MIke Mangini Tip on Discipline.

I’m a very nice person. But I’m still surprised this guy won the contest. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wanted to learn how to play King Crimson's Disciplin ;-) But this was even more: Learned a lot, and yes, its a technique you can use in other regions of life. So its truely a philosophical question - how to find and manage new ways! Its not your Enemy, its your starring partner you dance with!

Given his smiling face and demeanor, you would never know that this man is one of the most badass drummers on the planet: The percussion warlord, commanding chaos with each strike, awakening the fury of ancient storms that echo in the very fabric of space and time.

his English is as beautifull as his playing

You're brilliant Mike! Thanks, as always, for your knowledge and inspiration.

What I would like to know is, say that your practice space only consists of you, your drumsticks and your snare practice pad set-up, how are you able to transfer the idea of 'I'm about to get to the end of this 100th careful repetition of a rudiment and now something else' when your options are that...limited?

Truth W Mike and lang is there extreme practicing kinda wipes out their personality when they play imo. Players like cris kontos machinehead Jimmy chamberlin brain primus manu katche all have plenty character when they play. I personally feel manginj and Thomas lang lack character imo

This is great Mike! I used to practice 15 hours a day and loved every minute! Keep Rockin'! 🤘🤘

I remember the super disciplined practice you would do sir...

Hey Mike. What's the best hairpiece glue? No soul in your playing. That's the most important thing. Sterility in feel is the kiss of death. That's your main projection sterility.

He’s drunk ;)

Dear Mike…. You probably won’t read this ;)
But Mike I’m not a great natural memory guy on drums. I can’t remember (when there’s a lot of changes) past the first three or four bars so I MUST practice!
You are so right! The only way I can get through a somewhat complex tune is to do it over and over and over and over until it just flows.
100% great advice Sir.
The trick is to keep the feel and character flowing after having laboured over a piece for a long time.
;)

Or, you could count the number of times you can play the exercise in a minute, and then compute how many minutes you need to play it to reach your goal. Then, just play it for that number of minutes.

Tought it was Ozzy at first!! :p

Reminds me of Stick Control, where you're instructed to repeat each exercise 20 times without stopping.
Maybe there's a reason why mr Stone omitted that you should also do that 20-rep at least 20 times 😅
Thanks for the tip 😊

I remember seeing you with Steve Vai on The Ultra Zone tour,how many times did you practice triplets with one hand while eating marshmallows?

You gott'a put the time in. You can't improve just because you want to improve. You have to practice and learn. It's hard work. You have to want it, a lot.

Or: Playing a 4 quarternote pattern at let's say 60 BPM means 15 reps every minute. 3000 reps means 200 minutes. No counting.

crap?!

Laberhannes.

I always think of my future self, he will be happy I practiced.

You drummer👎👎👎

after 30+ years of playing the drums i realize that the most amount of time i 've put into music is all about repetition. You can learn the swing pattern in ten minutes but it takes a few years and a million reps to actually "swing" .

This is a fantastic tip .Thankyou Mike

Universal blessing ☄️❤️

Hey Mike been watching you I'm new on the instrument

I opened the video to learn about how to face life! I'm happy to say, this is a one of the top motivation and advices I've ever got!

Love it Mike! Great advice!! 👍

Yeah, I practiced without counting for years. One of my mentors encouraged me to count for a while....ALSO to slow down the metronome. He gave me some crazy exercises to learn. My coordination and independence is insane now. I can hear poly-rhythms like mad now. I'm also just a nut for drums and nearly every type of music--especially Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Metal.

However, learning the pocket stuff is more important in the beginning. Depends on the learner's interest and where they are in the moment of the journey. Drumming discipline calls for relaxation of the mind. Great point on that Mike Mangini. Took me 20 years to get down on speaking my voice through the drums. :)

Your great dedication to your craft and the sacrifices you've made to become the amazing musician that you are, benefit us the fans of the great Dream Theater.
You do the hard part, the work.
We do the easy part, we listen and are amazed.
Thank you!

Vinnie Colaiuta once said, "thought is the enemy of flow."

Breaking out of autopilot and focusing your attention on a singular thing or activity is consistent with mindfulness meditation. Only instead of focusing on your breath as most mindfulness practitioners advocate, you're focusing on movements. The discipline to prevent your thoughts (and in this case, count and cadence) from wandering is intense. Pretty soon you start looking forward to doing something that once frustrated you.

Quite frankly I find this guy overrated.

When they asked ole Keith Moon the loon if he was counting time?
He replied: "Now what fun would that be?" 🤘😎

Is that a rack snare!? 🤔 😮 😁

Hi Mike - my biggest enemy: breathing (or rather very irregular breathing while playing). Any ideas?...

Thanks mike as the hours approach 40,000 hrs and we have OUR minds drift....TALENT IS OVERRATED book is great..deliberate practice...and it was great watching ya sweat to death at hi point in st.louis when A/C was out...thanks for the yrs Michael 💥💯 that was about 12yrs ago haha I'm sure you remember that small place for drum headquarters

True words of advice regarding who are enemy is. I really liked the assigning of cymbals and toms for where you are in the count.

Thanks for the free exercise. Just doing 10 strokes on the snare and switch hitting is tough enough.

One of the rarest musician in the Heavy Metal scene that can open your mind about what you are doing. He is "the Professor"

Thanks for this 🙏

Counting to 100 was challenging, especially # 77. 😮 I actually remember my lesson talking about this. Miss you, Mike! Tour onward! 😊

You are my hero

Hi Mike! You Scary Creep! 🤣😂 I'm KIDDING! You are so scary good. You Friggin' Machine! Only Love, Mike. 😍🤩❤

Love this❤

It's a Bad Larry Zildjian!!!

Love ya, Mike!!!

The real destroyers of the natural habitat of the animals are humans.

As always, thank you Mike. You are a true inspiration to both me (your age... 1961 birthdate) and my grandson whom I just started teaching to play ( much younger than us. 2002 birthdate ). That in itself speaks for the longevity of your playing. I mean, 40 years between us, and we both list you in out top 5 playing influences! So again, THANK YOU!