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Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

John DeChristopher

251 episodes

4 days ago

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is music industry legend, Colin Schofield. Colin’s 40 plus years in the music industry includes senior management and Vice President positions at Premier Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Gretsch Drums and currently Jody Jazz Mouthpieces. In this episode we discuss Colin’s long and successful career, the artists he signed and worked with at Premier and Zildjian, and many hilarious stories. So come along for the ride and please subscr...

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Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is music industry legend, Colin Schofield. Colin’s 40 plus years in the music industry includes senior management and Vice President positions at Premier Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Gretsch Drums and currently Jody Jazz Mouthpieces. In this episode we discuss Colin’s long and successful career, the artists he signed and worked with at Premier and Zildjian, and many hilarious stories. So come along for the ride and please subscr...

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Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E249: Industry Profile With Colin Schofield! Inside Stories From Zildjian, Premier and More!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is music industry legend, Colin Schofield. Colin’s 40 plus years in the music industry includes senior management and Vice President positions at Premier Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Gretsch Drums and currently Jody Jazz Mouthpieces. In this episode we discuss Colin’s long and successful career, the artists he signed and worked with at Premier and Zildjian, and many hilarious stories. So come along for the ride and please subscr...

4 days ago

1 hour 55 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E248: Live From My Drum Room With Benny Greb!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is drummer and recording artist extraordinaire, composer and educator, Benny Greb! Benny was one of my guests on E227, tribute to our friend Ralph Angelillo, founder of the Montreal Drum Festival. https://youtu.be/Wy769Hne1E4?si=jL9Y4wu1C9b0O6Vg Benny exploded onto the global drum scene at Montreal Drum Fest in 2005, and has since evolved into one of the most important and influential drummers of his generation. We do a dee...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 32 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E247: PASIC50 Rundown With Joshua Simonds!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by Joshua Simonds, Executive Director for the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) for a preview of PAS’ 50th PASIC Nov 12-15 in Indianapolis, IN. This year's PASIC is going to be epic, with an incredible lineup. I attended my first PASIC in 1985 in Los Angeles and have attended almost every PASIC since. There's still time to attend this year's PASIC! Visit https://pas.org/pasic/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and ...

3 weeks ago

44 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E246: Simon Phillips On His Iconic Drum Tracks!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, producer and composer Simon Phillips. In this episode we do a deep dive into some of Simon's iconic recordings with Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, The Who, Toto (of which he was a member for 21 years) and his own group Protocol. Protocol V Studio Live Session Vol 2 will be available as a digital release on Nov 14th through littlebigbeat.com. It will be a limited edition vinyl release on December 5th....

1 month ago

2 hours 2 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E245: TrackTalk With The Great Tommy Taylor!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is drummer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner, Tommy Taylor! Tommy is well known for his work with Christopher Cross earning him five Grammy Awards, as well as guitar great Eric Johnson. In this episode we do a deep dive into Tommy’s solo record “Across The Stars” available at https://tommytaylor.com or wherever you get your music! So come along for the ride, thanks for watching and liste...

1 month ago

1 hour 44 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E244: Replay With Matt Sorum! Guns N' Roses, The Cult, VR, Kings of Chaos!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Replay of Episode 87 with my old friend, Matt Sorum. Matt’s best known as a member of Guns N’ Roses, replacing original drummer Steve Adler in 1990. But Matt’s had an incredible career outside of Guns N Roses, including The Cult, Velvet Revolver, Kings Of Chaos, Billy Gibbons, Hollywood Vampires and numerous other projects. He's also a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Some great stories in this episode, including Matt’s a...

1 month ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E243: Replay With Chad Smith! The Red Hot Chili Peppers And More!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A replay of E80 with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers from March 25th, 2022. In this episode we talk about Chad’s history with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, his work with the super group Chicken Foot, our drumming heroes like Charlie Watts, Jim Keltner and Hal Blaine, and much more! The episode was recorded during the period I was licensing my show to Modern Drummer, so it originally aired on Modern Drummer’s YouTube channel, b...

1 month ago

56 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E242: Live From My Drum Room With Denny Seiwell!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, and original drummer for "Paul McCartney & Wings," Denny Seiwell! We do a deep dive into Denny's long and prolific career and discuss his new book, "The Best and Worst of Times" co-written by Robyn Flans, and available through Hudson Music. https://hudsonmusic.com/product/denny-seiwell-the-best-and-worst-of-times/ Check out Denny's TrackTalk E130 from March 2023! https://youtu.be/NDllaLKydWo?...

2 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E241: Michael Shrieve & Greg Errico Remember Woodstock!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Celebrating the 56th anniversary of the iconic Woodstock Festival, Aug 15-18, 1969, with legendary drummers Michael Shrieve who performed with Santana, and Greg Errico with Sly & The Family Stone. Both Michael and Greg were 20 years old when they performed at Woodstock. Michael had just turned 20 in July of 1969, and Greg was two weeks shy of his 21st birthday on Sept 1st 1969. So come along for the ride as we look back at...

3 months ago

35 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E240: Replay With Ilan Rubin - NEW Foo Fighters Drummer!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A special Replay of E214 with NEW Foo Fighters drummer, Ilan Rubin! My guest is drummer and multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and author, Ilan Rubin. In this episode we talk about Ilan's incredible career including being the youngest musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Nine Inch Nails, performing at Woodstock '99 at age 10, winning Modern Drummer's Best Undiscovered Drummer Award in 2001 an...

