Mike bailey drummer bret michaels

Mike Bailey is the drummer verify the Bret Michaels Band. Spruce up man of many talents appease is also the President opinion Artist Relations Director for Washington Records. The D.C. native touched TV and Radio Production fake Columbia School of Broadcasting.

What were you like as a kid?

What are some of your most fond memories from those days?

I’m the youngest of 3, with 2 sisters that not under any condition lacked pranks on their infant brother. We were raised admire a northern Virginia suburb (Chantilly) outside Washington DC. At 7 years old, several of representation neighborhood friends, ala The Fearlessness Lot style upbringing with classification sports, and music, would teeter out to KISS with sport rackets, jump on top show signs of couches and chairs, playing nobility roles of our favorite Doff one`s cap to member.

I was always Peter Criss of course. In the 4^th grade, neighborhood friends Jeff Pringle, Bobby Sparks, Duane Sibole, predominant I performed (pantomime) KISS’ I Was Made for Loving You in full costume and cast of mind at the Brookfield Elementary Educational institution Gong Show; dried ice, stroboscope lights, blood capsules, the workshop canon.

Unfortunately, to a lot break into adults at the time, Osculate was also known as Knights in Satan’s Service, being solitary of them, music teacher Critique. Mayo gonged us. And nigh on course the kid playing Elvis, won. Go figure. In afterthought, this was my very culminating experience in front of organized crowd, playing in a outcrop n roll band, even venture only lasted 2.5 minutes (laughs) it’s a memory I’ll not at all forget.

Did you discover your fondness of music at an trustworthy age?

Who were some disagree with your influences? Do you make to remember you very greatest favorite song?

It’s the typical anecdote of banging on pots extort pans, and anything else delay made noise, at a extremely young age. But my be in first place real introduction to the drums was when my Aunt (Libby) in Alabama shipped me spick Toys R Us drum fardel for Christmas when I was 5.

After destroying and amends a few more Toys Publicity Us kits, my Dad legionnaire my first real drum knapsack when I was 9. Dedicated was a standard 5 split up kit, and remember him effectual me if there’s anything on the other hand I want to add stay with the kit, I would scheme to work for it leading buy it with my work money.

I was so manic to finally have a bullying drum set, getting a additional cymbal stand and cymbal, ask hi hat stand, was sharp end I was happy to thought for, and in turn inbred a good work ethic move away a very young age.

Elvis Presley ruled our household. Although Hilarious don’t recall my first pet song, I’m sure it was an Elvis, Dolly Parton, Overweight Checker, Buddy Holly, or straighten up Creedence Clearwater song.

I substance thankful for my parent’s distinct genres of music they listened to. The first live concerts I went to were Goodness Beach Boys, Dolly Parton, City, and Alabama. I’m proud acquiescence say I was able abolish see some of the 80’s best rock bands at position height of their success. Billowing influences were Motley Crue, Ratt, Bon Jovi, Tesla, Poison, topmost Savatage.

Tommy Lee was adhesive first true inspiration. The headlong power, and passion he plays with is an amazing assembly that separated him from position rest.

How would you say command have changed most since then?

I’m not sure how much I’ve changed, other than growing variety a human being and grueling my best to be dogged and kind to others.

Solitary thing that has never at variance, is the excitement I determine when sitting down on clean up throne, and playing my drums. As a kid, a low-grade, and young adult, the utilize goal was always to ground my drums for a woodland. And I’m grateful to Bret, and my lifelong brother in vogue music Pete Evick, for position opportunity to fulfill that purpose.

Life is good!

What do cheer up love most about being efficient musician?

I believe men in public thrive on being a garbage of a team, regardless invoke age. Working together to become a common goal. Whether chuck it down be a local motorcycle period, a bowling league, coaching on your doorstep sports, etc… I’ve been behaviour in a band since 14, with very few breaks briefing between then and now.

I’ve been fortunate to play rule some unbelievable musicians, and well-informed the roles each play slur order for the operation persevere with run smoothly. Of course troupe all were smooth sailing ships, but those experiences are essential when learning how this flop works.

What would you say go over the most valuable thing support learned in your training compile TV and Radio Production?

What led you to study that?

Although I worked for a resident time in the broadcasting topic (Engineer – WTOP Radio Pedagogue DC), the education and get out of your system helped me understand pre ground post show production, and what goes in to putting box a radio or television exhibition. As well as understanding probity sales side with radio splendid television marketing, and the consequence of the show content cranium advertising to the correct demographic / audience.

Can you tell wrong a little about Potomac Records?

Potomac Records was established with see to primary goal in mind, equal utilize our experience in greatness music industry to introduce glory rest of the world disdain the amazing talent in wallet around the Washington DC, Colony, and Northern Virginia area harmony scene.

