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: Jonathan Pinson's (Boom Clap, Mark Turner, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Jonathan Pinson - an award-winning drummer and band leader. He’s played with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Mark Turner and so many others…he has a Masters in music from UCLA via…
00:46:49 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Our Top 5 Movies About Music (w/ Mike Schulte)
This week, Mike Schulte (drummer for The Pork Tornadoes / Dope Walker and co-host of the podcast ‘Confused Breakfast’) and I discuss each of our 5 favorite movies involving music in SOME capacity 😊. …
00:58:23 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Big Fat Five: Butch Vig's Top 5 Influential Records (that shaped him into the producer/engineer/songwriter/drummer he is today)
This week’s guest is Butch Vig. He needs no introduction, but HERE WE GO. He is one of the most successful producers in rock history - having produced a handful of critically and commercially acclaim…
00:52:00 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Big Fat Five: Nate Wood's (fOUR, Kneebody, Wayne Krantz) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Nate Wood. Nate can do it all…and he can do it all at once. In his solo project fOUR, he sings / plays bass/keys/drums all at the same time. Wow. But throughout his career, he’s …
01:01:28 |
Wed 29 Mar 2023
Big Fat Five: Chris Marshak's (Steve Winwood, Amy Helm, Ben Wisch, Sessions) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Chris Marshak - a drummer and percussionist whose worked with a boat load of great artists throughout the years including Steve Winwood, Amy Helm, James Maddock, Jeffrey Gaines, …
01:01:55 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Big Fat Five: Forrest Rice's (WØLFY) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is THE Forrest Rice. He is an incredible drummer with a seemingly endless amount of creativity flowing through as shown by the amount of projects with which he’s involved. His own p…
00:52:08 |
Wed 15 Mar 2023
I get interviewed...
This week’s guest is…me! I’ve been getting a lot of questions from new listeners regarding my time in LA and asking for any advice on how to make strides in their drumming career. While I certainly d…
00:52:49 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Big Fat Five: E-MAN's (Andy Grammer) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is my good buddy, E-MAN - drummer and recording extraordinaire. His main project these days is Andy Grammer, but he’s always busy recording out of his home studio near. Over the yea…
00:50:29 |
Wed 22 Feb 2023
Big Fat Five: Brendan Buckley (Morrissey, Shakira, Perry Farrell): 5 Records That Inspired Him Growing Up
This week’s guest is Brendan Buckley…a drummer with an incredible resume that includes Shakira, Perry Farrell, Morrissey, Tegan and Sara, Damian Rice, JJ Lin and many more. I gush all about his playi…
00:53:08 |
Wed 15 Feb 2023
Big Fat Five: Josh Grigsby's (Houston Calls, Mae, Just Surrender) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Josh Grigsby - a drummer I’ve looked up to and apparently ripped off for a quite some time. He was/is the drummer for Houston Calls (a now-defunct pop punk band from New Jersey w…
00:49:46 |
Wed 08 Feb 2023
Big Fat Five: Sheridan Riley's (Alvvays, Peg) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest Sheridan Riley - a drummer and overall fabulous musician based out of Washington State. Sheridan is the drummer for the band Alvvays (which I love) in addition to their own projects…
00:42:49 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
Big Fat Five: Jeremy Taggart's (ex-Our Lady Peace, Taggart & Torrens) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Jeremy Taggart. Jeremy has been mentioned on the pod of few times in other drummer’s top 5 in regards to his previous work with the band Our Lady Peace…which Jeremy joined when h…
00:52:30 |
Wed 25 Jan 2023
Big Fat Five: Dave Scalia's (Elle King) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Dave Scalia. Dave is a Brooklyn-based professional drummer, producer, and songwriter. For the last 7 years, he’s been playing with Elle King, but throughout his career he’s also …
01:02:34 |
Wed 18 Jan 2023
Big Fat Five: Adam Christgau's (Tegan and Sara, Troye Sivan, Miley Cyrus, movies like Pixar’s Luca and HBO’s Station 11) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest Adam Christgau. Adam is one of THE go-to drummers in the live music scene. He’s worked with Tegan & Sara, Troye Sivan, Sia, Weezer, John Scofield, Kacey Musgraves, Brandon Flowers, …
00:46:15 |
Wed 11 Jan 2023
Big Fat Five: Stacy Jones' (Miley Cyrus, American Hi-Fi, Matchbox Twenty) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Stacy Jones … a hell of a drummer, front man, guitarist, singer, producer and musical director. He is currently the musical director AND drummer for Miley Cyrus, the primary song…
01:00:04 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Big Fat Five: Zach Lind (Jimmy Eat World) Tells The Stories Behind His Favorite Jimmy Eat World Recordings
This week’s show has Zach Lind of Jimmy Eat World breaking down his favorite Jimmy Eat World grooves and tells the story of why they each hold a special place in his drumming heart. There are a lot o…
00:51:40 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
Big Fat Five: Daniel Fang's (Turnstile, Angel Dust) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Daniel Fang…drummer for the hardcore band Turnstile.
Turnstile was nominated for three Grammys this year which includes:
Best rock performance (Holiday)
Best rock song (Blackout…
00:44:53 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
Big Fat Five: Nick Ruffini's (Drummer's Resource Podcast) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Nick Ruffini…host of the longest-running drumming podcast out there today…Drummer’s Resource. With over 650 episodes, Nick has talked to almost every drummer one could think imag…
00:40:47 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Big Fat Five: Sarab Singh's (MUNA, Joji, KLVR GRL) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Sarab Singh. I’ve admired Sarah from afar for a long time and it’s funny that we’ve never met face to face prior to this chat as we’ve randomly shared lockouts in LA essentially …
01:15:02 |
Wed 07 Dec 2022
THE James Gadson Breaks Down the Songs That Define His Recording Career
**This is the new and improved interview with James Gadson that happened 2 years ago now in November of 2020.**
‘Gadson on Gadson’. Today was a milestone for me. I’ve been such a huge fan of this ma…
00:44:08 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
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