Benny Lim
"Pre SDS"
Benny Lim started drumming in November 2009, picking up his first pair of sticks at My Drum School. Soon after that, he started learning drums from veteran drummers such as Tony Zee, Alvin Tan, James Pang, Ritz Ang and more.
In Dec 2010, Benny worked part time in Swee Lee Sims Drive outlet for a month before joining Swee Lee's Bras Basah from Nov 2011-Jan 2012. (Singapore's biggest music store).
Throughout 2012, Benny started selling drums and cymbals through various online networks and he collaborated with Guitar 77 in being a Mapex Dealer and he was helping Sound Alchemy with selling Yamaha Products.
In Nov 2012, Yamaha invited Benny to be a sole drum tech for the Yamaha Asian Beat Grand Finals in Singapore, during the time, he had to set up drum sets 28 times in a day and was the drum tech for Russ Miller (Natalie Cole, Tina Turner, Nelly Furtado, Hillary Duff and many more).
His big call came in 2013 when he was invited to work in Cymbalfusion, a top drum shop in Houston (Texas, USA), as an intern for 3 months. During the 3 months, Benny grasped hold of a lot of knowledge and information in USA which subsequently made him open his drum shop.
"SDS"
2013 :
Created SDS with the intention of bringing a "fresh approach" to the drumming scene in Singapore. Visionary to create a proactive positive environment where drummers could come together and look at new products for drumming.
1. Became a distributor for new brands such as : TRX Cymbals, Pork Pie, Cymbags, Cympads, KAT Percussion, Heartbeat Drumsticks, Crush Drums, DG Cajons, Aquarian Drumheads, Big Bang Dist (Ahead Products) and more.
2. Signed new artists such as Brandon Khoo, Jovin Lim and more.
3. Top CRX Asia Distributor.
4. Top Pork Pie Percussion Asia Dealer
2014 :
1. Expanded operations with a second mini store to display more items.
2. New distributor for Regal Tip Drumsticks, Black Widow Drum Webs, Groove Juice, Premier Drums, Wincent Drumsticks and more.
3. Created new brand : Powergear (for affordable drumsticks)
4. New artists such as Eddie Layman, Martin Kong, Shawn Kok, Alfe Kim, Ridwan Johari and a few others.
2015 :
1. New distributor for Sakae Drums, PinchClip, Big Fat Snare Drum and Vater Drumsticks.
2. Top Asia Distributor for TRX Cymbals
3. 2nd Top Asia Distributor for Kat Percussion.
4. New artists such as Tamagoh, Jon Sim and Mark Lim.
5. Invited Mariah Carey's drummer Josh Baker to SDS and filmed a couple of videos.
2016 :
1. New sole distributor for PDP Drums, new exclusive dealer for Craviotto Drums for South East Asia.
2. Awarded the Singapore Business Luminary Award for Top 100 SMEs in Singapore.
3. Created new academy : SG Drum Academy , with teachers such as Brandon Khoo, Alfe Kim and Wong Wei Lung.
4. Expanded operations with a second outlet at B1-35.
5. First ever PDP Drum Clinic with JP Bouvet with nearly 200 drummers attending it.
6. Store meet and greet with legendary drummer Mikkey Dee (Motorhead/Scorpions)
2017 :
1. Casey Cooper (Coop3rdrumm3r) meet and greet at SDS with over 150 drummers attending.
2. Invited to Journey's concert backstage by Steve Smith to hang out backstage.
3. New sole distributor for Carlsbro Electronic Drums.
Benny Lim started drumming in November 2009, picking up his first pair of sticks at My Drum School. Soon after that, he started learning drums from veteran drummers such as Tony Zee, Alvin Tan, James Pang, Ritz Ang and more.
In Dec 2010, Benny worked part time in Swee Lee Sims Drive outlet for a month before joining Swee Lee's Bras Basah from Nov 2011-Jan 2012. (Singapore's biggest music store).
Throughout 2012, Benny started selling drums and cymbals through various online networks and he collaborated with Guitar 77 in being a Mapex Dealer and he was helping Sound Alchemy with selling Yamaha Products.
In Nov 2012, Yamaha invited Benny to be a sole drum tech for the Yamaha Asian Beat Grand Finals in Singapore, during the time, he had to set up drum sets 28 times in a day and was the drum tech for Russ Miller (Natalie Cole, Tina Turner, Nelly Furtado, Hillary Duff and many more).
His big call came in 2013 when he was invited to work in Cymbalfusion, a top drum shop in Houston (Texas, USA), as an intern for 3 months. During the 3 months, Benny grasped hold of a lot of knowledge and information in USA which subsequently made him open his drum shop.
"SDS"
2013 :
Created SDS with the intention of bringing a "fresh approach" to the drumming scene in Singapore. Visionary to create a proactive positive environment where drummers could come together and look at new products for drumming.
1. Became a distributor for new brands such as : TRX Cymbals, Pork Pie, Cymbags, Cympads, KAT Percussion, Heartbeat Drumsticks, Crush Drums, DG Cajons, Aquarian Drumheads, Big Bang Dist (Ahead Products) and more.
2. Signed new artists such as Brandon Khoo, Jovin Lim and more.
3. Top CRX Asia Distributor.
4. Top Pork Pie Percussion Asia Dealer
2014 :
1. Expanded operations with a second mini store to display more items.
2. New distributor for Regal Tip Drumsticks, Black Widow Drum Webs, Groove Juice, Premier Drums, Wincent Drumsticks and more.
3. Created new brand : Powergear (for affordable drumsticks)
4. New artists such as Eddie Layman, Martin Kong, Shawn Kok, Alfe Kim, Ridwan Johari and a few others.
2015 :
1. New distributor for Sakae Drums, PinchClip, Big Fat Snare Drum and Vater Drumsticks.
2. Top Asia Distributor for TRX Cymbals
3. 2nd Top Asia Distributor for Kat Percussion.
4. New artists such as Tamagoh, Jon Sim and Mark Lim.
5. Invited Mariah Carey's drummer Josh Baker to SDS and filmed a couple of videos.
2016 :
1. New sole distributor for PDP Drums, new exclusive dealer for Craviotto Drums for South East Asia.
2. Awarded the Singapore Business Luminary Award for Top 100 SMEs in Singapore.
3. Created new academy : SG Drum Academy , with teachers such as Brandon Khoo, Alfe Kim and Wong Wei Lung.
4. Expanded operations with a second outlet at B1-35.
5. First ever PDP Drum Clinic with JP Bouvet with nearly 200 drummers attending it.
6. Store meet and greet with legendary drummer Mikkey Dee (Motorhead/Scorpions)
2017 :
1. Casey Cooper (Coop3rdrumm3r) meet and greet at SDS with over 150 drummers attending.
2. Invited to Journey's concert backstage by Steve Smith to hang out backstage.
3. New sole distributor for Carlsbro Electronic Drums.