Michael writes his own lyrics and music and performs them with class and style.

 

 Michael has been making music for over 4 decades and his songs and eclectic style has brought great pleasure to his many followers. His musical style is melodic, smooth and warm feel good kind of music that seems to bring his listeners a smile. However, Michael can turn the tables and bring a tear to your eyes just as easily.

 

What about that voice?

His vocal style features a broad range of baritone to soprano, soft and subtle to strong and operatic that always keeps the listener interested in "what comes next". He has been compared to Roy Orbison, BJ Thomas, Michael Crawford, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Josh Groban and even American Idol's Clay Aiken.

Michael displays this vocal range especially well in live performances and has people wondering if he is lip-sinking to other artist's recordings or is actually performing live. He dispels the skepticism by changing the words and using audience member's names in various songs. Within the last few years Michael has stepped out of the spotlight a bit to work on building an original music catalog. Today his CD album count has grown to 27 and his prolific music production keeps this figure growing at an amazing rate.

 

In the Beginning

Michael’s musical roots date back to a boy of 5 years old who learned to play a piano at his Grandma’s house by ear. "It was easy, just listen to the melody on the radio and match the piano notes to the song that was playing." Michael thought anyone could do that.

Later he learned to play the guitar the same way and taught some friends to play guitar along with him. In High School, he had his own band and by his junior year, they had cut their first of what would be many records. Singing came just as easy. "Just sing what you hear in your head. I guess it helps not to be tone deaf but seems like anyone could do it."

Well the truth is, not just anyone can do it. Michael has a gift and he uses his gifts to make beautiful music and now beautiful artwork as well.