Drum Roll Please
The Beat + The Pulse
In this episode, Mindy Abovitz Monk talks with her friend and fellow drummer Fred Armisen about his early 80’s punk band Trenchmouth, incorporating his love of music with his career at Saturday Night Live, his being Sleater-Kinney’s number one fan to co-starring in Portlandia with Carrie Brownstein to his hilarious Netflix Special Standup for Drummers. And he’s been cheerleading Tom Tom since the beginning. At the end of the show, Fred and I take the jokes to the kit and double drum our way through corny laughs. Stick around and enjoy. "Getting involved with things -- it's like a reason...
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Urban Legends
The Beat + The Pulse
In this episode, Mindy Abovitz Monk talks with her friend and role model Andre Torres about his transition from record collecting to re-discovering, and the creation of Wax Poetics magazine and where he is now at head of Urban Legends at Universal Music. Then, Valerie Scroggins of the legendary South Bronx band ESG and her daughter Chistelle join Mindy to talk about passion, sampling, and the power of music and family. "It’s just amazing to see this multitude of voices and the way that young artists are able to express themselves." - Andre Torres "Right now, I would tell anyone to start with...
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Girls to the Front
The Beat + The Pulse
In this episode, Mindy Abovitz Monk reminisces on getting her first Bikini Kill tape and talks to Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney about being a drummer whose records have spanned decades. PLUS we hear from Female:Pressure’s Leah King. “It’s so shocking when people do say “oh you play good for a girl” or “oh you’re my favorite female drummer.” It’s like close your eyes, can you tell with your eyes closed the sex of the drummer if they're not singing? I think not.” - Janet Weiss "I’ve been a part of a lot of different affinity groups because I inhabit a lot of different...
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Drawing Lines with Shantell Martin
The Beat + The Pulse
In the premiere episode, Tom Tom Magazine Creator Mindy Abovitz Monk speaks to visual artist Shantell Martin about art, identity and sneakers. Bonus: hear Shantell's first ever drum lesson PLUS Japanese teen drumming sensation Kanade Sato. "I want to say to my younger self, 'At some point, a pen will pay your rent and introduce you to really amazing people and help you do all these amazing collaborations and will be this gift that you can share with the whole entire planet!'" - Shantell Martin Shantell Augmented Reality video link: Kanade Video link:
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Drumming is Our Revolution
The Beat + The Pulse
The Beat + The Pulse is Tom Tom’s new monthly podcast, featuring Mindy Abovitz Monk in conversation with incredible beat makers, cultural visionaries and breakthrough creatives with an agenda. Not just talking about what they do, but who they are and what matters to them most.
info_outlineIn this episode, Mindy Abovitz Monk talks with her friend and role model Andre Torres about his transition from record collecting to re-discovering, and the creation of Wax Poetics magazine and where he is now at head of Urban Legends at Universal Music. Then, Valerie Scroggins of the legendary South Bronx band ESG and her daughter Chistelle join Mindy to talk about passion, sampling, and the power of music and family.
"It’s just amazing to see this multitude of voices and the way that young artists are able to express themselves." - Andre Torres
"Right now, I would tell anyone to start with your heart. I don’t care who you are, just do it." - Valerie Scroggins
Special thanks to The Secret Drum Band for this episode’s tunes.
Relevant links:
Urban Legends: http://www.urbanlegends.com/
ESG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmnq3fqFK18
Secret Drum Band: https://secretdrumband.bandcamp.com/