{"id":22766,"date":"2020-04-06T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T19:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=22766"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:22:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:22:52","slug":"anika-nilles-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/anika-nilles-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-161\/","title":{"rendered":"Anika Nilles: On The Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13780823\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em>\u201cSomething changed. It was a heavy time.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Anika Nilles has built quite an impressive career for herself over the last six years or so. Her profile blossomed into international status almost overnight with the release of \u201cWild Boy\u201d on YouTube. From there, she has gained considerable exposure and has been in high demand for clinics and other educational platforms like Drumeo. It could be argued that Anika was one of the main influencers on the popularity of quintuplet phrasings but also disguised them well to make these odd-phrasing ideas approachable and musical.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second interview opportunity that I have had with Anika. The first was over two years ago where we spoke over Skype while she was home on a quick break. It was amazing to have her on the podcast but also quite disappointing to me personally due to the outcome of the audio I recorded. It was compromised heavily due to static and other noise that I couldn\u2019t remove from the recording. I have always been a bit upset by that. However, this episode sounds quite good and the conversation is so much more compelling than the first one we had. I feel like I got the interview with Anika that I always wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Anika opens up here. She discusses things that she has never discussed publicly or, perhaps to an even further extent, at all. I am very thankful that she was so willing to be transparent and honest about her career, the obstacles that have been challenging and the things that still trouble her to this day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You will hear about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage fright<\/li>\n<li>Needing control<\/li>\n<li>Anika\u2019s thoughts on musical freedom<\/li>\n<li>What really happened on October 18, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Anika\u2019s objectives right now<\/li>\n<li>Looking on the bright side<\/li>\n<li>American influence on European drummers<\/li>\n<li>How viable the online influencer option is today<\/li>\n<li>If Anika knows how to future proof her career<\/li>\n<li>The best nights of music aren\u2019t always the ones you thought were great at the time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why you should listen:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is the interview you have never heard before. In fact, I was in disbelief after the interview at just how open Anika was. I pushed a bit into territory that was a bit vulnerable for her but she didn\u2019t shy away from the questions. She really put herself out there in an honest and transparent way. Anika has a lot of fans who see her as a deeply inspiring drummer and personality and the things she discussed with me will likely end up furthering that feeling for her fans. She is an exemplary person who shows us that the top level professionals have fears too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anika Nilles: Exploring Quintuplets - Drum Lesson (Drumeo)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C1AtfdNKYug?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Anika:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/anykmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anika.nilles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnikaNilles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnikaNilles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anikanilles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pick up Anika&#8217;s new album: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Colorful-Soul-feat-Nevell\/dp\/B08362NYQ1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For A Colorful Soul<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Ronn Dunnett<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Anika reveals some personal, life-altering stories that she&#8217;s never really spoken about before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":22771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1570,4019,4039,1175],"tags":[986,1608,990,1609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22766"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22786,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22766\/revisions\/22786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}