Mark Maigaard is drummer with the brash bohemian rock outfit Louis XIV. He got piano lessons in the first grade. The drummer considers it invaluable to his timekeeping career:

“The piano is a percussive instrument but it’s also melodic. Piano lessons taught me rhythm and that definitely helps me with playing drums today. With the guys I play with now, I understand the songwriting of it, and that’s how I got my style of drumming. I’m really a songwriter’s drummer, so I’m not overplaying."