Working Drummer
With 500 episodes and counting, Working Drummer Podcast is the source for those interested in what it’s like to be a professional drummer. Hosted by Matthew Crouse and Zack Albetta, Working Drummer covers it all with a dynamic range of pro drummers who represent many different genres and scenes. Each weekly interview features a different performer, sometimes with a less recognizable name, but always with an impressive and distinct body of work. This unique approach has garnered a loyal audience hungry for unfiltered stories about making a living as a musician today.
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312 – Max MacVeety: Music as Social Movement, E...
With a drumming pedigree from Berklee and a musical ethos from the eclectic creative community in The Berkshires where he...
111 min
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311 – Dan Needham: Drumming for Michael McDonal...
Dan Needham is recognized in Nashville as one of the top session and live drummers. Dan has performed and/or recorded...
77 min
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310 – Joe Montague: All You Need is Drums, Recr...
Joe Montague graduated from the renowned Jazz Course at Leeds College of Music in 2011 before embarking on a career as...
105 min
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309 – Ben Hilzinger: Hosting the Big Fat Five P...
Ben Hilzinger is a Los Angeles-based drummer and songwriter with 20+ years of performing, recording and teaching experience. Currently the...
79 min
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308 – Sound Isolation with Anthony Grimani from...
Anthony Grimani has spent 28 years in the audio industry, is a highly respected expert in home theater acoustics and...
77 min
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307 – Josh Harmon: Drums & Comedy, TikTok for D...
Before Covid, Josh was between three worlds – drumming (mostly gigging with his brother in a party band), comedy &...
91 min
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306 – Room Treatment for Home Studios with Anth...
Anthony Grimani has spent 28 years in the audio industry, is a highly respected expert in home theater acoustics and...
68 min
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305 – Jay “J-Zone” Mumford: “Time is the Scarie...
J-Zone spent the first chapter of his music career as a Hip hop DJ, but eventually burned out on various...
88 min
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304 – Brian Czach: Finding and Creating the Wo...
Brian Czach (pronounced “Zack”) is currently playing sessions and live shows around Nashville. Czach has devoted his life to being...
83 min
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303 – Luke O’Kelley: Building an Airgigs Presen...
Based in Athens, GA, Luke O’Kelley has quietly built a long resume or live work and a large portfolio of...
70 min
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302 – Josh Day: The Importance of Listening, Wo...
Nashville drummer Josh Day, has recorded and performed with top acts ranging from Sara Bareilles to John Oates, Jennifer Nettles...
101 min
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301 – Dan Bailey: Home Rig Practicality, Buildi...
Dan Bailey is a veteran musician/engineer based in Southern California. He’s been Father John Misty’s drummer since 2014 and music...
83 min
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300 – Our Favorite Moments from our Least Favor...
The last year has affected our lives, careers, relationships, and lives behind the kit in ways we never could have...
139 min
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299 – Dave Elitch: Helping Pros Overcome Physic...
Dave Elitch first gained notoriety touring with the American progressive rock band The Mars Volta in 2009-2010. Since then he...
91 min
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298 – Randy Cooke: A Self-Imposed Freeze on Liv...
Influenced by his drummer father, Cooke picked up the drums as a child, learning and playing as part of a...
75 min
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297 – Mike Zimmerman: Drumming for Kenny Rogers...
Mike Zimmerman is a drummer and producer in Nashville Tennessee. Mike started playing drums at age 14 after playing the...
53 min
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296 – Peter Erskine: Tools for Remote Work, Enj...
Peter Erskine is a drumming legend and a friend of WDP. He has appeared on WDP more than any other...
86 min
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295 – Miles McPherson: Building a Creative Soun...
Miles McPherson moved to Nashville in 1986, when his father, Jerry, relocated the family there so he could work in...
77 min
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294 – Tony Coleman: An Encyclopedia of Blues & ...
Tony Coleman has played with Blues and Soul legends such as B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins,...
85 min
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293 – Robyn Flans: Author of “It’s About Time: ...
As an entertainment journalist for more than 40 years, Robyn Flans has worked for such diverse publications as People Magazine,...
61 min
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292 – Andrew Atkinson: Playing with Oz Noy and ...
Andrew Atkinson’s drumming draws on the seductive beats of his native Jamaica, the percolating rhythms of his childhood home Miami, and...
70 min
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291 – Mike Dawson: The New Modern Drummer Podca...
Michael Dawson is a New Jersey–based drummer, educator, and clinician and is currently managing editor for Modern Drummer, the world’s...
71 min
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290 – Billy Brimblecom: Losing a Leg to Cancer,...
Billy Brimblecom’s career has taken him from drumming to philanthropy, and from his hometown of Kansas City to Nashville, and...
78 min
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289 – Jason Cooper: Balancing the “Day Gig” wit...
Jason Cooper is a native of Memphis TN and played his first professional gig at 11 years old. Since then,...
95 min
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288 – Adam Alesi: L.A. Gigs of All Shapes and S...
Drummer Adam Alesi is in high demand for session and live work in Los Angeles and around the greater Southern...
80 min