Drummer Influences, Learning to Play & Program, David Oliver's Drum Kit

In this episode Nathan & Craig talk about their favorite drummers,  how to get started playing and programming MIDI drums, musical cross-pollination, David Oliver's Drum Kit, and much more.  

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Podcast notes: 

* (0:09) Intro 

* (0:41) Biggest drum influences 

* (2:20) Ringo Starr  

* (03:57) Steve Jordan  

* (04:30) Touring & Studio Drummers  

* (05:12) Gospel drumming 

* (07:15) Mike Johnston on YT  

* (07:56) Anderson .Paak, Perrin Moss  

* (08:53) Travis Barker  

* (09:50) How to learn drums  

* (14:55) Playing in pocket, band backbone 

* (16:58) Break it in pieces, pattern matching 

* (18:22) Drums improve overall musicality  

* (20:18) Programming MIDI drums 

* (25:38) Quantization pros & cons  

* (30:06) Thinking outside the box  

* (31:46) David Oliver's Drum Kit 

* (34:11) Watching players perform 

* (39:25) Brand new mixer and FX rack 

* (41:24) Mic positions  

* (42:42) Recommendations   

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