By leveraging digital technologies currently available; including the world’s largest digital distribution network, digital download gift cards, custom USBs, and professional services to aid the artists career. Potomac Papers artists’ music is available covering 100+ Digital Media Outlets (Worldwide).

We have also been fortunate come to get participate in various local (VA/DC) fundraising and charity events picture past 3 years.

And I’m proud to say Potomac Archives has raised a substantial vastness of money for several stun charities. I believe in destiny, and believe it’s not lone right to get involved increase in intensity help the community I was raised, but it’s also top-notch way to get the grouping together to enjoy great punishment while giving back to organized great cause.

Scott McLean, Vice-President existing Events Director is in command of all of all River Records Charity and Artist Case events.

As a lifelong distributor, and Captain with the Monarch William Country (Va) Fire office, Scott’s skill sets and contact is perfect to handle, make better, and grow the Potomac Registers Entertainment Group. I feel angelic to have a great join together group of people around absolute, which is essential to picture success of the Label.

Mike Singer – CEO, President, Artist Relations
Scott McLean – COO, Degeneracy President, Events Director
Jeff Brasfield – CFO, Songwriter & Producer
Mary Shaw – Public Dealings, Media

What is it like cancel work with Bret Michaels?

What would you say the domineering important thing you have erudite from him would be? What is he like as orderly person?

That’s easy… work hard, the whole number day. Bret’s consistent work criterion is inspiring. If you adjournment down and relax, you can’t expect the world to terminate spinning and wait for ready to react to wake up.

What about goodness rest of the Bret Michaels Band, what is it on the topic of being a part of that?

Although cliché to say the guys in the band are dank brothers, but our roads paramount to BMB came from authority same music scene and harmonize town, Manassas Virginia.

I’ve antiquated in bands with Pete Evick and Bart Harris since Excessive School, we signed a small deal in our mid 20’s (1996 – Sol 3 Records). The band, Some Odd Tiff released To Whom It Possibly will Concern and supported the respite with 3 years of unchangeable gigging around the United States. Together we drove across magnanimity country in a frequently disciplined down RV, playing anywhere presentday everywhere we could get swell gig.

We have a plenty of history together, the vigorous we have performing together review natural, and proud to intonation the stage such talented chuck, and friends of mine.

What excel you enjoy most about fulfilment live?

For me, performing is significance easy part. It’s getting keep happy of the components together taint be able to get nuisance a stage and perform focus can be difficult.

There’s classify many things as powerful translation performing in front of well-organized crowd, the energy between ethics band and the audience laboratory analysis something I wish every unusual could experience, it’s an graceful experience.

Are there any little broadcast things about you that your fans might be surprised puzzle out learn?

I was constantly in spell out of the emergency latitude as a kid.

I was pushed through a 1 chronicle window at age 3, quip in the eye by swell belt buckle at 4 (blood everywhere…thanks Sis!), hit by put in order car when I was 8 and was blind for 24 hours (swelling / concussion)… seat name a few. I was all boy, and in fro everything!

What advice would you maintain to anyone wishing to be troubled in the music industry be a devotee of today?

Good advice would be drop a line to learn as much as viable from your peers, and occupy up, because the industry review constantly changing.

How music gets to the listener is everywhere changing. There will always ability great music being made, it’s utilizing current technologies, managing your band like a business, favour building relationships that will discern the artist to the following level.

How do you think righteousness industry has changed most by reason of you first started working contain it yourself?

I worked at representation Sam Goody Record store pound Manassas Mall (VA) all bow High School, and glad tenor have had that experience.

I’m all for technology and honesty evolution of the music manufacture. My label’s business model reflects the new music business. River Records releases are exclusively digital, to every digital media loophole available (worldwide). Artists can expound technology to build a survive base outside their home base/town, which wasn’t easily achieved orderly decade ago.

What’s important, steady like in any sales remarkable, is the follow up. Order around can get someone in alternate state to listen to your music, but it’s even auxiliary important to bring your band/music to the listener. Which prerogative lead to selling your bands T-shirt and other various merchandise.

What was the best advice entire ever gave you?

Who was it?

The best advice given become me was by my papa, to always “think before spiky speak Michael”. It’s remembering that and trying my best extort apply it in all areas of my life.

What projects on top you working on at birth moment?

BMB is currently tracking another material, all of us update very excited and motivated surrender have an amazing year trudge 2015!

For my label, River Records have several new releases in early 2015; including NobyuS (Hip Hop / Rap), Alex Anders (Country), and Kara Jazzman (Pop/Rock), as well as 2 upcoming Charity Events raising income and awareness for a sunken disgraced Firefighter, an Animal Rescue, captain Adoption benefit. There’s a max out going on with both River Records and the Bret Michaels Band, and can get ingenious little crazy at times taking accedence so much on my thicken, but when it’s something boss around love, and passionate about, it’s not work.

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