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Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE231: 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 With Shawn Pelton and Gear Bundle Worth Over $1,000...2025-05-071h 42Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE230: 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 and Kindle in May 2025. Live From My Drum...2025-04-251h 21
Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE229: Creativity Is The Cure - With John DeChristopher!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on my friend Malcolm Moore's excellent podcast, "Creativity Is The Cure." During the interview we covered many topics related to my life and creativity, including working in the Music Industry at Zildjian, Drum Workshop, Simmons Electronic Drums and EU Wurlitzer, friends such as Charlie Watts, Vic Firth and Steve Gadd, Mission From Gadd, my award-winning podcast, "Live From My Drum Room" and much more. I hope you enjoy it. Please subscribe! *Special audio clip at the e...2025-04-211h 23Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE228: Live From My Drum Room With Stan Lynch & Jon Christopher Davis of The Speaker Wars!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guests are original drummer and founding member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, producer, singer-songwriter and Rock & Roll HOF inductee, Stan Lynch, along with singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Jon Christopher Davis of The Speaker Wars. Stan and Jon take us through the writing and recording process of their forthcoming record "The Speaker Wars." We do a deep-dive into the tracks "You Make Every Lie Come True" and "It Ain't Easy" and much more! So come along for the ride! The Speakers Wars self-titled, debut record, d...2025-04-1459 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE227: Live From My Drum Room - Remembering Ralph Angelillo!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, I remember and celebrate my friend for more than 30 years, the great Ralph Angelillo, founder and producer of the Montreal Drum Festival. I'm joined by world class drummers Benny Greb, Kirk Covington, Suzanne Morissette Cruz, as well as Jeff Knowles, the festival MC for 15 years. The show also includes video tributes from legendary drummers, and Drum Industry friends. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! And please visit my website! https://livefrommydrumroom.com. Live From My Drum Room Hoodies are no...2025-04-081h 27Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE226: Live From My Drum Room With Antonio Sanchez!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is four time Grammy Award winning drummer, composer and educator, Antonio Sanchez. Antonio is probably best known for his long association with The Pat Metheny Group, but his list of credits is truly staggering. In 2014, Antonio scored the music for the Academy Award winning film “Birdman” which earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, and BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. He won the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Score, and Satellite Award for Best Original Score. He's released more t...2025-03-271h 29Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE225: Live From My Drum Room With DW Drums Co-Founder, John Good!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is co-founder of DW Drums, and the man Neil Peart nicknamed "Wood Whisperer," the legendary John Good! John takes us through his journey that brought him to Los Angeles in 1972, meeting Don Lombardi and the birth of DW Drums. We also talk about DW's acquisition of Slingerland drums in 2019, the future of Slingerland, and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! And please visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com. Live From My Drum Room Hoodies are now available!Made of a...2025-03-181h 21Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE224: Live From My Drum Room - Drummers Eating Pizza!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I had the honor and pleasure of being on the other side of the camera recently, as a guest on "Drummers Eating Pizza" Podcast. DEP Host Jon Adams and his son Liam came to my Drum Room and we had a fun chat about drums, drummers and my life in the Drum Industry, followed by some delicious pizza! So come along for the ride and be sure to check out other episodes of Drummers Eating Pizza and subscribe to his channel! @DrummersEatingPizza413 *This show was re...2025-03-101h 22Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE223: TrackTalk With Simon Kirke! Part 2Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Part 2 of TrackTalk with legendary Bad Company drummer, Simon Kirke! In Part 2, we dive into their second record, "Straight Shooter" and continue through "Desolation Angels" with Simon giving in credible insight into several iconic tracks from those four records. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! In case you missed Part 1: https://youtu.be/7tl2VPcfs0U?si=GoekWkOBNR-1aFquLive From My Drum Room Hoodies are now available! • NEW Live From My Drum Room Merch! Made of a soft 52% cotton 48% polyest...2025-03-041h 35Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE222: Track Talk With Aynsley Dunbar!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com An expanded episode of TrackTalk with my old friend, legendary drummer, Rock & Roll HOF inductee, and returning champion, Aynsley Dunbar! In this episode we do a deep dive into several of Aynsley's iconic recordings including Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Journey, Jefferson Starship and Whitesnake. I had selected 6-7 songs to discuss, but Aynsley called several "audibles" during the show so this episode is chock full of music! And many laughs! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Aynsley was my guest on e...2025-02-271h 46Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE221: TrackTalk With Simon Kirke! Part 1Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A special two-part episode of TrackTalk with legendary drummer and founding member of Bad Company, Simon Kirke! In Part 1 we do a deep dive into Bad Company's iconic debut record, "Bad Company," released in 1974. Simon gives us an inside view of song composition, the recording process, his drum kit and much more! We do an analysis of "Can't Get Enough" "Rock Steady" "Ready For Love" Movin' On" and "Bad Company." So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Part 2 is coming soon! Live From M...2025-02-211h 08Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE220: Remembering The Legendary Larrie Londin, With Sean Londin!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Sean Gallant-Londin, son of legendary drummer Larrie Londin. In this episode Sean and I do a deep dive into Larrie Londin's incredible and prolific career, including tracks from Jerry Reed, Dolly Parton, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Adrian Belew, Steve Perry, Journey, and a few surprises! Some come along for the ride, and thanks for watching! And please subscribe! Live From My Drum Room Hoodies are now available! https://youtu.be/hVbvDQKEjNw?si=Kgn2t6fSk5YHHjyS Made of a so...2025-02-101h 50Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastNEW Live From My Drum Room Merch!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Thanks for watching and listening to Live From My Drum Room! Exciting news! Live From My Drum Room Hoodies are now available! Made of a soft 52% cotton 48% polyester blend. Sizes: MD, LG & XL = $50 USD (including shipping) *Size 2XL = $55 USD (including shipping) * * US orders only. Venmo payment only. Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL = $25 (including shipping) * Venmo only. 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room merchandise goes towar...2025-02-0802 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE219: Live From My Drum Room With Matt Frenette!