{"id":21840,"date":"2020-03-02T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T23:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=21840"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:23:11","slug":"curt-bisquera-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-156","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/curt-bisquera-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-156\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Bisquera: Curt&#8217;s Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13098320\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em>\u201cIf you have something that someone hates or loves, you have something right?\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Curt \u201cKIRKEE B.\u201d Bisquera has been highly active in the music industry for over thirty years. He has recorded and\/or toured with the likes of Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Sir Elton John, Mick Jagger, Morris Day and the Time, Pharrell Williams, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and that is literally just scratching the surface. Curt is known as a \u201cgroove master\u201d and in many ways it has become expected of him to deliver the groovy goods.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond simply drumming, Curt has been branching out recently with West Co. Pedals to create the \u201cGrease Juicer\u201d. Yes, a drummer is working together with a guitar pedal company. It goes to show that even the most top level drummers with an equally impressive resume still need to diversify in other areas to ensure a more comfortable career in music.<\/p>\n<p>In this conversation, Curt opens up a lot about the changing music industry and what he does and doesn&#8217;t like about it. This episode focuses heavily on Curt\u2019s observations of the industry over the last thirty years.<\/p>\n<p>Curt endorses DW Drums, Paiste, Vater, Remo, SKB, LP, Audio-Technica, Canopus, Jerry Harvey Audio, Big Fat Snare Drum, Tuner Fish Lug Locks, Big Bang Distribution, Slug Percussion, Randall May, Dauz, and CRS.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You will hear about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why Curt released his own guitar pedal \u201cGrease Juicer\u201d and why he went in that direction instead of a drum product<\/li>\n<li>Curt\u2019s take on the drumming community vs. the guitar community<\/li>\n<li>Curt\u2019s early days and beliefs on natural talent<\/li>\n<li>Some first hand stories and thoughts about Jeff Porcaro<\/li>\n<li>Our thoughts on the current state of social skills<\/li>\n<li>Metronomic music and why we don\u2019t like it very much<\/li>\n<li>One of Curt\u2019s mantras<\/li>\n<li>Personal advice and messages from Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Elton John<\/li>\n<li>Curt\u2019s thoughts on the music industry today compared to twenty years ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why you should listen:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Curt had asked me if he could listen to this episode prior to release to give it the seal of approval. The next day he responded with, \u201cIt\u2019s good. It\u2019s my truth.\u201d I think that really sums this one up. Curt has had over thirty years of experience in this industry and has seen a lot of change. He isn\u2019t entirely happy with the changes but he still loves music.<\/p>\n<p>You will hear his emotive explanation about how he has been under the microscope and beat detected in the studio for years. He is tired of that. He just wants to be free. To play music without a click. To have a recording truthfully represent what happened in the moment. To hear this from Curt was incredibly powerful.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is filled with truth. Curt\u2019s truth. Whether you agree with it or not, this was a wonderfully unfiltered and organic conversation between two people who have a deep love for music.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Follow Curt:<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curtbisq\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Curt-Kirkee-B-Bisquera-117115368349474\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtbisquera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s worked with Johnny Cash, Elton John, and Mick Jagger. He designed a guitar pedal. Drummer Curt Bisquera is a legend &#8211; here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":22118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1570,4019,4039,1175],"tags":[986,1682,1608,990,1609],"class_list":["post-21840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drumeo-gab","category-drummers","category-interviews","category-podcasts","tag-drum-podcast","tag-drumeo-gab","tag-drumeo-gab-podcast","tag-drumming-podcast","tag-seamus-evely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21840"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22142,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21840\/revisions\/22142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}