Sounds From Below is a collection of stories about drums and drummers. Hosted by Low Boy Custom Beaters founder Jeremy Brieske, this occasional podcast series digs deep to find stories that you won’t hear on any other drumming podcast.
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Drumming in the Time of Coronavirus, featuring Lou Santiago Jr. and Will Carroll
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In this episode, we focus on the issue that dominated the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic. Antiquarian bookseller Ken Gloss of Brattle Book Shop shares tips on how to set up amazing Zoom call backgrounds, Jeremy shares his top ten drumming books, and then we hear drummers Lou Santiago Jr. and Will Carroll share drastically different pe…
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JC Clifford of Drumtacs and the Music City Drum Show: Quarantine Check-In
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JC Clifford is a drum industry connector, and the ultimate venue for connecting drummers is a drum show. JC is one of the organizers of the inaugural Music City Drum Show, scheduled for August 8th in Nashville. But like every other public event scheduled for the rest of 2020, this drum show may not happen at all. How does JC deal with an uncertain …
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Kelly Cook of Twin Cities Drum Collective: Quarantine Check-In
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Kelly Cook — along with Lane Pederson — owns Twin Cities Drum Collective. Under the TC/DC umbrella, Kelly and Lane build drums under three brands, operate a retail space in Minneapolis’s historic Thorp Building, and have become an important part of the Twin Cities music scene. The company moved into their current location in February, but they were…
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Alex Simpson of Rupp’s Drums: Quarantine Check-In
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Rupp’s Drums has been Denver’s hometown drum shop for since 1984. Alex Simpson has only owned the store for two years, but he’s leading this Colorado percussion institution through one of its toughest challenges – the global coronavirus crisis. Alex opens up about what it’s like to own a brick and mortar retail store that’s been forced to close by …
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With much of the world’s population under suggested or mandated stay-at-home orders, we’re taking this time to check in on our friends in the drumming community. Our first “quarantine check-in” is with jazz drummer Steve Lyman. Steve talks about his break-out year in 2019, an upcoming move from Salt Lake City to New York, and his journey to maturit…
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Scott Amendola’s Nightmare, Small Town Drumming
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In the very first episode of the Sounds From Below podcast series, Bay Area jazz drummer Scott Amendola tells us about the time he made a huge mistake while packing for a gig. We also hear from two successful drummers - Whiteville, North Carolina's Matt Dudley and Scott Pellegrom of Grand Haven, Michigan - who shunned the bright lights of the big c…
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