THE D AT 10:00 A.M. ON "LIVE IN
THE D."
>> Jason: DO YOU EVER LISTEN
TO A SONG, DO YOU EVER START
BANGING THE DRUMS ON THE
STEERING WHEEL.
EVERYTHING AROUND YOU CAN GET
WITH THE BEAST, AND THAT’S THE
THEORY BEHIND THE POPULAR SHOW
"STOMP."
WHAT STARTED AS A STREET
PERFORMANCE IN THE U.K. HAS
TURNED INTO AN INTERNATIONAL
LOCATION FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS.
THE SHOW IS COMING BACK THROUGH
MARCH 1st THROUGH THE 6th
AT THE MUSIC HALL.
AND A METRO DETROIT NATIVE IS
PART OF THE SHOW.
JOINING US IS JONATHAN ELKINS A
PERFORMER IN STOMP AND A NATIVE
OF FERNDALE.
JONATHAN, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WELL, I’LL START BY SAYING
YOU WERE IN THE PISTONS AND THE
LIONS DRUM LINE BEFORE YOU
STARTED WITH STOMP, WHAT WAS
THAT LIKE BACK IN THE DAY.
>> AWESOME, HONESTLY, I STARTED
WITH THOSE LOCATIONS IN 2013.
THE PISTONS WERE STILL AT THE
PALACE.
I PERFORMED THERE FOR MANY
YEARS, AND I LOVE THAT VENUE,
NOW WE’RE AT LCA AND LCA IS
FANTASTIC, AS WELL.
AND WITH THE LIONS ORGANIZATION,
I CAME IN RIGHT IN TIME, BECAUSE
THAT WAS RIGHT WHEN THEY DID THE
LONDON GAME AND THEY TOOK THE
DRUM LINE WITH THEM TO LONDON.
I GOT TO PERFORM AT WEMBLEY
STADIUM, THAT WAS AMAZING.
>> Jason: THAT’S A GREAT TRIP.
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BEING
PART OF STOMP AND HOW HAS THAT
IMPACTED YOU.
WOW, THAT’S A LOADED QUESTION.
I JUST SAY I LOVE MAKING MUSIC
AND I LOVE PERFORMING AND I LOVE
GETTING REACTIONS OUT OF THE
AUDIENCE, AND, YEAH, I MEAN,
HONESTLY, I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT.
IT’S EVERYTHING THAT I WANTED TO
DO BACK WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL, IT’S DRUMMING AND
PERFORMING AND COMEDY.
IT’S GOT THE WHOLE PACKAGE.
>> Jason: WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL, THIS IS A BIT BEFORE
YOUR TIME, BUT BOBBY
McFAHRENHEIT CAUSED A
SENSATION, NOT JUST WITH "DON’T
WORRY BE HAPPY" BUT WITH HIS
USING HIS BODY AS AN UNSTRUM.
THEN YOU HAD BEATBOXING.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS WAS
THE ART OF NOISE, WHICH
INCORPORATED DIFFERENT SOUNDS
INTO THEIR SOUND SCAPE.
WHAT DO YOU LISTEN TO?
>> OH, MY GOSH, I LISTEN TO
EVERYTHING YOU JUST TALKED
ABOUT.
ROCK, ALTERNATE ROCK, STUFF
THAT’S ON THE RADIO.
I LISTEN TO EVERYTHING.
I’M A DRUMMER.
SO ANYTHING THAT’S GOT A BEAT OR
A GROUP TO IT, I’M LISTENING TO
IT.
>> Jason: I USED TO AT OUR
HIGH SCHOOL PEP RALLIES THAT
QUADS WOULD COME IN TO LEAD THE
FOOTBALL TEAM INTO THE GYM.
THE HAIRS ON YOUR NECK WOULD
STAND UP WHEN YOU HEAR BUM, BUM,
BUM, BOOM, BOOM.
I GOT MY DAUGHTER DRUM LESSONS.
IN THE SHOW YOU CAN MAKE A BEAT
WITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU’LL SHOW US A LITTLE
SOMETHING. CAN YOU DROP A BEAT FOR US?
>> I CAN, YES.
WELL, YOU WANT ME TO DO LIKE WE
DO IN THE SHOW.
I’M GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE I’M
NOT A GREAT BEAT-BOXER.
SO IN THE SHOW, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF...
WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROMISE, SOME
LITTLE TRINKETS HERE.
WE USE EVERYDAY OBJECTS, SO
MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME MATCHES.
YOU DON’T HAVE MATCHES, MAYBE
YOU GO TO 7-ELEVEN.
YOU HAVE SOME TIC TACS, KIND OF
THE SAME IDEA, RIGHT, AND THIS
IS ONE TESTIFY PROMISE FROM THE
SHOW.
WE USE IT TO KIND OF SIMULATE THE SOUND OF FROGS, AND THAT’S
THE SOUND OF FROGS, AND THAT’S
WHAT THE NUMBER IS CALLED.
MAKES A COOL NOISE.
>> Jason: YEAH, YEAH.
>> THEN MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME
TRASH, YOU JUST WANT TO...
[THUMPING]
SO THERE’S ALL KINDS OF OBJECTS
THAT YOU FIND AROUND YOUR HOUSE
EVERY DAY THAT YOU CAN USE TO
MAKE MUSIC.
YOU DON’T NEED TO HAVE A $2,000
DRUM SET IN YOUR PARENTS’
BASEMENT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW?
>> Jason: THE FAMOUS SOUND OF
THE LIGHTSABER IN STAR WARS IS A
PLUMBING TUBE OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
>> YES, AND YOU JUST HIT THE
RIGHT BUTTON FOR ME, BECAUSE I’M
AN ENORMOUS "STAR WARS" FAN.
I NERD ABOUT SOUNDS AND OH, MY
GOSH, ALL OF THAT STUFF, I’M ALL
ABOUT IT.
>> Jason: FOLEY ARTIST, THE
ART OF MAKING SOUND.
WHERE IS FIRST PLACE YOU’D WANT
TO TAKE ONE OF YOUR FELLOW CAST
MEMBERS WHEN YOU GET INTO TOWN?
>> Tati: I GOT A HOUSE OVER
THE PANDEMIC.
I LIVE IN ST. CLAIR SHORES.
NOBODY HAS BEEN OVER YET, SO I
WANT THE BRING THE CAST OVER TO
MY HOUSE.
WE’RE GOING TO HANG OUT AND
CHECK IT OUT.
>> Jason: THAT’S GOING TO BE A
BIG JAM SESSION AT HOME, I CAN
TELL.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE JONATHAN
PERFORM AND STOMP AT MUSIC HALL,
YOU CAN GET TICKETS ONLINE.
JONATHAN, BEING THAT YOUR LOCAL,
WE’LL DEAL HAVE YOU BACK ON FOR
SOME MORE SOUND SCAPE, OKAY?
>> I’M ALL ABOUT IT, MAN.