MD checked in with pop/R&B drummer Chris Coleman while he was on tour with Beck. “Beck is very meticulous about every sound that comes off that stage,” says Coleman, “but I couldn’t be more different from his drummer of the past fifteen years, Joey Waronker. So it took us a little bit of time to get synced up and feel comfortable about the sound of the drums. As an example, we had several different cymbal shoot-outs. We went through everything that I own, plus around fifty cymbals from the Meinl factory, to come up with what I use onstage. Also, there are points in the show where I use different snares to make it more like the record. His catalog is so deep and diverse, and he wants each song to sound like the record. This gig definitely keeps me on my toes.” The kit that was set up at […]

February 2019 Issue