Homeskoolin’ Session Update “The Little Drummer Boy” 

Love these glimpses behind the curtain.

The incredible "Gringo Starr", Greg Morrow. Great dude. Great player.

It ain't Christmas till Greg brings out the blue Slingerlands and lights.

Uncle Larry ... thank you for turning me on the Gordon Mote! His playing literally transports to a beautiful place and often moves me to tears. I've never heard a musical voice that inspires me like his. I'd love to meet that guy. Such a sweet spirit! Thanks you ... thank you.

If you didn’t pause the video when the pedals came on, you’re lying! LOL!

I played with Greg a little in the late 80’s at a few studios In Memphis, he’s awesome 👍✌️❤️🎸🥁

We need more of these live session videos from Tommy the session guy

This is priceless behind the scenes stuff right here!! Thank you for sharing!!

Amazing. I wish I could witness that magic.

I needed this tonight.

Thanks for pulling back the curtain once again!

more of these please

It's really cool to see these little snippets of what it's really like in the studio! Thanks for these, keep 'em comin'! (As much as you can anyways.... )

love these session tours !

Love all your gear! Was hoping for more than a teaser... 🤘

Thanks for the sight on your homemade score. Very insightful. I remember you talked about it and it hook me, so to see it, yeah. Cheers.

Love these on the job Vids! Keep em coming TB!

Straight to the pocket in one bar. That's a professional right there.

Hey Tommy! Love the behind the scenes!!! Much love!!

Took me a minute to notice the Christmas lights.

Love the studio stuff...

Just yesterday I was looking at mic stands in the Sweetwater catalog. They had the exact kind that are in that studio, with those huge iron bass's. At the time I was thinking "wonder who pays that kind of $$ for mic stands"?? LOL 8) --gary

Getting paid to play Guitar and drink RR, You are the man Tom, your 42 years has paid off. Thanks for the insight.

I love these videos. Brings back lots of memories. I was an engineer in the 80s. Got out of the biz in the early-90s to make real money :)

All takes sound great !

Those drums sound killer just acoustically in the room!

These are fascinating!

I've had the last Genesis duet on repeat for the last four days.

Candy! Love it

That was fun Uncle Larry! The lights on the drum kit were festive HO HO.

Cool glimpse - thanks for that. (More cowbell!)

Hey Greg! It's good to see you on the web. Tell Rusty hello. The Hum Depot still active? Hope so! Target never sounded so good when you were hitting the skins. Thankyou for being so kind to me ad a kid....Keith P. From Memphis! Godbless.

Greg is sooooo great! Interview, please!

Cool stuff!!!

1:05 It's the "Rundown Rig" !

Hey Tom. Geoff from Cleveland here. I received my Browns orange Homeskoolin' mug today. Thing is built like a brick shithouse!

Saw Pat McLaughlin a few years ago at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, Illinois. The band was Pat. Michael Rhodes, Kenny Greenberg, and Greg Morrow. What a night.

great. i can see you have your favorite guitars and amps there. That drummer is great, he played alongside anton fig on one Joe bonamasa's albums.

Always enjoy these glimpses. I think it's time to discuss the solo on 25 or 6 to 4. What say you Uncle Larry?

Santa on drums! This is cool!

Greg Morrow!!! I've got a track he is on. Waiting to finish it!! Super nice guy!!

The real life of a session man. Now, jump right back into that groove you were doing an hour ago. Hats off Tom! I understand it, but no way I could do it.

Boogie!! Which one Uncle Larry? Love my Mark 1 reissue...with EL34’s! Mesa/Marshall....thanks for another peek inside the studio!!

Cool!!

I like seeing those Coles 4038 ribbon mics on the drums.

Greg Morrow is so great!

For a short 2 minute video, there was just a ton of information there. Very interesting indeed!

Looks like you need a refill on that Rolling Rock, teach.

“... one piece at a time, and it didn’t cost me a dime, you’ll know it’s me when I come to your town...”. Thanks Tommy

That's cool! I have an old Rat on my board too!

Ooh! You gotta a Les Paul Special in on the session? Have you done a Homeskoolin video with one yet? That'd be cool. Love these in the studio clips getting a little glimpse of the record making.

Cheers Uncle Larry

That kit has a lot of studio miles on it!

Gotta love it...."I can do the obvious...dadoom...sss...whacka whacka doom! " Session man comin' up with the goods!

Tony Levin does a fine cover of an unreleased Peter Gabriel song called “Dog One.” It’s the song of the day, and unrelated to my gratitude for the studio tour. I’d love a class trip to the breakfast joint I keep forgetting the name of.

Holy crap they obsess about every stroke!

Hey Tom! Would love to see how you use your Eventide H9 pedal. I know those things can be super in depth but I would love to see what you specifically do with it.

Cool.........

