The Drum Brigade Podcast

This is episode 63 of The Drum Brigade Podcast. This week is our guest is Mekai Curtis. Mekai Curtis is an actor, musician, producer, artist and drummer. He is known for playing Paul in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Felix Shumpert in Girl Meets World, and Fish in Kirby Buckets. For more info on Mekai please follow: @themekaicurtis (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 is episode 62 of The Drum Brigade Podcast. This week is our guest is Madden Klass. Madden Klass is the touring drummer for Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing). A New York drummer, and current student at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Klass challenges herself with eclectic and intensely progressive material, but her roots lie in her early fandoms: heavy rock, hip-hop, and pop. During the Doughty/Wheatus USA tour, Klass has been performing the acclaimed Soul Coughing record, Ruby Vroom. Klass also plays with a keyboard-driven prog group called Space Junk Is Forever and an alternative/indie rock group called Raavi & The Houseplants. -Drum! Magazine For more info on Madden please follow: @maddenklass (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 is episode 61 of The Drum Brigade Podcast. This week our guest is Professional tap dancer (or "foot percussionist") Sarah Reich. Sarah Reich (Performer, Choreographer, Instructor, Composer) has emerged as one of the new leaders in the Art Form of Tap Dance. This Los Angeles native has been sought after to perform, choreograph, and teach in over 40 countries.  "I want to continue to bring tap into mass media with great respect and quality," she says, focusing on "reprogramming the minds of the general public on their perception of tap dance." (Dance Magazine 2017)   Sarah has become one of the art form's pop culture ambassadors, thanks to her appearances in videos with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Her videos with them (A Star Wars–themed tribute, "The Tap Awakens," & “Thriller”, a Michael Jackson cover featuring Wayne Brady) have garnered millions of views on YouTube, all receiving rave reviews. She has toured the world with Postmodern Jukebox playing prestigious venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Sydney Opera House as well as a televised PBS special filmed in Las Vegas. Previously she was seen on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance under companies by Chloe Arnold and Jason Samuels Smith. With her own company, Tap Music Project, she has choreographed and performed at the Ford Amphitheatre, UCLA’s Jazz Reggae Music Festival, Blue Whale jazz club, and the televised LA County Holiday Celebration. Sarah was also a performer at Madison Square Garden for the opening of the NY Knicks 2013-2014 season. She was sought out to perform at Jazz at the Lincoln Center for a tribute to Duke Ellington in New York City in 2017. In addition to her vast international travels and countless television appearances, Sarah has had the honor to perform at some of the most prestigious venues back home in Los Angeles such as The Hollywood Bowl, the Greek Theater with Mexican Pop-Star, Cristian Castro and the Dolby Theater with the great Herbie Hancock. With her Tap Music Project intensives in various cities, Reich teaches tap dancers how to dance with more musicality, communicate with musicians and write music. Using a live band in class, she instructs students on how to "scat" rhythms or transcribe choreography with rhythm notation, among other skills.  Sarah is developing new, and exciting works with her company Tap Music Productions, including her debut Tap Jazz Album titled New Change. This album is originally produced, composed from percussive tap rhythms, and performed by a great selection of musicians to create a unique sound. She hopes this is just the beginning: "I want to be the first tap dancer to win a Grammy Award!" For more info on Sarah please visit: www.sarahreich.com or follow @sourtaps 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 the bonus episode (Ep 60) with Korey and Brian Wallace (Dub Robot). This is a very different episode from our usual podcast. This is a audio blog with Korey and Brian on their recent fly out date to Mexico City with Western Standard Time Big Band Orchestra. Brian Wallace (Dub Robot) is an artist, producer, studio engineer, teacher, saxophonist and more. For more info on Brian please visit: www.dubrobot.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