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Matt Frenette, drummer and a founding member of the legendary Canadian band "Loverboy"! Matt and I do a deep dive into Loverboy's incredible 45+ year career, breaking down some of their hit including "Turn Me Loose", "Working For The Weekend" and "Hot Girls In Love." We also get into Matt's gear and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Thanks for watching and listening! Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a...2025-02-041h 26Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE218: Live From My Drum Room With Rod Morgenstein!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, author and educator, Rod Morgenstein! In this episode we do a deep dive into Rod's incredible 50 year career, including Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Winger, The Jelly Jam and much more! We played tracks from the aforementioned bands with Rod offering commentary. We also talk about a new drum tool developed by Rod called the "Wing Thing" - a must for every drummer and drum tech! So come along for the ride and thanks for watching and listening, and please subscribe! 2025-01-271h 44Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE217: Live From My Drum Room/TrackTalk With Bill Gibson!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is returning champion Bill Gibson - drummer and a founding member of Huey Lewis and The News! Bill and I do a deep dive into his masterful drumming on several of Huey Lewis and The News' iconic songs "Do You Believe In Love" "Walking On A Thin Line" "The Power Of Love" "Bobo Tempo" "Perfect World" "Trouble In Paradise" and much more! So come along for the ride, and please subscribe! Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts g...2025-01-061h 30Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE216: Live From My Drum Room - Drums, Cymbals, Microphones and More!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Happy New Year! An impromptu, freewheeling and fun episode where I discuss and demonstrate my Craviotto drums and current cymbal set up. I also discuss microphones and answer questions from the live audience. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Tune in Mon Jan 6th at 2:30pm ET for Bill Gibson of Huey Lewis and the News! Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive A...2025-01-0447 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE215: Live From My Drum Room With Tim Alexander!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary, groundbreaking drummer, Tim Alexander! In this episode Tim talks about his concept for creating drum parts and his iconic grooves for iconic PRIMUS songs, "Eleven" "My Name Is Mud" and "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver." Tim's future plans since announcing he's leaving PRIMUS in October of 2024, including his online drum school, "Stick Academy," his t-shirt company, art and abstract paintings at Gefen Gallery in San Francisco, and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Stick Academy: https://www.s...2024-12-171h 47Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE214: Live From My Drum Room With Ilan Rubin!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com 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 and performing at the Modern Drummer Festival at age 12. We do a deep dive into Ilan's solo track "24HR Fix" and much more! We also discuss his new drum book, "S...2024-12-101h 22Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE213: Live From My Drum Room - 50th Anniversary of "It's Only Rock 'n Roll"!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A special episode celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Rolling Stones 1974 masterpiece, "It's Only Rock 'n Roll." I do a track by track deep dive into this often overlooked Stones classic. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Check out TrackTalk With Kenney Jones! https://youtu.be/nTB67_pp5tk?si=3LBDJARo1Lej4p58 and Live From My Drum Room With Kenney Jones! https://youtu.be/XmjdFIWdrrM?si=HXNnKjXtvdzBsEsr Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of co...2024-11-281h 32Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE212: Live From My Drum Room TrackTalk With Rick Marotta!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, composer, producer and occasional house guest, Rick Marotta! A spontaneous LFMDR and TrackTalk episode where Rick and I do a deep dive into some of his iconic recordings including, Jackson Browne's "Boulevard," Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and Jim Croce's "I Got a Name." Rick gives us insights into these iconic songs as only Rick Marotta can, so come along for the ride and please subscribe to my YouTube channel! Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a...2024-11-181h 08Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE211: Live From My Drum Room With Danny Seraphine!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is original drummer/co-founding member of "Chicago" and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, the legendary Danny Seraphine! In this episode, Danny and I do a deep dive into several of Chicago's classic hit songs, breaking down his drum parts with Danny giving insights into how the songs were created and recorded. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Visit Danny's website: https://www.dannyseraphine.com. Chicago performing "I'm A Man" at Tanglewood 1970: https://youtu.be/DPZUgfOqAdg?si=RjpO2-y...2024-11-111h 34Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE210: Live From My Drum Room With Manu Katche!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer and composer, Manu Katche! In this episode, Manu and I discuss his long and prolific career including a deep dive into several of his iconic recordings with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Robbie Robertson, Dire Straits and his solo work. So come along for the ride for an episode that is sure to inspire you and have you dancing in your seat! Thanks for watching and listening, and please subscribe! Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of c...2024-11-041h 29Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE209: PASIC 2024 Preview With Mark Powers - PAS Drumset Committee Chair!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Mark Powers, Drumset Committee Chair for PAS (Percussive Artist Society). Mark takes us through this year's PASIC (Percussive Artist Society International Convention) Nov 13-16, 2024 in Indianapolis, IN. For almost 50 years, PASIC has been at the forefront, as the largest drum and percussion event in the world, with clinics, master classes, concerts, panel discussions and more! I'm proud to offer a Live From My Drum Room! PAS Scholarship, which allows a recipient to attend PASIC every year. Oct 31st is the last day f...2024-10-3134 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE208: Drum Mic'ing With Mike Mangini & Ryan Smith of Shure Microphones!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by Grammy Award winning, legendary drummer, author and educator, Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Extreme, Steve Vai) and Ryan Smith, Artist Relations Manager at Shure Microphones. We do a deep dive into drum mics and mic'ing technique, with Mike giving us a run down of his microphones for touring and recording. We play video and audio clips of Mike playing parts from his solo record, "Invisible Signs" to demonstrate the organic drum sound he achieved through proper mic selection and placement. Ryan gave expert advice on...2024-10-281h 36Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE207: 35th Anniversary of the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert With VERY Special Guests!