Mike has mixed Front of House, monitor, stream, and broadcast audio for a number of headlining bands and artists, venues, and houses of worship. This includes plenty of tour & A1-level experience on just about every major modern digital audio console, and experience in deploying and operating large-scale sound systems. Mike is also a licensed amateur radio operator, with strong interest in and familiarity with modern RF technology, including wireless RF devices and frequencies used in live concert sound. He has confirmed two-way contact with all 50 US States via HF radio, and many countries in Europe and elsewhere, using a 92ft horizontal ZS6BKW antenna strung between three trees.

Feel free to contact Mike using the form on this website, or the details at the bottom of this page.

Services Offered:

Front of House and Monitor Mixing

RF Coordination and Deployment

Audio System Setup and Maintenance

Technician/Repair Work

A/V Cable Pull and Termination

Soldering & Speaker / Electronics Repair

See below for some photo highlights of Mike’s past tours. All tour credentials pictured are no longer valid.

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2019-2021 tour photos

flying over Nashville - just before landing

typical casino carpet

flying from Twin Falls, ID to Salt Lake City

mixing monitors for Eddie Montgomery

sometimes, our line of work leads to views like this

one wonders why this warning is needed…

when you forget your suitcase on the bus, Jake gets to come along for the ride to pick it up

Grundy, VA

Cook’s Garage in Lubbock, TX. Very cool place!

my mobile office

getting some work done in the Sky Club, and pretending I’m not secretly taking pictures of people’s dogs

our flight flew right over the Pentagon

Not many people get to watch Styx this close!

Second time I’ve met Tommy, great guy as always!

M3 Festival in Maryland

the back side of the rotating stage at M3 with the main curtain open for set change

getting my RF frequencies from the RF coordinator, and accidentally a picture of him

Great White’s new blow-through backdrop

I definitely enjoy working on newer desks like the S6L

I hung all of these acoustic panels during a church install in Kentucky

when Covid lockdowns shut our industry down, I kept the bills paid by delivering freight

I’ve done the rodeo in this building with 38 Special, and came back with Great White to play outdoors at the same location

When a tornado hits and you have no power for over a week, but you have a generator, you get creative when the clothes need washed and dried

My last office before Covid lockdowns started, somewhere in the far northeast (Connecticut, perhaps?)

packing a bus trailer is always a delicate art

me with Joe Kaiser, sound man for acts such as ZZ Top and Nickelback

wiring another install job for Roman A/V

here’s me mixing Great White at the pre-cruise party for the Monsters of Rock Cruise in Miami

when the lead singer asks if you have any lithium batteries for his wireless mic

my home studio is coming along (very) slowly but surely

always a fun challenge to mix the larger venues

REO Speedwagon

Great White opening for REO Speedwagon

would have been cool, but we didn’t all fit…so, a couple of us rode back over the US border with Night Ranger (equally cool)

Cannafest in BC, Canada

NAMM trade show in Nashville, I was mixing audio for the Gibson booth

I found the Great White coffee at NAMM!

Summerfest in Milwaukee with Robert Randolph

sometimes, the show gets rained out after a couple of songs

the hammock nap is a staple of summertime touring

a relatively genius system whereupon the PA system rolls into place for the concert, and then into sheltered, lockable storage afterwards

one of the cleanest sounding digital desks I’ve ever heard, the Yamaha PM series

wiring your own DB25 connectors is always fun

this is actual footage of how sound engineers feel mixing FOH at a large show

my very first mixing board ever, the Phonic Helix FW MKII

2018 tour photos

over the winter I built these hanging shelves and organized my garage work space to prepare for my new CNC woodworking machine build

A nice ambient shot of my modded Soundcraft Ghost in the dark

Always good to see Night Ranger!

An Alembic replica bass I picked up from a relative of mine, and my somewhat rare John 5 signature telecaster with boat paddle headstock

I found this giant fish sculpture funny at our venue in Wyoming

Who would have thought they had a nice venue like this up in Wyoming??

