Teaser video for our interview with Benny Greb on the day he premiered Grebfruit 2 live at the Meinl Drum Festival in Gutenstetten, Germany. He released 'Grebfruit 2' on July 21, 2017.
Watch the full interview with Benny Greb here:
The topics we covered with Benny in this interview:
01. Playing Grebfuit 2 for the first time live
02. How the '2' relates to the first Grebfruit album
03. and Benny talks about the creative process when writing and recording the album
04. How did the idea to only do vocals take shape?
05. About recording all those vocals
06. How Benny wrote and created the vocal parts
07. About recording the drums last
08. And finally, about the duration of recording all those vocals
09. Benny about his favorite tracks on Grebfruit 2
10. About his love for New Orleans music and drum grooves
11. Benny talks about his cover of Vinnie Colaiuta's "I'm Tweeked / Attack of the 20 Lb. Pizza" track from Vinnie Colaiuta's 1994 solo album
12. And Benny gives some final thoughts on the album