Behind The Beats: With German Perez

In the midst of the twentieth anniversary of releasing the album "Make Yourself" Incubus is riding the waves of the business and continues to play huge shows sold out by adoring fans. Jose Pasillas is the heart of the band, his originality and emotionally expressive style has taught me about playing music creatively and with style. It was indeed "Make Yourself" that made me a fan of the band but more importantly a student of Jose's drumming. Not only am I a fan of the drumming, I dove all way deep and listened and read countless interviews. I started reading more because of Jose. I quit drinking because I heard an interview with Jose talking about giving it a break. I'm heavily influenced by the great Jose Pasillas and it is an honor to have recorded this podcast talking about what he means to me. Its been one year since I started the podcast, Happy anniversary to Behind the Beats Podcast and so cool that I chose to chat about Jose Pasillas. Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoy your listen. - G

If you've been to a party in the last twenty-five years and the DJ has played Spanish music, chances are you've heard Alex Gonzalez on the drums, making you dance along with his band Mana. This is a story about a musician who early on in his life knew what he was destined to do. Alex found a way to move to Mexico and join the band he believed. Now, I didn't know his story at all, I only knew the songs from Mana's super successful album "Donde Jugaran Los Ninos." I played that album so much, I burned myself out from playing it so much. I'm sure you have too because it's that good. It's rooted deep down in my core and Alex Gonzalez has been an early influencer on how I approach playing drums and writing music. When I would finally start to play drums I would play along to countless Mana songs and I really studied Alex's style of drumming. The combination and tasteful mashup of styles make "El Animal" one of my favorite musicians on the planet. Let's not forget he rocked a bass drum with a picture of his infamous unibrow back in the day, and why not? Hes a badass and has the chops to back it up. His soul has pumped energy throughout arenas and albums for decades and he's still operating at a high frequency. Alex is someone I admire as a human being and I dedicate this podcast to his legacy. I hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for your continued support. Behind The Beats Podcast episode 14 with Love, - German Perez

Radiohead and Phillip Selway's drumming helped discover my love for music and specifically drummers. The year was 2004 and it happened at Coachella, the headliner was Radiohead and I was left with a feeling of infinite excitement of becoming a drummer myself. I went home and studied, dove deep into Phillips drumming and noticed all the different styles and tempos he uses in his playing. Fast forward to today and I'm still a fan of the band but more Phillip Selway. The band has added another killer drummer but that does'nt take anything from Phillips playing. The sound is now matured into the next level for Radiohead and the their potential endless. This episode is about Phillip Selway and his way of expressing himself genuinely as a drummer, from the heart.

This episode is dedicated to Matt Tong from the band Bloc Party. I got introduced to this drummer through a DJ who was playing a dance remix ofthe song "Banquet". I was hooked to Matts drumming because he combines beats that make you dance and sound easy to play along to. The songs are not easy to play. Matts playing is fast and his creativity and skill allowed him to come up with all sorts of drumming goodies. Hes fun to watch live and if you close your eyes and listen to his abums with Bloc Party, Matts Playing will provide eargasms with the stuff he came up with on drums.

Interpol stood out amongst the bands coming out of New York City in the early 2000s. They were going left while everyone else was going straight. The sounds made you feel something special and the beats...Well the beats sounded open, with groove flowing through them and when the time was right, straight ahead. Sam Fogarino knows how to be original without reinventing the wheel. After writing drums on the classic "Turn on the Bright Lights" Sam and Interpol have been on my radar as a special group and hold a special place in my memory and in my heart for a thousand reasons.

This show is a chronological timeline of the drummers that I discovered that have impacted my developement as a player and music lover. I started playing drums around the year 2004 and it was around the same time that Chris Hathwell and band Moving Units we're creating dance parties all over the globe. I'm a huge fan of Chris' playing on the self-titled EP and of the bands first full length, "Dangerous Dreams." In this episode, I talk about how I got into the band and why Chris Hathwell's drumming on these projects stand out as a point of reference to how I want to play live and record. Sit back, enjoy this episode as I play snippets of Chris' timeless playing and encourage you to give these cuts your undivided attention.

Sow Notes:

Instagram.com/Weezer

Songs:

Weezer(The Green Album)- Hash Pipe

Make Beleive- Peace

Weezer(The Blue Album)- Only in Dreams

Show Notes

Follow Mike on social media:

Facebook.com/mikecosgrove

Instagram.com/fillycozzy

The songs I played on the episode in order of appearance.

1. S.S Recognize/ truANT/Alien Ant Farm

2. Sticks and Stones/ANThology/Alien Ant Farm

3. Calico/ANThology/Alien Ant Farm

4. Summer/ANThology/ Alien Ant Farm

5. These Days/truANT/Alien Ant Farm

6. Goodbye/truANT/Alien Ant Farm

7. Rubber Mallet/truANT/Alien Ant Farm

If you want to see Mike do his thing live there are a couple youtube videos that I would recommend

"Alien Ant Farm Big Day Out 2002"

"Alien Ant Farm live in Germany 2002"

Show Notes: Wearescientists.com Instagram.com/wearescientists Instagram.com/tappermichael andyburrows.co.uk instagram.com/andyburrows Check out new music by Andy here: Andyburrows.lnk.to/RTSAIN There's a cool video of Keith playing in studio with his other project "Power Mystery" at KeithCarne.com Instagram.com/kcarneage Also, check out this awesome article written by Keith about Grateful Dead drummer Billy Kreutzman. It's not the full article because it's not free but a nice chunk of it and worth a read. https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moderndrummer.com%2Farticle%2Fapril-2018-grateful-deads-europe-72%2F&e=ATNODwdMa99tnYFWhkaTvYI2Fot7HkBSjCopiM2WW-rjaoWwB2bl9lrOHPcY6m3FuUO9lHqdxMqdjmw-CJRLj8GP

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Intro/Outro music by Dead Reverend

Show Notes: Check out Fredriks band@ the-sounds.com instagram.com/thesoundsband and twitter.com/thesounds Check out all their albums. The one that hooked me was "Living in America" https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/living-in-america/1308465065 as well as all of their tunes :)

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Music by: Dead Reverend