The trailer pack (it never seemed to go the same way twice…it was my first run with Robert Randolph so we did the best we could)

Robert Randolph tour 2018

A different but still space-efficient use of trailer space

Salt Lake City, where I met a guy who was bummed that our show was sold out (he was a nice guy, so I guest listed him and it made his day)

Telluride, CO

I hiked up to this frozen waterfall in Telluride before our load in that day

Frozen Waterfall in Telluride, CO

Telluride, CO

After a great New Years Eve show in Telluride, our bus broke down multiple times on the way to the Denver airport to fly home. We ended up getting an Uber!

A show I mixed for Robert Randolph at a brewery in New Orleans

Watching a band I’ve always been a fan of, Simplified, who happened to be on our cruise to Cozumel, Mexico

Not a bad chariot for a few days of gigging

I had a blast mixing Robert Randolph & the Family Band on the outdoor pool deck stage on our cruise ship

Another shot of the pool deck stage

I got a surprise call to mix monitors for a live show and broadcast of Post Malone with special guest 2Chainz

The carnage of beer cans after the Post Malone show (can you guess who the sponsor was?)

Mixing the TV broadcast for the Woodmont Baptist Church’s Sunday service

Always a good time testing gear with my friend/associate Howard (monitor engineer for Night Ranger among other things)

Steamboat Springs, CO

Robert Randolph played the season closing day of the ski resort in Steamboat Springs, CO

The show was a big party!

I got the rare chance to mix two theater productions of Little Women at the Capitol Theatre in Lebanon, TN

Here’s our guitar tech Tim firing up the power washer to clean our backdrop

2017 tour photos

Austin City Limits 2017 (I did sound for State the State Farm tent)

ACL 2017

Carl Davino, FOH engineer for Night Ranger, doing his thing

Carl always seems to have a great mix!

A guitar and bass belonging to Jack Blades and Brad Gillis of Night Ranger

Night Ranger needed someone to drive their backline truck to Massachusetts. Normally I do sound but they’re great work and hang with, so I drove the truck for them.

I mixed this rather unique show for Big Smo in Crossville, TN

Helping out with production at the Presbyterian Church in downtown Nashville

Mixing rehearsals for Rex Brown at my former workplace prior to his upcoming run through Germany

The man, the myth, the legend

2016 tour photos

First show of the year on a Midas

Here’s a good shot of my monitor world on the Lindsey Stirling summer 2016 tour

Antelope has finally released their vintage EQ effects for my Orion 32+ interface!

Some outboard effects we carried on the Lindsey Stirling tour

Lindsey Stirling setup

Vance Powell obliged me with a photo at a gear expo event

A closer shot of the Lindsey Stirling stage setup

We played this festival in Canada

Canada had quite a crowd!

Lindsey played the same stage as Snoop Dogg at a festival

Day off in Virginia Beach, never a bad thing

Virginia Beach

Here’s my monitor world from another festival in Canada

I believe this was at a festival in New York City (we didn’t play this stage)

My Venue Profile, a Digico SD10, and Third Eye Blind’s SSL Live console

The view behind our venue in Interlochen, MI

The stage we played with Lindsey Stirling in Interlochen, MI

An empty festival grounds as we prepared for sound check

Lollapalooza artist credentials

Lollapalooza in full effect

We stopped at the Mall Of America on a day off

We played two nearly identical theaters in Canada like this

Hard hat rules are strictly enforced in Canada

Lindsey Stirling and opening act Carah Faye’s drum kits

I’m relatively sure this was Portland, OR

Here’s the other Canadian theater

Artist bus, Crew bus, and our semi truck

A unique and amazing concert hall

So much wood!

Pacific Ampitheater in Costa Mesa, California

My monitor world with a packed house in Costa Mesa

We got the chance to play this awesome winery in California (Mountain Winery)

Here’s a shot of what Lindsey’s production looked like for the fall tour, which I didn’t work but I caught a show as they stopped in Nashville

Lindsey Stirling Fall 2016 tour

A nice clear shot of my monitor world. Venue SC48 with Shure wireless and some other nice outboard gear

2015 tour Photos

Mixing monitors for 38 Special at the annual Sturgis, South Dakota Motorcycle Rally…instead of applause, hundreds of Harleys fire up their motors between songs for a thunderous roar of approval!