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com An epic episode of Live From My Drum Room celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Buddy Rich Memorial Concert on October 14, 1989 in Los Angeles, widely considered the greatest drumming event in history. My guests are the drummers and people who made it possible: Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Gregg Bissonette & Dennis Chambers, along with Cathy Rich who produced the show and Rob Wallis of Hudson Music (formerly DCI video) who captured it on film for all of posterity. It was the first time all of us...2024-10-151h 22Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE206: TrackTalk With Dave Mattacks! Part 2Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Part 2 of TrackTalk with legendary drummer, Dave Mattacks! In Part 2, we do a deep-dive into more of Dave's iconic tracks from XTC, Paul McCartney, Jethro Tull and more! Come along for ride for Part 2, thanks for watching and listening! Please subscribe! Be sure to check out Part 1! https://youtu.be/pDT7hrn0k1k?si=Acyd2jlMNC0O0845 Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, J...2024-09-181h 03Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE205: TrackTalk With Dave Mattacks! Part 1Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is returning champion, legendary drummer, Dave Mattacks for a special episode of TrackTalk! In Part 1, we do a deep-dive into some iconic tracks from Fairport Convention , Joan Armatrading and XTC, with Dave giving us incredible insights into how the songs were created. The show aired LIVE on Facebook for over two hours, so I split this into two episodes. So come along for ride for Part 1, thanks for watching and listening and stay tuned for Part 2! Please subscribe!Live From My D...2024-09-121h 09Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE204: Inside Craviotto Drums with Steve Maxwell, Chad Cromwell, Harry McCarthy & Ronnie Vannucci!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by Craviotto's management team, Steve Maxwell, Chad Cromwell and Harry McCarthy, and special guest Ronnie Vannucci of "The Killers" for a special episode of Live From My Drum Room: Inside Craviotto Drums! In this episode we remember the late great Johnny Craviotto, his legacy as a drummer, builder, drum maker, innovator and friend to all of us. We talk about the history of Craviotto Drums, Johnny's philosophy and how Steve Maxwell and Craviotto Drums are continuing his philosophy and much more! So come a...2024-09-061h 16Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastNEW Craviotto Drums - Unboxing and Demo!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Some truly exciting news! My new Craviotto drums arrived, so I did an unboxing. Well, a reenactment of my unboxing! Also, a short demo of the drums. Ignore the playing, and dig the SOUND of the drums. The drums are wide open, except for the bass drum, which has an EQ Pad inside. I used a Shure MV7 through my Zoom P8 mixer to record them, so the drums are completely flat with no EQ. You're hearing the true sound of the drums. And honestly...2024-08-3113 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE203: TrackTalk With Stan Lynch! Part 2Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Part 2 of TrackTalk with returning champion, legendary drummer, composer and producer Stan Lynch! We do a deep-dive into some iconic Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Don Henley tracks, with Stan giving us incredible insights into how the songs were created. The show aired LIVE on Facebook for over two hours, so I split this into two episodes. So come along for ride, thanks for watching and listening and pease subscribe! If you missed Part 1, watch it here: https://youtu.be/Z-sceZmvzH8?si=H9q7...2024-08-2658 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE202: TrackTalk With Stan Lynch! Part 1Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is returning champion, legendary drummer, composer and producer Stan Lynch, for a special Live From My Drum Room - TrackTalk episode! We do a deep-dive into some iconic Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tracks, with Stan giving us incredible insights into how the songs were created. The show aired LIVE on Facebook for over two hours, so I split this into two episodes. This is Part 1. So come along for ride, thanks for watching and listening and stay tuned for Part 2! Please subscribe! 2024-08-191h 00Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE201: TrackTalk With Gary Mallaber!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com TrackTalk is back and my guest is legendary drummer, composer and producer Gary Mallaber! Gary and I do a deep-dive into some of his iconic tracks from his incredible 50+ year career with Van Morrison, Steve Miller, Eddie Money and Bruce Springsteen! And Gary provides some great insights into these songs. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry v...2024-07-231h 16Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE200: Live From My Drum Room! Drum Fantasy Camp 2024 Preview!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by Steve Orkin, founder of Drum Fantasy Camp now in its 16th year, along with some of this year's Drum Fantasy Camp Councilors, Mike Mangini, Bruce Becker and Vinny Valentino. Legendary drummer and one of the original DFC councilors Steve Smith, joined to talk about how DFC began. Other councilors for this year's DFC include Simon Phillips, Chris Coleman, Chrissi Poland, Hagar Ben Ari and Stu Mindeman. There's still space available for this year's Drum Fantasy Camp! Go here for more information or t...2024-07-141h 10Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE199: Live From My Drum Room With Narada Michael Walden!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, composer and Grammy-winning producer, Narada Michael Walden! We do a deep dive into Narada's incredible 50 plus year career, including Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Jeff Beck, Tommy Bolin, Journey and much more! We also talk about this comprehensive new retrospective, "Narada Michael Walden: Drumming, Spirit and Music" written by Aubrey Dayle and available through Hudson Music, which contains transcriptions, interviews, video lessons, Foreward by Billy Cobham and much more! Come along for the ride, and please subscribe! To order: https://hudsonmusic.c...2024-07-031h 39Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE198: Live From My Drum Room With Greg Errico!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer and founding member of Sly & The Family Stone, Greg Errico! In this episode Greg and I do a deep dive into several classic Sly & The Family Stone songs, breaking down his drum parts and how he came up with his iconic grooves. We also discuss Sly & The Family Stone's appearance at Woodstock '69, 55 years ago this August, Greg's stint with the legendary group, "Weather Report" and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Exciting news! 100% of t...2024-06-241h 24Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastLive From My Drum Room PAS Scholarship!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Exciting news! 100% of the proceeds from Live From My Drum Room T-shirts goes toward a newly created Live From My Drum Room Scholarship with the Percussive Arts Society! https://pas.org/pasic/scholarships/ Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. Available in XS-2XL. $25 includes shipping in the contiguous US. Payment with Venmo: @John-DeChristopher-2. Be sure to include your size and shipping address. Email: livefrommydrumroom@gmail.com. Thank you to everyone who's bought a sh...2024-06-2201 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE197: Live From My Drum Room With Steve Schaeffer!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary Los Angeles studio drummer Steve Schaeffer. In this episode we talk about Steve's jazz background, moving to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and his break into TV and film work, thanks to the recommendation of his friend and mentor, the great Shelly Manne. By the mid 1970s, Steve was a first call session player for television and film scores and a permanent fixture on the LA recording scene. It's easier to name the TV shows and films he didn't record. Steve also...2024-06-171h 14Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE196: Live From My Drum Room With Gene Chrisman!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, Gene Chrisman! Gene was a member of The Memphis Boys, the house band at American Sound in Memphis. From 1967 to 1972, Gene and The Memphis Boys recorded an incredible 122 hit records, with artists such as Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Neil Diamond, Dusty Springfield, King Curtis, B.J. Thomas, Merillee Rush, John Prine, The Box Tops and more! Gene's other credits include Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," The Highwaymen and many more! Gene and I do a deep dive into his incredible career...2024-06-101h 25Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE195: Live From My Drum Room With Bruce Becker!