Mike graduated from C.W. Post College in the ‘80’s with a B.A. in Music Education. He studied classical guitar and voice and performed with many of the college’s vocal groups in venues like Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall and a tour of Europe. Throughout college he was an active solo and duo performer playing all the popular wine and cheese café’s throughout Long Island. After graduating he decided to build a business career starting with what has to be a guitar player’s “dream job”. For seven years he worked for J. D’Addario & Co. (the world’s leading maker of guitar strings and musical accessories) as sales and marketing manager. Among his responsibilities were endorsee relations where he got to meet the most influential guitarists around – very cool.
In the summer of 2005 he became more involved with the music scene on Long Island’s East End by performing regularly as a solo act at many of the wineries on Long Island’s North Fork. By 2007 Mike decided to expand his solo work into a trio setting as well adding Doug Morrow (a long time band mate from Rocky Point’s St. Anthony’s folk group) and Scott O’Hare (a musical friend of Doug’s and original bassist for the Trio).
The groove and harmony began and the trio – Mike, Doug and Miranda – is now gigging in many directions – sweet.
Mike considers himself an acoustic guitar “junkie” with a small collection of beauties.
