Luke Anderson has lived a tenured life as a drummer and musician . Decades of writing , touring , and exploring sounds have led him to where he is today with Elevation Worship . He ’ s taken years of experience and translated it into samples and knowledge to be shared on stage drumming , producing , and teaching . We sat down for a quick chat with Luke to find out a bit more about him .
[ WM ] People have heard your playing on countless albums and may not even know it . Can you tell us a little bit about who you are , what you do , and who you ' ve played with ?
[ Luke Anderson ] I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest , and have been in twelve bands in my lifetime . I did my first overseas tour when I was 16 years old in Russia , and when I was 19 I lived in Germany where I was in an American Indie Rock band for 2 & 1 / 2 years . Then , when I was 21 I moved back to the states and started playing for Elevation Worship . Crazily enough , at the same time I was playing for a band called Paper Tongues . One highlight of Paper Tongues was playing support for Linkin Park . I have played on six albums for Elevation Church and three EP ’ s . Some of the songs I ’ ve played on that you may have heard include “ Greater ", “ Only King Forever ”, “ Unstoppable God ”, “ Oh Come To The Altar ”, “ Resurrecting ”, “ Here Again ”, “ Worthy ”, “ Won ’ t Stop Now ”, and “ Hallelujah Here Below ”.
[ WM ] How did you get started with drums ?
[ Luke ] I ’ ve wanted to play drums since before I can remember . My parents said I drummed on everything before I could walk , and I would beg my parents to take me to worship team rehearsal every week . They finally let me play the shaker ( I was 9 years old ). I was 12 when my Mom bought me my first drum set from a garage sale for $ 30 with no cymbals . She thought it was trash , it was a 64 ’ Gold Sparkle Slingerland 4 piece . I prodded my way on the team to play drums for church ( the church at the time had seven drummers !) Then at age 14 my worship leader got me my first real gig and