THE DRUMMERGY PODCAST with host Fred "Fredrock" Fischer

What do you bring to the situation? Besides the obvious of talent level, is your personality, demeanor, and attitude something that people want to be around? Can you help those around you to also be their best? Imagine what we can achieve if we approached everything this way! (from December 2022)

Working with KISS manager Bill AuCoin and the drama of opening for Motley Crue. Welcome to the not so glamours side of playing shows. Sometimes what happens behind the curtain would be enough to wonder why anybody would want to do this. (from December 2022)

Music can get you through anything.....including the chaos of Christmas shopping, that and the attitude of Bill Burr! (from December 2022)

You'd think there is a certain way of behaving that accompanies different venues and genres of music. Rock concerts involving audience participation and embracing your fellow concert goer verses an opera production in an upscale theatre requiring a quiet and attentive audience. So why is it when it comes to school band concerts, parents are the worst audience? (from December 15, 2022)

When the grunge movement took over the music scene, all the 80's bands were left wondering where they fit in all of it. Some attempted to continue by altering their sound to match what was coming of of Seattle but lacked the culture of what came out of the Pacific Northwest. Now decades later there's an appreciation for these albums that we're largely ignored when they came out. (formerly Coffee w...

Drums by nature, are loud. With learning any instrument comes a lot of "noise". Parents need to support their student by allowing them to practice. It's not about you, it's about them. Enjoy the process! (formerly Coffee with Fred December 1 2022)

How I Got My First Drumset. Every aspiring musician needs an instrument to play. What do you do when your band teacher tells your parents no? Proof that teachers need to be careful what they say......words matter. Conversely parents need to be supportive. (from November 24th 2022)

Episode 1: Less is NOT more! (the humble beginning of my podcast, formerly Coffee with Fred in November of 2022) It's been my opinion of "less is more" has been a way to discourage musicians from the exploratory part of music. I think Neil Peart described is best...KISS Keep it Simple Stupid...leads LOVE Leave out Virtually Everything. What we should make is MUSIC Make Up Something Interesting &am...