The first time i ever became known of Dave Weckl was when i went with my dad to see Mike Stern at the Royal Festival Hall in 1997 and his drumming completely blew me away, i didn't know jazz drummers could play like that and his playing was a huge part of the show. Weckl completely changed my view on how drummers were viewed in a band, i shortly after got into his solo catalogue and his work with Chick Corea's Elektric & Akoustic Bands. For me, Weckl is not only my all time favourite drummer but he is one of the true legends of the drum kit. Fantastic interview
Dom Famularo does such a great job in these interviews, he is respectful and asks questions that are more than just "yes or no" answerbased. He lets them talk and is engaging, very well-done!
Thank you. That was inspiring. I am am unknown musician. I grew up playing drums. I'm 51. Drums were my life up until I was about 30 yrs old. I've studied with master drummer Brian Dunne from Long Island, NY. We studied you- Dave? And Chick Corea. I saw you at a drum clinic in the early 90's? At a Sheraton hotel in Stratford, CT. I still practice getting the single stroke roll- without tensing up. Dave you are a fantastic leader as a drummer- and you've inspired all of us younger drummers. When I was growing up? As a teen drummer in the 1990's; I read modern drummer, like it was the newspaper? Everyday? And Dave you are just a wonderful example of excellence. Thank you for inspiring us all? And challenging us younger drummers to excel to a higher level of greatness. And Dom Famularo? Jeez? I met you somewhere when I was young? What a flashback? I don't remember where? But I remember meeting you? And your contagious laugh? I know you are important in the drumming world as well? Thank you. You have both done amazing, beautiful things with your lives. As a life long drummer- I thank you both- for the deep inspiration!
Dave has taught me a lot. I never played music for a living but I have played the drums since I was 12 (I’m now 71). Watching his original videos and then, 15 years later joining his online school, have been amazing. He’s a big reason I still play. I feel like he did, that the drums chose me. It has always been a passion. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I’d chosen music as a career…but no real regrets, which probably means I made the right choice in careers. Nonetheless, once I retired at age 65, I just focused on drumming - practicing 4-5 hours a day, everyday for years, trying to improve and catch up with a lot of what I had missed over the years. I still have a ways to go but I can see and feel some improvement and I still love playing with other musicians. It’s all been a blessing and I’m going to try to make it last as long as I can. Thank you, Dave, for your help along the way.
Great interview thanks so much Dom and thank you Dave for your drive for excellence for all these years 54 and I still love to practice and play with my band.
Dave is happy with his life because he followed his bliss, and took his father's advice that if you're going to do something, do it the correct way, or don't do it at all. Not everyone can be a great drummer, but one can follow their dreams and fulfill them if they have the passion to do so, like Dave Weckl has done.
The first time i heard Dave Weckl was on the Bill Conners record "Step It". It's a great guitar fusion album and Dave is brilliant on it. The first CD i ever bought was the Chick Corea Elektrik Band cd. Once i heard that, i was hooked for life on Dave Weckl's drumming and music.
I sat behind Dave at a gig at Catalina Jazz club in LA when he played with Chick Corea Electric Band and that was an amazing display of drumming , Dave is an absolute great drummer!
"I'm a Virgo" hahaha.. amazing.. and imagine.. you were talking to a Capricorn.. so there.. Guys both, AMAZING interview. And thank you, Don for asking these kind of questions! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
BEST interview with Dave that I've EVER seen! BY FAR!! I'm assuming that it's because he respects Dom..as do I! Thank you for all these wonderful interviews sir!
The triplet! Yes, every clinic I do, I talk about this to the kids. You must fall in love with the triplet and all swing drumming is based off if it! Love it.
Oh man, that was great. I think this interview does a great job of telling the world about the secret to Dave's success: hard work, smart decisions, a plan, and perseverance. Dave is such a smart person, and a smart drummer... Obviously Dave has some tremendous natural talent, but I really don't think that is what drove him to such heights as a player - his total dedication to his craft did. Very inspiring.
