Michael Alan Henderson

Wassup Family!!!! I set up this page to re-connect with some people that I lost touch with on the east coast since moving to California. Of course, to connect with some new folk as well !!! For those who don't know me - I'm a songwriter/musician from Amityville, NY who had the fortune as a young kid of having a neighbor who played drums for the Isley Brothers. Being allowed to hang out in the studio while the guys prepared for tours started the fire in me wanting to write songs and produce music. I studied Jazz Performance at Rutgers University in New Jersey and was extremely fortunate to study harmony and composition with Pianist, Kenny Barron. I also spent a little time at Berklee in Boston Mass. Throughout my childhood, college years and adult life I've been blessed to have been able to hang out, study, perform and break bread with some real cool people & a number of luminaries in both the Jazz and R&B worlds. Recently I wrote and played keys on a couple of tracks for Jazz Violinist-Michael Ward's "After The Kiss" CD. Most recently I started an indie label - Vital Sounds Music with my business partner, Michael Wells and my songwriting partner, Aaron Fletcher. Aaron is an extremely talented saxophonist from New Orleans who came to California to put some fire in the music industry. I co-wrote, produced and played keys/trumpet on the tracks per his debut project, Turn Up The Heat, due to be released in spring 2007. We also had some really talented musicians contribute to the project as well including: Corney Mims on Bass, Masa Kohama on Guitar, Sed Anderson on Drums, Dapo Torimiro on Acoustic Guitar, Canela Cox & Lori Edmonds on vocals and Tre Hardson - formerly of the rap group the "Pharcyde" came in & put it down. Ya'll can also check out either www.myspace.com/aaronfletchermusic or www.aaronfletchermusic.com.... Check out some of the trax and then "Holla at your boy !!!!" MyGen Profile Generator