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Drummers, On the Beat

Drummer Blog: Jody Porter From Fountains of Wayne Checks In on Drums


Drummer Blog: Jody Porter from Fountains of Wayne Checks In—On Drums

Hola, drum mods! It’s Jody Porter here from the band Fountains of Wayne. I play a guitar by trade but also drums among other things on my new solo LP, Month of Mondays.

My dad had a studio set-up back in the day and by the time I was tall enough to reach the kick pedal, I thought I was going to be a drummer. I played for several years before picking up a six-string.

As the years went by I never stopped but decided my guitar chops were going to be easier to transport. As a New Yorker for the last twenty years I also found being a guitar player “disturbed the peace” less with the neighbors, so I was tentative whether or not my playing drums on the album would cut it.

I’ve played with some heavy hitters from my bandmate Brian Young to Stephen Perkins; but in the end my Ringo/Charliesque simple approach got the nod of approval. The record was recorded at Treehouse Sound.

We moved a few cymbals and snares around at times but pretty much stuck to a traditional four-piece kit: 22″ kick, 13″ rack, and 16″ floor. The studio blokes tuned the kit with my vague advice to “make them sound like Exile.” I think we accomplished a modernized sound of the records I grew up on and still spin on my turntable today.

Thanks for reading!

 

For more on Jody Porter, visit www.jodyporter.com.

 


Posted in Drummers, On the Beat Tagged Drummer Blog, Exile, Fountains of Wayne, Fountains of Wayne drummer, Jody Porter, Month of Mondays, drummer, drumming, drums, new solo LP, weblog


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