Dumb and Drummer: Recent Episodes
Jeff Gonzalez & Bret Ryan
See drumming from different perspectives and approaches, and listen to conversations with real, successful drummers.
Got to sit down with Justin from Nebe Drum Co to talk about his business primarily building custom snare drums!
Had the pleasure of chatting with Matt about his drumming book, gear, time at Berklee, and more!
Had the pleasure of sitting down with Damani to discuss his journey in creating the Drumtrax app, a fantastic resource for acquiring playalong-drumless tracks. We also discuss his current projects, goals, and just chatting about drums.
Had the pleasure of chatting with Linda about her experience as a musician, and then we naturally transitioned into much deeper topics like representation, equality, and awareness.
In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Wes Watkins about current projects, endorsements, representation, and more.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Jonathan to discuss subdivsions, gigging in Winston-Salem, gear, and so much more.
In this episode we sit down with Corey Richardson from Soundslice to talk about music notation software, benefits and features, and practical applications of this great web-based software.
Jon Cowell joins us to talk about his company Revolution Drum! From the amazing Firefly drum key, to Tru Tones and lug locks, working on practice pads and the amazing drummers in the RD family, we had a great convo.
On this episode I got to sit down with Eric Carraway, founder of percuss.io! This is a wonderful page that shares content from numerous types of percussionists from all over the world. We got to discuss his inspirations, process, projects, and more!
Super pumped to have Jay come on and chat! Listen to us talk about touring and rehearsing with his band, live streaming drums on Twitch, and keeping his chops blazing during quarantine.
In this weeks episode we talk to Stu Fagan (@beyondthebeat17) about the ups and downs of running a successful instagram page, how his page came to be, and him switching over to Meinl cymbals.
Check out this week's episode with Viki, our first female guest! We talk about her experiences going to Berkeley, playing in a successful band, gear, practice routine, and more!
In Episode 7 we Talk to Hunter Curry from Meinl about cymbals and working for the company!
Check out this episode with the legendary Joe Arrington from a laundry list of groups: Royal Coda, A Lot Like Birds, Sianvar, Kurt Travis, and so many more! We talk about his approach to playing, education, touring, and how he got the success he has now.
Check out our convo with Josh Lewis from The Bombpops and Murderland! We talk about touring, gear, weed, and more.
Our guest Eric Somers-Urrea is a very accomplished drummer and educator. Listen to him discuss touring with his band Marina City, gear, influences, and more.
Follow Eric: www.instagram.com/ericsurrea
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We had the privilege of sitting down with the one and only Timbo From Keno to discuss his library of drum loops, mixing tips, people that have inspired him along the way, exotic dancing, and more! (timestamps below)
Follow Timbo here: www.instagram.com/timbofromkeno
Purchase and download his drumless tracks here
https://slouxrecordingco.bandcamp.com/
Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dumbanddrummerpod
On episode 2 of Dumb and Drummer we have Zed Amarin who is the head artist rep for Axis Percussion in Carson CA. We talk about business during a pandemic And new stuff coming from Axis!
website:www.axispercussion.com Instagram: @axispercussionofficial @zedamarin
Welcome to the very first Dumb and Drummer podcast! We appreciate you checking this out.