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This is Joe Wong.

Welcome to the Trap Set, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

I want to play something for you. You're hearing criminal by Fiona Apple featuring my guest Matt Chamberlain on drums.

Born in San Pedro, Matt's intense connection with drums began when he was still in diapers.

After being mentored by some of the finest drummers in the greater L.A. area,

Chamberlain earned

a scholarship to the prestigious University of North Texas, which he attended for just one semester.

The move to Texas, however, brought him to the thriving songwriter scene in the Deep

Ellum neighborhood of Dallas during the 1980s.

It was there that he caught his first big break, playing with Edie Brickell and the New

Bohemians. Chamberlain's diverse collaborators have included David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen,

Shakira, John Bryan, Kanye West, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Nix, Elton John,

and the list goes on and on. Nicknamed the Human Loop by Tori Amos, he can sound mechanical and robotic, but he's just as compelling when he plays loose and organic.

Matt is an accomplished audio engineer and he can sculpt his drum sound to be equally at home on an experimental jazz record

as it is on a modern country track.

With over 200 albums under his belt and still going strong,

Chamberlain is one of the finest and most versatile drummers of his and perhaps any generation.

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