Michael is known world-wide as an acoustic finger-style guitarist. His love and crafted skill for the guitar has placed him at the top of several contests. In 2002, Michael was a regional winner in Guitar Center’s Guitarmageddon contest. Michael joined 7 other regional winners at the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio to fight for the title of Nations Best Independent Guitarist. In 2004, Michael and his original song “(the only good) Fire Ant…” won second place in the instrumental category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards in Hollywood, California.
Michael has been teaching guitar lessons for a over 20 years, but never had intentions of owning his own music school. “When the opportunity presented itself, I though to myself “How can I pass this up!?’ so now, here we are” stated Michael.