This is episode 59 with Korey and Funky Phil Pardell. This week our guest is Adam Marcello. Rhode Island native (currently living in Ireland) Adam Marcello is well known on the Los Angeles live and recording scene most notably recognized for his work as musical director and drummer for multi-Grammy nominated artist Katy Perry. The 2012 Katy Perry Part Of Me Documentary showcases his Musical Directing as well as his playing and programming for the award-winning California Dreams Tour. He is also known for being the drummer in the house band for the ABC show American Idol and is available for online/studio recording, clinics, tours and lessons. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Adam follow: @adam.marcello (instagram) 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 58 with Korey and Kevin Higuchi (Funky Phil is out this week on vacation). Korey and "The Guch" have a chat about anything and everything. They talk about being in their 40s and trying to simplify their lifestyle, but not their drum collection, wheel of death, soapboxes, in fact The Guch even has his own soap box of his own. Fun episode! No phone guest this week. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on "The Guch" follow: @mrtheguch (instagram) 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 57 with Korey, Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Thomas Lang. THOMAS LANG, a native of Vienna/Austria took up drumming at the age of 5. In addition to lessons at local music schools and years of private tuition, he attended the Vienna Conservatory of Music. Thomas started working with popular Austrian and European artists in the mid-80's, touring and recording extensively with artists such as Etta Scollo, Stefanie Werger, Boris Bukowski, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, Falco and many more. After leaving Vienna for London/England in 1990, Thomas started working his way through the global music scene. SIDEMAN Thomas Lang has worked with Paul Gilbert (Racer X/Mr. Big), John Wetton (Asia/King Crimson), Robert Fripp, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), UK, Eddie Jobson, Robbie Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Sugababes, Geri Halliwell, Emma Burton (“Baby Spice”),Victoria Beckham (“Posh Spice”), Ronan Keating, Steve Hackett (Genesis), Boyzone, 911, Falco, Nina Hagen, Steve Jones, Mick Jones (The Clash), The Commodores, George Michael, Doogie White (Rainbow), Bill Liesegang, The Blockheads, Gianna Nannini, Sertab Erener, Jens Lindemann, Vienna Art Orchestra, Bonnie Tyler, Save The Robots, StOrk, Terabite, Schwarzenator, Vinnie Valentino, Gregg Howe, Page Hamilton (Helmet), Mark Bonilla (Montrose) and many more. ARTIST Lang’s 1995 solo release “Mediator” topped the charts in Europe and garnered rave reviews for its innovative Jazz/Dance/Prog Rock sound. He has since released multiple solo albums and collaborations including “Something Along The Lines (2002), Yumaflex (2008), StOrk (2009), StOrk “Broken Pieces” (2013), Terabite (2010), Robo Sapiens (2018), Progpop (2019). SUPER DRUMMER Lang is considered to be one of the world's greatest drummers. His playing is highly technical, powerful and dynamic. He is known for his ability to play anything he plays with his hands, also with his feet on a multi-pedal setup. His playing often incorporates layers of complex rhythms that require a level of independence that is rarely seen. Lang has been voted "The World's Greatest Drummer" in 2007 by Rhythm Magazine and has been named one of the "Best 25 Drummers Of All Time", winning awards and accolades from critics and peers for more than three decades. SOLO PERFORMER AND CLINICIAN Thomas has headlined every major international drum festival and has toured the world many times over as a solo performer. In 2004, Lang completed the largest drum clinic tour the world had ever seen (220 clinics in 48 countries). Lang appeared multiple times at the most prestigious drum festivals on the planet over the past 20 years, including the Modern Drummer Festival, Australia’s Ultimate Drummer’s Weekend, PASIC, DRUM Night, Laguna Beach Drum Fest, La Roja Drum Festival, The Meinl Drum Festival, The Ultimate Drum Experience, Seoul Drum Fest, Sacheon Drum Fest, Opole Drum Festival and dozens more. COMPOSER, WRITER, PRODUCER Thomas Lang has written and produced a string of solo albums but is also very active as a writer and producer on other artist’s albums. Lang shows his stylistic bandwidth as a writer and producer of all genres including multi-platinum selling Pop artist “Falco”. AUTHOR, EDUCATOR Lang’s original practice-regime eventually became the basis for his 2-part series of instructional videos “Ultimatives Schlagzeug Part I and II” which were originally released in 1995. Due to overwhelming demand, these videos were re-released in 2004 by Hudson Music (www.hudsonmusic.com) In 2003 Lang released the multi-award winning instructional DVD and book “Creative Control” which was an instant hit with drummers and drum teachers around the world. In November 2006 Lang released another multi-award winning DVD and book “Creative Coordination And Advanced Foot Techniques” (www.halleonard.com) which has set a new standard in contemporary drumming techniques. This work is considered to be milestone achievement in the worldwide drumming community. Thomas’ musty-pedal orchestrations, incredible independence, sheer power and his ground-breaking advanced foot technique have inspired legions of drummers around the globe. Lang’s instructional DVD’s topped the instructional DVD charts for years between 2003 and 2009 and his method books and DVD’s remain Best-sellers to this day. In 2007 Lang officially launched his “Drumming Bootcamps” which were an instant success with educational events all over the world. Lang has since taken this award-winning educational concept to 35 countries and has hosted more than 120 of these camps worldwide. In 2011, Lang launched the annual Los Angeles-based camp “The Big Drum Bonanza” and started the “Big Drum Bonanza Theme Song Play-Along Contest” which