Michael started taking classical guitar lessons at the age of 12 taking after his mom who played and sang a little around the house and during family gatherings . By then his guitar cases was almost bigger then him. carrying the instrument to school and back was a long half a mile journey, but well worth it . His mom always encouraged him to play and practice everyday threatening to stop the lessons if he did not put in the effort and time needed , which he did . He got his first real electric guitar a red Yamaha strat copy, after the death of his godfather Victor in a sad truck accident in the suburbs of Montreal. By then Music had become very important in his life, it became a close friend . After high school Michael opted to study guitar more seriously in college . He discovered the blues and from there never looked back . “Clapton was the main guy , I always admired his playing and soulful singing , I think I saw him for the first time on David Letterman’s late night show where he was belting out Before you accuse me with his iconic Black stratocaster ,nicknamed “Blackie “ I pretty much gave up listening to every other style of music and focused entirely on the genre .Learning as much as I could from all the greats . The first real blues concert I saw was Buddy Guy in Sherbrooke Qc , He blew me away, he played and sang with such ease and emotion . Connected with the crowd . “Buddy is a very charismatic performer and no one can be indifferent to that . He pulls you in ,with his black and white polka dotted stratocaster as a weapon .He just kills it every time ! I saw Collin James with Collin Linden on bass during those same years . Floored again by those two ! I had no clue who they were but enjoyed there music tremendously . From then I listened to Jeff Healey , the legendary blind guitarist from Toronto . Stevie and his brother Jimmie Vaughn ,Hendrix , BB king, Freddy king ,Robben Ford , Albert Collins , Robert Cray and the list goes on and on .......

More recently Michael Moved to Austin Texas to pursue his musical career . “I spend 4 years there and still can’t explain everything that happened to me . One thing is sure I did learn a lot . There is something in the air , it’s a very musically inspiring city. I had to stop playing for almost two years after a repetitive motion guitar related injury. Those were the worst years of my life . I always used the instrument as a way to express myself , not being able to pickup the guitar was more then I could handle . I think moving to Austin helped . I rebuilt my chops slowly and started gigging downtown Austin a few years later..... In Austin i met Tommy Shannon , saw Jimmie Vaughn performed a bunch of times at the Continental club and Antone’s. Met Sue Foley at Cboy’s heart and soul . It’s great city to catch intimate live performance from big and rising stars . Lately I’ve been living in Tennessee , a few minutes south of Nashville working on my vocals and songwriting chops .Nashville is kinda like Austin, there’s so much music in the air . It may sound silly but I’m a little like a radio sometimes I can pickup those frequencies . I recommend the visit to every music lover , you’l get what I’m saying .