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Master Teacher, Author and Drummer, Bruce Becker! Bruce and I do a deep dive into his long and successful career, including forming and co-leading The David Becker Tribune with his brother David Becker, his 30 plus years studying with legendary drum guru Freddie Gruber, developing his teaching concept, "The Flow" and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe! All episodes are available on YouTube and all podcast platforms! Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are available! Made of...2024-06-041h 14Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE194: Live From My Drum Room With Gavin Harrison!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary Prog drummer Gavin Harrison! In this episode Gavin talks about recent tours with King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and The Pineapple Thief, his home studio, a rundown of his microphones and gear, his performance at Zildjian's 400th Anniversary Concert in London and more! I was honored to have the EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIER of “Dark Wind” from Gavin’s latest project with Antoine Fafard "Perpetual Mutations" (available July 26th), with a breakdown of his isolated drum track, as well as The Pineapple Thief track...2024-05-281h 31Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastShaping Your Journey with John DeChristopherSend me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com On January 23, 2024, I had the pleasure of being a guest on "Shaping Your Journey," hosted by Aldo Mazza. It was fun to be on the other side of the camera and microphone for a change. So come along for the ride and I hope you enjoy this episode. I'll be back with another episode of Live From My Drum Room soon! Thanks for watching and listening, and please subscribe! Check out "Shaping Your Journey" with Aldo Mazza and subscribe to his YouTube channel https://www.y...2024-05-201h 14Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE193: Live From My Drum Room With Jody Cortez!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Los Angeles session and touring drummer, Jody Cortez. In this episode Jody talks about moving from Miami to Los Angeles at age 10. Meeting Jeff Porcaro and the Porcaro family, how Jeff got him his first major tour with Boz Scaggs at age 21, working with Christopher Cross including the songs "Uncharted Hearts" and "Wishing Well," touring with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and much more! Jody is also the author of a series of children's books, available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble books. For more info...2024-05-131h 05Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE192: Live From My Drum Room With Adam Nussbaum!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is my old friend and legendary drummer, the great Adam Nussbaum! We played the Michael Brecker track "Suspone." Adam talks about his early influences like Mitch Mitchell, who led him to Elvin Jones, his relationship with Mel Lewis, going on the road with John Scofield, the importance of listening, his brush technique and much more! So come along for the ride, and please subscribe! Adam is also the co-host of the podcast Drummer Nation - check it out! @DrummerNationNow Live From M...2024-05-071h 18Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE191: Jeff Porcaro Stories with Robyn Flans!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is author Robyn Flans and in this episode we discuss her book, "Moments In Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories" available through Hudson Music. This episode aired "live" on April 29, 2024, which was also Joe Porcaro's 94th Heavenly birthday. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Check out E186: Jeff Porcaro's 70th Birthday with Robyn Flans & Gary Katz! https://youtu.be/BC8ZeWzkPN4?si=cvPokPuZYqvHXetvTo order "Moments In Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories": To order "Moments In Time": https://hudsonmusic.com/product/m...2024-04-301h 41Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE190: Live From My Drum Room With Keio Stroud!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Nashville session and touring drummer, Keio Strode. Keio discusses moving to Nashville from Athens, GA and breaking into the scene. The importance of having a positive attitude, working hard, being prepared and being dependable. His friendship with first call Nashville session drummer Eddie Bayers, working with Rodney Crowell, Big and Rich and Keb' Mo' whom we played two tracks from. Come along for the ride and please subscribe! Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are available now! Made of soft 60%cotton/40% polyester. A...2024-04-231h 22Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE189: Remembering Freddie Gruber With Special Guests! Part 2Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In Part 2 of Remembering Freddie Gruber, the stories and laughs continue as we reminisce about our friend and legendary drum guru, Freddie Gruber. I'm joined by Jim Keltner, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Bruce Becker, David Bronson, Jay Dittamo, Don Lombardi, Rob Wallis and Colin Schofield. We share some hilarious and poignant stories of Freddie. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Be sure to check out Remembering Freddie Gruber Part 1 https://youtu.be/dU5xQlYP20Y?si=EwEn0sYi5A9QhFro2024-04-191h 04Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE188: Remembering Freddie Gruber With Special Guests! Part 1Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by an incredible group of legendary drummers and friends, as we remember drum guru to the stars, the one and only, Freddie Gruber. Jim Keltner, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Bruce Becker, Mark Schulman, David Bronson, Jay Dittamo, Don Lombardi, Rob Wallis and Colin Schofield. We share some wonderful and often hilarious stories of Freddie. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon! Live From My Drum Room T-shirts are available now! Made o...2024-04-161h 12Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE187: Live From My Drum Room With Chad Gracey!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Chad Gracey - drummer and founding member of "LIVE." Chad and I discuss his stellar drumming on the band's hugely successful record "Throwing Copper" released 30 years ago this month. We do a deep dive into the recording process, songwriting, and Chad's approach to creating tasteful and supportive drum parts. We discussed his drumming on "All Over You," "Selling The Drama" and "Lightning Crashes." We also talked about Chad's podcast, "The Gracious Two" (link below). So come along for the ride and please subscribe! 2024-04-101h 03Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! T-shirts Available Now!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Hey everyone! I'm celebrating four years of "Live From My Drum Room" with my official Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! t-shirt! Made of 60% cotton/40% polyester for a soft and comfortable fit! Available in XS-XXL. $25 including shipping in the contiguous USA. For orders outside the US, I would need to calculate shipping. Pay with Venmo and remember to include your size AND your mailing address. Venmo address: @John-DeChristopher-2. For questions, email me at: livefrommydrumroom@gmail.com. No Drummers Harmed On Any Sh...2024-04-0601 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE186: Jeff Porcaro's 70th Birthday with Robyn Flans and Gary Katz!