158 - The Philadelphia Sound :: David Uosikkinen

The Rich Redmond Show

Drummer David Uosikkinen, is one of the founding members of Philadelphia’s own, The Hooters. In 2010, David formed his own band, David Uosikkinen’s "In The Pocket" to bring awareness to music education and to pay homage to all of the great music that has come out of Philadelphia. In The Pocket brings together all-star Philly musicians to cover classic Philadelphia tunes.

David has played drums with The Hooters for over 40 years. He has also recorded and performed with Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper, Taj Mahal and Patty Smyth, as well as with many other emerging artists. In addition, David has performed on extensive international tours, including Live Aid, Amnesty International and Roger Waters’ The Wall in Berlin. David is the subject of an upcoming documentary and records drum tracks for clients from all over the world.

Things That Came Up:

-1:00 Nailing the Finnish accent

-5:00 Live Aid

-6:00 Yellow drum set because of Tony Williams

-7:15 Setups, Lib, Charlie, Ringo

-8:40 Bob Marley, Peter Tosh

-9:00 Clicks and tempo control

-10:00 FutureSonics in ear monitors. Only drummer at Live Aid with in ears

-12:20 Studying at The Modern Drum Shop in NYC with Joe Cusatis

-14:00 Starting the band with Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman

-16:30 Full, Half and Quarter Strokes with Joe Cusatis

-21:00 Kicking butt with Patty Smyth, Scandal, Tommy Price

-23:00 The upcoming documentary

-24:00 Gall Bladder Surgery

-31:00 Learning new skills

-33:45 Marrying childhood friend

-35:00 The horrors of modern air travel

-37:00 Hair color and AquaNet

-38:00 Rumors of a U.S. tour

-40:33 Managed music for mp3.com for a bit

-46:30 Live feel. Clicks helping consistency of vocals

-49:00 Signature Sound of the Melodica

-50:20 The cross-stick sound

-52:00 Greg Morrow

-53:20 David Raymond as the Philly Fanatic

-53:50 Anatomy of the Cheesesteak. Barry’s, The White House. Fried peppers, onions and the BREAD!

-56:15 www.daveudrums.com…Smash Palace, Kenny Aaronson, John Eddie.

-59:00 Tour dates at www.hootersmusic.com

Follow:

www.daveudrums.com

www.hootersmusic.com

www.songsinthepocket.org

IG: @daviduosikkinen

Twitter: @DavidUosikkinen

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