268: Andrew Becker (Human Potential, Medications)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Andrew Becker's dexterous, explosive drumming first gained recognition when he played in Dischord band Medications. Since then, Andrew has created four solo albums under the Human Potential Moniker, including this year's I'm Glad You're Alive. He's also an award-winning filmmaker, and proprietor of the label What Delicate. Joe and Andy have crossed paths in some interesting ways in the past twenty years; hear them catch up!

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:03.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trapset.
0:17.0	During the age of social distancing, we're releasing episodes every day. Today's guest is Andrew Becker.
0:49.3	As a drummer, Becker first turned heads as a member of Discord band, Medications.
0:56.0	His explosive and dexterous style propelled the band into the stratosphere.
1:01.0	For over 10 years, he's also released solo material under the Human Potential Moniker.
1:07.0	His fourth album, I'm Glad You're Alive, was released in February.
1:12.4	In addition to his career in music, Andrew's also an award-winning filmmaker.
1:17.4	I spoke to him in Pasadena earlier this year before quarantine began.
1:22.5	And now my conversation with Andrew Becker.
1:26.3	No, he was. conversation with Andrew Becker.
1:42.3	Well, my pop worked for the city of Wilmington when I was really young, so I was like five or six, and then he started working in
1:45.4	Philly. Ah, got it. So he would commute back and forth every day, just like, you know, 45 minutes each way
1:51.8	or something like that. What line of work was he in? He, well, he worked for the city of Wilmington,
1:59.0	the municipality for a while. He also worked for the federal government
2:02.5	under Carter. He worked for HUD for a little bit. And then he somehow got in, I don't know how he
2:08.7	made this transition, but he got into finance doing like investment banking and stuff like that.
2:15.2	And he worked for a firm in Philly when he was doing that?
2:17.7	Yeah, well, he, I mean, the company that went through different iterations, but eventually
2:21.8	became city group.
2:23.2	Oh, okay.
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