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Mike Terrana

Tarja, Masterplan

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Mike Terrana profile

Name:
Mike Terrana
Band:
Tarja, Masterplan
Drumming since:
1968
With MEINL since:
1997
Birthday:
January 21, 1960
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Place of Birth:
Buffalo, New York
Currently living in:
Hamburg, Germany
Favorite Food:
Italian
Favorite Drink:
Apfelschorle / apple juice mixed with sparkling water
Matched Grip or Traditional Grip:
Matched Grip
MEINL cymal series used:
Mb10
Favorite MEINL cymbal:
My Soundcaster 22" Mega Bell Ride
Car that you currently drive:
Don't have one, don't want one
Not counting on drums, what do you do for fun:
Lifting weights & Eating
Teacher:
Life experiences, people that are older & wiser than me
Drumtech:
Hille
Highlight of your career so far:
Played a solo drum show at the Masters of Rock open Air in the Cz Rep. in front of 20,000 people. Played a drum clinic in San Francisco with Steve Smith. At the end Steve and I played a drum solo together and we Traded 4's. I will never forget that, because I was SCARED!
Drumming strengths:
Survivor
Drumming means to me:
Drumming is like the air I breathe and without drumming in my life I would rather be dead!
Advice for up and coming drummers:
Be realistic and always give your best effort
How would you describe yourself:
A Crazy, Happy, And Sexy Guy! ;-)
When I look back on my life one day, I would like to be able to say:
That I did all I wanted in life, with only a few regrets and that the music I made during my career will remain back on this planet.

Generation X Attack Stacks Effect Cymbals

That Attack Stack is an interesting trademark sound that you can hear on many of the CD’s I have recorded in the past 12 years.

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Drumtech

Name:
Hille
Techs for Mike since:
2005
Other artists Hille works for:
Ventor (Kreator), Manne Uhlig (Lacrimosa)

Dates

  • September 04, 2010 - Poznan (Music Store), Poland

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  • September 06, 2010 - Neustrelitz (Shop 2 Rock), Germany

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  • September 07, 2010 - Dresden (Musikhaus Korn), Germany

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  • September 08, 2010 - Nürnberg (Musik Klier), Germany

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  • September 09, 2010 - St.Leon-Rot (Drumladen), Germany

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  • September 10, 2010 - Mainz-Kostheim (Dr.Drum), Germany

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  • September 12, 2010 - Ittervort (ADAMS Drumworld), Netherlands

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  • September 13, 2010 - Duisburg (G+G Music Shop), Germany

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  • September 18, 2010 - Salzburg (Key-Wi Music), Germany

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  • September 20, 2010 - Paris (La Baguetterie), France

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  • September 21, 2010 - Toulouse (La Baguetterie), France

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  • September 22, 2010 - Donostia (Music Megastore), Spain

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  • September 23, 2010 - Barcelona (Music Megastore), Spain

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  • September 24, 2010 - Marseille (La Baguetterie), France

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