The Pocket

Isaac Teel is one of my favorite drummers today. He’s funky and...nasty, so it’s fitting his stage name is Mr. Funknasty. He’s played with artists like Fabolous, Jon B and currently tours with the fusion rock band, Tauk.

When you're not worried about money, you can focus on the things that matter most. For me that's drums. What ever your passion is, these 6 finance tips may be the key to helping you go after your dream.

Dennis Chambers (born May 9, 1959) is an American drummer who has recorded and performed with John Scofield, George Duke, Brecker Brothers, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin, Niacin, Mike Stern, CAB, Greg Howe, and many others. Plus, he's a huge advocate of playing in the pocket and serving the music. He's a hero of mine so to say I'm happy to have had the opportunity to interview him is an understatement.

Ricky Ficarelli is a drummer based out of Nashville, TN.  He also does YouTube and with over 160K subscribers it's safe to say that he does it very well.

AJ Hall is a multi-instrumentalist and currently the drummer of Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen.

Rob Wallis is a drummer and President | CEO of Hudson Music and Drum Guru.  He also owned Drummer's Collective for over 30 years and was the executive producer of some of your favorite DCI video tapes. He's worked with some of the biggest drummers in the world.

Kevin Offitzer is the drummer for the band Stick Figure, a reggae and dub band founded in 2006 based in Northern California. The live band consists of vocalist, producer and guitarist Scott Woodruff, keyboardist Kevin Bong, drummer Kevin Offitzer, bassist Tommy Suliman and keyboardist, backup vocalist and guitarist Johnny Cosmic. They even have a dog named Cocoa who often joins the band onstage. Pretty sweet right?

John Epcar has worked with many artists, including Bono, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Rihanna, Natasha Bedingfield, Carly Rae Jepsen, Klangkarussell, Cristian Castro, and many more.  He is a founding member of the band Carney, with whom he toured and recorded with for many years. On Broadway, he originated the drum chairs for Spider-Man and Amelie, and Tina Fey’s Mean Girls, where he is currently drumming. Jon’s debut album as a songwriter, bandleader, and producer MORNING DRONE, was released 2017.

John Hall is the General Manager of Washington Talent, one of the biggest talent agency's in Washington, DC. We talk music business, drums, and life.

Nate Morton. If you're a drummer, you know the name. If you're not a drummer, you've most certainly heard his playing at some point.  He's the drummer of ALL the shows.  Back in the day it was Rock Star INXS and Rock Star: Supernova.  Most recently, it's The Voice.  So, when he called out to his over 5K Facebook fan base for anyone interested in a lesson, I reached out. And man, I feel like I've known this guy forever. We talked for over two hours about drums, life...farts (not kidding LOL).  Plus here's a fun fact, we both studied with Grant Menefee who's been on the podcast. Like I said, we talked for over two hours so, I'm breaking this episode into two parts.   Please enjoy the first part of my conversation with Nate Morton!