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Mikey

Music is my Messiah...

About Me


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I'm currently in local San Diego bands Discord and Hate Times Nine. Feel free to check them out. I've done projects with several other people and bands and I have well over 20 years experience in drumming and percussion. If you have a project or experimental band that needs drum tracks, hit me up. I've had a lot of studio experience as well. Currently trying to get some cover band work going...I'm open to play any style of music imaginable, as I have studied quite an eclectic assortment of musical genres most of my life.

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My Interests



Mostly music, writing it, playing it, listening to it, studying it. Also drawing from time to time, reading, building skyscrapers, fusing molecules, synthesizing compound chemicals, splitting atoms, critiquing stick figure art, crocodile dentistry, testing hair tonic on tarantulas, teaching fish how to breakdance, toothpaste sculpture, smoking turkey feathers, Braille sign language, selling microphones to mimes, and making a mockery of the absurd.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to take this space to show you all some of the drummers out there who have inspired me in a BIG way. Had I not studied their creativity and talent I would be nowhere near the player I am today. In my opinion these drummers are elite. Their mix of styles and technique have changed the face of drumming in rock and metal as we know it. I think it would be incredible just to be able to meet ONE of these monsters someday and thank them for what I've learned from them. ..

Music:


Metal, fusion, blues, jazz, classical, progressive, hardcore, softcore, apple core, rock, classic rock, moderate rock, corporate rock, glam rock, rock candy, rock climbing, heavy metal, thrash metal, groove metal, speed metal, viking metal, tribal metal, metallic metal, space metal, mental metal, death metal, black metal, white metal, blue metal, green metal, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's, 3000's, primitivism, expressionism, symbolism, minimalism, modernism, aleatoric music, oriental, Hungarian, Martian, Venusian, new age, old age, celtic, knicks, goth, rennaissance, avante garde, porn music, movie music, cartoon music, and vsjfgnslkfjnsfc music. BANDS: Dream Theater,

Liquid Tension Experiment, Explorer's Club, Mulmuzzler, James LaBrie, Platypus, Mariah Carey, Robben Ford, Robert Cray, Dillinger Escape Plan, Death Angel, Cathedral, My Dying Bride, Lunaris, Meshuggah, Soilwork, Pantera/Damageplan, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Emmerson Lake and Palmer, ELO, Fates Warning, Chimaira, Shadowsfall, Enchant, Ozzy/Sabbath, Queensryche, Megadeth, Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Duran Duran, the Police, Aghora, Planet X, Spiral Architect, Cynic,

Billy Joel, Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Primus, Revis, Event, Incubus, 311, Missing Persons, Alice in Chains, Mad Season, Disturbed, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, "Weird" Al Yankovic, Stevie Wonder, Strapping Young Lad/Devin Townsend, Old Man's Child, Dimmu Borgir, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Children of Bodom, Emperor, CKY, Zack Wylde's Black Label Society, Power of Omens,

the Quiet Room, Vanden Plas, Adagio, Stravinsky, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Ratt, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Dokken, Winger, At the Gates, Frank Zappa, Warlock, Sevendust, Slayer, the Beatles, Type O Negative, Eric Clapton, Strawberry Alarm Clock, ? and the Mysterians, Deep Purple, Tool/APC, Symphorce, Steely Dan, Dave Weckl, Larry Carlton, Tribal Tech, Seal, Patrice Rushen, Men At Work, The Cure, King's X, King Crimson, Toto, are you still reading this? damn...God Forbid, Iced Earth, NIN, Diecast, Psychostick, Mnemic, Threat Signal, Beck, Tom Petty, Ill Nino, Fear Factory, Psychotic Waltz, Candiria, Level 42, The Yellowjackets, The Dolphins, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Powermad, Life of Agony, Life Sex and Death, Steppenwolf, Grand Funk Raliroad, Nevermore/Sanctuary,

