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486 - Ken Coomer: Why Drummers make Great Producers, Touch and Feel Over Fancy Gear, Original Drummer with Wilco

486 - Ken Coomer: Why Drummers make Great Producers, Touch and Feel Over Fancy Gear, Original Drummer with Wilco

Update: 2024-09-12
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Ken Coomer is a producer best known for his drumming in Uncle Tupelo and later Wilco. He was the drummer and co-founder of the Nashville-based band, Clockhammer, in the late 1980s/early 1990s. As a member of Wilco, Coomer has performed on A.M., Being There, Summerteeth, and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

Ken has also played on or produced albums by Steve Earle, Frontier Ruckus, Arlo McKinley, Sons of Bill, Tim Finn, Will Hoge, Jars of Clay, Emmylou Harris, Toy Horses, Malcolm Holcombe, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal and Shaver.

In this episode, Ken talks about:


  •    Drumming skills that hold value in the studio

  •    Why drummers can make great producers

  •    Touch and feel over fancy gear

  •    How he started producing

  •    Working with latin artists

  •    Mixing remote tracking with in-person recording

  • Staying focused on the future

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486 - Ken Coomer: Why Drummers make Great Producers, Touch and Feel Over Fancy Gear, Original Drummer with Wilco

486 - Ken Coomer: Why Drummers make Great Producers, Touch and Feel Over Fancy Gear, Original Drummer with Wilco

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