Mike was always the kid with the radio! 

 

As a child, it was Mowtown and top 40 radio; as a teenager, Mike began listening to Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Kansas, Emmerson Lake and Palmer, and other hard rock and progressive rock bands of the era.  During Mikes years as a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts, he deeply expanded his listening, playing, songwriting, and compositional experience to include all forms of contemporary music.   During this period,  and from the greats of the era and of bygone eras, Mike began to vigorously study the art and craft of songwriting and composition; an activity Mike continued throughout the years.  

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Mike was always a drummer and a lyric writer, but added piano playing to his "skill-set repertoire" at Berklee College of Music and never stopped!  Playing piano led to the completion of Mike's ability to write, and after having spent many years developing his craftsmanship as a songwriter and composer has developed his own signature style. 

 

Mike's catalog of original songs and compositions encompasses a wide variety of musical genres.  Mike's writing has a strong sense of melody, meaningful lyrical content, appropriate song form and harmonic elements, and of course; rhythm.  Mike is especially adept at hook writing.  Hook writing is gold, and writing "the hook" is a gift Mike says he's blessed to have!

 

From 2005 to 2019, Mike disappeared into the Mountains of Northern New England, and while there lived an isolated but beautiful, organic, and productive mountain life!  During those 14 years Mike refined his musical artistry and built a very deep body of work, including approximately 200 original songs as well as the early scores for Mike's recently completed original modern rock opera.  Mike then built a commercial Pro Tools HD recording studio and began recording select songs from his catalog, including the 2 hour and 35 minute rock opera.  

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Mike's rock opera is in the final stages of completion and has an anticipated release of January 2027.