Thanks Dom and Dave for this great interview!! Saw Dave at Ronnies a few weeks back. He was phenomenal,a true master!! I have EVEN MORE respect for him now realising his philosophy and masterplan as he calls it that got him to where he is. It weren't no accident put it that way!! 😀
Dom, thank you for doing this. Can you get Gary Husband, Bill Bruford, Erskine, Morgenstein and all the other guys that deserve the in-depth, long-form interviews? These guys have stories that need to be told...and how long it takes to get all of them in is immaterial, isn't it? We are talking drumming history! Again, thank you!!!
Glad you are enjoying the interviews & appreciate the suggestions Michael! Dom does a wonderful job interviewing these musicians and we are working to get as many as we can for www.thesessions.org . Check out Peter Erskine's we did in 2015 at NAMM and be sure to subscribe to our channel! th-cam.com/video/mZZfGmRKiww/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for responding. It would be interesting to check back in with these guys as the years go on. I might also recommend talking to some of the percussion departments across the country, Indiana, WVU...seeing how things are going at that level. There is a revolution happening in higher education! All the best!
Weckl started off kind of slow, but became more animated and instructional as this went on. I'm a guitarist and fan, love great drummers and he is one.
Dom has a knack to get artists talking. Open questions. Questions that are not questions but more like comments, that lead the artists to develop an answer. Sure beats the typical groupie-type interview prepared in 5 minutes by some schmuck who read a bio on wikipedia on his cell phone...
I am very interested on the unanswered question about the balance of music-work and family. This is a great challenge of mine right now. I don’t want to be miserable the rest of my life. I love performing and being around music. I would love an email reply. Great, insightful interviews!!! Thank you!!
Jose, This is such a great question! There is a balance to find between being and artists (a constant learner) and a business person (you are the CEO) and a personal side (a healthy you and healthy relationships). We all work on those three everyday! Keep learning...network your talent and have someone in your life that you can share it with! Good luck!
Been a big Dave Weckl fan for over 30 years, however, did he really have to make fun of me and my fellow "wedding" drummers (2:01 - 2:10)? Come on Dave.. know your audience.
I do not think Dave was making fun of the wedding guys....I think this was the point of him wanting to really go for it and it was too tempting to stay. He was looking for more! Dave worked many years doing casuals and has a deep respect for the wedding musicians!
@@GlobalDrumming Agreed. As a guy who plays lots of weddings, privates, and covers gigs, I think there's a lot of people in the wedding band business that had aspired to be a full time original artist, and either didn't have the talent, or the drive and determination to make it. The point Dave, and any of the great musicians are getting at, is that that little edge of determination and passion, and in the case of Dave, "smarts", are key to making it in this business.
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So many gems of wisdom from Weckl. "It's the music business not the drumming business" is just one of many.
I beg to differ, Dave Weckl's a phenomenal teacher!!!👍‼️
So true, I learned a lot from his live classes
Incredibly inspirational ❤
After listening Dave I going down stair check my triplets 9 notes grouping my drums kick sound and clean my cymbals
The first time i ever became known of Dave Weckl was when i went with my dad to see Mike Stern at the Royal Festival Hall in 1997 and his drumming completely blew me away, i didn't know jazz drummers could play like that and his playing was a huge part of the show. Weckl completely changed my view on how drummers were viewed in a band, i shortly after got into his solo catalogue and his work with Chick Corea's Elektric & Akoustic Bands. For me, Weckl is not only my all time favourite drummer but he is one of the true legends of the drum kit. Fantastic interview
Dom Famularo does such a great job in these interviews, he is respectful and asks questions that are more than just "yes or no" answerbased. He lets them talk and is engaging, very well-done!
Born at the right time ❤
The play along stuff is great. I remember when Dave first did his, it was like a dream come true.
18:12 "There's Buddy and then there's everybody else". I about spit my coffee out. I love it.
This is awesome, WOW!
Great interview. THANKS
And now, I’m gonna watch it all over again…
The great Dom Famularo, presenting the great Dave Weckl.