2015 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally at the Buffalo Chip

38 Special Rockin Into the Night in Sturgis

Some interesting contraptions in Sturgis

We had enough time on a day off to stop at Mt. Rushmore!

The Crazy Horse memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota

South Dakota is beautiful riding country in the summer, but I wouldn’t want to survive here during the cold winter!

Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota

A very cool custom guitar that was created for Don Barnes of 38 Special

Don Barnes, frontman and original singer and guitarist for 38 Special’s late 50’s Les Paul Junior that has rocked thousands of venues throughout the years

My monitor world for a casino show in Nevada

Gary, Barry, Spartacus (my nickname from the bass player, Barry Dunaway), Mr. Whoopee, and John’s adventure to Lake Tahoe on a day off

The Scenes of Lake Tahoe

The Scenes of Nevada outside Lake Tahoe

The oldest bar in Nevada, where we ran into the promoter for our show and he was very kind to cover our hefty bar tab

Finally we have a decent bus!

The owner of Pickle Head’s Road House in Pennsylvania let us drive his awesome offroad vehicle

Pickle Head’s Road House in Pennsylvania

We showed up 7 hours late to a show in New York due to bus trouble. The show went on as scheduled, 15 minutes late!! Great local crew made this possible.

38 Special 2015

A 38 Special summer 2015 show

38 Special bus

This dude in Texas spent big bucks for 38 to play his back yard

Doing what I love

A casino show in 2015

A rare far upstage shot of 38 Special’s stage, facing the audience

The bus broke down less than 50 miles from home

Woah nelly!

I can now safely post this pass since it’s several years outdated

Sidelining an arena football game in Cleveland with 38 Special

A great view outside a venue

We had some great outdoor shows!

We played shows big and small

Brantley Gilbert Guitar World

A historically great combination

Construction on a mountain road was holding us up so our bus driver, Darin (great guy) stops for a smoke

Hank Jr, proud facilitator of the loudest semi circle of monitor wedges known to man

Did a show with Hank Williams Jr. and 38 Special

Hank Jr’s guitar rig featuring a large number of watts

Bocephus himself

I caught a side-stage view of Hank Jr’s set which was loud but good

Hank Jr. in all his glory

Caught this view on the bus to the next show

I believe this was in Massachusetts (the green room of the venue overhung the ocean and had this awesome view)

Our guitar tech Sethro looking like a drug mule at the airport

We obtained these straw hats at some point along the way…

Enjoying a day off in Vegas

A gig out in wine country (California I think?)

A great shot for a random tour photo

These are posted backstage at the happiest place on Earth

I had a fairly awesome bus guitar rig including my korean Fender Showmaster QMT HH, a Kemper Profiling Amp, and a Korg Micro Cube

French Food Festival in Louisiana (the food was insane)

Gary Moffatt of 38 Special’s view of a street festival

Noah Hungerford, LD and drum tech for 38 Special, does some great lighting work

A typical summer day on the 38 Special tour

We got the chance to do a show with Three Dog Night and I believe Foghat

My simple, utilitarian monitor world for 38 Special

Must be nice to not have to tow a trailer, huh?

Sethro acting crazy was a regular part of daily life

Somewhere cold

My monitor world, M7CL with Sennheiser EW300 G3 IEM systems. I was lucky that this band only used wedges for guitar fills!

A decent sized indoor venue

PM5D out front

Lita Ford co headlined a show with 38 Special, which was kick ass

My monitor world, vacant but seeing the signal from our mics as Lita Ford performs

Lita Ford kicking ass and taking names

I love scenic bus rides

Beautiful views across the USA

The annual 38 Special Christmas photo of band and crew

Myself, my lady, and the guys from Exile

My lady and I along with 3 Doors Down

Putting the guitars to rest in storage for the winter tour break