Drum and Drummer

We’re back with more chat about our trip to the UK Drum Show in Liverpool. With heads sore and a big breakfast in our bellies we headed to the ACC. After quickly realising drum exhibitions are quite …

Greetings! We’ve just been to the UK Drum Show in Liverpool and we’re gonna talk about it… well we’re gonna talk about the day before. After a long drive that took pretty much all day we popped out f…

Hello! As we gear up for a trip to the UK Drum Show we’re chatting about Ben’s 20 year uni reunion in London, George popping out for a roast and returning home after 1am and a man pissing himself in …

This week we are joined by the amazing Camille Phillips! Camille is the drummer for The Subways and she very kindly agreed to chat to us before heading out on a co-headline UK and European tour with …

If you’ve ever lost something, check your shoes! On this week’s show a listener email gets us chatting about writing drums charts, learning by ear, isolating parts and how much do we stick to the ori…

This week we are joined by Connor Hopkins who is the drummer for Dylan. We get straight into Connor’s hefty practice routine, getting into drumming and heading to the Academy of Contemporary Music ag…

Did you know there is no Burger King on the Isle Of Wight? Welcome to another episode of Drum and Drummer. George had a busy bank holiday weekend where he was a guest at a wedding which involved camp…

This week we are joined by the J2O swigging legend that is Dane Earl. Dane is currently the drum tech for previous guest and friend of the show Ben Thomas (Rag’n’Bone Man). We chat about how he got t…

Ben’s been busy gigging those darn weddings and George has been up to Londinium for a jam night that didn’t quite go as planned. There’s also chat about tom tuning and size after Ben got his Yamaha S…

Hello! George has taken his maiden voyage down to Cornwall to play at a farm shop with Elliott Joseph and enlightens us to the three M’s that make up a good gig. Ben’s been busy with wedding gigs but…

We just did a gig together so we’re talking about that; ruining carpets, too much BBQ food and a very drunk groom. George has also gone and grabbed a new snare (can you guess which one?) and an actua…

Good morning! Welcome to another episode of Drum and Drummer. Ben’s got a new snare drum and while at the drum shop he bumped into an old friend he hasn’t seen since the infamous ‘Corfu 2003’ holiday…

After a quick game of ‘guess what I had for breakfast’, George tells us about his cancelled gig at Jurassic Fields festival and Ben’s got some new drumming shoes. There’s more food complaints about M…

This week we air our frustrations with open air gig crowds and wedding pizza vans. Ben is very jealous of Elton John’s travel arrangements and why do a bride and groom insist that Brown Eyed Girl isn…

This week we cover everything from really needing the toilet to the origin of Vic Firth drum sticks. Also Ben has bought three different brands of 5A sticks and got his scales out to weigh them. Plus…

Hello! First on this week’s agenda is Glastonbury and last weekend's wedding gigs. Ben takes us through his new crash and ride cymbals, what AAX and HHX mean and the difference between B20 and B8 cym…

This week we’re joined by George’s current drum teacher Pat Garvey! Pat is regarded as one of the country's leading educators both privately and in the popular music education scene. We had a lovely …

This week we’re joined by the legend that is Jonny Brister! With such a vast C.V. in tow (so many artists, top 40 albums, top 10 singles, arena shows, West End theatre tours) we chat about his curren…

There’s more vehicle misery for Ben this week as he tries to take a sofa to the tip and George pranks his band mates with a simple classic. There’s also listener correspondence, autograph hunting, a …

What ever happened to Draw Something? And why are there no f**king shelves in B&Q? George did some session drumming in the studio (not Ben’s) and we get an update on how his drum lessons are going. T…