Drummers on Drumming

The Drum Panel: Taste Is Fake, but My Feelings Are Real


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In this episode, The Drum Panel returns with ME (Ben Hilzinger), alongside my co-host Eric Urrea (Marina City), Max Flanders (Lukas Nelson), and Dean Sinclair (Capital Soirée, Worry Club, Ostin) for a roundtable on the ever-fragile topic of taste.

Today we discuss:

  • How to handle unsolicited feedback without spiraling into existential dread
  • The delicate balance between self-expression and being hireable
  • Whether “good taste” is something you're born with—or can develop
  • That awkward moment when a producer tells you to “play something you’re already playing”
  • Learning to interpret non-drummer feedback without losing your mind
  • The anxiety of showing people your work… and how to move past it
  • Whether your teenage influences are a crutch… or your secret weapon
  • Developing your own voice in a world full of technically perfect drummers—and incoming AI
  • Overcoming “red light syndrome” in the studio and learning to groove under pressure
  • This one is for anyone who's ever questioned their taste, their technique, or their place in the industry. It’s funny, raw, and packed with perspective.

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