Whats up guy’s!!! It's Nate coming at you with another episode and this week I am joined by cymbal smith, content creator, drum builder, live and session drummer, entrepreneur and owner of Reverie Drum Co. Timothy Roberts.

Tim is so full of energy and passion all at the same time about everything he had his hands in. This was expressed all throughout our conversation during this episode!

We started off by talking about how he is preparing for the Music City Drum Show in Nashville, phat snare drum misconception’s, how a day looks like for him, his top 3 snare drums, his story and his 5 ways to better mix yourself.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Tim’s 5 Ways to better mix yourself behind the kit:

1. Physics (“the why”) of how sound travels
2. Technique - how to approach each element
3. Perspective - “how it sounds in front”
4. Choosing drums
5. Choosing cymbals

We really hope you enjoyed our chat and found some great nuggets that gets your mind digging for more about mixing yourself behind the kit. Remember, the best thing you can do after listening to this is apply it by TAKING ACTION & DOING!!

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Whats up guy’s!!! It's Nate coming at you with another episode and this week I am joined by Master Cymbal Smith and owner of NickyMoon Custom Cymbals, Nicky Moon.

Nick was such a wonderful person to talk to and brought such a unique persecutive that we don’t always get to hear, the perspective of a Cymbal Smith.

We started off by talking about how we will be meeting in person at the first ever Music City Drum Show in Nashville, how a day looks like for him, his amazing trip that ties right into his background and his Five features that create a great sounding cymbal.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Also, here is the episode Nick did with Bart on the Drum History Podcast about Debunking Cymbal Myths that we talked on the podcast. It’s a great listen!!

Nicky’s 5 features that create a great sounding cymbal:

1. Quality raw material

2. Good shape / profile

3. 2 T's - tension & taper

4. Creative vision

5. Craftsmanship

We really hope you enjoyed our chat and found some great nuggets that gets your mind digging for more about cymbals. Remember, the best thing you can do after listening to this is apply it by TAKING ACTION!!

Make sure to keep up with Nicky and NickyMoon Custom Cymbals: Website | Instagram —————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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in for future episodes!! Appreciate all of you guys and thank you so much for checking out the podcast.

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Whats up guy’s!!! It's Nate coming at you with another episode and this week I am joined by Aluminum snare drumoholic 🥁🤓, session drummer, content creator, YouTuber, audio engineer, studio owner and General Manager of Drum Center of Portsmouth, Tony Interlande.

I love bringing guests on that will give a unique perspective on life and drums that not many of us have access too. Tony offers that and so much more in this chat.

We started off by talking about how a day looks like for him, shop stories, his background, his top 3 snare drum choices and his Five Ways to record a great drum sound.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Tony’s 5 Ways To Record a Great Drum Sound:

1. Vision of the sound you want in the end
2. Drum tuning and preparation
3. THE ROOM
4. Full multi-mic set up vs. minimal
5. Mixing

We really hope you enjoyed our chat and found some great tips that you can apply to your life and drum recording tool box. Remember, the best thing you can do after listening to this is apply it by DOING!!

Make sure to keep up with Tony and Drum Center of Portsmouth: Tony’s IG | DrumCenterNH IG | DrumCenterNH Youtube | DrumCenterNH Facebook | Drum Center of Portsmouth Website

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Thank you so much for listening!!! If any of this has helped you let us know by leaving a review. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you can stay tuned

in for future episodes!! Appreciate all of you guys and thank you so much for checking out the podcast.

Remember: We don't just DRUM about it, we TOK about it.

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Austin Ware socials: TikTok and Instagram

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