The Drum Brigade Podcast

We are back with episode 78 for another episode. Because of COVID 19 we are recording this remotely via ZOOM. For this episode we have Sidecar Tommy (Tommy Cappel) as our Zoom guest. Sidecar Tommy is a Beatmaker, drummer, songwriter and co-producer of tribal bass trio known as BEATS ANTIQUE - with his solo project, SIDECAR TOMMY creates music that brings the beats to the forefront. Using 30 years of experience as a drummer, pianist and songwriter, the original score is vast, raw, and vulnerable, culminating in a collage of music that invites your senses on a journey. For more info on Sidecar Tommy please visit: www.sidecartommy.com or www.beatsantique.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back with episode 77 for another episode. Because of COVID 19 we are recording this remotely via ZOOM. For this episode we have Emily Dolan Davis all the way from London as our Zoom guest. Emily Dolan Davies is a touring and recording drummer based in the UK. She has worked with artists including Bryan Ferry, The Darkness, Kim Wilde, Howard Jones, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey, Tricky, Cher Lloyd, The Hours, and many more. She also owns her own remote recording business, EmilyDrums.com, where she records for hundreds of artists from all over the world from her own drum studio. Emily also has an educational YouTube and podcast series, A Drummer's Guide To... that gives an insight into her world of being a professional musician to help others reach their goals. This has also been translated into a touring masterclass series that she performs at music schools and universities. For more info on Emily please visit: www.emilydolandavis.com www.EmilyDrums.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back with episode 76 for another episode. This week is a bit different. Because of COVID 19 we are recording this remotely via ZOOM. For this episode we have Terence Higgins as our Zoom guest. New Orleans is known for its great music and culture, and it is also known for spawning some of greatest drummers in the world. Every serious drummer has been influenced by New Orleans style drumming at some point in there development. With a unique blend of slinky street beats, New Orleans funk, R&B, Zydeco, blues, traditional jazz, and swing, gives New Orleans Drummers that thang!!!.....But don't get it twisted, "New Orleans style of drumming is not method book friendly, it’s all about the feel of it, it’s a feeling thing and its part of the fabric of New Orleans". Terence was born in New Orleans in 1970 and was raised in the suburb of old Algiers. He was introduced to the drums at a very young age by his great grandfather and he has been playing ever since. In high school he was one of two students chosen from the state of Louisiana to perform in the McDonald's All-American band, after high school he enrolled in music studies at Southern University, after a few years he decided to pursue a career in the music business. Specializing in New Orleans grooves and keeping in touch with the Crescent City's second line tradition and early New Orleans funk and R&B, he draws his influences from the legends of New Orleans drumming such as: Baby Dodds, Earl Palmer, Smokey Johnson, Charles "Hungry" Williams, Shannon Powell, James Black, Herlin Riley, Zigaboo, Joe Lastie, Idris Mohammed, Ricky Sebastien, Herman Ernest, and Mean Willie Green and also his peers: Adonis Rose, Brian Blade, Gerald French, Donald Edwards, Troy Davis, Stanton Moore, Russell Batiste Jr., Jeffrey "Jellybean" Alexander, Doug Belote, Alfred Salvant, Raymond Weber and many other drummers around the world. His professional career has taken him all over the world and his unsurpassed skills on the drums have allowed him to play with an eclectic group of musicians. Terence credits George Porter Jr. of the Meters for taking him under his wing and introducing him to the vast repertoire of New Orleans music. Terence has performed with artist like Dr. John, Earl King, Marva Wright, Kermit Ruffin, Snooks Eaglin, Johnny Adams, George Porter Jr., The Wild Magnolias, Dave Badie, Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk, Jon Cleary, Donald Harrison, Allen Toussaint, Michelle Shocked, Norah Jones, Renee Mcrary, John Scofield, DJ Logic, Bobby Jordan, Ed Perkins, Theryl "Houseman" Decluet, Micheal Ward, Robert Randolph, Widespread Panic, The Black Crows, North Mississippi All-Stars, Treme Brass band, Fats Domino and many other New Orleans artist. He is now touring and recording with one of New Orleans premier groups the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, John Scofield Piety Street Band as well as his own band Swampgrease. Growing up in New Orleans has exposed him to some of the greatest music and culture the world has to offer, Terence is no exception, as the next generation continues the legacy of the musical heritage of the city of New Orleans. In 2004 Higgins released his much anticipated solo album In the Bywater to a very receptive audience. For more info on Terence please visit: www.terencehigginsmusic.