Freddy Charles's guest appearances

Freddy Charles

Drummers I Like Podcast

Drumeo Gab Podcast

The Drum Heads

The Green Room

Jessica Burdeaux

Earl Talbot

Kristina Schiano

Tosh Peterson

Richy Ramirez

Ramy Antoun

Jared Falk

Charlie Engen

Elise Trouw

Patch Mahoney

Larnell Lewis

Joshua Berrios

Cameron Carbone

Tim Buell

Omari Augustine

OwlTail

Fred is in the upper echelon of comedians performing in clubs today. But he is also a gifted writer whose work just won a best screenplay award.

Freddy Charles - REPLAY - A page a minute - Originally aired: 02/18/10

Freddy Charles is old hat. If I could sum up our conversation quickly, I would simply say that Freddy respects traditional values and he finds the world is a place that is quickly removing themselves from this frame of mind. Freddy is a nomad and has been to over 200 countries in his lifetime and has seen a lot of culture. He draws comparisons to the many societies that exist in the world and how ours just isn’t that great in many ways.  Now, this stems also to drumming as well. I throw a Steve Gadd tweet at him and as you will hear, Freddy gets excited about the subject matter and he just goes for it. Freddy discusses the decline of innovation, dynamics and musicality in the majority of modern drumming. The Steve Gadd tweet was certainly suggesting that drumming is devolving and Freddy is convinced that this is true. It is difficult to pinpoint one reason why this is the case, but Freddy and I generally believe that the gold standard is whack.  I have to mention that I feel that Instagram sometimes feels like a diluted format for drumming. I see a lot of the same content. I see a lot of the same drumming and the overall engagement is lousy. You also can’t make a living in the drumming community with Instagram either and it more or less is a place for people to feel validation in their skills.  That is definitely a lot of major points against it but there are things that happen that can’t happen without it. I feel if people are truly engaged in their community on IG, you can make some real friends and you develop your own fold of “true followers”, and that is pretty dope. It is because of Instagram that I am able to do this show and I have met some great friends along the way. I guess you can say that both Freddy and I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram.  In many ways conversation is just what is on our minds and what we wish things would be and what it could be if more people became truly involved. It’s also an example of unapologetic truth.  Opening music by Mayo Coates  Freddy Charles Instagram | Website  DrumGAB Instagram | Website | Facebook

Freddy Charles is old hat. If I could sum up our conversation quickly, I would simply say that Freddy respects traditional values and he finds the world is a place that is quickly removing themselves from this frame of mind. Freddy is a nomad and has been to over 200 countries in his lifetime and has seen a lot of culture. He draws comparisons to the many societies that exist in the world and how ours just isn’t that great in many ways. Now, this stems also to drumming as well. I throw a Steve Gadd tweet at him and as you will hear, Freddy gets excited about the subject matter and he just goes for it. Freddy discusses the decline of innovation, dynamics and musicality in the majority of modern drumming. The Steve Gadd tweet was certainly suggesting that drumming is devolving and Freddy is convinced that this is true. It is difficult to pinpoint one reason why this is the case, but Freddy and I generally believe that the gold standard is whack. I have to mention that I feel that Instagram sometimes feels like a diluted format for drumming. I see a lot of the same content. I see a lot of the same drumming and the overall engagement is lousy. You also can’t make a living in the drumming community with Instagram either and it more or less is a place for people to feel validation in their skills.  That is definitely a lot of major points against it but there are things that happen that can’t happen without it. I feel if people are truly engaged in their community on IG, you can make some real friends and you develop your own fold of “true followers”, and that is pretty dope. It is because of Instagram that I am able to do this show and I have met some great friends along the way. I guess you can say that both Freddy and I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram. In many ways conversation is just what is on our minds and what we wish things would be and what it could be if more people became truly involved. It’s also an example of unapologetic truth. Opening music by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayo_drums/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mayo Coates</a> Freddy Charles <a href="https://www.instagram.com/freddycharles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.freddycharlesmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> DrumGAB <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drumgab1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.drumgab.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drumgabpage/?ref=br_tf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

