Listen "Andy Prado on The Case for Chops, The "Why" Behind Drumming, and The Importance of Authenticity"
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Andy Prado is a drummer’s drummer.Talk to practically anyone you’ve heard of about who their favorite drummers are, and Andy is likely to be in that sentence.He’s one of a small list of drummers you could call “elite choppers” - a list that includes people like Ron Bruner, Mike Mitchell, and not too many others.As such he’s in both an enviable, and an unenviable position. And you better believe we dig into the multi-edged sword of “chops”. (It’s way harder than you think to get them, you don’t have anything to “hide behind” like groove drummers, and when you reach the top of your profession everybody either wants to be you, hates you, or both.)Andy touches a bit on the unhuman work ethic necessary to reach the level he’s reached. We also get into:Huey Lewis and The News - based or cringeAndy’s weekly routine and current projectsThe importance of being authenticWhether drummers’ outward personalities match their musicHow Andy is also an elite groove playerand much moreI know you’ll enjoy this light-hearted convo with one of the LA OGs, the GOAT, as Forrest Rice calls him.