048 – Giuliano Mingucci: Drum Mic’ing 101, Absorbing Styles, Playing to the Song, Working With a Producer

Giuliano Mingucci was born in Brazil but has spent almost his entire life in Kansas City, MO. He started playing professionally in high school and since then has been a member of Kansas City’s most beloved bands including Bixby Lane, The Barclay Martin Ensemble, and David George & A Crooked Mile. He attended college at The University of Missouri-Kansas City, but chose to get a degree in audio engineering rather than music performance. He has since made a name for himself around the region as a go-to in either discipline, and sometimes both.

In this podcast, Giuliano talks about:

How the jazz of his hometown and the Brazilian music of his family heritage has shaped his playing

Being the house drummer in a cabaret bar

Playing in a band with broad stylistic influences

Giving a producer musical control of an album

How drum tuning, room acoustics and drum mic’ing should be connected

Relying solely on drumming vs. having mulitple sources of income

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