The 180 Drums Podcast

Eric Boudreault is the touring drummer for Odysseo - Cavalia, where he frequently plays shows that extend beyond 2 hours in duration. Hailing from Montreal, now living in Los Angeles, Eric shares advice on how he began playing drums. By diving into his school experience, Eric helps us uncover the value in our local education, as well as the value in eating healthy on tour and developing skills in odd time signatures. This is a fun interview with Eric that covers a wide range of topics sure to help drummers in the working world seeking advice on landing session work, challenging their skills and working closely with producers. As always, leave a review on iTunes if you're enjoying the show!

Evan Ambrosio has been touring internationally, playing hundreds of shows per year with State Champs. State Champs won Best Breakthrough Band at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards. What you will learn from this episode are the highlights Of Warped Tour, Dealing With Nervousness, How To Approach Musicians You Look Up To and What To Do With Your Mistakes.

Mark Stepro is a Los Angeles-based musician originally from Ohio. He has performed on every continent except Antarctica and has appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, and Carson Daly. Since 2010, Stepro has been touring and recording with singer-songwriter-producer Butch Walker, performing not only on Walker's own records and tours but also playing on records produced by Walker (Train, Keith Urban, Gavin Degraw, The Wind And The Wave, Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem, etc.). Stepro appears on Walker's most recent release, "Stay Gold" (Dangerbird Records) and recently completed a six-week tour with Butch and the rest of the band.

Stepro also performs with singer Mary McBride under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State as a Cultural Ambassador, presenting American music overseas. The group has logged performances in twenty-three countries such as Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Indonesia, appearing in schools, hospitals, prisons, women's shelters, orphanages, and places of worship. He has also performed or recorded with Panic! At The Disco, Hayes Carll, Ben Kweller, Jackson Browne, Courtney Love, Corb Lund, Sara and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek, Morgan Kibby of M83, Sara Bareilles, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers, Mike Viola, Joe Pug, Robert Ellis, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Adam Levy, and Tim Easton. A passionate student, he has studied with teachers Ed Soph, Steve Houghton and Glenn Kotche of Wilco. Stepro lives in Atwater Village, Los Angeles with his television writer wife and their one-year-old son William. He enjoys cooking, running and reading.

Rich Redmond is an award-winning recording and touring drummer based in Nashville and Los Angeles. As an in-demand artist, Rich has recorded/toured/performed with: Jason Aldean, Ludacris, Kelly Clarkson, Bryan Adams, Bob Seger, Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Chris Cornell, Kelsea Ballerini and many others. When he's not in the studio or on tour, Rich is motivating others with his CRASH Course For Success program, writing songs, producing records, authoring books, and even acting.

What You'll Learn From This Episode

• Non-musical skills that will benefit your music career

• How branding yourself is can set you apart

• How to build mutually beneficial relationships

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In this episode, we sit down with Connor J. Denis, drummer of Beartooth, who shares how we can learn to develop our own sound at the drumset. Connor also shares his influences and how he landed the gig with Beartooth. Aaron Gillespie, Ilan Rubin and many others are discussed.

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Steven Wolf (also known simply as Wolf) has a distinctive skill-set with such versatility that he's become the go-to rhythmic solution for a long list of the world's top recording artists and producers. His virtuoso drumming and world class drum programming can be heard on records by Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Beyonce and Aretha Franklin, to name only a few. In addition to drumming and programming, he's also an accomplished producer, songwriter, and remixer.

Carter McLean is one remarkable guy. Forget the fact that Carter is an exceptional drummer for one second to consider how he has been able to juggle professionally photography, competitive Rock climbing, and Skiing during different phases of his life's journey. Today Carter plays drums full-time, working with an array of exceptional artists while also holding down drums for NYC's Lion King on Broadway. Carter McLean shares not only how he started, but the philosophy behind developing skills and being led by your inspiration. Our team at 180 is impressed by not only Carter's resume, but his down-to-earth attitude and desire to help others learn while following what fuels him at whatever stage of life he's at.

In this Episode Caleb Crosby, drummer & member of Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown gives us the scoop on his experience touring Europe opening for ACDC, being a member of a full-time rock and roll band, meeting Tyler Bryant, and why he and the Shakedown avoid using a click/metronome for their live performances. It's an action-packed episode with some amazing stories, including how the rhythm section of the Shakedown got called to play for Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave) in-front of one of the biggest crowds of their career.

Randy Cooke is a Canadian born-LA based session drummer who's backed up Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Kelly Clarkson, Smashmouth, Hilary Duff, and more. In this episode, Randy Cooke is sharing on the non-monetary details he considers before taking a gig, how important it is to navigate different personalities as a session drummer and how he handles nervousness. "I always want people to know that it's not a financially motivating decision." - Randy Cooke