Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 51 with Phil Woods. Phil is an experienced professional in the musical instruments industry and currently works as artist relations for Remo Drumheads and Stagg cymbals in the UK for the largest independent music distributor, EMD Music. In this episode, we chat about Phil's history in the industry leading towards his current role today which includes talking to endorsed artists, customer services and sales for multiple musical instrument brands. We also touched on what it's like ..read more

Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 50 with former Slipknot percussionist, Chris Fehn, #3. Please share this with any fans of Slipknot. I am truly honoured to have had this opportunity because this is Chris' very first interview since his departure from the band in 2019. He has been a part of the metal industry for over two decades and has contributed significantly to the success and evolution of Slipknot with his incredible live performances and distinctive Pinoccio inspired mask. In this episode, we chat about h ..read more

Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 49 with welsh BBC TV and Radio presenter and 'drumming weatherman', Owain Wyn Evans. In this episode, Owain talks about his upbringing in Ammanford in south Wales and past music projects, his 'coming out' story and why he felt like he had to hide his sexuality when starting work in TV, his wild journey as a TV journalist and weather presenter to his current role as DJ on the most listened to radio station in Europe, BBC Radio 2. We also talked about drums a lot, including how O ..read more

Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 48 with Danko Jones drummer, Rich Knox. In this episode, Rich has some great tips on how to improve the health of your body and mind, especially for touring musicians. He has recently started up a program and app called FitDrummers which offers an 8 week one-one-one coaching program with the goal being to achieve optimal health for a drummer. Find out more at - https://www.performershealth.com/ We also chatted about his time being the seventh drummer in Danko Jones and his rece ..read more

Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 45 with Johnny Dee who is been drummer for German heavy metal Queen Doro for 30 years, and has been newly recruited as Tyketto's drummer and occasionally performs with his late 80's glam metal band Britny Fox. In this episode, Johnny and I chat about his career history including the aforementioned projects plus a short period playing drums with Pete Way and Paul Chapman in Waysted and more. He describes some of his career highlights including touring with Doro supporting Motorhe ..read more

Thanks for checking out episode 44 with Martin Potts who works for the distributor KORG UK in a role as UK Artist Relations for Paiste, Vic Firth & Mapex drums but also has control of the marketing for Mapex in the UK. In this episode, Martin and I chat about his history of playing drums which included him reaching grade 8 at a young age, but sadly due to problems with arthritis couldn't persue much in his playing career. So we naturally discussed his journey of working within the musical instruments industry and how he started working in a drum shop and has worked his way up in the world ..read more

Thanks for checking out episode 43 of Drum For The Song podcast featuring Cardinal Black groove machine Adam Roberts. In this episode, Adam and I have a long in-depth chat about his relationship with the drums strongly influenced by his father who is also a drummer plus the complicated history of his band Cardinal Black featuring 'best new guitarist in the world' Chris Buck, super smoothe soulful vocalist Tom Hollister and funky bassist Sam Williams and explains why the band say that they the "the oldest new band in the world" and how they were discovered by managed by ex-Guns N' Roses manage ..read more

Become a Patron of this show at http://www.patreon.com/drumforthesong Thanks for checking out episode 39 of Drum For The Song podcast featuring educator, clinician, public speaker and podcaster Mike Johnston! In this episode, Mike and I have a great chat about his current drumming career which consists of running his drum education website mikeslessons.com, creating content for social media and his YouTube channel, hosting drum camps, playing drum clinics and festivals all over the world and co-hosting his amazing podcast with Busted drummer Eddy Thrower called 'Drum With Mike And Eddy.' Mik ..read more

Thanks for checking out episode 42 of Drum For The Song podcast featuring the insanely talented Anika Nilles who has taken the drum community by storm over the past decade after being 'discovered' on YouTube, within a few years being the cover artist for Modern Drummer Magazine and most recently touring as the drummer for none other than the guitar legend himself, Jeff Beck! In this episode, Anika and I have a great chat about her history with the drums and how she was encouraged to play by her parents at 6 years old and how she got the recent gig with Jeff Beck and what it was like touring w ..read more

Thanks for checking out episode 41 of Drum For The Song podcast featuring the stupidly talented Darby Todd who likes to refer to himself as a freelance drummer and has been recently sitting behind the kit for Devin Townsend and Martin Barre (ex- Jethro Tull). In this episode, Darby and I have a good chat about his recent experiences on the road with Devin Townsend and how he landed the job in the first place. We also talk about how to prepare for an audition and why transcribing all of the parts can be a useful tool for memorization. We also talk about Darby's drum equipment including his Zil ..read more