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: Anika Nilles' Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Anika Nilles. She doesn’t really need an introduction because there’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said, but she’s a German drummer who took the drumming world by sto…
00:51:02 |
Wed 01 Sep 2021
Big Fat Five: Justin Scott's (@jscottdrummer) Top 5 Influences
We’ve got Justin Scott aka @jscottdrummer on the show today dropping a whoooooole ton of knowledge. I’ve been obsessed with Justin’s drumming for years and I’m sure you have too. If not, you WILL BE …
01:03:17 |
Wed 25 Aug 2021
Big Fat Five: Bart van der Zee's (Drum History Podcast) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is one of my good friends and host of the Drum History podcast, Bart van der Zee. Drum History was actually one of the first shows I reached out to when creating The Drum Click Podc…
01:11:51 |
Wed 18 Aug 2021
Big Fat Five: Philo Tsoungui's Top 5 Influences
Today’s guest is Philo Tsoungui…an independent drummer based in Berlin, Germany. If you don’t already know, one of my duties at Big Fat Snare Drum is Artist Relations. On one of my first days witht h…
00:58:33 |
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Big Fat Five: Lina Anderberg's Top 5 Influences
My name is Ben Hilzinger and this week’s guest is Lina Anderberg. I found out about Lina through her Instagram (@linaanderberg) and I was immediately blown away. She’s originally from Sweden, but mov…
00:54:08 |
Wed 04 Aug 2021
Big Fat Five: Scott Mcpherson's (Sense Field, Elliot Smith, M. Ward) Top 5(+) Influences
Today’s guest is one of my favorite people, Scott McPherson. Scott founded Tackle Instrument Supply Company and was one of our first guests EVER on the podcast back when we had a different name and a…
01:10:05 |
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Jojo Mayer: Clarity > Perfection
My guest this week is Mr. Jojo Mayer…a mind-blowing player who helped pioneer the drum n bass movement in New York City by “reverse engineering” programmed drum loops and applying them to the drum se…
01:27:28 |
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Big Fat Five: Dan Bailey's (Father John Misty) Top 5 Influences
Today’s guest is returning champ..Dan Bailey! Dan is certainly a friend of the podcast and ever since we switched over to the new format, I’ve really wanted to have him back on the show. He’s a well-…
01:05:53 |
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Big Fat Five: Tosh Peterson's (@tosh_thedrummer) Top 5 Influences
Today’s guest is Tosh Peterson aka @tosh_thedrummer. I’ve been following his playing for quite some time now and, while his professional career is relatively new, he’s accomplished a TON and seen mor…
00:51:18 |
Wed 07 Jul 2021
What Makes Ringo...Ringo?
This week’s guest is producer, studio owner and drummer, Frankie Siragusa. We are switching up formats a little bit for this episode; I had initially planned for this conversation to be a BONUS episo…
01:20:32 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Big Fat Five: Ian Chang's (Son Lux, Landlady, Solo) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Ian Chang. I love love love Ian’s playing. I first saw him live back in 2017 in Los Angeles following NAMM where he was performing and promoting his first solo effort, Spiritual …
00:54:12 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Big Fat Five: Mark Stepro's (The Wallflowers, Butch Walker) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Mark Stepro. Mark is the epitome of an LA-based working drummer with a resume that includes recording and/or performing with The Wallflowers, Ben Kweller, Courtney Love, Jackson …
01:20:05 |
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Big Fat Five: Richard Spaven's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Richard “Crave The Spave” Spaven. He’s been one of the most requested names as of late and ohhhhhh what a treat it was! Having played with Jose James, Flying Lotus, Gang Star, Ci…
00:52:25 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Big Fat Five: Adam Betts' (Colossal Squid, Squarepusher, TTT, MYD, Jarvis Cocker, Squarepusher) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Adam Betts. My brain does not move as fast as his hands can drum (which might not mean a lot these days), but Adam is a beast of a player with a list of collaborators including S…
01:19:08 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Big Fat Five: Griffin Goldsmith's (Dawes) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Griffin Goldsmith, drummer for the band Dawes. He has also worked with countless artists such as Jackson Browne, John Fogerty, Robbie Robertson, Jim Keltner, Elvis Costello, Shar…
00:49:04 |
Wed 26 May 2021
Big Fat Five: Mark Guiliana's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Mark Guiliana. So so much to say. If you’re listening to this show, I’ll assume you are aware of the man but still, he’s a bandleader for his groups Beat Music, the Mark Guiliana…
01:10:03 |
Wed 19 May 2021
Big Fat Five: Jesse Kongos' (KONGOS) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Jesse Kongos of the band...Kongos. I had the pleasure of opening up for and sharing a bus with Kongos for two tours in 2019 and those memories are some of my favorite ever from b…
00:53:14 |
Wed 12 May 2021
Big Fat Five: Ian Maciak’s (@ianhitsdrums) Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Ian Maciak…or as many of you might know him…@ianhitsdrums on instagram. His machine-like playing incorporates the proper pinch of humanity to pull you in and build a soundscape t…
01:09:15 |
Wed 05 May 2021
*BONUS* Aaron Steele Breaks Down A Few Tracks From His Career
This is short little bonus clip that was cut from the main episode featuring Aaron Steele for the sake of time. In it, Aaron breaks down a few songs chosen by me from his prolific career that represe…
00:15:57 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Big Fat Five: Aaron Steele's Top 5 Influences
This week’s guest is Aaron Steele. Aaron is a melting pot of creativity who has a Rolodex of influences including everything from hardcore to jazz to singer-songwriter to r&b to electronica to funk t…
01:15:40 |
Wed 28 Apr 2021
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