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Mike

Give the drummer some!

About Me

Hi, I'm Mike.

I spend my time playing, listening to, writing, studying, and teaching music... with occasional breaks for coffee (some would describe me as "nocturnal"). I'm lucky to be playing drums in some really cool bands in Vancouver and sometimes other places. I also love recording and producing music, and sometimes that stuff ends up on here to be listened to.

Hope you can dig.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/28/2005
Band Website: thefunkydrummer.com
Band Members: I can be found playing with the following people at any given time...

1LUV
Shannon Scott
The Jim Black Collective
The Sumner Brothers
The Warren Flandez Project (www.warrenflandez.com)
Jen Lewin
Diego Zaragoza
The Tom Hancock Trio
The Illfinger Syndicate
19 Pounds of Unclean Chitlin's (and other greazy blues stuff)
The Gavin Youngash Trio
Urban Divide
Brandon Smith
Jake Cataford
And some other bands that don't have names yet...
Influences: James Brown, Billy Martin, ?uestlove, Bernard Purdie, Matt Chamberlain, Animal, Idris Muhammad, J Dilla, Levon Helm, Bonzo, Chris Dave, Stanton Moore, Soul Food and everything DAPTONE (see below)...

Sounds Like: A good time...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Summer Cleaning

Alright, it's been a long time since I wrote me a blog. The friends list was getting a little of out hands... I'm not as popular as it appeared... so I've toned things down a bit.If I haven't talked t...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:35:00 PST

WEFUNK RADIO!!!!!!!!

www.wefunkradio.com may be the best thing thats ever happened to my ears.Its nasty, raw, dirty soul music and really fuckin good hip hop... 24/7... plays on itunes. go there now... listen...that is a...
Posted by Mike on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:18:00 PST

Poland!

Exhausted and sweaty... was how I left Vancouver. I am in Poznan, Poland now. I'll be playing here at the Sheraton Hotel for the next 3 and a half weeks and then transferring to Warsaw to do more of...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:24:00 PST

Hey YOU! Boogaloo Review Part 2!!

Alright this is the deal... Im going to Europe to play a gig for a couple months in March. As excited as I am about this... I wouldn't feel right leaving Vancouver's citizens for 7 weeks without a he...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:35:00 PST

Crazy Kris Kringles Chirstmas Kegger

Hey you!!!Yes YOU!!Come on down to the Anza Club on Friday Dec. 22 and party with The Sumner Bros. and Thieving Red. Its Crazy Kris Kringles Chirstmas Kegger. I promise there will be much dancing an...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:46:00 PST

snow

snow is rad... thank you
Posted by Mike on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:35:00 PST

Night School

Its 5:30 am.Ive spent yet another night/morning trying to teach myself about music. Trying to discover all the great artists/songs that they dont tell you about in school. I could pull all nighters ...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:47:00 PST

rain rain

Rainy day + Sade = unproductive goodness...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:05:00 PST

my new mantra

..A mean drum break will make everyone in its presence feel that they are slightly sexier than they were before the beat stepped into the room. A mean drum break will make even white people bite thei...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:35:00 PST

HA!

Finally finished my leftover exams from last springs tendonitis ordeal... That feels good... ahhh.... Its sunny outside....
Posted by Mike on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:18:00 PST