{"id":22288,"date":"2020-03-10T08:32:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=22288"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:23:10","slug":"kaz-rodriguez-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/kaz-rodriguez-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-157\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaz Rodriguez: Hearing Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13375613\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em>\u201cFor me, when I hear something I see a colour.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Kaz Rodriguez is an English drummer whose hard work has resulted in a lot of mega opportunities these last couple of years. He is touring with Josh Groban, performing clinics worldwide, and he writes his own music. His drumless tracks have been a huge hit in the international scene with drummers like Sput Searight, Chris Coleman, Aaron Spears, Tony Royster Jr. and Ricky Lewis. His philosophy regarding the drumless music is to share it with the drumming community so that drummers can put their sound to his music.<\/p>\n<p>So, there is one thing I should point out in particular about Kaz that is incredibly unique. He has a condition called synesthesia. Basically, he &#8216;hears&#8217; colors. He doesn\u2019t read music but instead memorizes it based on the colors he hears.<\/p>\n<p>Kaz endorses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tama.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zildjian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zildjian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lpmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LP Percussion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roland.com\/ca\/categories\/drums_percussion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You will hear about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Josh Groban saw Kaz on Drumeo and hired him<\/li>\n<li>Kaz\u2019s experience so far touring with Josh Groban<\/li>\n<li>How Kaz came to realize that pop session gigs weren\u2019t enough for him<\/li>\n<li>Kaz\u2019s friendship with Aaron Spears and how grateful he is for that<\/li>\n<li>The importance of giving back and how Kaz\u2019s music was meant for that<\/li>\n<li>Synesthesia<\/li>\n<li>The aftermath after Kaz was stabbed<\/li>\n<li>Kaz\u2019s decision to discontinue studying architecture for music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why you should listen:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Kaz projects so much positivity. His spirit for music and giving back to the drumming community is quite exceptional and his take on gratitude is a great reminder for every drummer out there. Getting a chance to hear his process with how he understands music is also incredibly interesting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learning The Drums Through Music | Kaz Rodriguez\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1rYSLqWqoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Kaz:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kazdrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KazRodriguezdrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1kaz2?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kazrodriguez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaz Rodriguez has a rare condition that allows him to process music differently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":22289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1570,4019,4039,1175],"tags":[986,1608,968,990,1609],"class_list":["post-22288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drumeo-gab","category-drummers","category-interviews","category-podcasts","tag-drum-podcast","tag-drumeo-gab-podcast","tag-drumeo-podcast","tag-drumming-podcast","tag-seamus-evely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22288"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22318,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22288\/revisions\/22318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}