Stanton Moore on Adapting to a Digital World, Clave in New Orleans Music, My Playing, and More

When I got Stanton on the line, I was expecting we'd talk all about his core passion and expertise - New Orleans music. And we did get there.

But it turns out Stanton is also fascinated with the world of online drumming and content creation. I hadn't realized this, but he's taken the transition to the "influencer economy" very seriously, and even assembled a production team that helps him produce high quality courses and constant YouTube content.

As such we "nerded out" about content creation for a good 25 minutes. If you came to hear Stanton talk Johnny V and Tipitina's, you can skip over the "online" stuff, but there are gems in there.

Eventually we do get to New Orleans music, and Stanton gives a masterclass in how rhythms that sound like clave ended up in a riff his organist Robert Walter played for him in 2010 - hint: because there is clave in New Orleans music.

Chapters -

1:00 - how did stanton bring his existing skillset online 

7:14 - on bringing our own strengths to the table 

15:15 - how does stanton portion his time

20:45 - why I like scripting

29:01 - is New Orleans music in clave?

39:00 - stanton critiques my performance of pie eyed manc

45:00 - great drummers and the challenge of divided attention