NYC-based touring and session drummer/producer Gunnar Olsen shares stories about his first snare drums and recreating programmed parts live with Puscifer.

LA session drummer Blair Sinta shares insights into how he selects and chooses drums and snares, and he shares the stories on his first few snare drums.

Sugar Percussion's Jefferson Shallenberger shares his philosophies on drum building, as well as some history on his earliest custom drums. Host Mike Dawson also demos two Sugar Percussion snares: a 6x14 yellow Alaskan cedar and a 5x14 painted poplar.

Wilco's Glenn Kotche shares insight into composing music for drumset, how/when he adds gear to his collection, and some cool stories about his first snare drums.

In this episode, Death Cab for Cutie's Jason McGerr shares insights into selecting gear for recordings and touring and his first few snare drums.

Modern jazz great/composer/bandleader Antonio Sanchez discusses his approach to film scoring and shares his thoughts on drum sounds and his earliest experiences with gear.

In this episode, modern drumming great Mark Guiliana shares stories on how he gets his ideal snare drum sound for different gigs and chats a bit about maintaining his creative process during COVID19. We also demonstrate the third upgrade to our cheap steel snare, this time incorporating an internal muffler and wide 42-strand wires.

Host of the "Big Fat Five" podcast and Eve 6 drummer Ben Hilzinger shares his favorite snare sound, the unfortunate fate of his first professional snare, and what he would do to upgrade a cheap entry-level snare drum to make it gig-ready. We also implement and demonstrate some of Episode 2 guest Mike Johnston's ideas for upgrading the same drum.

Top online drum educator Mike Johnston discusses pivoting his business during COVID19, his first snare drums, and gives some great suggestions for upgrading an old entry-level steel drum.

In this debut episode of "Drum Candy," host Mike Dawson sits down with Lion King drummer Carter McLean to discuss how he's kept creative and productive during COVID19, getting back to playing shows, his first snare drum, how he tunes, and how chooses drums for his collection. Dawson also gets Carter's suggestions for how to trick out an old entry-level steel snare.