Drummers on Drumming
A podcast for drummers who think too much. Ben Hilzinger talks to the greats about creativity, identity, staying sane, and finding purpose behind the kit.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 252
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Big Fat Five: Erin Tate's (Minus The Bear, Kill Sadie) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Erin Tate, founding member of the Seattle-based indie-rock, Minus the Bear, but he’s played with many great bands throughout his career including Kill Sadie (from Minneapolis), G…
01:21:03 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Big Fat Five: Joe Bagale AKA Otis McDonald's Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Joe Bagale, a San Francisco-based producer, artist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and educator. Now, I know that might seem like he’s a jack of all trades and a master of non…
01:29:39 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Big Fat Five: Connor Denis' (Beartooth) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Connor Denis…drummer for the rock band Beartooth. Connor has been touring since he was 15…making sure that live rock n roll music still rocks. Seriously, he’s a basher, but has a…
00:46:36 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Big Fat Five: Dave Elitch's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Dave Elitch and this chat is long overdue because he’s one of the most-mentioned drummers on this podcast…behind Levon Helm, of course. Dave has played with The Mars Volta, The 1…
01:18:25 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Big Fat Five: Matt Johnson's (Jeff Buckley's album 'Grace', St. Vincent) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Matt Johnson...one of the most-respected drummers to a handful of the guests I’ve had on this podcast. He is probably most-known in the drumming community for playing on ‘Grace’ …
01:13:44 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
What Made Bonham...Bonham?!
**GET YOUR NOTEPAD OUT FOR THIS ONE!**
This week’s guest is Terry Keating of the Bonzoleum YouTube Page. Soooo when I first started this podcast, I had no idea what I was doing (and sometimes I feel …
01:52:19 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
Big Fat Five: Joe Plummer's (Cold War Kids, Modest Mouse, The Shins) Top Influences
This week’s guest is Mr. Joe Plummer. Joe has played drums for Modest Mouse, Cold War Kids, The Shins, The Black Heart Procession and so many more in addition to releasing his own album, Hew Time, wi…
00:58:58 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
How Riz Ahmed Learned To Play Drums For 'Sound of Metal'
This is part 2 of my conversation with Guy Licata. While we kept to the traditional format in the first half of our chat, I think the topic of today’s episode deserved its own place in the sun. Guy p…
00:41:09 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Big Fat Five: Guy Licata's (Museum of Love, Reflexx Practice Pads) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Guy Licata. Guy is most recently known as the founder of Reflexx Practice Pads (now the Zildjian Reflexx Conditioning Pad), but Guy is more than just a business owner; he’s a mas…
01:34:46 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Big Fat Five: Jason McGerr's (Death Cab For Cutie) Top 5 Influences and much, much more...
This weeks guest is Mr. Jason McGerr. What can you say about Jason?...wellllllll, he’s the drummer for Death Cab For Cutie and one hell of a drum educator. It seems like everything he says is careful…
01:18:04 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Big Fat Five: Darshan Doshi's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Darshan Doshi. Darshan is a prolific Indian drummer and composer based in Mumbai. He’s recorded a million Bollywood movie soundtracks and is one of the busiest drummers in India …
00:43:11 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Big Fat Five: Jonny Scott's (CHVRCHES, The Kills) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Jonny Scott. Jonny is a badass session drummer for both the studio and stage who’s played with two of my favorite artists The Kills and CHVRCHES (among many others). He’s one of …
00:32:40 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Big Fat Five: Michael Benjamin Lerner (Telekinesis): His Top Influences, The State of the Music Industry, and How To Be A Successful Band Member
This week’s guest is Michael Benjamin Lerner…drummer, singer, and primary songwriter for the band Telekinesis. I love having songwriters on the show because, as we discuss in this episode, they usual…
01:20:37 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Big Fat Five: Ira Elliot (Nada Surf): Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Ira Elliot, drummer for the alternative rock band Nada Surf. Formed in the 90’s, Nada Surf has been going strong for multiple decades with no signs of stopping and Ira has been t…
01:15:28 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
Big Fat Five: Patrick Hallahan's (My Morning Jacket) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Patrick Hallahan, drummer for the rock band My Morning Jacket. Formed in 1998, My Morning Jacket leans heavily into rock and country, but they pride themselves in have no limitat…
01:05:17 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Big Fat Five: Adam Deitch's (Lettuce, Break Science, John Scofield) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Adam Deitch. Adam is the Grammy-nominated drummer for the bands Lettuce and Break Science. He’s also played and / or collaborated with legends such as John Scofield, 50 Cent, Ave…
00:59:30 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Big Fat Five: Dom Famularo's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is the Global Drumming Ambassador himself, Mr. Dom Famularo. I gush over Dom’s impact on my playing at the top of this episode because Dom is an incredible drummer / educator / auth…
00:47:36 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
The 5 Essential Charlie Watts Recordings
Today, we have Mike Edison (author of the book “Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters”) on the show to discuss the quintessential recordings that showcase Charlie Watts’ progression as …
01:10:52 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Big Fat Five: Carson Gant's (@oneupdrumvids) Top 5 Influences
This week’s episode is nothing but good vibes. We’ve got Carson Gant aka @oneupdrumvids on the show. Carson’s ability to recreate classic loops and drum breaks on the acoustic kit is unmatched, but n…
00:56:45 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Big Fat Five: Jake Reed's Top 5 Influences
Today’s guest is Jake Reed. Jake is a Los Angeles-based session player / educator and the host of an incredible YouTube Channel breaking down recording techniques….(also, I must give a big shoutout t…
01:19:58 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
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