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Mike Harvey

About Me

A few things about me:I was born in Gary, Indiana.I once toured with Seal (MISTER Heidi Klum!) as his background singer.I've lived in New York City for over 16 years now singing on commercials,records, and various other projects for film and TV.I got to sing on Luther Vandross's last album, "Dance With My Father."I've traveled all around the world and have been to the UK, parts of Europe, South Africa, and Australia and I really want to go to Asia but haven't been yet.When at home, I'm very much a home body.I may be full of contradictions but I'm not full of @%&!!!I'm on a Grammy Album of the year, "Two Against Nature" by Steely Dan. In fact, I'm on TWO Grammy-winning albums!I'm a Taurus.I've also produced and arranged other people's music and I write my own.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/3/2007
Influences: in no particular order: Stevie Wonder, Prince, Donny Hathaway, the Beatles, gospel music, Radiohead, Steely Dan, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Edwin Hawkins, Stephen Sondheim, Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Led Zepplelin, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Portishead, Luther Vandross, Patti Austin, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Parliament, Funkadelic, Dr. Dre, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, the Jacksons, William Orbit
Sounds Like: Me Dammit!
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

New reel for 2009

Just got an edit of my new reel for work and I'll pop it up here REEL soon. Get it? REEL soon!?!?!
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:56:00 GMT

Happy '09 everyone!

Obama's about to be in office and it is a new year and a new time!  I switched a few of the songs on myspace to give you different flavors.  Most notably, I got to sing background for a Kay Jewelers...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Chevrolet Traverse commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZEVsB_0PkE Hey everyone, I decided to post some recent things that I'm on, including this Chevy Traverse commercial that appeared during the Beijing Olympics!...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:11:00 GMT

Almost like the ole days

Yesterday, I got to work on a session with A LOT of great singers! Tawatha Agee, Jerry Barnes, Dennis Collins, Neal Coomer, Lisa Fishcher, Kyle Gordon, Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle, Lauren Pritchard (...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:55:00 GMT

It’s been a minute...

Hey y'all. I just shaved off my mohawk and I'm getting settled in my new 'hood! Will write soon with an update. Hope everyone's having a great summer.
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:16:00 GMT

The Love Guru

Hey, hey hey! I got my TV unpacked, up and running and I turn on the telly and I am starting to see promos for the new Mike Myers movie, "The Love Guru." It's premature to say, because a lot of film ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 12:54:00 GMT

Gnarls Barkley is SICK!!!

I'm already a HUGE fan of their music/thang! But I tell ya, Cee-lo rockin' the pompodour wig on Saturday Night Live this past weekend sent me over the edge! That performance literally healed my flu....
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:04:00 GMT

Wack weather has me waning

Waking up from sleep AGAIN entirely too early and either I have hella allergies or I’m coming down with a major bug. But it is ALL good! I signed a lease for my new space earlier yesterday; Th...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:44:00 GMT

This is what happens when I drink a couple of glasses of wine:

I end up sleeping really well FOR ONLY A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME! So I’m now wide awake at this ungodly, pre-dusk hour. Maybe it’s also because I have a house guest that I haven’t got...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:10:00 GMT

Doing SNL

I frequently get hired by NBC to do off-camera vocals for Saturday Night Live. This may involve "beefing up" vocals that the actors/comedians perform during the sketches or opening monologues. That m...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:52:00 GMT