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#37: Drummers Are Musicians Too: An Interview With Steve Goold [Podcast]

rom-ss-21If you’re waiting for the proverbial drummer joke, you won’t find it here.

Today’s podcast is all about the musicality of the drums.

And there’s no better person to talk to than Steve Goold. Steve is a professional drummer who plays for tons of artists, including Sara Bareilles and Owl City.

This was such a fun interview talking to Steve about musicality, gear, practice, worship music, and much more.

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What You’ll Learn in this Episode

  • How to diversify you income streams as a full time musician
  • Being a musician isn’t about your instrument…it’s about music
  • Why some drummers don’t like Ringo Star and others do
  • The importance of loving music as a musician
  • How to inspire the musicians you lead
  • Being an artistically minded person
  • How Steve writes and arranges drum parts – thinking “what not to do” rather than “what to do.”
  • Steve’s gear list
  • Why bass drum and toms don’t matter to Steve as much as snare & cymbals
  • The relationship between the click track and pocket
  • On using clicks, loops, and backing tracks
  • Playing drums for worship
  • Using drum beats to help lyrics emotionally land more

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Question: What was your biggest takeaway from the interview with Steve? Let’s talk in the comments. It’s always better that way.

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Comments

  1. Lod says

    Really good interview. I enjoyed listening to Steve. I have always listened to drummers and bass players more than guitar players (my instrument) b/c I can derive inspiration from their patterns and textures.

    I appreciated his thought that drummers are musicians too. In my experience, if you ask a drummer how many instruments he/she plays, you always get two or three more outside the world of percussion. I also liked his thoughts on using the click to count in and the fact he encourages other players to turn the click down to where it disappears when the full band is in and just to listen to him. I have done this naturally and thought I was kind of coloring outside the lines and not doing my due diligence but it is nice to hear someone else encourage this practice.

    I also appreciated the play within the pocket with the click… the essence of groove!

    Very nice interview and Steve had a lot of great things to say.

    Later

    • David Santistevan says

      Very true, Lod. I think that’s a great point you make as a guitar player – listening more to drummers and bass players. That’s so huge because they are giving context to whatever you play. Super smart!

  2. Michael Aubrecht says

    Steve is one of my favorite players and it is a privilege for me to call him a friend and confidant. I have reached out to him for musical and spiritual guidance and he has always been incredibly gracious and insightful. His humility, grace and gift has truly been a blessing. Thanks for giving him the proper attention he deserves. His interview that I did for Drumhead magazine is still one of my favs.

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