Inside The Brain of Mike Mangini | Talking Brains
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In this episode of Talking Brains, I took a deep dive into the brain of Mike Mangini, discussing his science-inspired system "Rhythm Knowledge", his incredible improvisation methods developed in "The Grid", and his current projects with Dream Theater.
Talking Brains host Andres Canales-Johnson discusses fundamental questions of life and the human mind with thinkers of diverse and unique backgrounds, from the whole spectrum of the arts and sciences.
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Mike Mangini| Our guest
Mike Mangini is a prolific musician, composer, and educator. He has a musically diverse background containing over 60 awards, including the Grammy Award (2022) in the category of Best Metal Performance for “The Alien” by Dream Theater. He was a faculty member at Berklee College of Music for 11 years where he mentored and inspired a whole new generation of drummers and musicians. Mike has been in many television shows, DVDs, magazine and social media articles, gear products, and thousands of TH-cam videos. Mike is the creator of "Rhythm Knowledge", a system allowing musicians to improve any perspective and/or training skills by understanding how people work, how the mechanics of what we want to learn work, and how the components in each of the environments we aim to be a part of work. In his own words: "I made the Rhythm Knowledge system to help myself and others grow their talents and not waste them simply because they didn’t know how to nurture them. That’s as simple as it is."
Andres Canales-Johnson | Our Host
Andres Canales-Johnson is a brain researcher at the University of Cambridge (UK). His main research focuses on the neuroscience of human consciousness from a biological and philosophical perspective - including phenomena such as perceptual ambiguity, visceral perception, pathological consciousness, and learning during sleep. Although he is the author of more than 30 specialized scientific articles, Andres is currently interested in the dissemination of inspiring conversations about the human mind on the "Talking Brains" TH-cam channel.
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Inside the Brain of Mike Mangini | Relevant Links
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I love the Talking Brains intro not only because my favorite drummer played it but because it just fits the upcoming cognitive psychological discussion
Mangini!!!!!!!
Thank you, Andres and Mike, for a thought-provoking insight into the creativeness process. We appreciate it !
Mike is one of the best drummers of our time hands down. I do find him a bit OCD and nuts, however. Love the guy regardless of his cerebral demons.
He is so smart and intelligent
The thought of Mike being hit by a football player is hilarious. 😂
I don't think I've ever heard a musician at the absolute top top top summit level explain every thought in their head step by step while they're playing. Its amazing what he's able to convey. For instance when I play doubles on the bass drum, I could not sit there and audibly say heel up, ball down, heel down, ball up, repeat. Its one thing to be able to do it and another to describe it and at his level its amazing. I'd be cool to see him break down an entire DT song like that.
This is a great way to really understand how Mike thinks and also get ideas how to use his books . Ty
awesome
Loved the whole thing. Listened to it through, but I have a really hard time at extracting information about anything Mike says and learning from it.
I don't know why, but I have the feeling that he is withholding information, lessons and tips all the time, which makes his knowledge very inaccessible to all who have not studied RK1 and 2 (like me).
I get that one should not spoil the contents of ones work, because one earns money by selling the books.
But at the same time, the only way of promoting your book is by advertising it (and you have to give away some of its contents). I also know that income isn't Mike's primary objective, though.
For future interviews I would suggest a more guided interview (although I get it's not the format you're after).
I'm sorry to leave this downer of a comment, but I've been following Mike's videos and music for many years. I think of him as one of the GOATs in drumming.
I also have this impression. I've seen many interviews and written text by Mike in regards to his technique and one thing he seems to be very good at is telling what he doesn't do and the reasons for that. But at the same time, he doesn't tell what he does either. Or he tells everything about what he does without saying what it actually is. It's almost like you're playing 20 questions with him. By comparison, I've seen Benny Grebb's drumeo lesson and The Art and Science of Groove and, the stuff he mentions comes directly from that DVD, but you have a more thorough explanation in it.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino Couldn't have thought of a better example than Benny Grebb
to me it sounds like SGI buddhis 3000 worlds in a min. theory.
Replying to the individuals who think there is to much explaining and diallog going on. Mike, most likely knows that. But when you start doing the exercises and process the info, I find myself going back and listening again when I run into a roadblock.
25:00 I don't agree with that statement at all. Whenever I hear Mike talk about how he does things or stuff regarding his technique, I always feel he's picking the things he wants you to know rather than offering the knowledge as is for people to decide how they should approach it. In a sense, he's talking a lot but not saying much.
The most boring and robotic drummer ever.
I love the depth of detail he goes into while creating a supportive framework of the piece.
For us OCD types, it's one of those relief triggers when Mangini absolutely NAILS a unison run with JP, JM, and JR.
Also, hearing him attempt perfection in time might be robotic and boring to you, but for us weirdos, it's intensely satisfying to experience.