Drummer's Resource

In this podcast I chat with my buddy Mike Meadows, who is best known for his work with Ben Kweller, Hayes Carll, and John Fullbright and others. Mike is also the inventor of the Black Swan drum and the co-owner of Swan Percussion. While Meadows is often extremely busy, he is used to it being […]

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It's no surprise that if you want to make a career in the music business it would serve you best to move to one of the top 4 United States music cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Nashville, or Austin or London of you're thinking about Europe. There are many things to think about […]

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In this podcast I talk to the legendary Pete Lockett who is considered one of the best percussionists in the world and has played with A-list acts like Peter Gabriel, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant and a slew of others. Additionally Pete has also worked extensively in the film industry. Pete arranged and recorded all the ethnic […]

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In this podcast I talk about one of the biggest reason why people don't succeed and that is because of fear of failure. Fear of failure can be debilitating and crippling at times and causes people to second-guess themselves , stall, and most of the time, not take action toward their goals. The biggest part […]

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in this podcast I interviewed the great Dom Famularo who is one of the most well-rspected drummers in the world. Dom Famularo is a global ambassador for drumming and has has presented masterclasses and clinics around the globe in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Israel, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, […]

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Over the course of my career of teaching, playing, touring and studying, one of the most common things that I hear from musicians is the issue of not getting better. More times than not people are too hard on themselves and are progressing, but much slower than they wish. Additionally, it's hard for most people […]

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In this podcast I talk about the most important part of music that is often overlooked buy drummers of all ages and skill level: Melody. Playing melodically is one of the hardest things to do on the drums because of the lack of pitches and note sustain needed to play the drums. Often times, drummers […]

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In this podcast I talked to the one and only Colin Bailey who is best known for his work as a prolific jazz drummer. Colin Bailey has done over 100 jazz albums, T.V. shows, and toured world wide with the likes of Benny Goodman and Joe Pass. Colin is still playing Jazz gigs and doing Master […]

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In this podcast I had the pleasure of chatting with Johnny Vidacovich who is a contemporary jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Playing since the early 1970s with the quartet Astral Project (which includes James Singleton, Tony Dagradi and Steve Masakowski), he has become widely renowned as a prominent and sought after New Orleans musician as well as contributing to […]

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In this podcast I head the pleasure of of interviewing Brian Nevin from Big Head Todd and the Monsters. This interview was really special for me since I've been listening to BHTM for years. Listen in as Brian talks about everything form the formation of the band and the success that they've had to his […]

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