This week's guest is Mike Dawson, managing editor of Modern Drummer Magazine and co-host of the Modern Drummer Podcast w/ Mike and Mike (the other Mike being Mike Johnston). They have exactly 250 archived episodes so go check that out…after you binge all of our episodes, of course. Mike is an insanely artful player who exemplifies the idea of building creativity out of giving yourself limitations. He posts a lot of his weird-isms on his Instagram at @mikedawsondrums. This episode is a reminder of how little I know when it comes to great drumming and it only reinforced my decision to continue with this format. Mike breaks down the drumming moments that shaped his playing. Cheers!
Song: Wild Thing
Artist / Band: Tone Lōc
Drummer: Alex Van Halen
Song: Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Artist / Band: The Ramones
Drummer: Marky Ramone
Song: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Artist/Song: U2
Drummer: Larry Mullen Jr.
Song: Love Her All I Can
Artist/Spotify: KISS
Drummer: Peter Criss
Performance: Dennis Chambers – Serious Moves
Distributor: DCI Music Video
1st Clip: YouTube
2nd Clip: YouTube
Honorable Mention:
Song: Cult of Personality
Artist/Performance: Living Colour
Drummer: Will Calhoun
This episode is also sponsored by Waves Audio. This podcast would take me soooo much longer to edit if it wasn't for the Waves Vocal Rider plugin. It "rides" the fader in real-time and keeps both my and my guest's audio at a consistent level without the need to overcompress. I also use an endless of amount of their plugins for my musical recordings such as Abbey Road Saturator, CLA Drums, the SSL Channel, and many more.