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: Petar Janjic's (Cory Wong) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Petar Janjic…a Serbian-born, Nashville-based drummer by way of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s one of the funkiest groovers out there today and is THE drummer for one of today’s fun…
00:45:04 |
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Big Fat Five: Matthew Pretty's (@thebucketboy) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Matthew Pretty a.k.a. @thebucketboy on social media. He’s an incredible, world-renowned street percussionist based out of Las Vegas. We get into everything from his setup, to why…
00:43:17 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Big Fat Five: Eric Somers-Urrea's Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Eric Somers-Urrea…a Chicago-based drummer, educator and producer who I very-much admire both on and off the kit. His main project is a band called Marina City and his sincerity /…
01:09:38 |
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Big Fat Five: Aaron Haggerty's (Willow, Al McKay, Kool & The Gang) Top Influential Records
This week’s guest is Aaron Haggerty…a California-based drummer who played for Al McKay (Earth, Wind and Fire) and his ‘Al McKay All-Stars’ for 11 years. Aarons also recorded and/or toured with Kool &…
01:07:53 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
Big Fat Five: Nick Baglio's (aka @nickybagzz) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Nick Baglio (aka @nickybagzz). I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get him on the damn podcast. If you follow Big Fat Snare Drum on Instagram (@bigfatsnaredrum), he’s lite…
01:00:43 |
Wed 01 Jun 2022
Big Fat Five: Big Fat Five: Rory O'Connor's (Tycho, Nitemoves) Top 5 Influential Records
This weeks guest is a Rory O’Connor…the New York-based drummer for the Gramny-nomninated band Tycho. He also finds time for his own electronic music under the name Nitemoves. Before joining Tycho, Ro…
00:57:19 |
Wed 25 May 2022
50 Simple Yet Effective Drum Grooves (you voted!)
Alright so…if you listened to the ‘70’s Drum Sounds’ episode, you know that we sometimes do a little questionnaire/poll thing about a certain topic on the Big Fat Snare Drum Instagram. Recently, I as…
01:04:26 |
Wed 18 May 2022
Big Fat Five: Greyson Nekrutman's Top 5 Influential Records
This weeks guest is the Greyson Nekrutman. He exploded on Instagram and YouTube over the last few years by picking a lane that he saw was lacking representation on the platforms…jazz drumming. If you…
00:39:06 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Big Fat Five: Kyle Crane's (Daniel Lanois, Neko Case, Maddison Cunningham) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Kyle Crane…a drummer I’ve been following and looking up to for years. He’s a highly-sought after independent drummer based in LA who’s worked with Daniel Lanois (look him up), Ne…
00:58:57 |
Wed 04 May 2022
Big Fat Five: Josh Dion's (Paris Monster, John Scofield) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is the incomparable Josh Dion (of Paris Monster and a million other rad things). He’s a busy New York cat and I’ve wanted to get him on for a long time. If you don’t know of Josh, h…
01:00:05 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Big Fat Five: Aksel Coe's Top 5 Influential Records
We are back to our regularly-scheduled programing with this week’s guest, Aksel Coe. I first learned of Aksel via Instagram thanks to a shoutout by our good buddies at Nelson Drum Shop (Nashville). I…
00:53:34 |
Wed 20 Apr 2022
5 Records That Will FINALLY Get You Into Jazz
This week’s guest is Anthony Fung…an incredible talent drummer based in Los Angeles. I brought him on to discuss the 5 records (and subsequent drummers) to FINALLY get you into jazz. He definitely di…
00:47:46 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Records That Define the 70's Drum Sound
This week’s episode is going to be a little different. I’m starting a new, perhaps self-indulgent series where I pose a question on the Big Fat Snare Drum Instagram and make an episode out of your re…
00:57:54 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Big Fat Five: Blair Sinta's (Alanis Morrisette, Chris Cornell, Annie Lennox) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Blair Sinta. Blair’s drumming resume includes touring and/or recording with Alanis Morrisette, Ringo Starr, Annie Lennox, Gwen Stefani, Stevie Nicks, Chris Cornell, John Fogerty,…
00:57:11 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Big Fat Five: Donnie Marple's (Guitar Center Drum-Off Champion, Lee Brice) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s amazing guest is Mr. Donnie Marple. Donnie was (still is) the 2007 Guitar Center Drum Off Champion and has been the new guy in Lee Brice’s band for over 10 years. He is a monster soloist …
01:11:29 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Big Fat Five: David Raouf's (aka rdavidr) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Mr. David Raouf aka rdavidr. I’ve been a fan of his YouTube Channel for years and, with his seemingly-endless offering of videos featuring drum tips, tricks, hacks and DIY projec…
00:59:29 |
Wed 16 Mar 2022
Big Fat Five: William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, Assertion) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is THE William Goldsmith. William has been a member of two incredibly influential bands with Sunny Day Real Estate and Foo Fighters in addition to The Fire Theft, his current projec…
00:55:42 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
Big Fat Five: Stella Mozgawa's (Warpaint, Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Stella Mozgawa…drummer for the band Warpaint. In addition to her band, she’s also collaborated with Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Flea, Adam Green, Regina Spektor, The xx, Sharon …
01:13:11 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Big Fat Five: Tim Very of Manchester Orchestra's Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Tim Very…drummer for the rock band Manchester Orchestra. Tim is a highly-imaginative crafter of parts who knows exactly where to sit in a song. He’s powerful, playful and perfect…
01:01:20 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Big Fat Five: Martina Barakoska's Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Martina Barakoska….a Macedonian drummer / educator / composer and clinician. I heard about Martina via Instagram and was hooked immediately. She’s just starting her career and I’…
01:07:35 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
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