drums

J-Zone on Discussions In Percussion Podcast

January 21, 2021

I recently sat down as a guest on Discussions in Percussion Podcast to talk drums, the quirks of breakbeats, The Du-Rites, my career path, the challenges of using both my real name and pseudonym and more. Great hang! Listen to the interview here or find it on Spotify or Apple. The interview starts at the 20:00 mark after some pertinent drum world news from host Damon Grant. Enjoy!

With the numerous reinventions I’ve gone through since the late ‘90s - hip-hop producer/artist; to DJ/writer/author and eventually, drummer - trying to cram it all on one website was a mess. My pivot to drumming in 2011 was entirely unplanned and my prior website was designed to promote a book. Finding more focus and abandoning being a jack-of-a-zillion trades over the last decade, I decided to repurpose my site as HQ for my work and path as a drummer... and start going by my actual name. Big steps. Ha! Thanks for tuning in.