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back with episode 75 for another episode. This week is a bit different. Because of COVID 19 we are recording this remotely via ZOOM. For this episode we have J-Rod Sullivan as our Zoom guest. Jerrod ‘J-rod’ Sullivan is a musical machine in every aspect – an unquestionably talented drummer, as well as a producer, multi-instrumentalist, and programmer. He knows that “music is universal,” and he’s continuing to take his music to, and share his passion with, more and more people every day. J-rod isn’t your typical product of a family of musicians; rather, he grew up in a family who loved listening to music, and exposed him to Gospel and R&B. By the time he was two years old, he was drumming along to music on kitchen pots and pans, prompting his grandmother to buy him his very first drum kit. Through church and school he worked on his music, participating in bands and teaching himself bass guitar, keyboard, and music production. He really made music a priority, practicing for hours everyday after school and on weekends. By 2006 he began posting drum cover videos to YouTube, the base of his ever-growing social media following, currently totaling 103K followers on Facebook and Instagram, not to mention his 43K YouTube subscribers. And that’s only as a solo act… After graduating from the Atlanta Institute of Music (studying music performance), J-rod joined The 4 Korners in 2013 on drums. As well as The 4 Korners, J-rod also drums for Alex Bugnon and Byron Cage. And, besides being a full time performing musician, he continues to program live shows and produce for different artists under his business name: J-rod Sullivan Productions, LLC. In his spare time (yes, really) he also teaches drum lessons. J-rod has worked with the likes of Jidenna, Seven Streeter, Xscape, Bebe Winans, Everette Harp, Nick Colionne, Kenny Latimore, Chantae Cann, Avery Sunshine, Byron Cage, Alex Bugnon, Ronnie Laws and appeared in films such as BET's ‘Being Mary Jane’, VH1s ‘Single Ladies’, Oprah's ‘Greenleaf’, and BET HER. Spurred on by his success so far, J-rod’s chasing even more dreams. He’s continuously working hard at mastering his craft, both mentally and physically, and wants to bring The 4 Korners worldwide in the coming years (and pick up a Grammy or two along the way). But when he plays a show, event, or even recording session, his greatest goal is to share his energy and inspire others: “if only one person tells me they were inspired, I'll be satisfied". A professional and extremely passionate performer, J-rod “plays every show like it’s my last”. His drumming is electric, and brings a whole new flavor to the songs he covers (like ‘Stay’ by Zedd, with a cool 358,000+ views). Fans are responding, not only through social media but also personally: after a drum clinic tour in Brazil in June 2017 a fan told J-rod, “you have marked my life forever." His proudest moment thus far, this is what motivates him to keep on doing what he’s doing. For more info about J-Rod please visit: www.j-rodsullivan.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back with episode 74 for another episode. For this episode we have Julian Rodriguez as our phone guest. We also have Sergio Gutierrez in-studio co-hosting with Funky Phil and Korey. Julian, who's dad was late great Art Rodriguez, is known for playing with Gloria Trevi, Steve Perry and many more. Jules is endorsed by: DW Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, and Vic Firth Drum Sticks. Sergio is a professional artist, guitarist, singer, song writer, motivational speaker, and more. Sergio runs his own businesses- Sergio Gutierrez Music, and Sergio's Fine Art. For more info on Julian please follow: @flamjules (Instagram) For more info on Sergio please visit: www.sergiogutierrezmusic.com or www.sergiosfineart.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back for episode 73 (Bonus Episode) for another episode. For this episode we have a bit of a different format for The Drum Brigade Podcast. This week we take a field trip to Aquarian Drumheads headquarters. We hang with Chris and Gabe as well as find a new snare head for Korey's 40 ply Spaun snare. It was a lot of fun doing this one. Thanks to Aquarian for allowing us to do this! For more info on Aquarian please visit: www.aquariandrumheads.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back for episode 72 for another episode. Our guest this week is Alan Evans. Alan is known for playing, recording, and touring with Soulive, Matador! Soul Sounds, and many more. He is also a producer and engineer at his studio Iron Wax. For more info on Alan Evans please follow: @playonbrother (instagram) For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back for episode 71 for another episode. Our guest this week is Jake Sommers. Jake is known for playing, recording, and touring with Country star Luke Combs. Jake started playing drums at the age of 6 and by age 11 he picked up guitar. He continued to play both throughout high school then made a decision to pursue a career as a professional drummer. Jake attended The University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a music performance major. While there, he was fortunate to study under Marc Dicciani, Jimmy Paxson (Ben Harper, Stevie Nicks, and Natalie Maines), Gerry Brown (Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross), Marcus Baylor (Yellowjackets), and Erik Johnson. Jake has also spent many years working with Dom Famularo and John Favicchia. Jake graduated from uarts in May 2013 with a BFA in Music Performance and won the prestigious Paul D. Patterson Drum Set Award. From show tunes to Brooks and Dunn to the cha cha, Jake plays it all. Jake recently relocated from his hometown in New York to Nashville, TN to pursue his happiness playing country and rock music. As stated by Marc Dicciani, director of the School of Music at University of the Arts, "Mr. Sommers is talented, intelligent, motivated, self-sufficient, resourceful, creative, disciplined, personable, patient, reliable, adaptable, musically diverse, enthusiastic, energetic, mature, and a consummate team-player who works extremely well under pressure and always to the benefit of the ensemble or group that he is in". For more info on Jake please visit: www.jakesommersdrums.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We are back for one of our most unique, outrageous and funny episodes ever! Our guest is Isaias Gil calling in from on the road with Black Flag... Yes THE Black Flag. We get on a lot of random stuff, but most notable was Isaias talking about his love of Hansen... Yes THE Hansen, his friend (Justin) coming on and talking about his fear of "open water", and much more. Lots of laughs on this one. For more info on Isaias please visit: www.isaiasgil.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