Thank you. That was inspiring. I am am unknown musician. I grew up playing drums. I'm 51. Drums were my life up until I was about 30 yrs old. I've studied with master drummer Brian Dunne from Long Island, NY. We studied you- Dave? And Chick Corea. I saw you at a drum clinic in the early 90's? At a Sheraton hotel in Stratford, CT. I still practice getting the single stroke roll- without tensing up. Dave you are a fantastic leader as a drummer- and you've inspired all of us younger drummers. When I was growing up? As a teen drummer in the 1990's; I read modern drummer, like it was the newspaper? Everyday? And Dave you are just a wonderful example of excellence. Thank you for inspiring us all? And challenging us younger drummers to excel to a higher level of greatness. And Dom Famularo? Jeez? I met you somewhere when I was young? What a flashback? I don't remember where? But I remember meeting you? And your contagious laugh? I know you are important in the drumming world as well? Thank you. You have both done amazing, beautiful things with your lives. As a life long drummer- I thank you both- for the deep inspiration!
Thanks for sharing your story! Appreciate you're subscribing to ur channel also, to help us inspire more Artists!
Dave has taught me a lot. I never played music for a living but I have played the drums since I was 12 (I’m now 71). Watching his original videos and then, 15 years later joining his online school, have been amazing. He’s a big reason I still play. I feel like he did, that the drums chose me. It has always been a passion. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if I’d chosen music as a career…but no real regrets, which probably means I made the right choice in careers. Nonetheless, once I retired at age 65, I just focused on drumming - practicing 4-5 hours a day, everyday for years, trying to improve and catch up with a lot of what I had missed over the years. I still have a ways to go but I can see and feel some improvement and I still love playing with other musicians. It’s all been a blessing and I’m going to try to make it last as long as I can. Thank you, Dave, for your help along the way.
Thanks for sharing & what a wonderful life in music you're still having!
This is a fantastic conversation.
Can’t believe I just discovered this interview. Thanks for this. Big fan of Dave since the Akoustic Band album.
Dave Rules!!! Great interview!
"My real estate ventures are based on where the drums will go" is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time. Love, love, love it!
The master plan! Dave has great perspective.
What a player Dave is and what an interviewer (and player) Dom is. Legends.
Great interview thanks so much Dom and thank you Dave for your drive for excellence for all these years
54 and I still love to practice and play with my band.
Dave is happy with his life because he followed his bliss, and took his father's advice that if you're going to do something, do it the correct way, or don't do it at all. Not everyone can be a great drummer, but one can follow their dreams and fulfill them if they have the passion to do so, like Dave Weckl has done.
One learns so much more from smooth and unpretentious talks like this than from business-coaching-loudmouth-speakers with headsets in huge halls.
How did I miss this earlier? Great by both of you. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to subscribe to our channel so you're first to see new interviews!
He needs session 3!!!!!!!!
The first time i heard Dave Weckl was on the Bill Conners record "Step It". It's a great guitar fusion album and Dave is brilliant on it. The first CD i ever bought was the Chick Corea Elektrik Band cd. Once i heard that, i was hooked for life on Dave Weckl's drumming and music.
This along with part one was really insightful, inspiring, and uplifting. I was smiling all the way through it. Thank you!
The musical truth from the musician's SOUL.
Fantastic
Esp the advice to aspiring drummers at the end
Dave is a very cool guy - really enjoy listening to him.
Just GREAT!!!! Thanks Dom and Dave!!
I sat behind Dave at a gig at Catalina Jazz club in LA when he played with Chick Corea Electric Band and that was an amazing display of drumming , Dave is an absolute great drummer!
It was very interesting to listen to Weckl. His insights into 'sound' and presentation of drums is a must for young drummers/musicians to listen
Thank you Navroze! Appreciate your support & sharing!
"I'm a Virgo" hahaha.. amazing.. and imagine.. you were talking to a Capricorn.. so there.. Guys both, AMAZING interview. And thank you, Don for asking these kind of questions! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
BEST interview with Dave that I've EVER seen! BY FAR!! I'm assuming that it's because he respects Dom..as do I! Thank you for all these wonderful interviews sir!
Weckl's dedication is on par with a religious vocation.
A rare thing these days...
Thank you Mr Famularo. Thank you Dave.
The triplet! Yes, every clinic I do, I talk about this to the kids. You must fall in love with the triplet and all swing drumming is based off if it! Love it.
What a GREAT interview. So very much inspiring. Thanks for doing this really.
