Keyboard tracking & Producing. Electromagnetic keyboards, Hammond A100, acoustic piano, accordion, Moog, Roland etc. I produce recordings, compose, track keyboards and do sound design and scoring work for $200

My New York City work space has a full compliment of vintage analog keyboards, classic mics, tube + solid state preamps, analog along with an extensive sample library.
Over half of the 80+ artist recordings that I have played on as a keyboardist have been recorded remotely from my space in NYC.

As a sideman for other artists, Michael has toured/recorded/performed with; Amos Lee, Fred Wesley (James Brown), Oliver Wood (of the Wood Brothers), the Magpie Salute (Rich Robinson and Marc Ford of the Black Crowes), Ryan Montbleau, Zephaniah Ohora, Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly, Biagio Antonacci, Art Garfunkel, Jump Little Children, Norbert Leo Butz, Wheatus, Teddy Geiger, Howie Day and Euro pop star Giorgia. Michael's national TV appearances include - The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America among others and has tracked keyboards for The Wonder Years (2021-22 TV series). On the commercial side of things I have had music licensed by CBS, HBO, Fresh Air with Terry Gross including having played Hammond behind Alicia Keys on a Nike spot. I have produced commercial work for Pfizer, Novartis, Full In Partners, Bang Music NYC, Cut Music LA, Fluid NYC and Jud Crane.

Keys. Hammond A-100, Wurlitzer 200A, Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73, Rhodes Stage 54, Yamaha studio upright piano (doubles as a felt piano), Moog One, Moog Sub 37, Hohner and Scandalli accordions, Clavinet D6, pump/reed organ, Fender Contempo Transistor organ, Roland Juno 106 and Fantom XR, Mellotron M4000D Mini, Nord Lead 2x, Indian/English harmonium, Hohner Organa, Hohner HM-36 & Suzuki Melodicas

A large assortment of analog/digital outboard effects (Moog, Strymon, FullTone, Neunaber, SansAmp, Red Panda, Electro-Harmonix, MXR, Dunlop and Boss). A substantial collection of plugs and sample libraries including Slate, Soundtoys, Brainworx, Waves, Spitfire Audio and Native Instruments.

Mics. Neumann U87 (2-both mid 1970s), Neumann KM 84i (2-both 1973), Royer R-121 (2), Coles 4038, Beyerdynamic M160, AKG 414 B ULS (2), Placid Copperphone, Electro-Voice RE 20
Sennheiser 421-U5 (2)

Preamps. Manley Dual Mono, API 3124+, BAE 1073MP Dual Channel , Universal Audio 2-610, Manley Core Channel Strip
JoeMeek TwinQcs (early version), Compressor/Limiters
Distressor EL8X (2), Manley Core Channel Strip

System. Pro Tools running on Apple, up to 192k, Genelec 1031A monitors, RME 802 I/O + A/D converters