Biography

Michael is the owner of Yellow Sound Lab, a recording facility in the heart of New York City's East Village. Yellow Sound Lab serves as the musical home of Sesame Street (1969) on PBS, on which Michael plays drums and percussion, and is the music mixing engineer (11 Emmy Awards). Other YSL clients include: Submissions Only (producer, mixer,composer), PBS's The Electric Company (2006) (Emmy Award), Disney's Johnny and the Sprites (2005) (Emmy Nomination), ABC's One Life to Live (1968) (Emmy for Song Of The Year), AMC, HBO, MTV Movie Awards, Macy's and NBC. He owns the record company, Yellow Sound Label, for which he has produced albums for such artists as Chita Rivera, Alan Cumming, Jose Llana, Telly Leung and cast recordings of Matilda (Grammy Nomination), Big Fish, First Date, The Visit, Murder Ballad, Heathers, Nevermore, John and Jen, Fly By Night, Tamar Of the River, Fugitive Songs, Next Thing You Know, The Burnt Part Boys, The Shaggs, See Rock City and Other Destinations, Herringbone featuring BD Wong and many more. As a musician, Michael has played on many of the aforementioned recordings and is an accomplished performer. He serves as music director, drummer and guitarist for Chita Rivera, and is the drummer and co-arranger for Alan Cumming. He appeared with Florence and The Machine on Letterman in 2011 and he was the drummer for Concord Records Jazz vocalist Spencer Day on his 2011 Vagabond Tour. He is the drummer for the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close. He was the drummer for the hit Broadway show Avenue Q for 6 years and did the Broadway run and subsequent tour of Chita Rivera, The Dancer's Life. In addition, he's appeared in performance with such diverse artists/composers as Keith Lockhart, Jerry Goldsmith, Jesus Lobos Cobos, Jack Elliot, Wynonna Judd, John Legend, Elvis Costello, Miche Dichter, Randy Brecker, Audra McDonald, Don Rickles, Christian McBride, Kristin Chenoweth and Ernie Watts. Michael is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the American Federation of Musicians.
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