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Mike Radcliffe

About Me

Nashville session and touring drummer.
Worked with Alan Shacklock, Otto Price, Phil Joel, Michael O'Brien, Nate Sallie, Joanna Martino, David Santos, Charlie Judge, Drew Cline, Sal Oliveri, Andrew Mitchell, Phil Baquie, Sammy Ward, The Darins, Barry Graul, Bryan Lenox, David Zaffiro, David Das, David Cleveland, Integrity, Inpop, Fervent, others....
The clips in my player are from albums I've played on...
"You Lift Me Up" from Scottish singer Andrew Mitchell's album, "Your Kingdom Come" "Never Alone," the number one hit from the debut album by Barlowgirl, produced by Otto Price.
"Right Where You Want Me" and "Energy," from American Idol contestant, Joanna Martino's debut album, "My World," produced by Drew Cline
"Hallelujah" and "Meet Me Here," from the Acquire the Fire album, "Live the Difference," produced by Otto Price.
Mike Radcliffe is a creative, dynamic drummer with extensive experience, both live and in the studio. Mike Radcliffe does not feel comfortable referring to himself in the third person. Mike Radcliffe feels it seems a bit pretentious to write in third person, because anyone reading this *knows* that Mike Radcliffe wrote it about himself-- who is he trying to fool, anyway? No one, that's right. I mean, c'mon, like Mike Radcliffe has a publicist keeping track of all his facts, so he can call him and have him refresh his bio whenever he needs it. If I did have an publicist... I mean, if Mike Radcliffe had a publicist writing his bio, he would tell you to go check out Mike Radcliffe's website to learn more about him, or call Mike Radcliffe anytime and he will be happy to speak to you in first person.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/25/2006
Band Website: http://www.mikedrums.com/
Band Members: Just me. I'm a drummer.
I can also run your loops, backing tracks, etc, for live performance.

View my page on Nashville Music Pros

Influences: DRUMMERS:
Jeff Porcaro
Steve Smith
Vinnie Colaiuta
Steve Jordan
Shawn Pelton
Jerry Marotta
Pat Mastelotto
Clem Burke
Myron Grombacher
Joe Morello
Elvin Jones
my teacher, Guy Remonko
on and on and on

GROUPS/ARTISTS:
Just off the top of my head...

NEWER:
Jamie Collum, James Blunt, Train, Gem, Jamiroquai, John Mayer, Thicke, Coldplay, Keane, Caleb, Alana Davis, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, David Gray, Joss Stone, Nichole Nordeman, Sara Groves, Santana, Duncan Sheik, more...

NOT SO NEW:
Journey, Toto, Mr. Mister, Richard Page, Blondie, Pat Benetar, Cheap Trick, The Who, Stevie Wonder, Doobie Brothers, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Chicago, David Foster, Hall and Oats, David Sanborn, David Benoit, Steve Winwood, Al Jarreau, Eddie Money, Bryan Duncan, Kenny Loggins, more...

OLDER:
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, more...

Sounds Like: You know that sound a watermelon makes when a rhino steps on it? No, me neither. I was hoping you did.
Record Label: freelance

My Blog

Things that bug the crap out of me...

Ok, i don't want to sound like a complainer, so I'm going to try to list something I like for every one thing that bugs me.1st thing that bugs the crap out of me. Smokers who toss their butts on the ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:24:00 GMT

Racist Musicians on the Gig... Im Outta Here.

Recently, I auditioned for a new country artist and I got the gig. It was going to be a fairly steady paycheck with decent music. I worked my butt off, charting the songs and preparing for the gig. W...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:32:00 GMT

Belize, the Beautiful.

I posted some pictures of our vacation to Belize. It was our first time (hopefully not last) to the Caribbean and with the exception of a few travel woes, we thoroughly enjoyed it. We wanted to stay...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Another British Invasion?

So I'm flippin channels and land on Austin City Limits, and hear a favorite song of mine, being sung by one of my favorite arists of late, Corinne Bailey Rae. I'm diggin her and her smokin band, then...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:39:00 GMT

Drummer audition Joke

Got this from another drummer buddy of mine. Drum audition...........Drummer sits at the drums and the band leader says, "Can you play a samba pattern with your bass drum?"The drummer obliges with a ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:41:00 GMT

I finally put up some songs.

I finally put up some music on my page. They are edited clips of some songs I've played on, just so you can hear me play. :-)
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:05:00 GMT

Seeing friends on TV

It's weird. I guess you know you've been in the music business for a while when it's no longer strange to see your friends on TV. Seems like, every week or so, I see some friend of mine, or someone ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:27:00 GMT

Keep an eye on your Myspace Friends!

I'd encourage all my friends and colleagues to keep a sharp eye on your myspace friends list. It might be worth the effort to check out the profiles of friend requests, before approving them.I've bee...
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 13:29:00 GMT

My Myspace Friends List

Ok, here's the deal. I'm trying to keep my myspace friends limited to my actual friends, or at least those with whom I've worked or communicated, or those who are the same thing to one of my actual f...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:36:00 GMT