Talking Electronic Drums with Justin Greenawalt from 65 Drums

I had the honor to talk to Justin Greenawalt who runs the biggest and most successful KZbin channel for everything E-Drum related: 65 Drums. Justin talks about the development of technology, the most frequent questions he got from viewers and what gear HE would actually buy if money was unlimited.
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[@kickstar1]

I was on the fence before but now it's settled - I'm getting a tattoo of Mike on my right bicep and a tattoo of Justin on my left. You guys rock.

[@MikeLuke]

This is literally the best comment I have read in years. (Please don’t do this though).

[@LittleDrummerChannel]

Awesome!! :)

[@AckzellMusic]

Justin is the reason I bought my TD17kvx setup and I will be eternally grateful that he managed to convince me it was worth it in his review. Learning drums has changed my life and left me healthier and fitter than I have been in years. Love the content - thanks Mike and Justin!

[@MikeLuke]

Ackzell Studios Thanks for the nice comment, really appreciate it.

[@TheeDrumWorkshop]

Thanks for the shout out Justin! 🙏

[@KitCatStudio]

Hey, here are both of my mentors in the same vid! Tnx guys ! U r the best!! 🥁 (this is like a super hybrid robot of e drum knowledge!! )...

[@gregthegroove]

Awesome! Good idea and great interview. Justin is the man.

[@MikeLuke]

Yes, Justin has helped and inspired all of us over the last years.

[@aadmeerburg5137]

Hi Guys, great video. I follow both of your channels and are a big fan of both your channrls. Great, thumbs up👍

[@ZaxDrumsGolfandMore]

Great interview Mike!! Lot of good info. You can see the mutual repsect you guys have for one another!! Justin is a good guy and is very knowledgeable when it comes to e-drums!! I liked his compatibilty comment!!

[@MikeLuke]

Hey Zax, thanks for watching this. I have to agree, Justin is very humble and kind and know so much about all this stuff. We had a lot of fun doing this.

[@LittleDrummerChannel]

Great interview with two very kind and knowledgeable people. Stay strong guys!!

[@MikeLuke]

Cheers Jerimy! Always happy to see you on my channel. Speaking to Justin was fun, he's a great guy.

[@springgyfit4414]

Thank you both!! I follow both of you guys an you have helped me tons!! Thank you!!

[@MikeLuke]

Cheers and thanks for the trust!

[@youngguns996]

Great Interview Mike! Love Justin's content.

[@MikeLuke]

Lawdog Thanks a lot 🙏

[@maverick657]

good interview, thanks guys!

[@MikeLuke]

Maverick Cheers Mav!

[@TheeDrumWorkshop]

Overall, great interview! Really well done, Mike!

[@MikeLuke]

The eDrum Workshop Thanks a lot!

[@mfournier01]

Two of my top 10 channels! Between both of you guys I can pretty much get all of the info I need to keep MY channel going from keeping my V-drums in top shape and getting smart advice on what gear to buy AND how to put it all on the computer and make it sound good. THANK YOU both for all of your hard work and for sharing it with us all. Excellent interview Mike! Cheers

[@MikeLuke]

mfournier01 And you are on my absolute favorite drummers on the internet, Mike. Thanks ever so much for stopping by and watching this. Always glad to help. 🙏🤘🏼

[@ARDrummer]

Great interview! Nice upload Mike

[@MikeLuke]

AR Drummer Cheers Adam!

[@simonwilson1335]

Good work fella's, love what you're doing

[@MikeLuke]

Cheers Simon. Thanks for watching.

[@jameslatham6512]

Excellent. If your schedules allow, you should consider another interview/conversation in the near future.

[@jconsi]

This was a great interview. Thanks to you both.

[@biekanez1]

Of course as always I watched the whole video. Two great guys, awesome interview Mike. I think we all play e-drums in maybe 20 years. The best e drums come of course from Germany and yes I spend the price of a German car for my hobby. But I never have regrets, because I always loved and still loving to make music. Stay healthy The both of you.🍻👊👍😎

[@MikeLuke]

Rob Nienhuis Thanks a lot, Rob. I hoped you like this interview as I knew you follow 65 Drums. I think a lot of people are jealous about your amazing drum set. Drum-tec shells and the TD-50 - That hardly gets better. 😎🤘🏼

[@johndef5075]

Roland I thought was made in Japan😂

[@joachimthielker3132]

@@johndef5075 Correct, but drum-tec is a german company. Making absolute awsome drum shells.

