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Welcome back to another episode of the DrumGAB podcast. Today’s guest is known as “The Orlando Drummer”. A hardcore YouTuber that has been creating content for the better part of a decade and through trial and error has managed to create a business selling drum lessons and other content online through his website www.orlandodrummer.com

Who is Adam?

Adam is a unique drummer in that he has learned most of what he knows through the internet and not paradoxically distributes his lessons online as well. He is a very well known musician in the online scene and from all my conversations with him since and before the podcast, Adam is a seriously nice guy and has been quite helpful in personal questions I have had. Overall, he was a blast to work with.

Key Moments in the Episode

- We kick things off by discussing the process with making content and how he discovers the gaps in online drum lessons to provide useful and needed content to drummers all over the world. We also discuss what aspect of content creation Adam is partial to and this is a moment that I admit is also my favourite aspect as well.

- Then get into what inspires Adam to create content and his answer is well…..very interesting and it makes a hell of a lot of sense once it is explained. This segment of the interview is one of the deepest conversations that I have ever shared with a guest before.

- Moving right along to something that Adam and I have in common….we both interview artists. I was very curious to why he got into interviewing people and what he has taken away from branching off into this direction.

- We close things out with a completely improvised discussion about social media and the ironic disconnect between people. It spawned from Adam talking about how he spends so much time locked up in a box making video content and how he wishes to spread out more into public masterclass events and the clinic world. This is again…not planned and it turned into one of the best conversations I have ever had on the show about the state of social media and how it’s amazing but at the same time, limiting for “real” connections.

Concluding Thoughts

I’ll start by saying that I really enjoyed working with Adam with this episode. He was very prompt, professional and incredibly generous of both his time and the resources in order to make this a high quality episode. It makes all of the difference as a host when a guest, regardless of public stature, gives you so much of their attention and treat you with humility.

This episode is more “in the moment” than planned. While I had points that I wanted to discuss and an objective going in, I found myself just talking to Adam. He made a few comments that I pounced on immediately in order to create a situation within our chat. These moments make up the best parts of the episode. Overall, there is a lot of incredible knowledge shared and insight to Adam’s life and what motivates him to create content for people.

Also, something worth noting is that Adam is very selective with people and projects he associates himself with, so I feel quite privileged to be given this opportunity to create with him. Adam has not been on the record with many journalists and of what I could find, this is likely the most in-depth and personal interview Adam has ever been featured on….SO GET ON THIS!

Join me next Monday for another episode of the DrumGAB Podcast!

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DrumGAB theme music: Ian Maciak @ianhitsdrums

VO artist: Tom Knight @tomknightvoice

Background Music: Etienne Mason @maysun.music