Why does Mike seem to use a lot of different ride sources, such cowbells, mounted tambourines, crash cymbals, etc?
MP: It’s definitely a conscious decision on my part to have as many options available as possible to best serve the music. It all boils down to my overall attitude of more is more. When it comes to a ride pattern, I don’t want to be confined to one thing. I’ll be thinking “Okay, I played the left hi-hat closed on the first verse, so I don’t want to go back to that sound. For the next verse, I’ll go to the right hi-hat played open, then for the chorus I’ll go to a crash, then a tambourine/ride combination in the solo section.” It’s a conscious decision to give each section a different flavor.
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