Mike Haid
performed at the East Meets West Summer Percussion Camp in Groznjan, Croatia
along with Marco Minnemann, Jojo Mayer, Kim Plainfiled and Petar Curic
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Mike Haid - Music Journalist
Check out Mike Haid's cover feature interview with Prog Rock drum hero, Mike Portnoy in the Oct. 2007 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine.If you're a fan of Prog Rock drumming, you owe it to yourself to pick up this special theme issue! (Click on Magazine Cover or Modern Drummer Magazine name)
Check out Mike Haid's spectacular feature article on TIME - FEEL - GROOVE in the Sept. 2007 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine. This amazing twenty-three page article features an unprecedented 22 Drumming Superstars sharing their thoughts, experiences, concepts and techniques for developing strong time, feel and groove. It is the largest single issue feature in Modern Drummer history.Don't miss this issue if you're serious about time, feel and groove!! (Click on Magazine Cover or Modern Drummer Magazine name)
Check out Mike Haid's cover story interview with drumming great Marco Minnemann in the June 2007 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine(Click on Magazine Cover or Modern Drummer Magazine name)
Mike Haid with drumming legend Bernard Purdie ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- Mike Haid - Photographer
Mike Haid has been a professional photographer for over ten years, specializing in music and nature photography.
Check out Mike Haid's professional photography work of the following drummers:
(Look for "© Mike Haid" in the bottom right hand corner under each of Mike's photos)
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Alex Acuna
Chris Adler
Jason Bittner
Don Brewer
Sheila E
Sonny Emory
Simon Phillips
Aquiles Priester
Dave Weckl
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Mike Haid performed in the All Star Jam at the Sold Out 2007 ProgPower Festival in Atlanta
Hear Mike Haid on the Top Selling New Release from David T. Chastain - Countdown To Infinity(Leviathan) 2007Countdown To Infinity - Hits Number 1 and Tops The Charts on Bob Decker's Popular Metal Radio Show on WRKC 88.5 FM located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania for the week of July 14, 2007
(Click on CD cover or Artists name) (Listen to the Chastain Sampler on the Music Player above) "Mike really outdid himself on this one. He ignites the tracks! His performance should appeal to fans of intense drumming" - David T. Chastain"Drummer Mike Haid, a player of power, lucidity, and intensity - The Phoenix
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Countdown To Infinity Hits 1 on Amazon!------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Mike Haid - Bio
The eclectic talents of Mike Haid have led him down many interesting and diverse paths. As a skilled session drummer and composer, he has won several awards from the Billboard Songwriters Contest. From California to Florida, his original music has received major national radio airplay. He was the very first drummer chosen to be featured in the New Blood column of DRUM! magazine, and appears often in Modern Drummer magazine as a contributing writer and player. He has performed and/or recorded with some of the worlds most accomplished musicians which include, Ray Gomez (Stanley Clarke), Oscar Cartoya (Spyro Gyra), Steve Wood (Kenny Loggins), Kirk Covington (Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Zawinul), Adam Nitti (Steven Curtis Chapman), David T. Chastain, Michael Harris (Leviathan Records), Kurt Mitchell (Isaac Hayes), Tom Gire (Hans Zimmer, John Williams), Tom Grose (The Varsity), Sam Skelton, Ike Stubblefield, Steve Cunningham, Francisco Fattoruso and Col. Bruce Hampton.
Mike has performed on countless recordings as a session drummer. He has played publicly and privately in every imaginable live performance situation ranging from thousands of Atlanta Falcons fans at the Georgia Dome, to such private and intimate functions as an exclusive family gathering for celebrity Ed McMahon at his Beverly Hills home the day after the historic final taping of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Mike is a graduate of the world-renowned Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. He is also creator/publisher of FUSE magazine. He developed FUSE magazine (the worlds only fusion music publication), which on his own, created a national distribution of over twenty thousand and became the premier fusion music web site on the Internet for several years.
After being highly involved in the music community of Los Angeles for fifteen years, Mike relocated to Atlanta. He has spent the past several years involved with independent public relations for international indy record companies including Discipline Global Mobile (King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford), Escapade (Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans) and Heads Up (Joyce Cooling, Joe McBride). He is also a respected music journalist with his works having been published in such acclaimed music publications as JazzTimes, MIX, Downbeat, Modern Drummer, DRUM!, and Music Connection. As a music journalist, he has interviewed a whos who of music legends including Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, John Patitucci, Airto, Terry Bozzio, Dave Weckl, Simon Phillips, Steve Smith, Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew, to name just a few. Mike is also a professional photographer, sound engineer and graphic designer. He continues to perform publicly in the Atlanta area and operates his home studio where he records drum tracks for artists around the world.
Check out the various music samplers on this page to hear Mike's versatile drumming talents. From blistering Be Bop, and melodic Big Band Jazz, to driving, sophisticated Metal, and solid, in-the-pocket-groove Pop classics, Mike has earned A-List status as a seasoned first-call drummer on the Atlanta music scene
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