Spent 2 days with him tracking at Joe V’s in East Gnashville. Tell him I’m still trying to find a DT250 for him!

That chart looked like it was written in Chinese for a second. Shows how much I can read music, and numbers

One lonely green bottle sittin' on the 'wall'.

BLAP BOM BLOOM BUM SMASH!!! Quintessential.

This is the "job" of being a pro. Thx for the peak :)

Hey Tom, your tool case seems to be pretty much dialed in, with all your experience. Could you share a bit of your philosophy of what to pack for a given session? And some strategy advice about how to build a working musicians tool kit?

Rolling rock should sponsor you tom lol gotta see the artwork of messing with them pedals on demand

Morrow is a Monster

I see the M9! Just got an M5 for my birthday Love it. From someone who I am sure has the real deal. How close is that 63 reverb?

Tom thank you so much for your time spent on these videos! Been a fan since the beginning of your RU-vid career. Question; how do you use your line 6 m9 ? I have one and it’s great!

I gotta find me an old lay down super bass to plug into before I die

The rundown rig from rig rundown

Do those Christmas lights add a little 12K sizzle? :) (Great glimpse behind the scenes!)

Hey Tom I know this pays the bills but I would love to hear more of you and your better half do another song, the Phil Collins song was great but I’d like to hear something original !

Awesome ! What does mean all what you have on à your paper ? Not chords ...🤔 ? Thanks Tom. Kindest regards from France

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Hey Tom , the last shot in the video shows the end of your Marshall head cabinet..Is the cutout to aid in cooling the amp?

Hey Tom! Me being primarily a drummer (but picking up guitar, which is how I found you) I always wanted to ask you about the drummers role in song writing. Seems we're always relegated to time keeping and arrangement and rarely asked for melodic input. Maybe its different in session land though? thoughts? Cheers from Milwaukee and have a Merry Christmas!

Grab that LesPaul Custom Tom, you know you want to... 😁

Am I the only one who always pauses to check out Tom's pedalboard?

One more time 😜

These little glimpses are great but it would be cool if you could make a video of the making of a song.... complete. I suppose you probably have to get a lot of permissions to do that but just a thought.

"...5 over 7 to 6 minor" - I was putting some of this together in A - what's the "5 6 5" with dots? is that two beats on 5, one on 6 an one back to 5? - fun to be in there with you guys. Cool. - edit, i just listened again that would be what he's singing A - E/G# - F#min - of course!, thank you Chris Farren!

A Strat, Semi-Hollow, LP and P90s - what else do ya need?!?

This is what happens when an engineer says “we’ll punch that in later.” 😃

Hey Tom...does this repetition sometimes get in your head and stay there? Like wake you up at 3:00AM in an endless loop, making you want to pull your hair out? If so, is there some technique you can use to purge it, or just wait until it either goes away on its own or is replaced by something else? I’ve watched this two minute video once and an hour later I’m having trouble shaking Morrow’s takes.

That’s blackbird isn’t it? I recognize that from all the Kings Of Leon stuff

question, but first, thanks a million for saving my mind, you made me to give back, by becoming a school chidreen Guardian, in an elemantery school ( sorry for the quality of my English, I'm a French canadian Héy!), so here's the question, have you ever come in a situation that you have no idea, how to tackle a work order, I mean like in the video with Rick Beato (wich my examples does not aplly to my question), you get a request to produce stuff, and in your deep hart, you hate the template, you think it's shit, how do you mind yourself to refocused and try to really deeply be creative and leave the impression that you're still on the top of the hill, by the way, I love it when you tell someone to fuck-off, makes me feel good, simple and honest, as you make your class feel, cheers

I wonder why the 5 6 5 chords are underlined twice?

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Hey Little Tom! Tell us how was the session. It seems there is some tension in the air :-) I see what you mean with 'producing'

Hey Tom I know you don't like gear questions, but do you hear a big difference with the channels jumped on the Marshall

A drummer without a double rack of toms, and 50 cymbals? Nice!

Dear Uncle Larry 2 Questions. What is that Flanger in your drawer and does that pedal board stay at the shop or do you take it with you? PS I got my Uncle Larry poster the other day, very cool!

That’s a skill..... I’m sure it can be a bit painful once in a while.....goddamn producers!

Where you tracking brotha

Some days I wish I chose the drums instead...

Tom have you ever accidentally banged your shin on the drawer next to your pedal board where you store pedals? :)

Punching in for different parts of the same song, or just several 4 second songs? xD

Tom - Who pays you for the sessions? Is it an artist's management company, a record company or does it vary? Also, do you always know who you're going to be working with or do you sometimes show up at the gig and only find out when you walk in the door? Along those same lines, have you ever turned down a chance to be on a session because you couldn't stand the artist's music?

Hey Tom - what do the underlines for '5 6 5' in the Chorus mean on your chart?

Just do the whole session on Twitch.