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Drum Candy episodes
- Nir Z on "My First Snare Drum"
In this episode, top session drummer Nir Z discusses snare selection, drumhead choices, dampening tricks, recording with drum machines, and more. Plus he reminiscences about his first childhood snare drums.
1 hr 13 min - Matt Chamberlain on "My First Snare Drum"
Top touring and session drummer Matt Chamberlain shares thoughts on gear selection, approaching music in the studio, and his first snare drum.
1 hr 20 min - Gunnar Olsen on "My First Snare Drum"
NYC-based touring and session drummer/producer Gunnar Olsen shares stories about his first snare drums and recreating programmed parts live with Puscifer.
1 hr 8 min - Blair Sinta on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
1 hr 7 min - Sugar Percussion's Jefferson Shallenberger on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
1 hr 3 min - Wilco's Glenn Kotche on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
56 min - Death Cab for Cutie's Jason McGerr on "My First Snare Drum" and More
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.
1 hr 14 min - Antonio Sanchez on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
48 min - Mark Guiliana on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
1 hr - Ben Hilzinger of Eve 6 and Big Fat Five on "My First Snare Drum"
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.
48 min
About Drum Candy
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Hosted by Drum Factory Direct chief creative officer Mike Dawson, Drum Candy is the definitive podcast for gear-obsessed drummers with an insatiable hunger for non-stop shop talk. Each episode will…
include product demos and interviews with the world's top drummers, builders, producers, and product designers. Shell types, bearing edges, snare wires, hoop shootouts, tuning, muffling... every component of the drumset and drum sounds gets dissected, discussed, tested, and reviewed here on Drum Candy.