With a musical background in classical percussion, popular music, and electronic dance music, Mike has performed as a DJ with various hip-hop, electronic dance music, and noise artists in the Boston area, a drummer and percussionist for multiple bands and orchestras including the Portland Symphony Orchestra and the Maine State Ballet, bassist and praise band leader, keyboard player with New Hampshire rock bands, and co-founder of the chiptune music duo, The Attic Bits. As a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire (BM in Music Education) and Tufts University (MA in Music with a focus on Musicology), Mike is currently researching topics such as popular music and technology, electronic dance music, compositional methods of hip-hop production, 8-bit chipmusic and videogame culture, and the changing trends in hardware interface and software controller technology.