 Chris Emerson Accidental Tourist |
Chris Emerson is a pop artist whose songs have cracked the US top 30, been played on TV shows like Dawson's Creek, and are in constant rotation on a pile of radio stations yearly. |
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James Labrie is the lead vocalist for the band Dream Theater. |
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 Nuno Schizophonic While on tour with Extreme in 1995, Mike recorded songs for Nuno on his 4-track tape machine. Those songs ended up on Schizophonic after Nuno left Extreme to pursue a solo career. Check out all his CD's |
After 9 years of being around the band and finding a musical brother in Nuno, Mike joined Extreme in 1994. They immediately did a month long European tour with Aerosmith. At the end, they whipped out 3 songs to add to the already recorded Punchline record. Over time, things gel'd as a unit... click CD's for Media. |
 Extreme Best of |
 Extreme Unconditionally |
 Extreme Waiting for the Punchline |
 Extreme Hip Today |
 Extreme Running Gag |
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 TOJ Exit Elvis T.O.J.'s electronically aggressive sound is combined with Cherone's lyrics. They were more serious that ever regarding philosophy and religion. Mike was genuinely supportive of Cherone's lyrical content. The way the pair combined accented rhythms & lyrical meaning was at a high during the shows. |
 TOJ Sampler |
 Gary Cherone Perfect World Although Tribe of Judah was Gary's solo project, Pat & Mike from Extreme were included after friends, and song writers, Steve Ferlazzo (keys) and Leo Mellace (guit.) got the core music of the lineup up & running. Mike records many sessions with Leo at Sanctum Sound in Boston. |
G3 Live yielded the Grammy nominated "For the Love of God." Ultra Zone yielded the Grammy nominated "Windows to the Soul" Both tracks |
 Steve Vai G3 |
 Steve Vai Firegarden |
 Steve Vai The 7th Song |
 Steve Vai Ultra Zone |
 Steve Vai Alive in an Ultra World |
 Steve Vai Merry Axemas |
| I met Steve Vai during the recording of Bangkok and the Fire Garden Suite. I was on a clinic tour, but was asked to record the tracks after Steve finally saw one of 3 video tapes I tried to get to him. It was fellow drummer, Jonathan Mover, who was Joe Satriani's drummer, that made the connection to Steve's manager, Ruta, for me. I really like playing Steve's drum orchestrations. For me, it was like getting a drum part from myself in the future. Fun Stuff!" - MM |
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 Annihilator Set the World on Fire |
 Annihilator All for you |
 Annihilator Jam |
Set the World on Fire, was Mike's 1st recording with a label supported band. He flew in at the 'last minute' to record the drums. Mike had not recovered a full 2 days from a bout with double pneumonia that put him at 115 pounds and nearly killed him. Only friend Neil Goldberg knew, but convinced him to fly and record. |
 Sal DiFusco Nevertheless |
Nevertheless is the 1st recording Mike did with Sal since...perhaps a live cassette recording of them at Sal's high school talent show in 1980. (That is of course if it was taped.) |  |
The drum mix on Great Exploits is the best one for hearing Mike's clinic kit on a recording. Recorded at Waltz Audio in Boston, and respectfully including Mike in the engineering process, the drums are ... simply right. |
 Mike Keneally Sluggo |
Drum! Magazine's W.Schnally refers to it as, "a piece that has turned Zappa's, The Black Page, white." There was an entire article dedicated to the polyrhythmic madness on the track. | Mangini refers to it as: "an extension of my relationship with Mike Keneally. To say humor is a part of that relationship is the 8th biggest understatement of all time. MK is like a jukebox of everything that can play it all " Eggzooming |
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