Michael Welch is a drummer, author, producer, content creator. In 1984, Welch studied with Elvin Jones, Allen Ginsberg and Robert Frank. His work was influenced by music, text, photography, film and video. That manifesto continues in 2026 at the age of 76.
United States
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Description: Illegal Radio is my first record as a leader. I recorded the song Phone Home. I used (3) three sticks. Two sticks playing the continuous up and down 16th/32nd note high hat pattern with a mandolin roll. I used one stick to play the two and four backbeat on the snare drum and floor tom. Since this 1984 recording, I abandoned using the ‘Mandolin Roll’ as I’ve developed a better mousetrap for playing 16th notes. This was very early in my Q4T playing. I was happy to pull it off.