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A special episode in honor of Jeff Porcaro's 70th birthday! I'm joined by Robyn Flans, author of "Moments In Time: Jeff Porcaro Stories" available through Hudson Music, and legendary Steely Dan producer, Gary Katz! Gary shared some wonderful stories about Jeff, including the first time he met Jeff and David Paich when they were brought in to record "Night By Night" for Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" album. We also played a few of Jeff's many incredible recordings, and much more! So come along for the ride and...2024-04-021h 30Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE185: Live From My Drum Room With Zack Alford!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Zack Alford! Zack and I do a deep dive into his long and stellar career, including The B-52s, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Gwen Stefani, The Psychedelic Furs and more! Lots of great stories and we play one of Billy Joel's tracks Zack played on, "All About Soul" So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer a...2024-03-261h 10Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE184: The Best Of Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! Vol. 1Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com As I approach the 4th anniversary of Live From My Drum Room and close in on 200 episodes, I've put together a "Best Of" show with clips from episodes going back as far as 2020. My guests include Stan Lynch, Gary Mallaber, Micky Curry, Steve Gadd, Vinnie Colaiuta, Rick Marotta, Andy Newmark, Jim Keltner, Joe Vitale, Simon Kirke, Kenney Jones, Dave Mattacks, Charley Drayton, Pete Thomas, Shawn Pelton, Anton Fig, Aaron Comess, Cathy Rich, Steve Smith, Danny Seraphine, Denny Tedesco, Shane Kinney, Stan & Jerry Keyawa, Joe Testa and more! 2024-03-1958 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE181: Joel Selvin - "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon."Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Joel Selvin, author of "Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey Of Jim Gordon" available Feb 27th on Diversion Books. Joel and I do a deep-dive into the incredible and prolific career of legendary drummer, Jim Gordon, as well as the tragic circumstances of his mental illness. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! The songs played during the show are: Layla and Bell Bottom Blues (Derek & The Dominos), What Is Life (George Harrison), The Rockford Files TV show theme (Mike Post), God O...2024-02-261h 28Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE180: TrackTalk With Andy Newmark!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Legendary drummer Andy Newmark and I do deep-dive into three of his iconic recordings: Carly Simon's "Anticipation," Gary Wright's "Love Is Alive," and John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me." So come along for the ride and please subscribe! Contact Andy - e-mail: andrew.newmark@zen.co.uktelephone: +44 1227 750 139 (United Kingdom)"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five d...2024-02-211h 22Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE179: 60th Anniversary of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by friends and legendary drummers Jim Keltner, Andy Newmark, Joe Vitale, Stan Lynch and Kenny Aronoff, to celebrate and discuss that historic evening when The Beatles made their first US appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964. An estimated 73 million people tuned in that night that changed popular music, pop culture and America. Beatlemania, The Beatle Boom and the influence it had on kids wanting to play music and join a band. So come along for the ride and please subscribe! "Live From M...2024-02-141h 18Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE178: Celebrating Hal Blaine's 95th Birthday!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Hal Blaine's recording credits are simply staggering. Hal would have turned 95 on Feb 5th, 2024 - he passed away on March 11, 2019 at age 90. I'm joined by Jim Keltner, Don Randi, Denny Tedesco, Clem Burke, Dennis Diken and Don Lombardi, to celebrate Hal Blaine's 95th Birthday and share memories and stories of our dear friend. Hal Blaine wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_BlaineCome along for the ride and please subscribe! "Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music in...2024-02-071h 34Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE177: TrackTalk: Rick Marotta on "Breakdown Dead Ahead"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode of TrackTalk, Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into his driving shuffle in Boz Scaggs' "Breakdown Dead Ahead." So come along for the ride and please subscribe to my YouTube channel! "Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked "Best Drum Podcast," it's a peek behind the curtain that o...2024-02-0256 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE176: TrackTalk: Myron Grombacher on "All Fired Up" "Shadows Of The Night" & "Invincible."Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode of TrackTalk, Myron Grombacher discusses his playing on Pat Benatar's "All Fired Up" Shadows Of The Night" and "Invincible." Come along for the ride and please subscribe! Watch the entire episode: https://youtu.be/It7sQRms6b8?si=DdH15xLsgYxDwFMy"Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, and is a series of intimate "conversations" with legendary drummers and music industry friends, drawing from John's five decades in the music industry. Ranked the B...2024-01-2628 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE175: TrackTalk: Tris Imboden on "Footloose" & "I'm Alright"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com This episode of TrackTalk is an excerpt from Live From My Drum Room With Tris Imboden. In this episode, we do a deep-dive into two of Kenny Loggins' biggest hits that Tris recorded: "Footloose" and "I'm Alright." Tris shares insights on each song, including him singing the bridge on the "live" version of "I'm Alright" which is included, along with "Footloose." So come along for the ride and please subscribe to my channel! Watch the entire episode of Live From My Drum Room With Tris I...2024-01-1823 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE174: Live From My Drum Room - "Gadd: A Life In Time"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, we do a deep dive into Hudson Music's retrospective on Steve Gadd, "Gadd: A Life In Time." My guests are the legendary Steve Gadd himself, along with Rob Wallis and Joe Bergamini of Hudson Music. Rob and Joe share insights on the development of the book, which includes interviews, song transcriptions, never before-seen-photos and much more! Also some of Steve's iconic recordings with commentary from Steve. So come along for the ride! Please Subscribe! Order the book: https://hudsonmusic.com/product/gadd-a-life-in-time/2024-01-111h 29Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE171: 2023 Christmas Holiday Show! WARNING: CONTAINS DRUMMERS!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My annual Christmas Holiday show where I invite a bunch of my drummer friends to drop in, and I never know exactly who's going to show up. The show was "live" so there were a few "warts," but it's always a lot of laughs! My guests were a literal who's who of drumming, including Aynsley Dunbar, Mike Mangini, Robyn Flans, Eddie Tuduri, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Chamberlin, Rob Wallis, Anton Fig, Dave Mattacks, Rick Marotta, Jack Bruno, Joe Vitale, Steve Gadd, Charley Drayton, Jim Keltner, Dennis Chambers, Steve...2023-12-221h 44Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE161: TrackTalk: Aaron Comess on "Two Princes"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com An Excerpt from Live From My Drum Room With Aaron Comess! from April 27, 2022. Aaron talks moving to about moving to New York, studying with Bernard Purdie, forming the Spin Doctors and developing his signature sound. Recording the iconic track "Two Princes" and the importance of his snare drum sound to the song. Watch the entire episode https://youtu.be/TDnIePFnQcE?si=7X5VS5POKd-4oTj_ and please subscribe! "Live From My Drum Room" is hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, an...2023-10-0217 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE160: TrackTalk: Kenney Jones on "I'm Losing You" & "Stay With Me"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com An excerpt from "Live From My Drum Room With Kenney Jones" from November 2, 2021. In this segment, we discuss Kenney's drumming on Rod Stewart's "(I Know) I"m Losing You" and the Faces "Stay With Me." Both songs recorded in 1971 and both with iconic drum parts. Kenney talks about the drum solo in "I'm Losing You" and how it evolved during the Faces live shows and much more! Watch the entire episode with Kenney: • Episode 57: Live From My Drum Room Wi... and please subscribe! "Live Fr...2023-09-2719 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE142: Live From My Drum Room With Jeff "Tain" Watts!