Mike and Dave are 40 something musicians who have come together to talk about how music and the arts have driven their lives and families. Mike, a Queens New York native with a ”regular job” as a Tradesman, is married with 2 children and cats. Dave, a Brooklyn Born Queens occupant with a ”regular job” in Radiology, a wife, son, and a dog. They have known each other for the better part of 20 years but only peripherally. Recently they have found common interests and a kinship for art, music, gaming, and family life.
Long story short: Two guys complain about music and their families.
All content for Mike & Dave Hit the Stage is the property of Hitthestagepodcast and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Mike and Dave are 40 something musicians who have come together to talk about how music and the arts have driven their lives and families. Mike, a Queens New York native with a ”regular job” as a Tradesman, is married with 2 children and cats. Dave, a Brooklyn Born Queens occupant with a ”regular job” in Radiology, a wife, son, and a dog. They have known each other for the better part of 20 years but only peripherally. Recently they have found common interests and a kinship for art, music, gaming, and family life.
Long story short: Two guys complain about music and their families.
Remember the plastic masks with the tiny eye slits and a coin slot to breathe through? we look at some great Halloween and horror songs.
Halloween 2025 playlist
How do you remember Ozzy Osbourne? The Prince of Darkness? Or is it the bumbling dad on the reality show "The Osbournes"? Founding father of hard rock and heavy metal., we look at his unmistakable legacy, for better or for worse.
Remembering Ozzy Playlist
There has to be something wrong with us! making a garbage 90's reference into a playlist, like some sort of out of touch, middle aged... No, this actually makes sense.
What's up, Man? playlist
working late at night is a completely different world and experience. Time doesn't function the way you expect it to, there are long gaps where you think so much time has passed and the hands on the clock are stuck in place. The kind of women you meet at 3am are not the kind of women you want to admit to having met, and the music hits differently before sunrise.
Working the Night Shift playlist
whose idea was this? oh, that's right. Mike and Canadian Mark had the genius idea to make us listen to AOR. don't know what AOR is, come and listen to find out.
AOR BS playlist
Why? How? When? These are some of the stupidest questions we will answer this week. do you believe in aliens? do you think they've been in contact with us? what's with all the butt stuff?
Storm Area 51 playlist
How many times are we gonna do 80's lists? apparently at least 3 so far. The decade gave us so many great songs that it bears rehashing and exploring again and again and again.
80's part 3.... we think? playlist
Is there something in the air? Something in the water? What is it about Florida that makes people lose their minds? Bath salts, the gators, the sun, who knows what causes it.
Florida man playlist
Singles are one thing, but there is something about a complete album that is pure magic. Sean Jumps in for Mike to go into why LPs with their side A and Side B are just a better way to experience music
What happens when you outshine the original? When you cover a song, and put your own spin on it, do you ever imagine it overshadowing what came before it? Sean jumps in for Mike on this very special episode.
Covers that are better than the original playlist
Barefoot on stage? are you mad? some people can't give the same performance with a shirt on, feeling like they're being held back. some people don't wear shoes. here we look at these interesting people and their unique on-stage fashion choices.
No shirt, No shoes, No Service playlist
does one recommendation lead to another? One good song reminding you of another classic song or band.
if you like blank, then you'll like blank playlist
this is where the hatred takes root. Where we voice our distaste for some truly horrible bands and songs. Are we just doing this to annoy each other? Absolutely.
Let the hatred flow playlist
Have you ever tried to lift one of these things? you'll blow an O-ring trying to get it out of the trunk if it even fits in there. It's amazing how much crap we have to lug just to be the easily ignored. and bass solos are not cool!!!
It's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car playlist
How much more different can you take? I say "take it all" we have stuff you would never expect from us. with stories to add to the weirdness and a record amount of time spent on the first song.
and now for something completely different playlist
Music from around the world and it sounds just as sweet in some cases. in other cases its a just another bag of garbage in a different language.
International Incident playlist
Why would you name yourselves that? How could you think that would fit the musical style you chose? This time we look at bands whose names don't fit them at all really.
Wrong Band Name playlist
There's something about how a song can make a movie feel all the more immersive. The way it can take hold in your mind and etch a permanent memory, something that can never be erased. An image caught in time.
Movie Soundtrack classics playlist
There's something special about the last song, it's finality of the artists work. it may very well be their last song. you never know. we look at how artists choose to end their albums. is it with a sense of hope, despair, rage, or something more introspective?
last song on the album playlist
Mike and Dave are 40 something musicians who have come together to talk about how music and the arts have driven their lives and families. Mike, a Queens New York native with a ”regular job” as a Tradesman, is married with 2 children and cats. Dave, a Brooklyn Born Queens occupant with a ”regular job” in Radiology, a wife, son, and a dog. They have known each other for the better part of 20 years but only peripherally. Recently they have found common interests and a kinship for art, music, gaming, and family life.
Long story short: Two guys complain about music and their families.
