Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliott
May 26, 2026 · 58 min · 12 segments
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’s Chad Smith is betting that music education is key to preserving the creative thinkers businesses need most... In 2006, Sir Ken Robinson stood on a TED stage and asked a…
Chad SmithGuest
Bryan ElliottHost
Lewis SmithPanelist
Brad SmithPanelist
I mean, you kinda, like, from the outside looking in, it looked like you were the guy who's kind of all business.
I mean, a lot, as I think about and what I know about The Beatles, kind of like a Ringo, right?
... 'cause he's really the guy that would, you know, when John and-And, uh, Paul would fight or have a disagreement, or George would walk out 'cause he was pissed or whatever.
I, I, you know, I think again, it's, it's part of the personality of the instrument.
You're like the anchor, you're the heart, you're kind of the quarterback, you know? You're setting tempo and dynamics and arrangement stuff and, and, you know, everybody knows the band is only as good as their drummer.
Yeah, it's an, it's an important part and, and band dynamics are different in, in all bands, but, um, yes, I know that the guys in my band can, can, can, you know, can count on me to be solid and, and be there and reliable.
I mean, you kinda, like, from the outside looking in, it looked like you were the guy who's kind of all business.
I mean, a lot, as I think about and what I know about The Beatles, kind of like a Ringo, right?
... 'cause he's really the guy that would, you know, when John and-And, uh, Paul would fight or have a disagreement, or George would walk out 'cause he was pissed or whatever.
I, I, you know, I think again, it's, it's part of the personality of the instrument.
You're like the anchor, you're the heart, you're kind of the quarterback, you know? You're setting tempo and dynamics and arrangement stuff and, and, you know, everybody knows the band is only as good as their drummer.
Yeah, it's an, it's an important part and, and band dynamics are different in, in all bands, but, um, yes, I know that the guys in my band can, can, can, you know, can count on me to be solid and, and be there and reliable.
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