From our first jam eight months ago, it was as if it was already written in the universe that Red Hot Empty would have an album by year’s end, and a welcomed presence throughout Atlanta’s punk scene. A week after our first jam we played Read More …
Author: Mike Gruwell
Drum Camp Hits It All
Eight drummers descended upon Folsom, California, last month excited to learn from two of the best in Mike Johnston & Eddy Thrower, but little did we know the we would grow and learn from each other just as much. Out of left field on the Read More …
By The Numbers Album Progress
By The Numbers, the forthcoming follow-up solo album to That GTown Sound is progressing right along inside GTown Studio. Two singles have already been released, and more than half of the album is recorded and mixed. I’m really excited with how each song is changing Read More …
New Podcast Has All The Goods
The Drummer’s Devotional has it all… Your favorite drummers, new drummers, unheard of drummers, chops drummers, groove drummers, band drummers and drummer’s drummers…all mixed with a bit of history, inside scoop and a taste of the music that shows off why we are inspired by Read More …
Stone Dresden Turns 30
Stone Dresden came together in 1991, and became the first post-high school band for 4 kids from the Eastside. We all grew up within walking distance of each other, but it was the guitar/bass duo of Chad McCollum and Shawn Psachos who were childhood friends Read More …
Already Taking On 2022!
Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl! As I look out at the year ahead for One Drummer Drumming, it’s the vinyl releases that top the list. Normally I would have timed the vinyl to drop on the same day that each album was released digitally, but current long Read More …
ODD Best of 2021
As I allow myself to look back at the whole of 2021 today, it hit me on just how big a year it was for One Drummer Drumming. And it all starts with reaching out to drummer Carter McLean in January about one-on-one drum lessons. Read More …
The Pursuit of Drumming…
I switched from the trumpet section to drums half-way through my first year of junior high school. The trumpet was something handed down to me from an uncle, and was the only instrument I had to play for elementary school band. In junior high school, Read More …
Resurrecting Black Moses
Thanks to Seattle musician, recording and engineering guru Jack Endino, the 90s sounds of Black Moses have been resurrected. Black Moses never had the traction, following or longevity of many of our peers during that time, but we still could rock a show with our Read More …
New Solo Album Released
The new album is complete! I ended up with 11 songs at just under 30 minutes total. I decided to stop there as it felt these songs had a fairly common musical theme from being written and recorded over the past year at my home Read More …