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My guest is returning champion Bill Gibson - drummer and a founding member of Huey Lewis and The News! Bill and I do a deep dive into his masterful drumming on several of Huey Lewis and The News' iconic songs "Do You Believe In Love" "Walking On A Thin Line" "The Power Of Love" "Bobo Tempo" "Perfect World" "Trouble In Paradise" and much more! So come along for the ride, and please subscribe! 

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

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Happy New Year! An impromptu, freewheeling and fun episode where I discuss and demonstrate my Craviotto drums and current cymbal set up. I also discuss microphones and answer questions from the live audience. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Tune in Mon Jan 6th at 2:30pm ET for Bill Gibson of Huey Lewis and the News! 

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

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My guest is legendary, groundbreaking drummer, Tim Alexander! In this episode Tim talks about his concept for creating drum parts and his iconic grooves for iconic PRIMUS songs, "Eleven" "My Name Is Mud" and "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver." Tim's future plans since announcing he's leaving PRIMUS in October of 2024, including his online drum school, "Stick Academy," his t-shirt company, art and abstract paintings at Gefen Gallery in San Francisco, and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Stick Academy: https://www.stickacademy.com/
HERB's TEES: https://herbstees.com/
Gefen Gallery: (415) 323- 4080 Email: [email protected]
Tim Alexander Instagram: @timalexander65
Tim Alexander Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.alexander.9235 

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

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My guest is drummer and multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and author, Ilan Rubin. In this episode we talk about Ilan's incredible career including being the youngest musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Nine Inch Nails, performing at Woodstock '99 at age 10, winning Modern Drummer's Best Undiscovered Drummer Award in 2001 and performing at the Modern Drummer Festival at age 12. We do a deep dive into Ilan's solo track "24HR Fix" and much more! 

We also discuss his new drum book, "Start Somewhere To Go Somewhere" available through Hudson Music. https://hudsonmusic.com/product/start-somewhere-to-go-somewhere/?wcacra=7170590 So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

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A special episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Rolling Stones 1974 masterpiece, "It's Only Rock 'n Roll." I do a track by track deep dive into this often overlooked Stones classic. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Check out TrackTalk With Kenney Jones! https://youtu.be/nTB67_pp5tk?si=3LBDJARo1Lej4p58 and Live From My Drum Room With Kenney Jones! https://youtu.be/XmjdFIWdrrM?si=HXNnKjXtvdzBsEsr 

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor! 

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My guest is legendary drummer, composer, producer and occasional house guest, Rick Marotta! A spontaneous LFMDR and TrackTalk episode where Rick and I do a deep dive into some of his iconic recordings including, Jackson Browne's "Boulevard," Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and Jim Croce's "I Got a Name." Rick gives us insights into these iconic songs as only Rick Marotta can, so come along for the ride and please subscribe to my YouTube channel! 

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor! 

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My guest is original drummer/co-founding member of "Chicago" and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, the legendary Danny Seraphine! In this episode, Danny and I do a deep dive into several of Chicago's classic hit songs, breaking down his drum parts with Danny giving insights into how the songs were created and recorded. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Visit Danny's website: https://www.dannyseraphine.com.  
Chicago performing "I'm A Man" at Tanglewood 1970: https://youtu.be/DPZUgfOqAdg?si=RjpO2-yfnpYJ2TXf

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

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My guest is legendary drummer and composer, Manu Katche! In this episode, Manu and I discuss his long and prolific career including a deep dive into several of his iconic recordings with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Robbie Robertson, Dire Straits and his solo work. So come along for the ride for an episode that is sure to inspire you and have you dancing in your seat! Thanks for watching and listening, and please subscribe! 

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

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My guest is Mark Powers, Drumset Committee Chair for PAS (Percussive Artist Society). Mark takes us through this year's PASIC (Percussive Artist Society International Convention) Nov 13-16, 2024 in Indianapolis, IN. For almost 50 years, PASIC has been at the forefront, as the largest drum and percussion event in the world, with clinics, master classes, concerts, panel discussions and more! I'm proud to offer a Live From My Drum Room! PAS Scholarship, which allows a recipient to attend PASIC every year. 

Oct 31st is the last day for online registration, but you can register onsite. For more on PAS and PASIC, visit https://pas.org/pasic/

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor! 

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I'm joined by Grammy Award winning, legendary drummer, author and educator, Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Extreme, Steve Vai) and Ryan Smith, Artist Relations Manager at Shure Microphones. We do a deep dive into drum mics and mic'ing technique, with Mike giving us a run down of his microphones for touring and recording. We play video and audio clips of Mike playing parts from his solo record, "Invisible Signs" to demonstrate the organic drum sound he achieved through proper mic selection and placement. Ryan gave expert advice on how to effectively mic drums with a limited budget. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 

Read Mike's full bio on his website! https://mikemangini.com/ 
Buy Mike's solo record "Invisible Signs"! https://linktr.ee/mikemanginiofficial

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: [email protected]. Thank you to everyone who's bought a shirt to help support this endeavor!

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