When I started the podcast back in October of 2018, I had a list of people I really wanted to talk with. One of those at the top of the list was this episode’s guest, Stanton Moore. Whether you know him as the drummer for Galactic, or with other bands and projects covering a wide range of styles, as a drum educator and founder of the Stanton Moore Drum Academy, as a clinician, or for his signature Crescent cymbals by Sabian or his own Stanton Moore snare drum, he is a drummer’s drummer.
Stanton’s excellence and passion in all things drums – and all things life in general, I’m sure – make Stanton the perfect musician for the new and returning drummer to listen to and explore. In this interview, we talk about a wide variety of subjects, from high school drum programs to equipment to some wonderful tips on timing, the jazz ride pattern and, for the first time anywhere, as far as I know, anyways, a definition and demonstration of “playing in the cracks.”
For all things Stanton, visit StantonMoore.com
Go to Sabian cymbals to get a look at Stanton’s signature Crescent line, along with the entire range of Crescent cymbals. I own the 22″ Element Ride and it is the sweetest sounding cymbal I have! I trade a lot of stuff back and forth, buy and sell, but I’ll never let go of my Crescent.
Here’s a great intro to Stanton’s online teaching offered by his own Stanton Moore Drum Academy.
Watch Stanton playing his Stanton Moore Drum company 14 x 4.5 Titanium snare, which he talks about in the interview.
Special note: Now that I’ve been back at drums for a couple of years, I decided to record the signature outro jazz ride pattern that has become our theme song. So that’s me you hear on the kit at the very end of the episode. Let me know what you think – unless you don’t like it. After all, as Stanton advises in this episode, we’ve got to be kind to ourselves.
Photo: Linda Del Rio
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