Welcome to episode four of Close Personal Friends, a series where OTW’s Ari passes the mic to those working behind the scenes in the industry. Today we’re hearing from Sterling Laws, a drummer and music director who has worked with Olivia Rodrigo, Machine Gun Kelly, Conan Gray, Chappell Roan, Linda Perry, and many more! We discuss finding your voice as a drummer, how to be a good session player, what makes a song a hit, something every emerging artist needs to hear, and where the drum part for ‘California’ by Chappell Roan came from!