• In The Beginning...
• Training...
• Experience & Awards...
• Assets...
• Hear Michael Solo...

Michael grew up in Hollywood,
Florida. When he was very young,
Michael used to play with toy
guitars, pretending he was a rock
star. His parents bought him his
first guitar when he was about 8
years old, but Michael started 
actually playing guitar at the age of
9. 

Training...

For 6 years, he took lessons at
ASM (Associated Studios of Music)
and learned how to read/write
music and won several trophies and
awards for his talents; yet, the kind
of things they teach in a classroom
are not always what you hear in
real life or on the radio. Since it
was often repetitious and
uninteresting, he left ASM and took
some private lessons for a year.
Eventually, Michael decided to
teach himself and that’s where he 
learned to play by ear and picked
up some sheet music to help him
learn to play many styles of music.
With all of his musical influences,
he knew he would find rock music
to be most enjoyable. He knew that
lead guitar was what he wanted to
do.

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When Michael was about 15 years
old, he started writing original songs
and competing in competitions of
which he won many awards. He was
also playing guitar with local bands,
filled in for other band’s missing
members, and recorded demos and
originals in a studio environment,
which is also where Michael learned
how to run the recording equipment
and get the right sound out of
recordings. Michael also played with
a few country bands and later joined
the FCMA in 1998 where he won
“Instrumentalist of the Year” and
the “Band of the Year” awards. 
Michael also adds a little bit of the
following instruments into his
experience, bass guitar, drums &
keyboards, and multi-track 
recording, which in turn, gave him
good experience in sound overall.
Michael learned how to run sound
for other bands when he was 
younger and he takes pride in the
complete sound of a song, not just
in his own instrument. Michael has
also been providing multi-track
recording for singers and other 
bands in the studio in his house.
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Although Michael plays many styles
of music, his heart is in rock
because it is challenging and
rewarding. With rock music, he is
able to play loud or soft, happy or
sad and adds so much feeling into
the lead guitar solos that he can
make the crowd feel whatever the
song is saying - without speaking a
word. Michael never adds “fluff” to
any song. He puts a lot of thought
into each note he plays and adds
just the right amount of effects to
fit the feeling of each song. Michael
says playing music makes him feel
better no matter what mood he is
in and he states, “Music is exciting
and fun and I would like to help
other people to enjoy themselves
and feel the chill of emotions like I
do.” When Michael met Linda, he
thought they would be a good
match because Linda adds the
same kind of feeling and emotion
into her singing/song-writing as he
does. They immediately began
writing original rock music together
and in December 1999, they moved
up to the Central Florida area to
begin a new original band,
“Misstaken.” Michael is continuously
learning more about music by
reading and learning how to run the
latest equipment out on the
market.

Hear Michael Solo...
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