[@MichaelKPerry]

Awesome video! I’m subbed to both channels!

[@MikeLuke]

Michael Perry Cheers Mike, always great to see you commenting on my videos.

[@johnpietrolaj8917]

Excellent interview! I could've listened to you guys for hours!! I've been following both of you for a long time!

[@MikeLuke]

John Pietrolaj Cheers John, glad you liked it

[@Wampe]

What a great talk! Thanks to you both. There are two points I would like to address. To spend a lot of money for the best possible gear does not mean to have the best e-drum experience. And as you both mentioned every profressional (or quite good skilled of course) drummer would get the best out of every equipment. Regarding the difference in feeling between acoustic and electronic drums: Yeah, at the end it´s (technically) different. But today it is possible to be compensated as good as possible. And personally in the meanwhile I do enjoy more playing on e-drums as on my acoustic set. For me its easier to get a great feeling on my e-kit because of the sound. In my case the combination of EZdrummer and my Alesis DM 8 module and the easy way of (in ear) monitoring delivers me a great experience in playing (to music and playalongs). I love it! Of course it is not the „earthquake“ feeling. But in a rehearsal room without monitoring I do just have a flat drum at the end. As long I do have good sound (with a well audible bass drum) it works very well for me. To be honest: In the past I was skeptical about e-drums until I started playing on e-drums. It took time to see the potential and benefits of the application. Today I do not regret and I do not wanna miss it anymore.

[@galgone365]

Absolutely loved this interview. I'm really inspired by the fact that the guy making midi packs for toontrack played them on a Td10, and I was thinking wow my td20 is old, lol maybe I just need to improve my playing. Anyway thanks for the amazing interview you guys seem really genuine and knowledgeable.

[@rhythmantic]

Hi Mike, interesting video, I watched the whole thing. And of course it would be interesting to someone like myself who has been using edrums, mainly Roland, for 12 years. I found it curious that there was no mention of a very innovative company, Magnatrack. I'm a beta tester and could attest to quality of their products and they are continually coming up with new products. I did a review of their Cymbolic pretriggered low-volume cymbals, which Justin has seen and commented on. It was mentioned in your interview of how costly a VH-11, 12 or 13 hihat controller can be. Well I've been playing on Magnatrack's protype HC-1 and it works better than any controller that V-Drums manufactures and with the cymbals it's $350. Anyway, it will be one the missions of my channel this year to be demoing and promoting and bringing exposure to this innovative company.

[@MikeLuke]

Hey Sal, first of all thanks for watching and commenting. I actually do know Magnatrack for several years already. I even had a long call with the founder back in 2015 when he was still crowdfunding and his products still had been just an idea on a paper. So I’ve been following their development ever since. It would actually be very interesting for me to see a review as I don’t see a lot of them on KZbin.

[@rhythmantic]

Mike Luke Well magnatrack products are now real and not just on paper. You can go to their website here and check out their very innovative products. www.magnatrack.com/ That’s cool that you know Steve, we communicate quite often. The mission and vision for the company is that the wave of the future for electronic drums is being played on acoustic kits and they’ve got all the triggers to do it. They are designing my own signature cymbal line. Some of my latest videos I’m playing the pretriggered Cymbolic line of cymbals. From conversations with Steve I’ve learned there’s a quid pro quo scene among the musical instrument manufacturers and those who endorse and review products that’s why some products aren’t as visible as they could be. Keep up the good work, Mike, I learn a lot from your videos.

[@johndef5075]

New subscriber. Very good chat. Been watching Justin for a couple years. Surprised you didnt come up in my feed! Still "rocking" the TD10.😂Agree about Roland cost but got all my stuff used at a reasonable price and its been bulletproof so far.

[@MikeLuke]

Hey John, welcome and thanks for your sub. Yeah, the TD-10 is still rock solid. I started with a used TD-12 and had fun with it for years, never let me down. And it had positional sensing, which was great when using VST.

[@Faramis07]

well done! Sehr schönes Interview

[@MikeLuke]

Vielen Dank 🙏

[@klemensholzbauer1983]

I very much enjoy both of your Channels, but Justin seems to have wrong information in every Video lately ( Shell sizes, compatibility, Module Features...). Would be nice If he could to this as a full time Job, but I guess its to small of a niche for that.