We're back this week for a brand new episode! Our guest this week is Jared Shavelson. Jared Shavelson is an American drummer from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He attended SUNY where he studied jazz. After two years at Music Conservatory he joined The Hope Conspiracy. In 2006 he joined None More Black, along and played with Paint It Black. He moved to Los Angeles where he played Digital Daggers and played on the album Anthems by Pure Love. He is currently a member BoySetsFire, and has recently toured as the drummer for Meg Myers, Seal, The Rentals (with Matt Sharp from Weezer), and The Bronx in 2018 and 2019. For more info on Jared please follow @jaredshavelson (instagram). For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

This week it's a live podcast from the 2020 Namm show. We walked around and got some interviews, had some adult drinks, chatted with old friends, and basically lived the true Namm experience. Animals As Leaders, Robert Glasper with Terrace Martin, Derik Hodge, Justin Tyson and more, and Cassie B with Funky Phil all played. We also had tons of interviews with Thomas Lang, Daru Jones, Dana Hawkins, Catlin Calafus, Sahir Hanif, Mike Dawson, Dave Raun, Chris “Poo” Arredondo, Ashley Sanchez, Ron Zelly, Bianca Richardson, and many more! Thanks to everyone who agreed to interview with us. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

This week our guest is Greg "Gigi" Gonaway. Gregory "Gigi" Gonaway is an American drummer and percussionist, born in Phoenix, Arizona. Gonaway has been making music since the 1970s and has played drums on recordings with artists such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Natalie Cole, and Steve Winwood, Kenny G, Eddie Murphy, among others and toured extensively with Mariah Carey (for over 15 years) and Clarence Clemons. He was a protégé of Narada Michael Walden's in the 1980's and 90's and worked at Tarpan recording studio with Walden on most of the major label acts he produced. Walden was an established music producer and drummer and took Gonaway under his wing as he said he reminded him of himself when he was a young drummer just starting out. Gonaway attributes much of his success to Walden and talks about this on this episode. He also mentions his amazing foot speed, while playing in clogs! For more info on Gigi please follow: @gigigonaway (instagram) For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

No guest this week... again. So sorry to our listeners. To be honest we had to jump through a lot of hoops to have this guest scheduled. But we did have him scheduled and confirmed. 20 min before hitting record, even though our team was very clear when scheduling, according to his team, there was some confusion as to the time. So they bailed. Unfortunately, sometimes this is how the cookie crumbles. So this week its Funky Phil and Korey riding solo. Needless to say there are quite a few "Soap Boxes" on this episode. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

No guest this week. It’s just Korey and Funky Phil chatting about the show, favorite guests, favorite stories, Korey’s Soap Box, and plans for next year. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com

This is episode 64 of The Drum Brigade Podcast. This week is our guest is Carlos Verdugo. "C-Los" is best known for being the current drummer of Sublime with Rome and formerly of the band Tribal Seeds. He was born in Oceanside, CA on May 18th, 1985. Carlos started playing drums at the age of 12 and has toured all over the world since. In his early teen years he started playing in a three piece punk band heavily influenced by acts like Police, Operation Ivy, and Descendents. Shortly after that group had disbanded he moved on to join reggae-rock band Tribal Seeds. He played for them 11 years, recorded 3 records and played to thousands of fans all over the globe. After the departure of Tribal Seeds in 2017 Carlos went on to play for Sublime with Rome. In his time with the band they have played all of the US, Europe, Japan, South America, Australia, Canada, Mexico and the list continues to grow. Sublime with Rome has been hard at work on a new album titled “Blessings” and is set to be released on May 27th, 2019 via Red Music label division of Sony Music Entertainment. The majority of the album was produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Paramore) at Sonic Ranch Studios In Tornillo, Texas. Carlos is set to depart on his next U.S tour with Sublime with Rome starting June 1st in promotion of the new record. For more info on Carlos C-Los Verdugo please visit: www.closdrums.com For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com