Drum Channel Podcast

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S2 E3 - Zac Hanson Apr 29, 2022

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Zac Hanson has been a star in the music business since he was a youngster. He and his brothers Taylor and Isaac, known as Hanson, have sold over 16 million records worldwide and have had three Top 20 albums.

S2 E2 - Adam Box Apr 22, 2022

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This week’s Drum Channel podcast with Billy Amendola features Adam Box, from the Grammy winning country band Brothers Osborne.

S2 E1 - David Fishof, Tico Torres Apr 15, 2022

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This week's Drum Channel Podcast Season 2 debut with Billy Amendola features the founder of Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp David Fishof, Bon Jovi’s Tico Torres, and a few special guests including bassist Tony Franklin, Apple Records alumni May Pang, and Pier’s Plasskit, with Manny’s Music Holly Goldrich, and Barry Gibb tour manager, Carlos Guzman. This special “live podcast “ from the Florida Rock and Roll Fantasy camp, recorded and filmed on March 13th, 2022 is a once-in-a-lifetime, “fly on the wall,” event. Let’s listen in!

S1 E18 - Jonny Scott Nov 29, 2018

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Jonny Scott is the drummer for the popular Scottish band Chvrches. Jonny started out playing professionally on the Glasgow indie scene with momentum quickly building in his career towards joining British-American indie rock band The Kills. In 2013 Jonny played drums on Chvrches’ first album The Bones of What You Believe, featuring on the tracks “Gun” and "Night Sky.” Jonny has been drumming live for Chvrches since March of 2018 and has been pretty much on the road with them ever since appearing at some of the world’s biggest venues and festivals.

Chvrches (pronounced "churches") are a Scottish synth-pop band from Glasgow, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, Chvrches also incorporate indietronica, indie pop, and electronic dance into their sound.

What is really impressive about Jonny’s addition to being the live drummer of the band is that he plays most of the programed drum parts all live on one of his two lovely touring Ludwig drum sets along with a set of four vintage Simmons electronic drum pads to his left.

This is the first Drum Channel Podcast episode with only Scottish people. We hope you can understand us! :)

Links:
Jonny’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejonnyscott
Jonny’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejonnyscott
Chvrches Website: https://chvrch.es
Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/playcajon

S1 E17 - John Hernandez Nov 23, 2018

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Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez's professional drumming career began at age seventeen with a USO tour to South Vietnam. At nineteen, he was playing in local big bands, the LACC Studio Jazz Band and the Si Zenter Big Band. During the same time, Hernandez played in a variety of pit orchestras and backing acts, like Bob Hope, Billy Daniels and Gordon McCray. In the 1970s, he played with The Helen Reddy Band and served as the house drummer of "The Midnight Special" television show. There, he played with acts, such as Frankie Avalon, Petula Clark, Keith Carradine and Martin Mull. When Helen Reddy hosted "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson," Hernandez had the honor of sitting in with The Doc Severinsen Band. Playing the famous opening theme song was a lifelong thrill.
After having been heard, drumming with Toni Basil's band by composer, Danny Elfman and his longtime orchestrator, Steve Bartek, Hernandez was hired as a session drummer on Elfman's first film score, "The Forbidden Zone" (which continues to have a worldwide cult following). Hernandez joined the original lineup of the famous band, Oingo Boingo, a position he held for seventeen years, until their breakup in 1995. During that time, the band released eight albums, toured the world and played thousands of concerts.
After the breakup of Oingo Boingo, Hernandez joined the band, Tito and Tarantula and was featured in the Robert Rodriguez film, "From Dusk Till Dawn." He had a rewarding time, touring Europe with Tito until 911, but at that point, he decided to return to Los Angeles to play jazz again. In the 1990s, Hernandez returned to regular session work for composers, like Jason Johnson, Steve Bartek and Bear McCreary. He was the drummer for Bear McCreary's hugely popular "Battlestar Galactica" live orchestra concerts.
For the past seven years, Hernandez has been touring with his own, Boingo Dance Party, a high energy, wild Oingo Boingo music show that features former members of Oingo Boingo. As well, Hernandez is the drummer for the Don Kubec Big Band and recently formed his own avant-garde group, Vlatko, featuring composer and arranger, Michael Vlatkovich on trombone (with whom Hernandez has played professionally for the past forty years). Vlatkovich is one of the leading talents among the Los Angeles improvisational scene. Playing unrestricted free style music always will be good for Hernandez's soul.
In November 2012, Hernandez received the esteemed "Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition Award" from the Los Angeles City Council.
Links:

Website: http://www.johnnyvatos.com

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379608/

Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram: www.instagram.com/playcajon

S1 E16 - Virgil Donati Nov 15, 2018

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Virgil Donati is one of the world’s most well known drummers and drum clinicians. He was born in Melbourne, Australia, where he also launched his career. He got his first drum set aged only two and literally hasn’t put the sticks down since. Since the mid-nineties he has been a household name. Residing in Los Angeles, Virgil is travelling the world as a international drumming superstar, as well as a composer and an educator.

