053 – Marshall Richardson: Touring with a “Legacy Artist”, Garnering Recording Tips from Pro Engineers, Taking Recommendations Seriously

Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Marshall Richardson moved to Nashville in 2000 after graduating from the University of North Texas with a BA in Music.
As a sideman, Marshall has worked with a diverse list of artists, ranging from country legends to roots rockers, including Jo Dee Messina, Lorrie Morgan, Webb Wilder, Bernie Leadon, Joe Nichols, and Johnny Reid. His career in Nashville is a balance of recording sessions and live local, national, and international touring performances.
Marshall endorses Paiste cymbals, Vater percussion, Gretsch drums, and Gibraltar hardware.
In this podcast, Marshall talks about:
Delivering a great performance when recommended for gigs
Being comfortable playing with or without a click
Touring with a “Legacy Artist”
Getting advice from engineers about home recording
Explaining phase and polarity when recording
Balancing your kit
Considering note length when drumming
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Excellent! Thoroughly enjoyed this. I met Marshall through Steve Ebe and toured with him during his first years in Nashville & didn’t know a lot of the biographical items presented here.
Loved this! Fantastic interview!! You kept it easy and interesting. Full disclosure, he is my baby brother but I never understand a thing he says when he is talking drums (seriously, what is a ‘high hat’ even?). Listened to the entire thing while my house was falling down around my ears and would have enjoyed even more.
Marshall,
My name is Richard Reagan Stewart, and your grandfather Woodrow Wilson Reagan was my grandfather’s brother Seth Reagan, from Dexter Mississippi. My mom Amy Reagan asked me to look you up and I found you. I am a musician myself and would love to talk to you sometime.