Jul 7, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
Without any exaggeration, Nikki Glaspie can be described as one of the best drummers in the world today. In addition to her own successful formation The Nth Power, she has already supported industry…
Nikki GlaspieGuest
Rob CopeHost
The first one is an observation, which is that in our world, other than like, I know you said about Beyonce, which is just supremely cool.
A lot of the acts you're involved in at the moment, I feel like lend themselves towards long form music and long tracks.
having a project like this where you can pull it right in it maybe brings in a different kind of audience but also won't alienate anybody or keep everybody who you know this seems like a great way to try and create like you say like i think the word you said was consumer like really accessible yeah
definitely because you know as musicians obviously we like to believe that everyone wants to hear everything all the time and it's just not true so he's like you know and i mean honestly like that's something i learned from uh performing playing and touring with beyonce you know even recording with her it's like hey this is the idea this is what people get but when they come to the show they get that and so much more, you know? So I really tried to take a page out of that book.
It's a sort of, for fans of live music, you give them something different of, you know, instead of playing your album again.
You know, you're like, yeah, there's a few bands at the moment I know is putting videos out of like remixes or different versions and it's like stuff you can only see live.
And we're finding that more nowadays, especially, you know, since COVID, a lot of people were streaming shows, you know, and people still do, you know, they're like, Oh, why do I have to leave the house when I can have the band on a huge screen, you know, my living room and I can drink what I want.
but it is different
And that is something that I pride myself on is like having people in the room and getting the real energy exchange, you know, from me and from the band.
We live for that, you know, and that's, that's an experience that you can only have in the room.
The first one is an observation, which is that in our world, other than like, I know you said about Beyonce, which is just supremely cool.
A lot of the acts you're involved in at the moment, I feel like lend themselves towards long form music and long tracks.
having a project like this where you can pull it right in it maybe brings in a different kind of audience but also won't alienate anybody or keep everybody who you know this seems like a great way to try and create like you say like i think the word you said was consumer like really accessible yeah
definitely because you know as musicians obviously we like to believe that everyone wants to hear everything all the time and it's just not true so he's like you know and i mean honestly like that's something i learned from uh performing playing and touring with beyonce you know even recording with her it's like hey this is the idea this is what people get but when they come to the show they get that and so much more, you know? So I really tried to take a page out of that book.
It's a sort of, for fans of live music, you give them something different of, you know, instead of playing your album again.
You know, you're like, yeah, there's a few bands at the moment I know is putting videos out of like remixes or different versions and it's like stuff you can only see live.
And we're finding that more nowadays, especially, you know, since COVID, a lot of people were streaming shows, you know, and people still do, you know, they're like, Oh, why do I have to leave the house when I can have the band on a huge screen, you know, my living room and I can drink what I want.
but it is different
And that is something that I pride myself on is like having people in the room and getting the real energy exchange, you know, from me and from the band.
We live for that, you know, and that's, that's an experience that you can only have in the room.
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