The Drum Panel: Click Tracks, Minimal Setups, and the Truth About Bass Drums

Drummers on Drumming

Episode 2 of The Drum Panel

Welcome to The Drum Panel—a show where a rotating group of professional drummers engages in roundtable discussions on polarizing and controversial drum topics submitted by our listeners.

For today's panel, we have my co-host Eric Urrea and special guest, Kris Mazzarisi (owner/founder of Big Fat Snare Drum & drummer for Winnetka Bowling League).

Today we discuss:

• does practicing to a click make your playing sterile?
• those who can't, teach. True or False?
• does using less drums/cymbals make you more creative?
• you should never put anything in your bass drum! True or False?
• do drum shells tune themselves?
• do you need to put a button at the end of every live song?
• are the most musical drummers...non-drummers?

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