The Drum Panel: Tantric drumming...

This week on Drummers on Drumming (powered by Big Fat Snare Drum), we’re back with another installment of The Drum Panel with Mark Stepro and Chase Elodia.

Mark plays with The Wallflowers and has worked with artists like Butch Walker and Brett Dennen, and Chase plays with Hudson Freeman and is getting ready to release his new record, Real Ones, on October 23rd.

Check out Chase's music ⁠HERE⁠

We continue putting the new Drum Panel format to work, using a few loose categories to give the conversation some direction without keeping us from going down whatever rabbit holes come up.

In this episode:

What people are actually getting when they hire you beyond someone who can play the parts

Knowing a song well enough that you don’t need the usual safety nets

Adding drums to a song without ruining what already makes it great

Getting so good at serving other artists that your own music gets neglected

Whether music actually needs to be released to feel finished

Translating what an artist says they want into what they actually mean

Records that gave us permission to make different choices behind the kit