Vader, Green Jello, Arch Enemy, Sentenced, Yes, Suicidal Tendencies/Infectuous Grooves, Flotsam and Jetsam, Living Colour, Korn, Spastic Ink, Death, Susperia, Testament, Into Eternity, Nightrage, Killswitch Engage, Helloween, Firehouse, System of a Down, Digital Ruin, Rush, Spock's Beard, Galactic Cowboys, Orgy, Lacuna Coil, Jane's Addiction, Eric Clapton, 3 Dog Night, Johnny Cash, Classics IV, The Guess Who, The Who, Anal Cunt, The Eagles/Don Henley/Joe Walsh, Earth Wind and Fire, Claude Debussy, Jethro Tull, Styx, Kansas, ELO, Metallica(old), Anthrax/SOD/MOD, Pat Metheney, Spyro Gyra, Tesla, Heart, Nancy Wilson, Journey, Savatage, Watchtower, Chroma Key, Circle of Dust,

The Doors, Bootsauce, Carcass, In Flames, Nitro, Jerry Cantrell, Bloody Stools, Symphony X, Taproot, Gwar, Acid Bath, Evanescense, Pain of Salvation, Nirvana, Atheist, and Forbidden. I am 77% Evil Genius.

.. I am pure evil. I lie awake at night devising schemes of world domination, and I will not rest until all living souls bend to my will. Take the
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Movies:

not much for having to keep still for a couple hours at a time, but I like horror, psychological thrillers, comedy, action, sci fi (some) low budget films, porn, and snuff flicks.

Television:

Now I have cable. Still try to refrain from watching too much TV, but shows like 24, Rescue Me, Hell's Kitchen, Bones, and House. Oh yeah, I dig talent-scout type shows like American Idol and band shows...Hey, this shit is our future radio fodder! Nice to have a heads up on what kinda crap is going to be haunting our air waves soon.

Books:

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, uhm...Stephen King, CS Lewis, John Grisham, Robin Cook, Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Brian Lumley, Peter Straub, John Saul, Robert Jordan..eh, comic books...whatever...I'll read anything with words on it...
You Are 60% Weird
You're so weird, you think you're *totally* normal. Right?
But you wig out even the biggest of circus freaks! How Weird Are You? FREE your MIND...

Heroes:

Well, I guess my first hero was Alex Van Halen...he inspired me to take up this infernal instrument...also Mike Portnoy, who inspired me to pick it up AGAIN...

My Blog

We’re sorry, but...

Due to technicalities, we technically don't have the technology to be technicians of our techniquies.  
Posted by Mikey on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:51:00 PST

*expletives NOT deleted!*

Disclaimer: the following blog contains language and subject matter that could be considered vulgar, crude, and, at times, sickening. Consider yourself warned...    Banning of "cuss words" a...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:29:00 PST

does anyone else think like this?

Do you ever feel self-conscious when you walk into a bank? I do. I always get this feeling that everyone's eyeing me to decide if I'm a nutcase who's going to suddenly whip out an AK-47 and scream at ...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:00 PST

tick-tock...

Time is a very curious thing.    There's all sorts of things you can do with it. You can spend it. You can buy it. And if you're desperate, you can even take it. That's right, you can actua...
Posted by Mikey on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:25:00 PST

no more

I am a Christian. I have faith in a religion. I believe in certain things akin to Christianity because I choose to do so. I believe in a spiritual life after physical death, and, yes, I believe in a G...
Posted by Mikey on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:51:00 PST

Myspace break-up letter

Ever want to avoid those obnoxious wastes of perfectly good epidermal tissue who whine and moan at you when you decide to remove them from your top friends list? Well...you can't, really. But you may ...
Posted by Mikey on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:24:00 PST

5/8 over 6/8: formulaic drumming pt 1.

Mathematical drumming is really haunting me these days. I don’t understand what my infatuation is with the concept: I hate math!    Still, I’m intrigued. Here’s the latest...
Posted by Mikey on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:16:00 PST

You know you’re a progressive metal drummer if...

1. You tap on everything and anything in sight. 2. You start trying to figure out the time signature to commercial jingles. 3. You go around hitting random things and saying to yourself "hey! That'd...
Posted by Mikey on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:00 PST

STEP THE FUCK OFF MY RELIGION!!!

I'd really like to understand what it is about Christianity that pisses people off so much. Seriously, I would truly like to know the answer.    First off, I'd like to address the irony: On...
Posted by Mikey on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:31:00 PST

H8RED!!!

Some things I hate: 1. Gas pumps that slow WAY down when they get to the last few cents you're pumping...is the gas pump afraid it's going to accidentally give you more than you paid for?! 2. Old peop...
Posted by Mikey on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:49:00 PST