Simon Phillips - Drummers' Hang Ep. 3 by The Upbeat Hang

K-Bo and Duke spend time hanging with drumming legend, Simon Phillips. Simon's credits include a who's-who of musicians including (just to name a limited few) Toto, The Who, Jack Bruce, Jeff Beck, Brian Eno, Anthony Jackson, David Gilmour, Big Country, Jon Anderson, Duncan Browne, Asia, Steve Hackett, Gary Moore, Steve Lukather, Mike Oldfield, Joe Satriani ,Michael Schenker, Hiromi, Judas Priest, his own band Protocol, and many more!

Simon discusses what appears to be a trend toward smaller drum kits and his response is pretty enlightening. Aside from maintaining his status as both an in-demand session and touring/performing drummer, Simon his also recognized as a world-class recording engineer. He shares some interesting audio engineering history, and reveals how he began discovering and developing his own engineering techniques. He describes the process of adding bassist, Ernest Tibbs, to the Protocol lineup, and talks about the Protocol 30th anniversary tour. With regard to his enduring career, Simon opens up about playing drums hard.

Simon talks about his drum sticks and the changes they went through; recording the legendary THERE AND BACK album with Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer; and then takes a detour to his racing hobby before returning to the topic of drumming.