Born and raised in Arkansas, Evan grew up playing drums at his dads church in Fort Smith. He was the kid that would sit behind the drummer during church and soak in every detail and nuance. Once church let out, he'd jump up on the kit and play, until the next church service started a few hours later. Evan got his first drum set at the age of 8 and began serenading his whole family and neighborhood with punk rock beats and the sounds of the radio. After touring the country with his band The Exception, Evan decided it was time to move to Nashville, TN and attend Middle Tennessee State under the direction of Lalo Davila and Tom Giampietro. It was in college where Evan honed his craft and wanted to become a studio musician. Years later and having played on multiple #1 songs on the radio, Evan is now an in demand studio drummer. You can hear his drumming with , Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Luke Bryan, Jimmie Allen, Ronnie Dunn, Keith Urban, Steven Tyler, Toby Keith, Matt Stell, Maddie and Tae, Tim McGraw, Lauren Alaina, Erin McCarley, Rascal Flatts and many other artists.

 

 

 Some Things That Came Up:

-2:00 Started at 2 years old in church in Hot Springs,Arkansas 

-3:45 first teacher was Sam Smith along with non stop playing and practicing 

-5:00 school band and football. Football won 

-6:30 Touring with Evan’s  first band, The EXCEPTION 

-7:15 Moved to to Nashville with the band in 2006

-10:15 The life changing teacher, Tom Giampietro.

-11:00 Really worked on reading music. Lalo and Julie Davila at MTSU 

-13:15 Touring with Griffin House and Katie Herzwig and started working in some studio environments 

-13:50 Will Sales was a mentor and also Evans first master recording session that featured two drummers

-18:45 “Dream Wild” movie 

-22:30 Odd jobs and touring was a means to get in the studio long term 

-24:30 Recording with Steven Tyler was a highlight so far 

-27:30 Steven Tyler, Keith Urban and a track from the Barbie soundtrack all at Evan’s house 

-29:30 The legend of Jim Cooley 

-30:15 Fast number charts! Coming from a musical family 

-33:00 Gretsch, Zildjian, Evans 

-38:00 The award for worst recorded snare drum sound goes to…

-40:00 Nashville’s THREE drum shops

-45:15 The science behind LOOPS 

-48:15 Efficiency and workflow 

50:30 Writing  and producing 

-54:30 Scheduling challenges

-58:40 Changing heads once a month or so. Tana’s  log locks 

-1:00:00  www.musicbed.com

-1:05:30 Garnering an emotional response with our instruments 

-1:05:40 Samples and loop packages at www.evanhutchings.com

-1:07:20 Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner, Matt Chamberlain, Stanton Moore, Christian rock drummers, John Bonham, Dave Grohl 

1:11:00 The soundtrack to “That Thing You Do” inspired Evans first kit 

1:12:00 Roni Kaspi is great! 

1:16:30 Grateful for parental support 

1:17:30 Evan  parked cars and he doesn’t  drive a stick! 

-1:20:45 “The Fave 5”

 

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The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 30 of which have been #1 hits!

 

 

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