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary Jazz drummer, composer, band leader and seven-time Grammy winner, Jeff “Tain” Watts. Jeff and I talk about meeting in 1980 while Jeff was attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, Jeff’s background in Classical Music, and moving to New York at age 22 as his career took off. Jeff also talks about moving to Los Angeles and his years as the drummer for The Tonight Show band, and much more! Subscribe to Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! @livefrommydrumroom And check out...2023-05-111h 11Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE136: Live From My Drum Room With Gary Husband!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is drummer/multi-instrumentalist, pianist, keyboard player, composer and producer, Gary Husband. Gary and I go back to his early years studying classical piano and his transition to drums. Becoming a professional musician at age 13, which led to an incredible career, recording and performing with Allan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Billy Cobham, Level 42 to name a few. Gary reflected on his long history with legendary guitarist Allan Holdsworth and how that led to his current project, “The Trackers." Gary and I recall Zildjian’s Tribute to G...2023-04-211h 26Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE135: Live From My Drum Room - Remembering Pete Zeldman!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I'm joined by a distinguished panel of legendary and highly respected drummers to remember their friend and world renowned drummer and educator, Pete Zeldman. Pete was a longtime faculty member of the renown Drummers Collective in New York. Jeff “Tain” Watts, Kenwood Dennard, Rob Wallis, Jason Gianni, Tobias Ralph, Andy Sanesi and Cherie Dennard shared wonderful and touching stories, as well as comments on behalf of legendary drummers and friends, Vinnie Colaiuta and Bob Moses, who were unable to join. The panel also remembered the late Frank Katz...2023-04-1453 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE133: Live From My Drum Room With Rob Cook - 2023 Chicago Drum Show Preview!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Rob Cook, owner and founder of Rebeats Publishing, author of several popular and best-selling vintage drum books, also the founder and producer of the Chicago Drum Show, the oldest and largest vintage and custom drum show in the US. Rob gives us the history of Rebeats and its popular drum publications a preview of his upcoming cymbal book, the history of the Chicago Drum Show and how it began as a Drummers Swap Meet in 1991, and has evolved into a major and highly anticipated...2023-04-061h 02Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE132: TrackTalk: David Garibaldi on "What Is Hip?"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Introducing "TrackTalk" a brand new series exclusively on Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! "TrackTalk" features iconic tracks, with iconic drum parts, and the drummers who played them. TrackTalk gives you an insider's view on your favorite songs, by the drummers who helped create them. In this episode, legendary Tower Of Power drummer David Garibaldi and I do a deep into TOP's iconic song, "What Is Hip?" Check out David's episode of Live From My Drum Room from April 2022 and please su...2023-04-0347 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE131: Live From My Drum Room With Omar Hakim!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary drummer, singer, composer and producer, Omar Hakim! Omar and I talk about his long and prolific career, including becoming a professional touring drummer at 15 and how that prepared him for joining “Weather Report” in 1982 at 23 years old. His long history with legendary artist and producer, Nile Rodgers. Becoming an in-demand session player in the early 1980s including his work with David Bowie, Dire Straits, recording Sting’s first solo record after leaving the Police, “The Dream of the Blue Turtles” and being part of Sting’s...2023-03-301h 37Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE129: Live From My Drum Room With Matt Chamberlain!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary session drummer, Matt Chamberlain! Matt’s recording credits reads like a 'who’s who' of recording artists. He was voted #1 Studio Drummer in the Modern Drummer Readers Poll in 2016, 2019, and 2021. Matt and I do a deep dive into his long and stellar career, going back to studying with David Garibaldi and Murray Spivak, to his brief time at North Texas State and then joining Edie Brickell & New Bohemians in 1988. After moving to New York in 1991 to join the house band for "Saturday Night Live...2023-03-231h 21Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE128: TrackTalk: Rick Marotta on "Peg"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Introducing "TrackTalk" a brand new series exclusively on Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! "TrackTalk" features iconic tracks, with iconic drum parts, and the drummers who played them. TrackTalk gives you an insider's view on your favorite songs, by the drummers who helped create them. In this episode of TrackTalk, legendary drummer, composer and producer, Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into Steely Dan's iconic track, "Peg." Rick breaks down his incredible and elusive groove and provides some great insights into t...2023-03-2059 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE127: Live From My Drum Room With Paul Sexton: "Charlie's Good Tonight"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is Paul Sexton, author of the Charlie Watts biography, “Charlie’s Good Tonight.” Paul and I discuss his history with Charlie and The Rolling Stones, going back to 1991, how the book came together, including the approval and endorsement from Charlie’s family and the participation of all the members of The Rolling Stones. The book is full of interviews and anecdotes from Charlie’s family and close friends and offers an insiders view of Charlie’s love for his family, his keen sense of humor, generosity a...2023-03-161h 07Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE124: TrackTalk: Stan Lynch on "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Introducing "TrackTalk" a brand new series exclusively on Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! "TrackTalk" features iconic tracks, with iconic drum parts, and the drummers who played them. TrackTalk gives you an insider's view on your favorite songs, by the drummers who helped create them. In episode one of TrackTalk, John's guest is his old friend, the great Stan Lynch, drummer, singer, songwriter, producer and original drummer for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Stan and John do a deep dive into "Stop Draggin' My H...2023-03-0754 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE116: Live From My Drum Room With John Riley!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is world renowned drummer, educator and author, John Riley. John talks about his 30 plus years as the drummer with the legendary Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, his early studies with Joe Morello, and his long association with Manhattan School of Music. They also do a deep dive into John’s new book, “The Master Drummer” and his previous best selling books “Art of Bop Drumming” and “Beyond Bop Drumming” which are considered classic and essential drumming resources. John also relates the incredible story of his audition for Frank Zappa an...2023-01-191h 15Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE113: Live From My Drum Room With Eddie Tuduri!