became the largest international online drumming contest within just 2 years. Thomas is a frequent guest tutor at universities, drum seminars and drum camps all over the world. Lang also owns an online drum school (www.thomaslangsdrumuniverse.com) NINE BEATS USA Lang and is the co-owner of "Nine Beats USA", a Los Angeles based franchise of drum-and music schools that originates in Tianjin/China. Nine Beats is the world's largest franchise of music schools with over 250,000 students, 7000 drum teachers and schools in over 1000 locations in China. In early 2019, together with Nine Beats founder Mr. Li Hongyu, Nine Beats USA started operations expanding the franchise in North and South America. Lang's wife Elizabeth Lang, a 30-year veteran of global music publicity and marketing services, is CEO of Nine Beats USA. Headquartered in Oak Park, California, Nine Beats is a physical drum school, head office and audio/video production facility where Thomas Lang creates instructional content for Nine Beats Apps and websites. SPONSORS AND SIGNATURE PRODUCTS In his quest to “play the unplayed”, Thomas has worked collaboratively with the research and development team at Meinl Cymbals to create his own line of signature cymbals. His “Tom’s Becken”- range is a pitch-matched series of contemporary crash cymbals that provide acoustic and electronic/ hybrid drummers with modern sounds that resemble artificially engineered cymbal samples. Launched in 2002, “Tom’s Becken” were so well received that in 2004 Thomas Lang worked with Meinl once again to design his signature “Fast Hats” and a series of “Filter Chinas” (www.meinlcymbals.com). In 2017, Meinl released Lang's latest signature product, the "Thomas Lang Super Stack". Other Thomas Lang signature products are Vic Firth’s “Thomas Lang Signature” drum stick (www.vicfirth.com) and the "Thomas Lang Signature practice pads" by Meinl. Lang also holds a stake in “Drumtacs”, a unique drum-muffling system and is heavily involved in research and development of new products with all his sponsors. Thomas Lang endorses DW drums, Meinl Cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks, Remo drum heads, Audix microphones, Roland V-drums and electronics, QSC speakers and amps, Klotz cables and accessories, Ahead Armor cases, Queens Guard accessories, Puresound snare wires, Drumtacs mufflers and Tuner Fish lug locks. AWARDS 1999, 2001: Best Studio Drummer (Rhythm magazine) 2002: Best Pop Drummer, Best All-Around Drummer (Rhythm Magazine) 2002: Best Drummer (Drums And Percussion Magazine) 2003: Best Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine) 2004: best DVD, Best Clinician runner Up, best Drummer runner up (Modern Drummer Magazine) 2004: Best DVD, Best signature product, Best Drummer (Drummer Magazine) Best Studio Drummer (Rhythm Magazine), Best Recorded Drum Performance (Sticks Magazine), 2005: Best Pop Drummer, Best Clinician, Best Solo SDrum performance (Rhythm magician), Best DVD, best All-Around Drummer, Best Drum Event (Drummer magazine), Best Drum Clinician (DRUM Magazine), Best Drumming Video/DVD (DRUM Magazine) 2006: Best DVD, Best Drummer (Rhythm Magazine) 2007: best DVD, Best Drummer (Rhythm Magazine, Modern Drummer Magazine) Aurora Gold Award 2007 (Best Video Production), Best Clinician 2007 (Modern Drummer Magazine). 2008: Best Educator/Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine), Best Clinician (DRUM Magazine) 2015: Best Educator/Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine) 2016: Best Educator/Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine) 2017: Best Educator/Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine, Rhythm magazine) 2018: Best Educator/Clinician (Modern Drummer Magazine) We had a ton of fun on this episode. Lots of laughs, different view points, Korey's Soapbox and more! For more info on Thomas please visit: http://www.thomaslangdrummer.com http://www.thomaslangsdrumuniverse.com http://www.9beatsusa.com http://www.bigdrumbonanza.com Instagram: @thomaslangdrum Twitter: @thomaslangdrum FB: Official Thomas Lang 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 56 with Korey, Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Zak Najor. Zak is one of the founding members of Grey Boy Allstars, Karl Denson’s tiny universe, Z- bonics, Gregory Porter, Everlast, many more. This is one of our best guests to date. We had a ton of fun on this episode. Lots of laughs, different view points, Korey's Soapbox and more! For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Zak please visit: https://www.facebook.com/zak.najor https://www.discogs.com/artist/273898-Zak-Najor @zaknajor 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 55 with Korey, Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Carson Ford. Carson is a local young drummer. He comes on and talks about his recent tour in Europe. We also get on the Wheel Of Death with Carson, which leads to, you guest it... Korey's Soapbox! Great casual hang episode. Enjoy! For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Carson please visit: @carsondrum1 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 54 with Korey, Funky Phil and Pops (Korey's Dad Kim Pops Horn) in studio. Our guest this week is Caitlin Kalafus. Caitlin has been playing drums since the age of