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Milwaukee Double Header

Mike Mangione & The Union at Shank Hall 2009

I love double show days!

Two shows with Mike Mangione & The Union on Friday 5.21 –

Show #1 – playing on WMSE 91.7 during their pledge drive. I love playing at the WMSE studio- did it twice with Pezzettino – and this will be my first time with Mike and my union pallys.

Show #2 – Shank Hall, woo hoo! It’s always nice to play under the ol’ stonehenge :

The show is also serving as a bit of a record release since we are now officially selling the new release on CD
(its been available for digital download at CD Freedom and (of course) at iTunes

http://shankhall.com/
http://www.wmse.org/

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Lots to do this week!

Three Mike Mangione shows this week after being off for most of the month – I need to get back up to speed!

We’re playing at SPACE in Evanston (Chicago area) on Wednesday and this is my first time playing there. New venues are always tricky – it’s a “listening room” – you have to know how much room you have and what gear to bring. (Six people on stage!)

I am thinking that it’s going to be a kick/snare/floor and two cymbals type of affair. Sometimes it cool to bring a stripped down kit and really pay attention to what you are playing but we are recording so an extra tom for variety wouldn’t hurt. 🙂

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A Trip to the Drum Pad

Finally made it to the Drum Pad in Palatine last Saturday, right before they were about to close. I wasn’t able to check out their drum room with all the kits BUT, I did have a few minutes to check out all of the sticks they carry – An entire wall to choose from!

Usually, I am a Vic Firth guy as far as sticks go, I love Regal Tip Whiskers and Bristle Sticks, but was never able to find a Regal Tip stick that I really loved….until now.

Thanks to the Drum Pad, I am now working out the Joey Waronker signature sticks (he’s a lefty too!) and the “Crossover” stick. I couldn’t find it on their website so I better go back there this weekend on my way to the Chicago Drum Show and stock up!

The Drum Pad
Chicago Drum Show

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Getting things up and running…

Hey all.

I’m working on filling in these pages little by little and just finished my first draft of the discography. There are more CDs and images that I need to track down but I’ll be getting that in there soon. After that I’ll get my bio and gear pages up.

In the meantime, why not take a listen to my most recent project, “Offering” by Mike Mangione & The Union.