A drummer by study and experience Michael branched out to embrace synthesizers, keys, guitars and learned the ins and outs of self producing high quality audio in his home studio, ESP Studio. Drawing on influences as diverse as Weather Report, Soft Machine, Patrick O'Hearn, Indian classical music, seminal rock of the 60's and early 70's, Michael wrote and produced his first CD of ambient, downtempo, acid jazzified New Age music.