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is Eddie Tuduri. Eddie shares his incredible life story including playing drums for major acts like The Beach Boys, Rick Nelson, Dwight Yoakum, Dobie Gray, Dr. John and many more, to his surfing accident in 1997 which left him temporarily paralyzed. Being the founder and director of The Rhythmic Arts Project (TRAP) and the great work they do. Throughout it all, Eddie remains a positive and inspiring force, and a beloved member of the Drum Community. Please subscribe to John’s YouTube Channe...2022-12-291h 08Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE110: Live From My Drum Room With Taku Hirano!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is percussionist Taku Hirano. In this episode Taku talks about attending Berklee College of Music, his classmates who have also gone on to be successful in the music industry and his first break in the business. John and Taku do a deep dive into Taku’s extensive resume, including touring with Fleetwood Mac and working out percussion parts with Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, Josh Groban, John Mayer and currently with LeAnn Rimes. Taku also shared some wonderful memories of t...2022-12-1558 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE109: Live From My Drum Room With Chris Parker!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is the great Chris Parker! In this episode, Chris talks about starting out on the drums at age three and playing professionally by 11. Chris and John do a deep dive into Chris’ incredible and prolific career. Meeting Will Lee in 1972, moving from Woodstock to New York City and breaking into the New York recording scene in the early 1970s. Joining the band that would be known as “Stuff” and later playing double drums with Steve Gadd. Touring with the Brecker Brothers, Boz Scaggs, Bob Dylan, p...2022-12-081h 18Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE106: Live From My Drum Room With Jim Keltner!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is the legendary and incomparable, Jim Keltner! John and Jim discuss Jim’s incredible and prolific career starting with his first recording, Gary Lewis and the Playboys’ “Just My Style.” Continuing with his work with Bob Dylan, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Gary Wright, Steely Dan, The Traveling Wilburys and much more! Jim opens up about his friends and drumming contemporaries Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, Jim Gordon, Levon Helm, Jeff Porcaro, Rick Marotta, Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts. This episode is...2022-11-171h 38Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE105: Live From My Drum Room With John JR Robinson!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary studio drummer John JR Robinson. In this episode, JR talks about attending Berklee College in Boston in the early/mid 1970s where his classmates included Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Smith, Casey Scheuerell and Kenwood Dennard, and studying with Alan Dawson and Gary Chaffee. Going on the road with his show band and meeting and joining Rufus and Chaka Khan and moving to Los Angeles, which was a pivotal point in his career. After meeting Quincy Jones, JR became one of the busiest and most...2022-11-101h 05Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE101: Live From My Drum Room With Pat Petrillo!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this week’s episode, John talks with drummer, educator and product designer, Pat Petrillo. John and Pat do a deep dive into Pat’s latest and critically acclaimed record, "The Power Station Sessions” which features Nile Rodgers, John Popper, Oz Noy, Lenny Pickett, Felecia Collins and Glen Burtnik. Pat takes us into the recording process, his instrument choices, and song material. Pat also talks about drummers that influenced him, his years in drum corps and developing technique, and much more! Please subscribe!*Live From My Drum...2022-10-181h 09Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE100: Live From My Drum Room With Marco Minnemann!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest this week is the incredible Marco Minnemann! In this episode Marco talks about his recent tour with his band “The Aristocrats” and their process for writing and recording music. Marco also discusses his concept for independence and how he applies it to music, recording in his home studio and achieving his sound. John and Marco shared stories of their time together on the road on various clinic tours. Marco discussed the aspirational aspect of drumming and how hopes his playing inspires other drummers and mu...2022-10-111h 10Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE99: Live From My Drum Room With Clem Burke!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, John’s guest is the great Clem Burke. Clem talks about his formative years playing snare drum and later bass drum in The Bridgemen Drum & Bugle Corps, playing in rock bands as a teenager, the New York club scene in the 70s and joining Blondie in 1975. Blondie’s recent sold-out tour and newly released archival box set, “Against The Odds.” John and Clem do a deep dive into Clem’s signature drum parts on several Blondie tracks, as well as Clem’s style, technique and influenc...2022-09-3049 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE98: Drummer Nation Live With Guest John DeChristopher!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I had the pleasure of being a guest on Michael Vosbein's great show, "Drummer Nation Live," where we discussed a number of topics including Artist Relations, the Drum Industry, artists and lots more! Check out and subscribe to Drummer Nation Live! https://www.youtube.com/c/DrummerNationNowAnd please subscribe to Live From My Drum Room! https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom*Live From My Drum Room licensed its content to the Modern Drummer Podcast from March 2022 until June 2023. h...2022-09-1647 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE96: Live From My Drum Room With Jeff Hamilton!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is the legendary Jeff Hamilton! In this episode Jeff talks about his early drumming influences, attending Indiana University and studying with the great John Von Ohlen, joining Woody Herman’s band in 1977 at age 23, being invited by Ray Brown to join The L.A. Four in 1978 and relocating to Los Angeles, where Jeff established himself as one of the most versatile and sought after drummers. Jeff shared insights on his ride cymbal beat, brush playing, his approach to achieving his organic drum sound, his equi...2022-09-031h 03Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastCelebrating Charlie Watts With John DeChristopher and Lee McCormack!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John DeChristopher joins Tramps Like Us host Lee McCormack, to remember and celebrate their favorite drummer, Charlie Watts, on the one year anniversary of his passing. Lee and John do a deep dive into classic Rolling Stones deeps cuts and Charlie's drumming! Check out Lee McCormack's Tramps Like Us podcast! http://trampslikeuspod.com/ And subscribe to John's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom2022-08-261h 33Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE94: Remembering Jeff Porcaro With Special Guests!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, John remembers the great Jeff Porcaro whom we lost August 5, 1992. John is joined by a legendary group of Jeff’s friends and contemporaries and a literal “who’s who” of the drumming community, including Jim Keltner, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Robinson, Rick Marotta, Stan Lynch, Gregg Bissonette, Gary Mallaber, Jody Cortez, David Garfield, John Good, Rich Mangicaro, Robyn Flans, Harry McCarthy, Ross Garfield and Paul Jamieson. They discussed Jeff’s incomparable body of work, his incredible time and feel, and the deep love and respect he had fro...2022-08-111h 29Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE93: Live From My Drum Room With Peter Erskine!