The Drum Shed Podcast

Ep:11 S2 We got to speak to Benny at his Clinic at The Drill in Lincoln on 14th April 2025Jake Harris from Into Music invited us to do a quick podcast interview before the gig. We interviewed Jake and Benny briefly in person and we also bumped into Ben Smith (@sixfootsticks_drums) a local drummer and customer / friend of Into Music moments before we witnessed the marvellous clinic by the “Grebmaster”We also talk about how important it is to attend these events and support music / drum shops and the artists.Jake’s Interview is 24:30 minutes inBenny’s is 45:45Ben Smith’s is 58:16Andy and I both had a great time and really appreciated having the opportunity to hang with Jake and Benny and the Meinl Guys from the UK and Germany. Thank you to Into Music and Meinl for hosting this event and of course to Benny for coming to visit us in the UK!Links: www.bennygreb.dewww.intomusicstore.comwww.meinl.deSpecial thanks to Oliver Kabler from Meinl (Germany) @oliver_at_meinlNext Episode we talk about the Benny Greb clinic in Southhampton and have a guest who is on her way shortly to Mike Johnston’s Camp in Folsom California.Thanks for listening!Matt & Andy

Episode 10 Part 2. We chat with Bob Wynne from Bob's Drum School@bobdrumschool on Instagram and other Social Media.Bob has been teaching drums for many years in the North of England and has been involved with Drumming for a long time, so he has a few stories to tell.In this 2 part interview we cover many topics around education, influences, the increase of positive female role models in the world of drumming. We don't get to mention all the many drummers and recognise there are so much more today than ever before. We also have a chat about Meinl but then, what do we expect hey? ;)Andy had just finished a run of early shifts but he soldiered on in what became over 2 hours of some blokes chatting about drums...I have cut this in 2 parts but will drop them at the same time as the file was too big to upload the whole lot !!.Thank you to Bob for spending an evening with us!Check him out on instagram, TikTok and Facebook @bobsdrumschoolEnjoy and thanks for listeningMatt & Andy

Episode 10 Part 1. We chat with Bob Wynne from Bob's Drum School @bobdrumschool on Instagram and other Social Media.Bob has been teaching drums for many years in the North of England and has been involved with Drumming for a long time, so he has a few stories to tell. In this 2 part interview we cover many topics around education, influences, the increase of positive female role models in the world of drumming. We don't get to mention all the many drummers and recognise there are so much more today than ever before. We also have a chat about Meinl but then, what do we expect hey? ;)Andy had just finished a run of early shifts but he soldiered on in what became over 2 hours of some blokes chatting about drums...I have cut this in 2 parts but will drop them at the same time as the file was too big to upload the whole lot !!.Thank you to Bob for spending an evening with us!Check him out on instagram, TikTok and Facebook @bobsdrumschoolEnjoy and thanks for listeningMatt & Andy

Neo Mint Thins ft. Zack GroovesZACK and his confession of a secret LOVE! We have been away for a week or two but we are certainly BACK !This week has a little minty twist as we managed to catch up with Zack one of his two UK Clinics in March 2025.Paul from Dixon Drums and the lovely Andy Anderson from Drumshop UK in Washington Tyne&Wear (Newcastle to us southerners) put on an amazing evening in store on Tuesday night and Andy and I had to make the trip up North or further up North for Andy! The 12 minute video of our Interview with Zack will be available on YouTube https://youtu.be/DObnNrRCzIAHere on our usual Podcast stream, we have incorporated a recap of the event and other random Drum “ish”related chat with brief interview with Mr Grooves.I am sure you have the links already but check out Zack Grooves on YouTube and Instagram along with his band “Everything Yes”Massive thanks to Zack, Andy Anderson, Paul Luc-Gifford and Dixon Drums for arranging this for us UK fans.https://www.youtube.com/@ZackGrooveshttps://everythingyeshome.comhttps://www.instagram.com/everythingyesband/https://www.instagram.com/zackgrooves/https://playdixon.comhttps://www.drumshop.co.ukThanks for listening.Matt & Andy

Episode 8 of Season 2, Throwing Your Toys Out Of Your Pram!Matt & Andy have a slightly more serious chat about that time when you feel like it's time to quit the drums!Andy had recently felt like The Drums were NOT for him and it sparked a conversation about some of the difficulties musicians face and the struggles of drumming.The message here I guess, is that lots of people go through the same thing at some point.He's not quitting just yet by the way.Enjoy and thank for listeningMatt & Andy

Episode 7 - Interview with Highfade's Drummer Calvin Davidson Whilst on their busy US tour, Calvin found time to pull into a "Truck Stop" on the way to their gig in Portland Maine USA! They are still touring America so check out their tour dates at https://highfademusic.live/ The band will be in Europe and back to the UK in May 2025 What a lovely bloke and we are very grateful to Calvin for sparing us the time to hang with a couple of old geezers.Check out Calvin and the band on Instagram@perrydimension@highfademusicand as always, thanks for listening!Matt & Andy