Welcome into Episode #31 of The Up & Coming Drummer Podcast! Today on the show, I'm chatting with Drummer and Educator, Sean Lang!

The first time I saw Sean Lang, was back in the early days of Drumeo when it was still called, "Free Drum Lessons". Fast forward to present day, and now I talk to Sean on a pretty regular basis. This podcast and social media as a whole have been able to connect me with so many drummers. It's unbelievable! So I was very excited to finally sit down for an hour and chat with Sean about his career.

Although many of you may know Sean Lang from his appearances on Drumeo, the bands he has played with, or from his Drumless Practice Loops website, I wanted to have him start from the beginning so listeners could get to know a bit about him. Sean tells us about where he is from, growing up in a creative family, and how he fell in love with music. We get a look into what bands influenced Sean, his favorite drummers, and discuss the education he had on the drums as he was learning.

When Sean graduated from High School, he joined his first Progressive Metal Band "First Reign". This band continued on for 10 years. They recorded several albums and gave Sean his first taste of being a touring musician. Sean tells us a bit about those formative years. We talk about how this shaped him into the professional musician he is today. What happened next was something nobody would expect.

It was during this time he had first hooked up with Jared and Dave from what is now Drumeo. Obviously, most drummers are familiar with the online drum lesson site, so I wanted to dig deep into this subject to hear about how it all got started. Jared and Dave had been running a website called "FreeDrumLessons.com" and needed a drummer who could teach Metal and double bass. In comes Sean. We talk about the first studio they had, and also about Seans DVD that was recorded there called "Bass Drum Secrets". It was really cool hearing about the early days of Drumeo. He tells about his relationship with the guys these days, and what his thoughts are on "Online Drum Lessons" altogether.

To change gears a bit, I wanted to talk to Sean about the bands he has been playing with more recently. Sean had sent me a list prior to our interview of some of these bands. Some things had changed between the time he sent it, and our the interview, so he gave us an update on bands such as Arcnaut, Seven Year Storm, The Great Filter, and Byrd Dawg. He broke down for us what each band was like in regards to style. We discussed any albums, tours and the whole nine!

I wanted to take a quick minute to talk with Sean about his brand new business. His newest venture is with the company "Mindful Marketing". I really think that being a professional musician and good at marketing go hand in hand. Sean tells us a bit about the company, and how he has used his marketing skills to help people from all over.

The topic that I was most excited to talk with Sean about was his Drumless Practice Loops website. He has changed my life as a drummer on social media. It became very boring for me to do covers of popular songs. When I stumbled upon his loops, it was like having a killer band in my studio at the click of a button. There are alot of drumless tracks channels and sites out there, but there is just something different about his tracks. So I asked Sean about what made him decide to get into creating these tracks. Sean tells us how he is able to create all the parts through midi controllers. His site offers many different genres of music with and without click tracks. You can check out free samples of the songs on his Youtube channel, or purchase the full track from his website.

Before we wrap it up, we talk briefly about some of the gear that Sean plays including Mapex Drums and Los Cabos Drumsticks. And we talk a bit about social media and what role it has pla...