Uploaded November 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Online educator and clinician Mike Johnston began playing drums at the age of five, and he studied privately with some of the greatest educators of our time, including Peter Magadini and Steve Ferrone.
At the age of twenty-one, Mike received a major-label record deal with his band Simon Says (Hollywood Records) and spent the next five years touring the world. He received a gold record for his contributions to the Varsity Blues soundtrack and has appeared on The Late Show and MTV's Fashionably Loud.
Mike currently runs the educational website mikeslessons.com, where he offers pre-recorded videos as well as real-time online lessons. Each year he hosts multiple international drum camps at the mikeslessons.com facility.
November 18, 2012 at Juanita High School in Kirkland, WA.
Online educator and clinician Mike Johnston began playing drums at the age of five, and he studied privately with some of the greatest educators of our time, including Peter Magadini and Steve Ferrone.
At the age of twenty-one, Mike received a major-label record deal with his band Simon Says (Hollywood Records) and spent the next five years touring the world. He received a gold record for his contributions to the Varsity Blues soundtrack and has appeared on The Late Show and MTV's Fashionably Loud.
Mike currently runs the educational website mikeslessons.com, where he offers pre-recorded videos as well as real-time online lessons. Each year he hosts multiple international drum camps at the mikeslessons.com facility.
November 18, 2012 at Juanita High School in Kirkland, WA.
