Opening for LIFEHOUSE at the Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH (6/12/06)
Mike is a dynamic solo-acoustic musician from Cleveland, Ohio. With a soaring, uniquely beautiful voice, and melodies that will for sure send chills down your back, Mike captures audiences with his engaging live performances. Inspired by artists Tim Reynolds, Howie Day, and Joseph Arthur, Mike incorporates the use of a technique called "looping" or "sampling" that happens LIVE by adding layers of sounds, finally creating the presence of a full band. You'll be tapping your feet when Mike cuts phat beats (yes, phat...) live on-stage to accompany his songs. Although still relatively new to the music scene, Mike has shared the stage with many national acts including: Pat McGee Band, Ari Hest, Matt Wertz, Mat Kearney, Jump (little children), Lifehouse, Tim Reynolds, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Virginia Coalition, The Samples, Jack Johnson, G. Love and Special Sauce, Blessid Union of Souls, Evan and Jaron, Matt White, ZOX, Michael Tolcher, Rusted Root, Collective Soul, Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing), Cary Brothers, The Clarks, Ernie Halter, Josh Hoge, Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe), Mason Jennings, Blue October, Carbon Leaf, Red Wanting Blue, Oval Opus, Mieka Pauley, The Argument, Down Dexter, Broken Social Scene, The Damnwells....Be sure to keep your eye open for big things from Mike Genovese in the future....you know it!
Photo by Danielle Long, 2006
**Pat McGee (and band), Stephen Kellogg (and Sixers), and Mike Genovese @ the House of Blues - Cleveland (5/3/06)...singing "Stuck in the Middle with You".
