Episodes
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In this episode we cover so much good stuff, including...
> Heather's life on the drums
> How she learnt (and continues to learn!)
> What's important if you want to be a gigging drummer
> What scares her
> How she's developed her skills in songwriting and singing
> The process of practicing and improving on the drums
> How to keep track of everything you're working on
> Drumming as meditation
…and more! 🤘
Links for this episode:
> Heather’s website: https://heatherthomasmusic.com
> More Percussion Discussions on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChoBDFL5_bDY12lf9mclNuA
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In this episode of David's Percussion Discussion, David talks with Drumeo's Kyle Radomsky about...
- Taking the leap from managing a music store to join Drumeo
- The challenges that came with the move and how Kyle overcame them.
- What led Kyle into music.
- What led to him joining the band Farmers Daughter at 18, and his experiences playing festivals and touring.
- How and why he left Farmers Daughter just a year later.
- Drumming for a burlesque act (and needing to learn 140 songs in a couple of weeks).
- Drumming with a dance band in Dubai and Taiwan before it "imploded in spectacular fashion".
- Putting together his own group, gigging in The Philippines, Indonesia, and Jakarta.
- Getting married and why he then cancelled the honeymoon!
- What Kyle's learnt from needing to consider the needs of thousands of drummers worldwide in his role at Drumeo.
- How it doesn't matter WHY you want to play the drums.
- How the Drumeo team develops ideas and decides what content to produce.
- How people consume education today.
- An insight into producing the 'History of Electronic Drums' documentary due to release later this year, and which features a new kit that isn't on the market yet.
- How the Drumeo Method series of educational drumming content was developed, and how it might evolve in future.
- How Kyle sees the future of drumming.
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Missing episodes?
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In this ultimate David’s Percussion Discussion – with TWO Davids – we talk about:
How Dave got started drumming
The ups and downs of creating Drumeo over the last 15 years — from the small team who built FreeDrumLessons in 2008 to the 40+ staff at Drumeo today
Dave's thoughts on becoming a better drummer and finding the motivation to practice
The most surprising thing Dave's learnt from working with hundreds of other drummers
How learning other instruments has contributed to the lessons Drumeo puts out
The fun of playing drums live and the importance of training your ears as a drummer and musician
And some of the drummers Dave really wants to get out to Drumeo in future 😉
Watch the video version of this episode on the YouTube channel.
Links for this episode:
Drumeo 7-day trial: drumeo.com/trial
Follow David's Percussion Discussion on Youtube + Instagram + Facebook for more interviews, videos and drumming inspiration.
Thanks for listening, and have a great day!
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David sits down for an insightful and motivating percussion discussion with his good friend Martijn Vaassen.
(you can watch the video for this episode on YouTube here)
We talk about...
- the life lessons you can get from playing in a band
- the role you can play as a drummer during the writing process
- finding your creativity as a beginner and daring to experiment
- why Martijn started drumming
- why he took a break and barely played for ten years
- and what motivated him to get behind the drum kit again
Links for this episode:
Martijn Vaassen: YouTube
Martijn’s business: Parallel Sound
Days of the Soyuz: YouTube + Facebook
Follow David's Percussion Discussion on Youtube + Instagram + Facebook for more interviews, videos and drumming inspiration.
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Watch the video for this episode on YouTube here.
David sits down for a chat with German drummer, and good friend, Dany Meyer. Grab a drink, settle down and listen in as we learn about...
What inspired Dany to start drumming.
How he learnt as a self-taught drummer: playing with a band; and overhearing his drum kit-playing neighbour, who also introduced him to Tower of Power and funk drumming.
How Dany's musical background helped him get started on drum kit.
What motivated him to learn independence and rudiments.
How being a musician wasn't an option as far as Dany's parents were concerned, which was OK!
Dany's experience learning from other drummers, including Claus Hessler, Jim Chapin and Sanford Moeller.
How to use social media to share your drumming and motivate yourself.
How and why Dany started teaching others.
How Dany began writing songs for his band.
The importance of your drumming serving the music, rather than yourself.
The power of recording yourself and listening or watching it back, to improve your playing.
What Dany is working on to improve his drumming today.
Links for this episode
David's Percussion Discussion: Youtube+ Instagram+ Facebook
Dany Meyer: Website+ Youtube+ Instagram+ Facebook
Green Day: Basket Case (single)
Tower of Power: 40th Anniversary (album)
Claus Hessler: Full lesson on Drumeo – Collapsed Rudiments and Applications
Jim Chapin: Wikipedia
Sanford Moeller: Wikipedia