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is the legendary Peter Erskine! Peter and John discussed Peter’s MD Legends Series Book (available now!), and numerous other topics including vintage drums, selecting ride cymbals, home recording and much more. They also talked about Peter’s upcoming induction into the PAS (Percussive Arts Society) Hall Of Fame in November of 2022. Both Peter and John shared some funny stories, and Peter offered some invaluable drumming insights as only a true Legend like he can.In this Video:Tama Drums → https://imp.i114...2022-08-081h 30Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE90: Live From My Drum Room With Ronn Dunnett!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is Ronn Dunnett, CEO & President of Dunnett Classic Drums, The George Way Drum Company and Milestone Percussion. John and Ronn discussed Ronn’s early years as a drummer playing throughout Canada, forming Dunnett Classic Drums 30 years ago, acquiring the George Way Drum Company and most recently his acquisition of Milestone Percussion. Ronn gives a great history lesson on George Way and his designs and innovations that are still being used today. Ronn shared insights on being an independent drum company, his strategy for building rela...2022-07-1858 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE88: Live From My Drum Room With Donn Bennett!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest was Donn Bennett, drummer, educator and founder of Donn Bennett’s Drum Studio in Seattle, WA. Donn talks about how he went from a teaching studio to opening his retail store, how he got into collecting vintage drums, creating “Donn’s Drum Vault” - his incredible collection of rare and vintage drums and his "Artist Collection" of celebrity gear. John and Donn also shared personal stories about Charlie Watts, Elvin Jones, Hal Blaine, Armand Zildjian, Ringo Starr and more! https://livefrommyd...2022-07-051h 39Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastDrum History Podcast With John DeChristopher!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com This is an interview from Bart van der Zee's excellent Drum History Podcast! I'm sharing it to my podcast platforms with Bart's permission. Be sure to check out Drum History Podcast! https://www.drumhistorypodcast.com/About this episode: John worked for Zildjian for 24 years in a number of roles from sales all the way up to vice president of the company. I asked him to teach me how the industry works, and he did a great job of breaking down many roles in the dr...2022-06-241h 08Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE86: Live From My Drum Room With Aaron Comess! 4-27-22Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is Aaron Comess, drummer and founding member of the "Spin Doctors.” In this episode Aaron talks about growing up in Dallas, his early influences, his teachers, attending North Texas State, then Berklee College in Boston for a year, and eventually moving to New York and forming the Spin Doctors. John and Aaron discussed Aaron's drum sound and the recording process for "Pocket Full of Kryptonite” their hugely successful breakthrough record, and much more! https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChr...2022-06-201h 04Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE85: Live From My Drum Room With David Garibaldi! 4-20-22Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest is the legendary David Garibaldi! David and John discussed his incredible career with Tower of Power, and his concept for creating some of the most iconic and timeless drum beats in history, including his signature groove for TOP’s timeless classic, “What Is Hip.” David talks about his influences for creating his own unique style as one of the preeminent funk drummers and one of the most important drummers of our time. David also discusses about his new book, “DG’s Notebook My Path To The Groov...2022-06-1353 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE84: Cheron Moore Extraordinary Drummers Show with John DeChristopher!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com I had the extraordinary pleasure of being a guest on the Cheron Moore Extraordinary Drummers Show! It's nice to be on the other side of the Zoom camera for a change! Thanks, Cheron! 😁 🙏https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom2022-06-0626 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE83: Live From My Drum Room With Steve Smith! 4-18-22Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, Steve Smith and John DeChristopher do a deep dive into Steve’s Modern Drummer Legend Series Book available now as a digital download and as a print book on May 20, 2022. All of Steve’s Modern Drummer Cover/Feature interviews are included in his Legend Series Book, starting in 1981, to a recent in-depth interview with MD’s Mark Griffith. It’s the most comprehensive book on Steve Smith ever, from growing up in Whitman, Massachusetts, to attending Berklee College, to his first major tour with "John-Luc...2022-05-301h 11Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE82: Live From My Drum Room With Keith Carlock! 4-9-22Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com John’s guest this week is the one and only Keith Carlock! In this episode, Keith and John recall their first meeting in 1997 at the beginning of Keith’s career. Keith talks about playing the 55 Bar in New York with guitarist Wayne Krantz, where he caught the attention of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, ultimately leading to him landing the drum chair for "Steely Dan," which he’s held for almost 20 years. Keith also talks about working with Sting, John Mayer, James Taylor, Toto, and much more! 2022-05-241h 00Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE81: Live From My Drum Room With Chris Layton! 4-3-22Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode, John caught up with his old friend Chris Layton and talked about his early drumming influences, moving from his home town of Corpus Christi to Austin, TX at age 20. Becoming entrenched in Austin’s music scene, which led to meeting legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and forming, “Double Trouble.” Chris talks about developing his style for playing his signature Texas Shuffle, the critically acclaimed group “Arc Angels” and his long association with guitar great, Kenny Wayne Shepherd. John and Chris also remembered their mutual friend, th...2022-05-171h 08Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE77: Live From My Drum Room With David Frangioni of Modern Drummer!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com In this episode John DeChristopher and David Frangioni, CEO & Publisher of Modern Drummer discussed their recent collaboration of “Live From My Drum Room” collaborating with Modern Drummer, their 40 year history, what inspires them as drummers, their experiences working in the Drum Industry and much more! *Live From My Drum Room licensed its content to the Modern Drummer Podcast from March 2022 until June 2023. https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom2022-04-191h 06Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE75: Live From My Drum Room With John Tempesta!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com My guest is legendary Hard Rock/Metal drummer, John Tempesta! We discussed John's incredible 30+ year career including Exodus, Testament, White Zombie, Rob Zombie and The Cult, which he's been a member of since 2006. https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom2022-02-2059 minLive From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! PodcastE70: Live From My Drum Room With Vinnie Colaiuta!Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com A fun chat with my old friend, the legendary Vinnie Colaiuta! We discussed Vinnie's years at Berklee College of Music and living in Boston, before moving to Los Angeles where he turned the drumming world upside down! And lots of great insights from Vinnie. Be sure to subscribe to his podcast "Breakfast With Vinnie" and please subscribe to my channel @John DeChristopher - Live From My Drum Room! https://livefrommydrumroom.comwww.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom2022-01-291h 17