He has performed and toured with the likes of Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Vai and Allan Holdsworth, while maintaining a busy schedule as a band leader and member of numerous recording and touring bands over the years, most notably Loose Change, Southern Sons, On The Virg, Soul Sirkus, Planet X and various incarnations of The Virgil Donati Band and The Virgil Donati Trio.

His natural talent, combined with a herculean work-ethic and never-ending curiosity, has propelled him to an unbelievable performance level.

Links:

Website: www.virgildonati.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virgildonati

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirgildonati/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/virgil_donati

Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram: www.instagram.com/playcajon

S1 E15 - JP Bouvet Oct 31, 2018

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Drummer JP Bouvet of Lakeville, MN now based in New York is a Berklee alumni who has very much taken control of his career. JP, once won the Guitar Center Drum, beating over 4,500 contestants for the number one spot. After Berklee, JP moved to New York where he works as a session player and an educator.

JP runs his own educational drumming resources called JP Bouvet Music where he now has over 400 video lessons covering a wide range of drumming topics including grooves, independence, fills, rudiments, blogs, soloing, and much more.

JP is a wonderfully insightful individual and this is a very inspiring chat.

Links:

Website: https://www.jpbouvetmusic.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpbouvet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jpbouvet
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jpbouvetmusic
Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram: www.instagram.com/playcajon

S1 E14 - David Stanoch Oct 18, 2018

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David Stanoch is a drummer and educator based in Minneapolis, MN. A student of masters Elliot Fine, Alan Dawson, Max Roach, Jeff Hamilton, Chad Wackerman, he has built an eclectic musical reputation performing with artists from the worlds of jazz, rock, R&B, Broadway, motion picture and television including the Airmen of Note, Jackson Browne, Hiram Bullock, Charo, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Richard Davis, Herb Ellis, Robert Goulet, Colonel Bruce Hampton, Scott Henderson, Freedy Johnston, Shirley Jones, Stanley Jordan, Shari Lewis, Jack McDuff, the Minnesota Orchestra, Keb’ Mo, New Kids On The Block, Bernard Purdie, Bonnie Raitt, Walfredo de Los Reyes, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Danny Seraphine, Doc Severinsen, Ed Shaughnessy, Martin Short, Ben Sidran, Jab’o Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Butch Vig, Fred Wesley, and The Supremes’ Mary Wilson. He is currently musical director for Emmy-winner, Shaun Johnson’s Big Band Experience.

David served on the faculty of McNally Smith College of Music for 27 years, serves on the Percussive Arts Society Drum set Committee and is a member of the Modern Drummer, Remo, and Vic Firth Educational Teams.

David has authored Mastering the Tables of Time (“#1 Edu Book,” Modern Drummer 2009 Readers Poll), co-authored The 2 in 1 Drummer (2014 Modern Drummer & DRUM! Magazine Edu Book Nominee), both available from Alfred Music Publishing, and was “Drumming History and Analysis Consultant” for Jim Berkenstadt’s book, The Beatle Who Vanished~The Unsolved Mystery of Jimmie Nicol, currently being made into a major motion picture.

David’s latest veture is the new David Stanoch School of Drumming where learners from all over the world can get live one-to-one drumming lessons directly from David.

Website: www.davidstanochschoolofdrumming.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.stanoch

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drummindaddydave/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidStanoch

Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram: www.instagram.com/playcajon

S1 E13 - Walfredo Reyes Jr Oct 11, 2018

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Drummer for the band Chicago, Walfredo Reyes Jr. combines the rich history of Latin, Afro-Cuban and World Percussion with the drum set. For Walfredo Reyes, Jr., fusing the two disciplines has been his driving passion. In fact, by blazing this path, Reyes has challenged the technical levels of our instrument. Born in Cuba, raised in Puerto Rico, and culminating his musical style in the U.S., Wally (Walfredo Jr.) learned the traditions from the master, his father Walfredo Sr. He married those principles with his love of the drum set, coming up with his own truly global rhythmic style. Simply put, Wally is able to sound like a drummer and a percussionist at the same time. Add blistering chops and a penchant for playing unusual patterns to the mix, and you have only a small idea of what this man can do.

Not surprisingly, this “one man percussion show” has gathered an impressive list of gigs over the years, including touring and / or recording with: Carlos Santana, Traffic, Steve Winwood, Jackson Browne, Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan, David Lindley, Ricki Lee Jones, Richard Marx, Sergio Mendes, Smokey Robinson, Robbie Robertson, Joe Sample, Boz Scaggs, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Johnny Hallyday, Khaled, Lindsey Buckingham, Chicago and many others.

Because of his versatility, Walfredo continues to be one of the most in demand musicians in the world today.

Links: Website: http://walfredoreyesjr.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/walfredoreyesjr/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wreyesjr.1/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallyreyesjr

Paul Jennings (Host) Instagram: www.instagram.com/playcajon