• E249: Industry Insider Colin Schofield Shares Stories From Zildjian, Premier and More!
    Nov 20 2025

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    My guest is music industry legend, Colin Schofield. Colin’s 40 plus years in the music industry includes senior management and Vice President positions at Premier Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Gretsch Drums and currently Jody Jazz Mouthpieces. In this episode we discuss Colin’s long and successful career, the artists he signed and worked with at Premier and Zildjian, and many hilarious stories. So come along for the ride and please subscribe!

    Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and Hoodies are now available! 100% of the proceeds go toward my PAS scholarship. Visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com for details!

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • E248: Live From My Drum Room With Benny Greb!
    Nov 5 2025

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    My guest is drummer and recording artist extraordinaire, composer and educator, Benny Greb! Benny was one of my guests on E227, tribute to our friend Ralph Angelillo, founder of the Montreal Drum Festival. https://youtu.be/Wy769Hne1E4?si=jL9Y4wu1C9b0O6Vg

    Benny exploded onto the global drum scene at Montreal Drum Fest in 2005, and has since evolved into one of the most important and influential drummers of his generation. We do a deep dive into several of Benny's many projects, and much more! So come along for the ride and please subscribe!
    Visit Benny's website: https://bennygreb.de/
    Drum Camp: https://bennygreb.de/drum-camp/
    Benny Greb "Tricky" https://youtu.be/Os3QaAuxMe8?si=aCpxWD8hOi71AJih
    Benny Greb Brassband "Outtasite" https://youtu.be/T7rB3cmoVsU?si=no8KUU5oMD_0r0dP

    Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and Hoodies are now available! 100% of the proceeds go toward my PAS scholarship. Visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com for details!

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • E247: PASIC50 Rundown With Joshua Simonds!
    Oct 28 2025

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    I'm joined by Joshua Simonds, Executive Director for the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) for a preview of PAS’ 50th PASIC Nov 12-15 in Indianapolis, IN. This year's PASIC is going to be epic, with an incredible lineup. I attended my first PASIC in 1985 in Los Angeles and have attended almost every PASIC since.

    There's still time to attend this year's PASIC! Visit https://pas.org/pasic/

    Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and Hoodies are now available! 100% of the proceeds go toward my PAS scholarship. Visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com for details!

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    45 mins
  • E246: Simon Phillips On His Iconic Drum Tracks!
    Oct 24 2025

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    My guest is legendary drummer, producer and composer Simon Phillips. In this episode we do a deep dive into some of Simon's iconic recordings with Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, The Who, Toto (of which he was a member for 21 years) and his own group Protocol.

    Protocol V Studio Live Session Vol 2 will be available as a digital release on Nov 14th through littlebigbeat.com. It will be a limited edition vinyl release on December 5th. You can pre-order it on Nov 21st through littlebigbeat.com.
    So come along for ride! Thanks for watching and listening and please subscribe!

    Simon was my guest on episode 22 on Feb 27, 2021. https://youtu.be/FvX1BvKqf7Y?si=ywJRjlTIKdsiXcA-

    https://www.simon-phillips.com
    Order Protocol V Studio Live Session: https://www.littlebigbeat.com/

    Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and Hoodies are now available! Visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com for details!

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • E245: TrackTalk With The Great Tommy Taylor!
    Oct 15 2025

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    My guest is drummer, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner, Tommy Taylor! Tommy is well known for his work with Christopher Cross earning him five Grammy Awards, as well as guitar great Eric Johnson. In this episode we do a deep dive into Tommy’s solo record “Across The Stars” available at https://tommytaylor.com or wherever you get your music! So come along for the ride, thanks for watching and listening, I'll see you on the other side.

    @tommytaylorofficial
    https://youtu.be/pe_BlRbUaLI?si=19CNkiYhwugkp6wD

    Live From My Drum Room T-shirts and Hoodies are now available! Visit https://livefrommydrumroom.com for details!

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • E244: Replay With Matt Sorum! Guns N' Roses, The Cult, VR, Kings of Chaos!
    Oct 8 2025

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    Replay of Episode 87 with my old friend, Matt Sorum. Matt’s best known as a member of Guns N’ Roses, replacing original drummer Steve Adler in 1990. But Matt’s had an incredible career outside of Guns N Roses, including The Cult, Velvet Revolver, Kings Of Chaos, Billy Gibbons, Hollywood Vampires and numerous other projects. He's also a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

    Some great stories in this episode, including Matt’s audition for David Lee Roth in 1985, joining Guns N' Roses, the Burning For Buddy tribute to Buddy Rich, produced by Neil Peart, Matt’s autobiography, “Double Talkin’ Jive” and much more. So come along for the ride! Thanks for watching, thanks for listening, and I’ll see you on the other side.

    Order Matt's book: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Talkin-Jive-Stories-Revolver/dp/1644282216

    Please subscribe, give it like and leave me a comment. Thanks for watching, thanks for listening and I’ll see you on the other side.
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    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • E243: Replay With Chad Smith! The Red Hot Chili Peppers And More!
    Oct 2 2025

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    A replay of E80 with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers from March 25th, 2022. In this episode we talk about Chad’s history with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, his work with the super group Chicken Foot, our drumming heroes like Charlie Watts, Jim Keltner and Hal Blaine, and much more!

    The episode was recorded during the period I was licensing my show to Modern Drummer, so it originally aired on Modern Drummer’s YouTube channel, but seems to have gotten lost in the "Youtube abyss" so enjoy this replay of Chad Smith.

    Please subscribe, give it like and leave me a comment. Thanks for watching, thanks for listening and I’ll see you on the other side.
    Live From My Drum Room Merch available! Visit: https://livefrommydrumroom.com/

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe!

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    56 mins
  • E242: Live From My Drum Room With Denny Seiwell!
    Sep 18 2025

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    My guest is legendary drummer, and original drummer for "Paul McCartney & Wings," Denny Seiwell! We do a deep dive into Denny's long and prolific career and discuss his new book, "The Best and Worst of Times" co-written by Robyn Flans, and available through Hudson Music. https://hudsonmusic.com/product/denny-seiwell-the-best-and-worst-of-times/

    Check out Denny's TrackTalk E130 from March 2023! https://youtu.be/NDllaLKydWo?si=iDB8sw38BApJdvAY
    Visit Denny's website! https://dennyseiwell.com
    Live From My Drum Room Merch available! Visit: https://livefrommydrumroom.com/

    Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher! is a series of conversations with legendary drummers and Music Industry icons, hosted by drummer and music industry veteran, John DeChristopher, drawing from his five decades in the Music Industry. Created in 2020, and ranked BEST Drum Podcast, "Live From My Drum Room With John DeChristopher!" gives the audience an insider's view that only John can offer. And no drummers are harmed on any shows! Please subscribe! https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    https://livefrommydrumroom.com

    www.youtube.com/c/JohnDeChristopherLiveFromMyDrumRoom


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    1 hr and 11 mins