Blazin' For Blake - Drum Solo

[vibra31]

Awesome mike!!!!!

[tubadude1818]

Congradgulations on you and Mrs. Michalkow having your baby :) and awesome drumming :D

[xDrummingPiex]

Mike Mangini inspired octoban placement? Lol

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@xDrummingPiex Absolutely! I bought some octobans last year and was having a heck of a time figuring out where to put them, then I saw Dream Theater live with mangini, and thought....hmmmmmmm.... I gotta try that!

[hereforhalibut]

Got a room for rent? Preferably the drum room? :)

[185simo]

I just curious, mike, for finger control on the left hand, if you have a double jointed thumb, will that impact on finger control for the left hand?

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@185simo it shouldn't make a difference, because with Finger control, your thumb is just a support for the stick, the back 3 fingers are the ones you are using for finger control! good luck!

Mike

[DrW8man]

Mike this is awesome.Can you make a lesson of samba drumming?

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@DrW8man Yeah, I'll be doing several lessons this year.. If you are a member of The Drumming System online, I'll be doing a Samba Lesson in February. You can also get alot of Samba and other Latin Grooves on my Latin Drumming System. :)

[kevintamk]

@mikemichalkowdrums how can i be a member? i loooooove your lessons

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@kevintamk Cool thanks bro! you can email the folks at Railroad Media and they can give you all the details about becoming a member of the Drumming System! Hope to see you on the live lesson chat room someday! Mike

[mikemichalkowdrums]

Thanks Everyone! This is Truly a solo from the heart, my wife was curious how I came up with this so quickly even though Blake is only 5 months old, and I told her that I'm basically playing "my emotions"... if that makes sense, it's hard to explain, but the last 5 months have been life changing for me again with the addition of Blake to our family, and this is how I demonstrate those great emotions. Enjoy!

[InfliktionDrums]

love this mike.

[pierces19941]

hey, I was wondering how do you add the the electronic drum pads



[edruning]

COOL!!!!!!!!NICE

[Oceansandblue]

Very Peart influenced, nice!

[saucytool]

where do you get a backing track like that?

[rudiiwii1]

SWEET!

[james000vickers]

spring drums are amazing!!

[NickWishesHeWasCool]

Man, I thought you had just gone insane at first, but this is so creative! You're a great drummer, and a great inspiration.

[snoozymoo]

very musical solo, very nice. Not the typical chops show off solo. Great!

[TheDonUrbas]

congrats on the son. I hope he will be as good drummer as you

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@TheDonUrbas Thanks Don! I want both of my boys to be proud of what their ol' dad does!

[Kudan26]

What is that thing at first? never saw one of these it seems just like a bottle, whats the trick?

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@Kudan26 It's called a "Thunder Drum" it's a cool little special effect percussion instrument.

[joeymcnew37209]

Good job!

[TheDoubleEagle1]

This is the best, the most jaw-dropping, most amazing solo that I have ever heard. Simply WOW... btw how long did it take to compose this masterpiece?

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@TheDoubleEagle1 Thanks! I've been planning this solo for about 1 month and I recorded 4 versions of it in 2 days, and picked my favourite. thanks for watching!

Mike

[sticksbass]

great!

[Drumwannabe17]

MY favorite drum solo ever!! Except possibly Mike Mangini's drum solo live with dream theater.

[DrW8man]

Is this drummer from freedrumlessons? 

[mikemichalkowdrums]

@DrW8man Yes I am one of their teachers. Thanks for watching!

[Mrmwebb2000]

one word- outstanding!!!!

[dc1534]

why you disable ratings? This is amazing :\

[Alecromz]

Awesome dude...just awesome..

[Watos93]

i gotta say, this is freaking amazing. Awesome job

[ThePurpleDrumStick]

that must be the best dynamics in drum solo ive ever seen! great job man!