eight and began playing professionally at the young age of twelve. In 2010 she toured the country in Kicking Daisies, a band that won Disney’s Next Big Thing, appeared on national TV shows, made the Billboard Charts and were featured in a nationally aired TV commercial. Following KD, Caitlin continued to play in various bands while attending college for Graphic Design, and toured Vans Warped Tour with the Brooklyn based band, Mother Feather. Caitlin’s main gig includes playing drums for the iconic 80’s pop artist, Cyndi Lauper. She also recently finished up a US tour rocking out on drums and percussion in a scaffolding tower behind the Australian based tap dancing group, Tap Dogs. On this episode she talks about her audition with Cindy Lauper. What an amazing story! For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Caitlin please visit: www.caitlinkalafus.com 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 53 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Daniel Glass. Daniel is an award-winning drummer, author, historian and educator. He is widely recognized as an authority on classic American drumming and the evolution of American Popular Music. A member of the pioneering swing group Royal Crown Revue since 1994, Daniel has recorded and performed all over the world with many top artists, including Brian Setzer, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Jose Feliciano, Michelle Shocked, Mike Ness, Freddie Cole, Marilyn Maye, the Hot Sardines, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Air Supply’s Graham Russell and KISS frontman Gene Simmons. For two years running, Daniel was voted one of the top five R&B drummers in the world by readers of Modern Drummer and DRUM magazine. As an educator, Daniel has published five books and three DVDs, including the award-winning titles The Century Project, The Roots of Rock Drumming, and The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming. He is a regular contributor to publications like Modern Drummer, DRUM and Classic Drummer. He has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes globally, appearing at many of the world’s top educational conferences and music festivals. In 2013, he co-curated an exhibit on the history of the drum set at the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis, IN, for which he was awarded the Percussive Arts Society’s “Distinguished Service Award.” Daniel currently resides in New York City. Korey gets on a soapbox about, you guessed it, people touching his cymbals, which led to Daniel sharing his perceive of a horn player putting his $20,000 sax on his throne. The boys talk a lot about that. So it's a fitting theme, and title for this weeks episode. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Daniel Glass please visit: www.danielglass.com 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 52 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Jody Bagley. Jody is a singer, song writer, pianist, organist, teacher, and vintage piano/ organ collector. He just released a solo album, that also features Funky Phil on drums. Korey and Jody share a similar frustration with people mistreating their instruments. The boys talk a lot about that. So it's a fitting theme, and title for this weeks episode. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info on Jody please visit: www.jodybagley.com @organ_freeman on instagram 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 51 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is drummer Evan Stone. Evan is the drummer in his band Evan Stone And The Translucent Ham Sandwich Band, as well as an educator and more. In fact he's even Korey's teacher. Evan comes on to talk shop as we get on the topic of the day, and The Wheel Of Death. Evan is all about keeping the "feel" alive in drumming. The boys talk a lot about that. So it's a fitting theme, and title for this weeks episode. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info about Evan please visit: http://www.translucenthamsandwichband.com @zappawits (instagram) 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 50 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Sergio Gutierrrrez. Sergio is an artist, painter, song writer, musician, and more. He comes on to talk shop as we get on the topic of the day, and The Wheel Of Death. This episode also includes lots of talk about all kinds of things, and of course Korey's Soapbox, and more. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info about Sergio please visit: www.sergiosfineart.com www.sergiogutierrezmusic.com 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 49 with Korey and Funky Phil. Our guest this week is Beau Kuther from the band Smallpools. Beau comes on and chats about playing with Smallpools, the topic of the day, and The Wheel Of Death. This episode also includes lots of talk about drummers and the way they dress, Korey's Soapbox, and more. For exclusive content and bonus episodes please support our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/drumbrigade For more info about Beau please follow: @beauknowsdrums (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube) For more on Korey please visit: www.koreykingston.com For more info on Funky Phil please visit: www.philpardell.com www.drumbrigade.com