What a brilliant couple of interviews with Mr Weckl. Really enjoyed that. Very inspiring and some real pearls of wisdom shared. Thank you!
great..Dave is a master..his hard wired album got me to work everyday as a nyc firefighter. ..go for it..!!..awesome interview thanks Dom *
Yep, Dave was my first video series...VHS, mind you...and yes, still have it
Oh man, that was great. I think this interview does a great job of telling the world about the secret to Dave's success: hard work, smart decisions, a plan, and perseverance. Dave is such a smart person, and a smart drummer... Obviously Dave has some tremendous natural talent, but I really don't think that is what drove him to such heights as a player - his total dedication to his craft did. Very inspiring.
This interview = CLASSIC. Did I enjoy every second of it. Very inspirational. Just great stuff here.
Im a bass player and Its always intresting hearing stories from non bass player musicians as well as bassist. We are all on the same journey.
Thanks Dom and Dave for this great interview!! Saw Dave at Ronnies a few weeks back. He was phenomenal,a true master!! I have EVEN MORE respect for him now realising his philosophy and masterplan as he calls it that got him to where he is. It weren't no accident put it that way!! 😀
It was very interesting to hear, as a non-drummer, aspects such as tuning and micing, etc. DW seems like a top guy.
Thank you Dave and Dom,simply Brillant!
Best interview his ever done! Great!
Great interviews!!!
Thanks Dave/Dom!!! Another great interview!!
Dom, thank you for doing this. Can you get Gary Husband, Bill Bruford, Erskine, Morgenstein and all the other guys that deserve the in-depth, long-form interviews? These guys have stories that need to be told...and how long it takes to get all of them in is immaterial, isn't it? We are talking drumming history! Again, thank you!!!
Glad you are enjoying the interviews & appreciate the suggestions Michael! Dom does a wonderful job interviewing these musicians and we are working to get as many as we can for www.thesessions.org . Check out Peter Erskine's we did in 2015 at NAMM and be sure to subscribe to our channel! th-cam.com/video/mZZfGmRKiww/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for responding. It would be interesting to check back in with these guys as the years go on. I might also recommend talking to some of the percussion departments across the country, Indiana, WVU...seeing how things are going at that level. There is a revolution happening in higher education! All the best!
amazing!! thanks Dave!
Brillant & insightful interview - thanks!
Weckl started off kind of slow, but became more animated and instructional as this went on. I'm a guitarist and fan, love great drummers and he is one.
two masters
That was cool. Thanks guys
Countries whitout triplets? Great guys, thanks Dave an d Dom.
Dom has a knack to get artists talking. Open questions. Questions that are not questions but more like comments, that lead the artists to develop an answer. Sure beats the typical groupie-type interview prepared in 5 minutes by some schmuck who read a bio on wikipedia on his cell phone...
Dave comes across as so wise
Great work, Dom. New sub.
I enjoyed part two as well...and i play bass, not drums.
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I am very interested on the unanswered question about the balance of music-work and family. This is a great challenge of mine right now. I don’t want to be miserable the rest of my life. I love performing and being around music. I would love an email reply. Great, insightful interviews!!! Thank you!!
Jose, This is such a great question! There is a balance to find between being and artists (a constant learner) and a business person (you are the CEO) and a personal side (a healthy you and healthy relationships). We all work on those three everyday! Keep learning...network your talent and have someone in your life that you can share it with! Good luck!
Dom Famularo your reply means a lot. I will work on these areas. Thanks for what you do!!
Jose Gonzalez Excellent! Keep me posted... my info is on my website. domfamularo.com
please!!1 subtitulos spanish, español argentina Dave!
Ledge
subtitulos en spanish please!!!
Been a big Dave Weckl fan for over 30 years, however, did he really have to make fun of me and my fellow "wedding" drummers (2:01 - 2:10)? Come on Dave.. know your audience.
I do not think Dave was making fun of the wedding guys....I think this was the point of him wanting to really go for it and it was too tempting to stay. He was looking for more! Dave worked many years doing casuals and has a deep respect for the wedding musicians!
@@GlobalDrumming Agreed. As a guy who plays lots of weddings, privates, and covers gigs, I think there's a lot of people in the wedding band business that had aspired to be a full time original artist, and either didn't have the talent, or the drive and determination to make it. The point Dave, and any of the great musicians are getting at, is that that little edge of determination and passion, and in the case of Dave, "smarts", are key to making it in this business.
7:53 and then you go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like "I'm a Virgo" :)