About this podcast
The Count Us In Podcast was born from 3 working drummers meeting at a Drum Camp, and after spending countless hours discussing their struggles and successes with this wonderful instrument, they decided to open the conversation to the wider drumming community. Matt Lacey, Jamie Joiner and Harry Surman are talking about the drumming journey, whilst letting the listener into their practice schedules, gigging preparations and drumming goals. This podcast is from working drummers, for working drummers! Join the conversation and get in touch on Instagram: @countusinpodcast
Episodes
The newest 20 of 91 episodes
- We're Going To The UK Drum Show...Again! · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 89We'll be at this years UK Drum Show! We talk about who's on our list to see perform, what we're looking to pick up and our thoughts on the line up itself, with the lack of female…
- Taking Stock · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 88In this weeks episode, we are "Taking Stock" on our plans and progress over the year. Discussing our initial goals and plans for this year, and if any of those have been met, as…
- Being Original · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 87In this episode, we continue our discussion from our "Planting Your Flag" episode and talk about being original. We dive into confidence behind the drums, talk about originality…
- Teaching In Groups · 57 min · Season 2 Episode 86In this episode, we discuss teaching in groups. With Matt recently putting on a masterclass for his students, we thought it would be a good time to discuss how different it is to…
- Planting Your Flag · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 85In this episode, we discuss the concept of “planting our flag”. Whether our “flag” is wanting to be proficient in a specific genre, being all in on studio work over live work, or…
- Managing Our Time · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 84With the summer festival season in full swing, and weddings left right and centre, we thought it would be perfect timing to talk about how we manage our schedules during a busy…
- Running Backing Tracks · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 83In this weeks episode, the trio returns! We get the lowdown on Jamies trip to Italy, Matt's new Evans Drumheads line up for his kits and Harry's thoughts on the Rolling Stones's…
- Being Adaptable · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 82In this weeks episode, Matt and Harry talk about being adaptable. We discuss different gigging situations where we’ve had to adapt our playing, but other situations that you may…
- Essential Gig Gear · 1 h 2 min · Season 2 Episode 81In this episode, we discuss our essential gig gear! From our go-to essentials, to our gig savers, and best finds, we talk all the items we can't gig without! What are your bits…
- Bad Gigs · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 80In this weeks episode (or therapy session), we discuss the bad gigs. All the funny moments, the not so funny moments and the moments we wish we could forget! What are some of…
- Being Professional · 1 h 5 min · Season 2 Episode 79In this weeks episode we tackle the vast (and slightly vague) topic of "being professional". Yes, there are many things that quantify being professional, but what are the things…
- What Is "The Dream"? · 1 h 10 min · Season 2 Episode 78In this weeks episode, we discuss what we think "the dream" is. We discuss things that we'd love to do in our drumming journeys and things we've done that feel like big…
- Practice Pad Workouts · 52 min · Season 2 Episode 77In this episode we continue our practice pad exercises with our 6th episode in the series. We all bring a different exercises that use various rudiments and explain how these…
- Album Deep Dive: Plans by Death Cab For Cutie (Jason McGerr) · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 76In this episode, we return to our "Deep Dive" series where one of us presents the others with an album to listen to top to bottom, and we dive deep on the drummer behind the…
- Navigating Band Dynamics · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 75In this episode, we discuss navigating band dynamics. A touchy subject no doubt, but we discuss how we've tried to navigate awkward conversations about commitments to rehearsals…
- Dealing With Uncertainty · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 74In this weeks episode, we talk about dealing with uncertainty. Being working drummers, we all encounter uncertainty all too often. From not knowing when the next gig will come…
- Growing An Originals Band · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 73In this episode we discuss all our experiences in growing our originals bands. Reminiscing about our very first originals bands, all the way to our most recent experiences with…
- Tips For Your First Gig · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 72In this episode, we give you some tips and tricks for your first gigs. These are the kind of things that we've learnt the hard way through experience, like having no hi hat…
- Restarting In 2026! · 47 min · Season 2 Episode 71We're back! Thank you to everyone that listened and shared the podcast in 2025. We took some time over Christmas and the beginning of January to regroup and talk about what we…
- EP70 - Recording Drums Easily · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 70In this episode, Matt and Harry discuss making recording drums more accessible. We discuss affordable microphones and interfaces that are ideal for starting and ways in which you…