3 months ago

1 hour 22 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E239: Live AID 40th Anniversary With Legendary Drummers! Part 2

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Part 2 of Live AID 40th Anniversary with special guests! The live show was over two hours long with endless stories and behind the scenes insights into Live AID, so I’m presenting it in two parts. Be sure to check out Part 1! https://youtu.be/3GAqMqu88wo *Some video footage/music had to be removed due to Copyright Claims, but the entire show and all the music is in the audio podcast on all platforms, including the bonus track:...

4 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E238: Live AID 40th Anniversary With Legendary Drummers! Part 1

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Part 1 of Live AID 40th Anniversary with special guests! The live show was over 2 hours long with endless stories and behind the scenes insights into Live AID, so I’m presenting it in two parts. A big thanks to my friends and drummers who were there that day on July 13, 1985 in London and Philadelphia and came on my show to share their stories! Stan Lynch (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Mickey Curry (Hall & Oates/Mick Jagger...

4 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E237: Live From My Drum Room With Bob Henrit! Health & Wellness!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary British drummer, historian and author, Bob Henrit. In this episode, we discuss Bob's Parkinson's diagnosis and how he's managing it, Keith Moon, Simmons Drums, Hayman Drums and much more. Bob is a noted drum historian and a National Treasure. So come along for the ride and thanks for watching and listening! Please subscribe! https://www.amazon.com/Banging-Bob-Henrit/dp/0957305834 Check out Bob's episode ...

4 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E236: Live From My Drum Room With Henrique De Almeida, David Garibaldi & Bill Gibson!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com "The Learning Attitude" with master drummer and educator Henrique De Almeida, legendary drummers David Garibaldi of Tower of Power and Bill Gibson of Huey Lewis & The News. David and Bill talk about studying with Henrique and their passion to learn and grow as drummers. We do a deep dive into some of their iconic recordings and much more! I’m wearing Zildjian’s ALCHEM-E Perfect Tune headphones. Thanks to Joe Testa and my friends ...

5 months ago

1 hour 46 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E235: TrackTalk With Steve Smith! Journey and More!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer and three time Hall of Fame inductee, Steve Smith! Steve was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2002, inducted into the RR HOF as a member of Journey in 2017, and inducted into Zildjian’s Hall of Fame in 2023 during their 400th anniversary celebration. Steve was a guest on Live From My Drum Room on Aug 30, 2020 https://youtu.be/9reGfxu89o4?si=-IyMOZMg8kK5cW8v and I’m so honored to have...

5 months ago

1 hour 47 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E234: Live From My Drum Room With With Tommy Taylor!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Grammy Award winning drummer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Tommy Taylor! We do a deep dive into Tommy's iconic drumming on Christopher Cross’ Grammy Award winning debut record, including massive hits "Ride Like The Wind" and "Sailing," as well as "Cliffs Of Dover" with Eric Johnson, and "Ghost Town" from his solo record, "Across The Stars." So come along for the ride and please subscribe! *Tommy will be b...

5 months ago

1 hour 30 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E233: Live From My Drum Room With Stan Lynch & Jon Christopher Davis - The Speaker Wars!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Stan Lynch, original drummer and founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, producer, singer-songwriter and Rock & Roll HOF inductee, and singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Jon Christopher Davis of The Speaker Wars, return for a deep dive into The Speaker Wars self-titled debut record, which drops today! Stan and JCD take us for an inside look into the making of this truly GREAT record! So come alon...

5 months ago

1 hour 39 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E232: Live From My Drum Room With The Avengers of Drum Podcasts!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by my friends and fellow podcast creators: Bart van der Zee (Drum History Podcast), Mike Dawson (Drum Candy), Michael Vosbein (Drummer Nation), Matty Roberts (Percussion Discussion), Malcolm Moore (Creativity Is The Cure), Aldo Mazza (Shaping Your Journey) and Jon Adams (Drummers Eating Pizza)! A fun and informative conversation! Come along for the ride and please subscribe! Be sure to check out these outstanding podcast...

6 months ago

1 hour 45 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E231: TrackTalk With Shawn Pelton!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Join me for TrackTalk with legendary session drummer Shawn Pelton! From Bob Dylan to Peter Wolf and Keith Richards, to Bruce Springsteen and more, Shawn has worked with some of the biggest artists in the music business. So come along for the ride and an inside look on why Shawn is one of the most in demand session drummers on the planet. Please subscribe and visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com. Bid to Win A Private Drum Lesson Wit...

6 months ago

1 hour 35 minutes

Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Podcast

E230: Live From My Drum Room - Industry Spotlight With Rick Drumm!

Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is my old friend, drummer, legend and titan of the Drum Industry, Rick Drumm. We talk about Rick's early years as a drummer, his time at Remo, Midco International, Vic Firth, D’Addario (the parent company of Evans and Promark) and Peak Growth Solutions which he founded in 2014, and much more. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Look for Rick's book, "Lock In To Unlock Your Focus Power" available on Amazon...

7 months ago

1 hour 21 minutes