Mike grew up in East Brookfield, a small town in central Massachusetts. He had always loved music as a kid, but when he first heard Jimi Hendrix he was hooked. Around 1996, he picked up his dad's old hollow body Epiphone guitar, and taught himself how to play by listening to some of his favorite artists. After a few years he started writing his own songs. He first started recording his songs around 2000, and he has been writing/recording ever since.