25/08/2026
What’s Playing in the Headphones of a Professional Drummer?
🎧 Listen to Corey’s selection:
https://soundcloud.com/smellyfeetrecords/corey-coverstone
Corey Coverstone is a drummer, recording artist, educator, and creative force whose playing blends classic rock groove, heavy-music intensity, modern jazz language, and the syncopated, electronic-influenced phrasing of drummers like Mark Guiliana and Zach Danziger.
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“Thanks for asking me to be a part of this series! It was really tough to narrow it down to only 45 minutes, but I think this tracklist captures a lot of what I listen to while working, driving, traveling, working out, and also some nostalgia and musical inspiration.”
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“The heavier stuff, Meshuggah, ETID, Better Lovers, is my general happy place. Whenever I'm doing something active or out and about, those are some of the tracks I go to.”
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“The Fink and Coltrane tracks are sounds I gravitate towards when I'm traveling. I can't tell you how many times I've been on a plane somewhere in a half-asleep daze listening to that Coltrane Ballads record. Fink channels my melancholy after leaving somewhere special.”
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Career Highlights:
• Billboard #1 Rock single credit
• Multiple Top 5 Billboard Rock credits
• Opened for Guns N’ Roses, KISS, The Black Crowes
• Featured in Modern Drummer
• DW Drums artist since 2019
• EPAD! Artist since 2019
• Wincent Drumsticks Artist since 2023
• Recently supported by Meinl Cymbals
• Recorded on all Socrates’ Trial albums
• Band leader/solo artist on A Human Experience and Punch the Shaman, featuring Tim Lefebvre, Colin Cook, and Jeabko
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“That Wayne Krantz track is from a record I've listened to countless times because of the drummer, Zach Danziger. Wayne is also one of my favorite guitar players. I've transcribed a lot of Zach's playing from that track in particular.”
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“Donny McCaslin is an artist I turn to for inspiration, both for the players he has on his records and for his compositions.”
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“Young Lust is a nostalgia track. I grew up watching the Aerosmith Pump documentary on repeat. It's also a great driving tune.”
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“Hole in the Sky is the type of tune I put on when I have some work to do for Good Day Latte, and Domeshots is a West Coast band that some of the early bands I was in played with. That song just makes me smile.”
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Tracklist:
Glitches - Every Time I Die
God He Sees in Mirrors - Meshuggah
It’s Easy to Remember (Take 13) - John Coltrane Quartet
AFKaP - Wayne Krantz
Young Lust - Aerosmith
Hole in the Sky - Black Sabbath
Green and Blue - Fink
Beyond Now - Donny McCaslin
Sacrificial Participant - Better Lovers
OMG - Domeshots
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Listen to Corey’s selection on Smelly Feet Records
🎧Music link:
https://soundcloud.com/smellyfeetrecords/corey-coverstone
Discover more from Corey:
🥁 Instagram - Corey Coverstone
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