Mike's Blog:

Jan 2012

-"Crave" by Alex Wong was released and is available on iTunes and Amazon.com    It features a rap by XL Middleton.   I am also writing a new song for Alex.

-Now a featured artist on the AudioSparx music licensing site.

-Composing a theme for "Asians on Film" website and gearing up to score 2 short films.

-Working on some cool new stuff with my friends over at Snark Tuners and Danelectro Effects

Dec 2011

-Writing and producing a song with Alex Wong from So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol.   Look for it in early 2012.

-Recording at Stagg Street Studios with the free jazz ensemble, Apocalypse 5.

Oct 2011

-Playing for Xotic Guitars/Basses/Effects at Alva's Music in San Pedro.

-One of my songs is being used on a tv commercial in Hawaii.

-Playing Taste of Soul with Moniquea.    We're sharing the bill with Johnny Gill, Naughty by Nature, Doug E. Fresh

Sept 2011

-August was a busy month.   I did a lot of consulting work for my friends at Snark Tuners.   New products on the way!!!

-Finished the score to Scott Ericksson's thriller "Nakamura's Addiction"    What a great film to score.   It is gonna shock a lot of people.

-Doing some session work for Middleton Studios.

-Starting rehearsals for the Rick Hollander Trio.

July 2011

-Prepping to score Scott Ericksson's thriller "Nakamura's Addiction"

May 2011

-gonna be doin some work with amp guru Roy Blankenship.

April 2011

-workin on some new products with my friends at Danelectro

-Giggin with XL Middleton opening for Mellow Man Ace

-in rehearsals for the Rick Hollander Trio

Feb 2011

-Giggin all month with South Bay Allstars

-Doin a show at Good Hurt with XL Middleton

Jan 2011

-Now a member of the Rick Hollander Trio www.squidstew.com

-Waiting of the final edit of "Bad Space" to begin scoring.

Oct 2010

-Getting ready to collaborate with former Slayer drummer John Dette on the "Bad Space" soundtrack.

Sept 2010

-Collaborating with session bassist, Rick Hollander and some songs

-Getting ready to score feature film "Bad Space"

Aug 2010

`No longer at Taco Beach

`Giggin with XL Middleton

-Promoting the new Snark Tuner www.snarktuners.com

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.