Pianomike began to play piano at the age of five and singing even earlier. At the age of twelve, he started writing his own songs and also playing keyboards. He has written close to a hundred songs and more than twenty instrumentals.
From May 1992 till December 1995, he has played with popular German dance band "Red Fox". From September 1993 till July 1996, he was keyboarder and harmony vocalist of rock band "Cheri Heat".
In the late nineties, Mike has been working more or less as soloist. From time to time, he has played with several other local musicians in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Just at the turn of the new Millennium, in 2001 Mike has released his first solo album "Pretty Girl".
From Jan. 2003 to August 2005, Mike was keyboarder and singer of the famous Southern Oregon show band "Zion Train". Since late 2004, Mike has been a member of the rock band "Hog Wild". In late 2005 Mike and 2 other members of Hog Wild (Dale and Lloyd) formed the trio "Incognito" and then reformed that same trio in Spring 2008 when Pianomike came back from Canada.
February 22, 2004 marks a special day in music history, as Pianomike performed in his own live concert broadcast to thousands of online users all over the world. Pianomike created the term "E-Concert", which is basically an online live concert. It was one the first official concerts performed "online only".
On December 27, 2005, Pianomike has released his second solo album, "Language Mix". This album includes songs in English, German and Czech. Also as of this date, all of Pianomike's songs are available for purchase as individual mp3s or whole albums in Pianomike's music store.
In 2008 and 2009 Mike has toured with Incognito and Hog Wild. He has also been working on his third solo album, which will be called "Sounds of love". Expected release date is sometime in 2010.
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