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By age fourteen Mikal Blue knew every lyric, chord, melody and harmony to every Beatles’ song. His obsession with music inspired him to purse a music career at an early age. By sixteen, he was playing the tough North East of England club circuit. This original band “Mundane Tuesday” was recognized as the youngest band to make the final four of the televised “Band of the North” competition.
After graduating The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) with honors, Mikal left England for a solo tour. After performing primarily in the Greek Islands and Austrian Alps, he decided to purse his career in the United States. Mikal eventually settled in Aspen, Colorado, forming “The Trip Boys” that became the resident band at the infamous China Club. During this time, Mikal signed his first record deal with Alesis after winning first place in their nationwide song contest with his composition “Only One”.
Mikal continued to develop his songwriting skills quickly becoming an accomplished songwriter in the film industry. Film credits include songs for Adrian Lyne’s film based on the Nabokov novel Lolita. Mikal also wrote and produced music for Songs for the Cassavettes, an independent film about the late nineties punk movement.
Mikal eventually formed another band “Opium” and signed to A&M Records. After Seagram’s purchase of A&M, Opium’s A&R was replaced. Mikal then joined forces with “Porno for Pyros” Peter DiStefano. Together they formed the band “15Mg” and signed yet another recording agreement with Immergent Records. Mikal and Peter’s partnership spawned another band “My Enemy Death,” with band mates Corby Jordan and Justin Knox received a great deal of label interest. Currently, Mikal is working on his solo album produced by “Five For Fighting’s” Curt Schneider that is signed to Immergent Records.
Mikal’s love of collecting vintage musical instruments and recording gear grew into a Costa Mesa, California recording studio where he worked with artists such as “The Offspring” and “Save Ferris”. He quickly outgrew that studio so he expanded to a 2,000 square foot studio he named “Revolver Recordings” located just north of Los Angeles in Thousand Oaks, CA.
In addition to an impressive selection of instruments, Revolver Recordings contains the highest quality vintage analog and most current digital equipment. Just a few pieces of unique gear housed there are the classic Neve 8128 and Studer equipment used to record many Grammy winning records including Mikal Jackson’s Thriller. Revolver Recordings is also equipped with the latest high definition Pro-Tools digital recording gear and digital workstation including top of the line Protools HD Accel 3 with 32 discreet inputs and outputs to the console. The studio also provides mixing and mastering services and is 6-channel capable.
Just a few of Mikal’s recent clients include “Five For Fighting”, “Fleetwood Mac,” Peter DiStefano’s (“Porno for Pyros”) solo album for Sanctuary Records, “The Offspring,” “Cock Robin,” “I Hate Kate” and Desmond Child for services on the American Idol vol. 4 album. Within the last year, three bands Mikal produced received major label recording contracts including DreamWorks recording artist “Limousine” with Interscope Records, “Augustana” with Epic Records and “Republic” with Columbia Records.
