Drum Talk

Daniel Glass is an award-winning drummer, author, historian and educator. He is widely recognized as one of today's foremost authorities on classic American drumming. A member of the pioneering swing group Royal Crown Revue since 1994, Daniel has recorded and performed all over the world with many top artists, including Brian Setzer, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli and KISS frontman Gene Simmons For the past two years, he has been voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine. read more

In this podcast I talk to Steve Smith about his new book "Roots of Rock Drumming" (Hudson Music), practice concepts, rhythmic singing (konnakol), drum art and more. Over the past 35 years Steve has toured and recorded with some of the biggest names in jazz and rock - appearing on recordings that have sold over 100 million copies worldwide - including Journey, Bryan Adams, Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Zucchero and Jean-Luc Ponty. read more

Mover has recorded and toured with artists ranging from Joe Satriani and Alice Cooper to Aretha Franklin.  He also owned and ran a major studio in New York for many years and now owns and edits the best drum magazine out there - www.drumheadmag.com In this podcast episode he shares how it all came about.  It's a long one but a good one, so grab yourself a coffee and enjoy! Find out more about Mover at www.jonathanmover.comread more

In this interview I ask Ed how he came up with the idea for the Thumb Thang and what is involved in bringing a product to market. If you'd like to get your own Thumb Thang (and who wouldn't?) then head to the Kickstarter project and make your pledge here. You can find out more about the Thumb Thang at www.thumbthang.com.read more

Dan is a great drummer in a great band. In this interview I ask him how he ended up recording an album in LA, getting a cool music video made, and writing catchy songs. If you enjoy the songs in the podcast you can buy Desolate on iTunes here and you can download Adrenalin for free here.read more

Lee and I grew up pretty close to each other and have played in a lot of the same bands. In this podcast I talk to him about how he got started and his progression towards teaching drums. You'll find out more about Lee on his website www.leedaviesdrums.co.uk If you enjoy the interview you can thank Lee by clicking here to tweetread more

In this podcast Joe and Jeff talk about bass drum technique and practice routines. This is part of a series of shorter podcasts where we discuss various aspects of drumming. If you're on Twitter you can CLICK HERE to let us know you like it... Please leave a review on iTunes if you use it.   -----read more

In this podcast Joe and Jeff talk about reading music.  How good do you need to be and what kind of gigs require reading these days? This is intended to be the first in a series of shorter podcasts where we discuss various aspects of drumming. If you're on Twitter you can CLICK HERE to let us know you like it... Please leave a review on iTunes if you use it.  read more

Dil Davies is half of Porter and Davies (porteranddavies.co.uk) the company behind the incredible BC2 and Gigster drum thrones. I bought one of these shortly after Gavin Harrison gave it a rave review.  I tried it out for 20 minutes and bought it then and there.  It's the best purchase I've made in the last 10 years. In this interview I talk to Dil about his drumming career and how the idea for the BC2 was born.read more

Nick D'Virgilio is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist musician, often referred to as NDV, best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He was also one of two drummers chosen to replace Phil Collins in Genesis on the Calling All Stations album.read more

Stuart Elliott has been a recording and gigging drummer for 40 years. Starting his career with Steve Harly and Cockney Rebel he went on to play with Kate Bush, Al Stewart and The Alan Parsons Project among others. In this interview we talk about his career to date, how studio recording has changed in the last 4 decades and how he approaches studio sessions. You can find out more about Stuart at: Myspace.com/stuartelliottdrumsread more

In this interview Jack talks about his band Mama's Gun, how he ended up on a session for Beyoncé, the benefits of doing function gigs, and what it takes to be a session musician. You can check out Mama's Gun at www.mamasgun.co.uk And you'll find Jack on Facebook, and Twitter (@jack_pollitt)read more

Jeff Bowders is an L.A. based drummer.  His credits include Paul Gilbert and Puddle of Mudd to name just a couple.  He teaches at Musicians' Institute and has 3 drum books to his name : Double Bass Drumming (UK version, US version), read more

Felix Lehrmann is a monster drummer from Berlin. After getting his first drum kit at the age of 4 playing drums is all he wanted to do. After being a first call session guy in Germany for many years he recently finished his first solo album (Rimjob) and joined Prog Rock group The Flower Kings. Check out the records he mentions in the podcast... Rivo Drei - Yeah! Jawohl! Und überhauptread more

Matt McDonough was touring the world at age 20.  When he returned to London in 2004 he had to build up enough work to sustain him as a musician. In this Drum Talk Interview he talks about touring, session work and playing in London's West End. You can follow Matt on Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/MattMcDonoughdrums Twitter: @Mattmcd_drumsread more

For more than 25 years, Dave Weckl has developed and maintained a reputation among fans, peers, and the international music community as one of the great living drummers. For this, he has received numerous accolades and honors; Modern Drummer inducted Dave into their Hall of Fame and named him "one of the 25 best drummers of all time."read more

In this Drum Interview Podcast I talk with Roman Roth about his move to London and landing the gig with Mick Hucknall. He also talks about his leather drums (really!), and how he likes to practice. You can find out more about Roman at www.romanroth.com Click here to thank Roman for doing this interview

In this Drum Interview Podcast I talk with Paul Walsham about how he ended up playing with Hurts.   Hear how he ended up playing on the Jonathan Ross show with Elvis Costello, what it was like playing with Barclay James Harvest and what it's like playing with a band that has a number 1 hit in Germany. He talks about how he incorporates electronics into his set up (some songs have 4 different bass drum sounds), how things went wrong at Glastonbury, and the most important lesson for drummers... read more

Lucas Ives is a drummer and software developer based in San Francisco.  He's also a long term drum tech for Dave Weckl.     In this interview he shares how he ended up studying with and teching for Dave and things he learned hanging out with some of the world's best musicians.   read more

 Darby Todd is a London based drummer who has played with The Darkness, Gary Moore and was a founding member of Hot Leg.  He also played in the West End version of The Lion King. He gigs and records regularly as well as teaching privately. In this interview he shares his story and tells how he landed all these great gigs. You can find out more about Darby at www.darbytodd.comread more