Behind The Beats: With German Perez

I've realized through recording the podcast that I've predominantly been influenced by rock music of the late nineties and early two-thousands. There is no surprise then that The Strokes, and specifically drummer Fab Moretti had a big impact on the way I play my drums.    I admire Fab's journey of music and drumming. He's only been in one band(although he's recorded with other artists since), the drive behind his success has stemmed from playing music with close friends.    That's exactly what I was doing when I started learning songs by The Strokes. I would play along to albums like Is This It and Room on Fire from beginning to end, and on repeat. Eventually, me and my friends started a cover band and I had a chance to play these songs live in front of people. At first, all of our shows were outside and for whatever reason, it was always cold outside. Combined with the nervousness and anticipation of playing for people, my hands would get cold frozen. There was no warm up, no pad exercise or hitting pillows.