Episode 35 | Freddy Charles

Hello drummers and listeners! Drummers I Like here again with another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast. This week we had the honor of having Freddy Charles as our guest.Freddy is a multi-instrumentalist, a drummer and an accomplished entrepreneur that has found his favorite place being behind the kit. He definitely brings a unique insight to drumming and you can thank that to his diverse musical skills. His sense of time and incredible feel on the drums stands out in his playing. All three of us had a great chat and got into Freddy's early drumming journey as well as his influences, his opinions on digging into the roots of drumming, and the hot humid weather of Miami. We (especially Kevin) were pretty excited that he cited Bill Bruford as one of his main influences.We can all agree that drummers of all ages should check him out (especially you young guns) and take in some of his very original drumming. Freddy gave us some insight into his rehearsal spaces in both New York and his really cool setup in Miami that is actually like a shipping container. Freddy explained that its kind of like one of those pods that you can pack and store large items in. Freddy has taken it and added some acoustic treatment to make it an awesome place to film his excellent drum videos! We had a great discussion and Freddy has a great outlook and humble approach to drumming in general. It was cool to hear a little about his musical mindset as well as his journey from drummer to guitarist to vocalist and back to a drummer. Drummers that have taken the time to perfect their talent can really appreciate the journey Freddy has taken with enough information to add to your own. Freddy has some really cool things going on right now and we get into this and more during the podcast.  Make sure to link up with Freddy by checking out the links below this post if you're not following him already.Thanks again for listening to the Drummers I Like podcast and please feel free to give us your feedback. We want to know how we're doing and the more feedback the better. We are always striving to improve and it takes your opinions and thoughts and want to make each episode better than the last. 'Till next week! Thanks again for listening!CiaoFreddy Charles LinksWebsite: www.freddycharlesmusic.comInstagram: @freddycharlesFacebook: facebook.com/freddycharlesmusicTwitter: @freddycmusicDrummers I Like Linkswebsite: www.drummersilike.netInstagram: @drummersilikeFacebook: facebook.com/DrummersilikeTwitter: @drummersilikeMusic Credits:Intro/Transitions - Richard DucatOutro Track - Tesseract - Of Energy - Embers.ItunesGoogle Play

Hello drummers and listeners! Drummers I Like here again with another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast. This week we had the honor of having Freddy Charles as our guest. Freddy is a multi-instrumentalist, a drummer and an accomplished entrepreneur that has found his favorite place being behind the kit. He definitely brings a unique insight to drumming and you can thank that to his diverse musical skills. His sense of time and incredible feel on the drums stands out in his playing. All three of us had a great chat and got into Freddy's early drumming journey as well as his influences, his opinions on digging into the roots of drumming, and the hot humid weather of Miami. We (especially Kevin) were pretty excited that he cited Bill Bruford as one of his main influences. We can all agree that drummers of all ages should check him out (especially you young guns) and take in some of his very original drumming. Freddy gave us some insight into his rehearsal spaces in both New York and his really cool setup in Miami that is actually like a shipping container. Freddy explained that its kind of like one of those pods that you can pack and store large items in. Freddy has taken it and added some acoustic treatment to make it an awesome place to film his excellent drum videos! We had a great discussion and Freddy has a great outlook and humble approach to drumming in general. It was cool to hear a little about his musical mindset as well as his journey from drummer to guitarist to vocalist and back to a drummer. Drummers that have taken the time to perfect their talent can really appreciate the journey Freddy has taken with enough information to add to your own. Freddy has some really cool things going on right now and we get into this and more during the podcast.  Make sure to link up with Freddy by checking out the links below this post if you're not following him already. Thanks again for listening to the Drummers I Like podcast and please feel free to give us your feedback. We want to know how we're doing and the more feedback the better. We are always striving to improve and it takes your opinions and thoughts and want to make each episode better than the last. 'Till next week! Thanks again for listening! Ciao Freddy Charles Links Website: <a href="http://www.freddycharlesmusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.freddycharlesmusic.com</a> Instagram: @freddycharles Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/freddycharlesmusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/freddycharlesmusic</a> Twitter: @freddycmusic Drummers I Like Links website: <a href="http://www.drummersilike.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.drummersilike.net</a> Instagram: @drummersilike Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/Drummersilike" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/Drummersilike</a> Twitter: @drummersilike Music Credits: Intro/Transitions - Richard Ducat Outro Track - Tesseract - Of Energy - Embers. Itunes Google Play

Freddy Charles – Drummers I Like Podcast #4

Episode 45: Freddy Charles. I had a wonderful conversation with Freddy over Skype. We talked about his drumming past, his passion for playing guitar, his 10 year break from playing drums, traveling and what the future holds for him.

Episode 45: Freddy Charles. I had a wonderful conversation with Freddy over Skype. We talked about his drumming past, his passion for playing guitar, his 10 year break from playing drums, traveling and what the future holds for him.