
Big Fat Five: A Podcast Financially Supported by Big Fat Snare Drum
Hosted by Eric Urrea and Ben · Ben Hilzinger
4.9from 131 ratings
- 476
- Episodes
- 35
- Transcribed
- 131
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 3K
- YouTube views
About Big Fat Five: A Podcast Financially Supported by Big Fat Snare Drum
A podcast for drummers who think too much. Ben Hilzinger talks to the greats about creativity, identity, staying sane, and finding purpose behind the kit. Powered by Big Fat Snare Drum. For more inforamtion, check out www.bigfatsnaredrum.com and follow us on Instagram.
- Publisher
- Ben Hilzinger
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
35 of 476 episodes have a transcript.

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Drum Panel: Tantric drumming...

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Drum Panel: did someone leave shoes in the dryer ?

23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Drum Panel: be where your pigfeet are
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The Drum Panel: Tantric drumming...
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Do you remember this band? Yep. The idea being when he was a kid in the 90s, the stereo system was upstairs, the drums were downstairs, so he would put on that Pearl Jam track, listen to it, really, really super internalize it, then almost like that scene in Severance where the guy's trying to burn the images into his retina, he would run downstairs as fast as possible and play through the track without any audio accompaniment, using only his brain to guide him through. He's basically playing the song as one guy. And what that did for him was it eliminated any kind of cues that audio-wise, that would give him a false sense of, air quotes, knowing the song. […]
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- Mark Stepro
- Chase Elodia
- William Goldsmith
- Gunnar Olsen
- Cain Daniel
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 3,481
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 50 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 81 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 89 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 68
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Big Fat Five: A Podcast Financially Supported by Big Fat Snare Drum?
Eric Urrea and Ben host the show. Published by Ben Hilzinger.
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