Dave Brandwein is a drummer, originally from Chicago, who spent 4 years in Los Angeles, CA and has now relocated to Nashville, TN. Dave’s current main gig is with pop artist Forest Blakk (drums/playback) with whom he played a 2022 theater run supporting Dean Lewis, various fly dates/festivals throughout the same year, and headlining US/Canadian tours in 2023. Dave has also spent the last 12 years playing drums, running playback, and doing session work for various other artists. Dave teaches private lessons to students of all ages, and does session work, tracking remotely from his studio in Nashville or in-person at studios around the country.
- How playing for great songs usually means you can do less
- Coming up in Chicago, spending some time in LA, and ultimately landing in Nashville
- The pros and cons of his collegiate jazz experience
- The first eight years of his career after college, on the grind in Chicago
- When and why he started to think and look beyond the Chicago scene
- His experience in LA, and the difference between posing and assimilating
- The song-learning value in wedding gigs, and treating those gigs like “going to the gym”
- Being in a relationship with another musician and how that’s only right for some musicians
