Mike Terrana: "Committing to FUN While Getting Paid For It!": The Rich Redmond Show: Ep. 152
Channel: Rich Redmond
Date: 2022-11-22

Mike Terrana

Mike Terrana is an American drummer, known principally in the hard rock genre. His first professional work was in 1984 with the Toronto Canada based rockers “Hanover Fist” (MCA records), after which he recorded and toured with various bands, playing various rock bands in New York State.
Between 1987 and 1997, Terrana was based out Los Angeles, and began working with Artists like Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather (Toto), Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), and Beau Nasty.
In 1997 Mike relocated to Europe, settling in Hamburg Germany, where he worked with such bands as Gamma Ray, Axel Rudi Pell, Masterplan, Rage and Savage Circus.
During the past two years Mike has been touring member of Tarja (X-singer of Nightwish) and recently recorded her second solo CD entitled “What Lies Beneath” for release in the fall of 2010. In 2012 -2014 Terrana recorded Tarjas “Colors in the Dark” and complied a 2 year world tour.
In 2015 Terrana recored a classical DVD entitles Beauty and the Beat” with orchestra
Recorded a self Entitled Rock CD "TERRANA "with his own 3 piece power Trio followed by club dates and Summer Festival appearances
Mike also enjoys playing music from the instrumental fusion genre and is currently performing many drum clinics around the world to support the release of his new book “Double Bass Cross Training”
Endorsements :
Remo Drum Heads, PDP Drums , Paiste Cymbals, and Vic Firth Stick


Things That Came Up: 
3:00 deciding to make videos during covid 
3:40 recording with Yngwie and MacAlpine
6:20 opening for Talas 
9:00 uncle gave him a Slingerland calf skin kit 
10:10 seeing Rush in a bar! Deciding to be a pro drummer in 1978
1981 seeing Terry Bozzio in 1981 
13:00 double bass versus double pedal 
13:5o online trolls 
14:40 playing the drums versus living FROM
the drums 
15:00 shooting music video on a paddle board 
17:30 500 push-ups a day 
20:30 4 minute HIT training app
22:30 owning 100 drum sets 
26:20 relationships and drumming 
35:13 the joys of travel 
37:00 drum clinics in China 
40:20 stick twirling and playing for non musicians 
43:40 getting paid to have fun 
44;30 studying electrical engineering in college 
46:00 numbers, taxes, ME, INC 
50:30 things to do to be successful on your first tour 
51:44 moms advice-“always do your best. You never know who’s watching” 
56:20 eat real food over vitamins and supplements 
60:00 food poisoning, meat and lactose intolerance 
62:30 The El Paso Connection 
63:40 the “natural” food and dairy in Italy 
71:00 upcoming instructional packages 
74:15 Tik Tok, the truth and 7 million views 
76:3o Terrifier 2

Follow:
FB: @miketerrana
IG: @miketerrana
TT: @miketerrana
www.terrana.com





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