Join renowned educator Mike Johnston as he chats to Drummer’s Review interviewer Ollie Winiberg about his career and what to expect from his looming performance at The Europe Drum Show 2025. Hit play for LOTS of laughing! Mike will be at The Europe Drum Show all weekend in his education room, as well as performing on the main stage on Sunday 30th March 2025….don’t miss out, grab your tickets now from: https://www.theeuropedrumshow.com
02:10 – This or that
04:57 – Fighting a curtain
11:00 – Influences
13:50 – The main stage
19:00 – Is sight reading important?
Mike Proudly Plays…
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BIOGRAPHY:
Mike Johnston is an American drummer and educator from Folsom California. He currently runs one of the world’s largest educational website for drummers, Mikeslessons.com, where he offers live and pre-recorded drum lessons. He also hosts 10 drum camps each year at the Mikeslessons.com studio in Folsom California.
At the age of 21 he received his first major label record deal with his band Simon Says and spent the next 6 years touring the world. During that time, he received a gold record for his contributions to the Varsity Blues soundtrack and appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman as well as on MTV’s Fashionably Loud.
Mike left the touring world behind in 2006 and has focused solely on education ever since. Teaching and performing in hundreds of clinics and drum festivals around the world over the past 14 years including the Meinl Drum Festival, P.A.S.I.C., The UK Drum Show, The LaBag Show in Paris, and countless others.
Mike is the only drum instructor in history to be featured on the cover of the 4 major drum magazines (Modern Drummer, DRUM, Rhythm, and Drummer UK) as well as iDrum Magazine and SA Drummer.
Awards
2013 – DRUM Magazines award for educational website of the year- (mikeslessons.com)
2016 – Modern Drummer Readers Poll winner for educator/clinician of the year.
2020 -Modern Drummer Readers Poll winner for educational website of the year (mikeslessons.com)
