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In venues such as The Whisky on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California to The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, Michael has played thousands of live shows both as a solo artist and in many fine bands along with his select group of musical contemporaries.

A partial list of artists he has done work for includes Bruce Hornsby, Jane Child,  Jonah Koslen, Bill March, Dark Scarlett, Rick Matousek (BackStreet), Philip Bailey, Jerry Topinka (Les Paul, Al Green and Martin Taylor), George Yunis, The Cool Breeze Band, Rob Garuccio, Gilda Radner, Maria Jacobs, Terry Fairfax, Toby Packard (Swim with Piranhas), Rick Rasbitsky, David Cox (Dark Scarlett, Nitebeat and Short Vincent), J. Michael Huey (Joe Walsh, Glenn Fry), Mickey Pytel, Tommy Amato (Warrant, Rocket Scientists and Lana Lane), Tommy LiPuma (Miles Davis, Natalie Cole), Joe Butvin (Starfleet), Louis Hemsey (Larry Carlton, Tracy Chapman), The Mid Life Crisis Band, Darin King, J Calvin, Craig Seabourne (Aretifex), Dreams Unwind, Larry Kane, Judi Chevrolet (BackStreet), Lisa Howard (Dark Scarlett), Mike "The Mal" Maliszewski & Vern Hardesty, Jr. (On The Air, Dark Scarlett), Black Crowes and Vanessa Williams. 

Michael earned his degree in music performance from The University of Akron and plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar synthesizer, bass guitar, tuba and sings.