve been there two editions. The first time with Gers Pardoel and the second time with Rob Dekay.

Build a studio

My biggest dream was to build a big recording studio. I did that on own in 2018 (with a little help from people who know to build of course…)

I worked with so many bands and projects. Developed some serious recording skills as a sound engineer with recording bands and voice-overs.

''Not good at doing the dishes. But hey, he's a good drummer...''

TaraMy wife

''I remember when he peed in bed. But turned out to be a good drummer...''

CarolineMy mom

''Never has sugar. But the drumming sounds good..''

TommyMy neighbor

Let me tell you some

Fun facts nobody cares about

I always have to go ‘number 2’ one minute before going on stage
And get a strange itch in my jaw on that moment
I hum when I drum
I hate it when somebody explains the rules of a boardgame
I have misophonia. (Yeah, google that one)
I don’t like loud noises

I can go on and on, but that’s not good for my Google searches…

But wait

There is more

Life is too short to do only one thing in your whole life. That’s why I invested time (and money…) in learning to play other instruments.

Like the guitar, piano, mandolin, dobro, singing and bass.

With this abbility I understand other musicians more. (except bass player because I’m always on time…)

And also a good benefit with making my own music of course.

Playlist

4 Videos

Ruben Philip - Mother Nature's Son (The Beatles Cover)

Get in contact

Do you have the urge to share your weird facts nobody cares about or do you want to tell me a good joke?

Or just really book me for a remote drum recording for instance…

Don’t hesitate to leave me a message or just call me.