The8BitDrummer

He and his wife have been married since May 2018. They have a dog named ‘Ladybug,’ a cat named ‘Blue’ and a carpet python named ‘Ramen.’ He was raised by his mom and stepdad, whom he visits regularly.

He just chose it because he thought that it sounded good.

He started drumming in 2007 after his pastor approached him and asked him whether he did because he used would often tap rhythms on the benches when he attended church. His pastor then asked him to try out playing their drum set and he found that he had potential, so he kept at it.

Prior to streaming, he ran his own business and before that he did a lot of factory work.

The8BitDrummer originally started streaming on June 1, 2015 because he was going through a breakup at the time and was looking for a way to distract himself. He discovered that he enjoyed streaming and has continued doing so ever since. His channel grew so quickly that he had already obtained Twitch Partnership by the end of July 2015. By April 1, 2016, he had reached 30,000 followers on Twitch.

He was originally inspired to try out streaming after watching YouTubers for a long time and thinking that it looked like fun.

In addition to playing variety games, he also streams his drumming sessions. He donates $3 from every $8+ dollar song to charity. This idea was initiated to slow down the number of song requests that he would receive per stream in order that he could try to finish the list each stream.

He still works as a drummer for various churches.

The8BitDrummer is estimated to have ~7,000 subscribers. This should earn him at least $17,500 USD per month, excluding further revenue from tiered subscriptions, merchandise sales, donations, Twitch cheer bit contributions, advertisements and sponsorships.

• Mon, Tues, Fri & Sat: 21:30 UTC onwards
• Sun, Wed & Thurs: No stream

His favorite genres to play are dubstep, electronic music and video game soundtracks.