FM #1461 - 15th Anniversary of The Drummers Studio - 05/2825
This session shares my conversation about the 15th Anniversary of The Drummers Studio. I talk with Kris Russell, owner, operator, and drummer extraordinaire. We recorded this conversation in the “Honeycomb Hive” or “Chemistry Lab” on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
We cover the following in our conversation
- Kris’ journey to Franklin
- Creation of The Drummers Studio
- Educational approach
- 15th Anniversary celebration June 21 at Bellingham High
- Kris gives us about a 2 minute musical sample, the drum track to David Bowie's Let’s Dance song.
The recording runs about 53 minutes
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The Drummers Studio -> https://thedrummersstudio.com/
Kris plays the drum part of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, about 2 minutes worth …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbD_kBJc_gI
Links to some of the items mentioned during our conversation
- The California based drum corp -> https://muiralumnidrumcorp.org/ (Note: link doesn’t work in all browsers, must be some host based security setting at issue)
- Recent guest to the Studio -> https://www.carlitomendoza.com/
- The eclectic drum kits referenced -> https://www.roland.com/us/categories/drums_percussion/v-drums_kits/
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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
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