Mike's Blog:
June 2010 -We begin our residency at Taco Beach in down town Long Beach (211 Pine Ave). I am playing there every thursday night. -Recording multi instrumentalist Ramon; Christian rapper, Joshua. Really talented artists. April 2010 -Preparing to score a new feature film. -Busy recording bands at the Rhythm Shop Studios. March 2010 -My music can now be licensed through www.audiosparx.com/michaelkobayashi -Marry Me Judas' new EP is available at http://www.marrymejudas.com/ Feb 2010 -Just finished a song using my Danelectro Cool Cat Pedals http://www.coolcattone.com/ courtesy of my friend Steve Ridinger! Check my Guitar Section under Cool Cat. -Rhythm Shop News: We are done recording Marry Me Judas' CD. There will be a CD release party at the Crest in Torrance, CA on Feb 27th. The songs sound awesome. -Thrash legends, Insecticide, is almost done with their new album. We are finishing the mix stage; then it is off to be mastered. -Mourning the loss of Syndicate XIII drummer and close friend Dan Munio. -Diggin' my new Riot pedal by John Suhr and my new Scumback M75 speakers. Nov/Dec 2009 -Scoring short film "Shop on Third" by director Keith Lamont. -Start recording south bay band Intensity. They have opened for Warrant and will be opening for the Motels at the Brixton in Redondo Beach. -We are in the mix stage of Insecticide's new album to be released sometime early next year. -Produced a song for Marry Me Judas called "Awake" that was used as the entrance music for MMA fighter Kengo Ura in the Pancrasse tournament in Japan. Oct 2009 -Cutting some guitar tracks for my friend XL Middleton http://www.xlmiddleton.com/ -Finishing up tracks at the Rhythm Shop for Insecticide and Marry Me Judas Sept 2009 -I am producing the new album for Insecticide. We are almost done recording vocals. Brian, awesome guitarist, used my Custom Audio Classic Plus for his leads and it sounds awesome. -I am producing four new songs for Marry Me Judas. It is gonna kick ass. -I just got two new pedals from Danelectro to try out: Transparent OD V2, and Drive V2. So far they sound awesome. Much thanks to my bro Steve at Cool Cat Tone! Aug 2009 -Thrash legends, Insecticide, start recording their new album this weekend at the Rhythm Shop -Marry Me Judas also begins work on some new songs later in the month at the Rhythm Shop July 2009 -Thrash legends, Insecticide, hit the Rhythm Shop studios to record their next album. -Start pre-production on the film score for Keith Davis' upcoming film "Midnight Train" June 2009 Just recorded south bay power metal band, Prelude of Fogotten Dreams and finished recording a twelve song demo for CMP Covers. May 5, 2009 We just finished recording Marry Me Judas. Their tracks kick ass. You can check the mixes out at www.myspace.com/rhythmshopstudios Just finished some demo guitar tracks for producer Ruckus for actor Terrence Howard's new album. April 17,2009 I am in the pre production stages of recording a great new band called Marry Me Judas at the now open Rhythm Shop Recording Studios. April 7, 2009 I just finished recording a producing a demo for Color Perfect. Hear it at www.myspace.com/colorperfectmusic March 12, 2009 My music can be licensed through Pump Audio. February 10, 2009 I am currently in the process of recording a demo for CMP Covers, a great South Bay cover band. Check out their MySpace site. |