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Mikey Chan

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About Me


Born into a musical family, Mikey Chan has been playing guitar, composing, recording and touring around Australia & Overseas for over 15 yrs. Mike's eclectic style of guitar playing denotes his mixture of Papua New Guinean, Asian and European heritage.
Mikey Chan is known as a session guitar player & colaborator for DJ FLAGRANT, PHRASE, Daniel Merriweather, LOTEK (Roots Manuva), Momo (DIAFRIX), Unknown Productions, Choi (TRU LIVE), J.Skubs (Jackson Jackson / Crooked Eye Productions), DJ Nick Thayer, UNIVERSAL Records, MARLIN Records and has appeared on productions such as MTV (Total Request Live), 'Sunrise' (Channel 7), The 2007 APRA Awards as well as soundracks for film and television.
In concert, Mike has opened for or played with acts such as Rahsaan Patterson, Basement Jaxx and more...
Mike is currently playing guitar &/or composing with acts such as PHRASE, K-O, Nick Thayer, Lotek (UK), Candice Monique & The Optics, Corynne Debelle (UK), Nadee (Diafrix / Blue King Brown) Clare Whitcombe and Jammination.
Vote for CANDICE MONIQUE & Band on TRIPLE J Unearthed and & support new & original music.
Go to www.triplejuneathed.com/CandiceMonique !
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/11/2006
Band Members:

CANDICE MONIQUE & The OPTICS:

Candice Monique: Vocals (Professor Griff, Digital Primate)
NADEE: Vocals (DIAFRIX / Blue King Brown)
Lucas Taranto: Bass (Renee Geyer, Gotye, Mia Dyson)
Clare Whitcombe: Keys (Dirty York, The Hat Band, Jupiters Child)
Ivan Khatchoyan: Drums (TRU LIVE, Cookin on 3 Burners)
Mikey Chan: Guitar
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MILANO EXPRESS:

Milan Perkins: Vocals & Fender Rhodes
Enzo Ruberto: Double Bass
Ivan Khatchoyan: Drums
Mikey Chan: Guitar
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NICK THAYER GROUP:

Nick Thayer: Decks, effects & weirdness
N'Fa: Vocals
Phil Binotto: Percussion
Charlie Brondalino: Bass
Mikey Chan: Guitars
John E Vistic: Vocals & Guitar
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JAMMINATION:

Steve Lowry: Vocals & Bass
Matt Bray: Drums & Vocals
Sydney Preece: Tenor Sax & Vocals
Tarko Sibbel: Alto Sax
Adrian Shaw: Trumpet & Keys
Mikey Chan: Guitar
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Phrase - Hold On(Accoustic) - Live on Sunrise

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Also check out Mikey Chan performing "Hold On" with PHRASE for a LIVE to air performance on MTV (Total Request Live)

***Keep an eye & an ear out for MIKEY CHAN guest appearances***

Influences: LEO NOCENTELLI, Herbie Hancock, AMP FIDDLER, Jeff Buckley, BILAL, John Legend, JOE MESSINA, Raphael Saadiq, TISZIJI MUNOZ, Johnny Greenwood, Bill Frisell, ERYKAH BADU, Anthony Hamilton, JILL SCOTT, Wes Montgomery, Stevie Wonder, LARRY YOUNG, D'Angelo, Sonny Sharrock, Jurassic 5, PJ Harvey, Woody Shaw, Square Pusher, CURTIS MAYFIELD, Albert Ayler, Public Enemy, Mcoy Tyner, Marc Ribot, ROBERT WHITE, Martin Luther, Fishbone, BOOTSY COLLINS, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, DONNY HATHAWAY, MACEO PARKER, BINKY GRIPTITE, EDDIE WILLIS, Tony Williams, 24-7 Spyz, Earth Wind & Fire, Bjork, NILE ROGERS, Wayne Shorter, Vernon Reid, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Fripp, Bob Marley, Pat Martino, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Charlie Hunter, EDDIE HAZEL, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Charlie Christian, Jaco Pastorius, Tom Waits, CORNELL DUPREE, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Harris, THE METERS, Ronny Jordan, Al Green, Carlos Santana, Billy Bauer, John Frusciante, Lennie Tristano, Adrian Belew, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Wayne Krantz, The Roots, James Carter, Grant Lee Buffalo, JIMI NOLEN, David Fiuczynski, Thelonious Monk, ERNEST RANGLIN, James Blood Ulmer, Prince ... Two turtle doves AND A PAR-TRIGE IN A PEAR TREEE!!!
Sounds Like:
a fish sandwich...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

What the?!

If you've been traveling throughout the city a bit you may or may not have noticed the TAG Heuer campaign for their range of watches featuring different celebrities wearing a watch & posing the qu...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:55:00 PST

An amazing week!!!

What a HUGE week its been!!!Monday: Had a great day of listening to music & practicing guitar. Dropped into the booking agent & handed in all the remaining paperwork for the festival gig on Su...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:12:00 PST

Nasty Stuff

I dropped into the pub to join my compadres. Milan & Steve were playing there & were already in full flight. I said my hellos, had a couple of drinks & settled into one of the couches... S...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:38:00 PST

New Guitar! New Toy!

Yes this is my new guitar. It comes apart & packs into a small case so I can carry it on as hand luggage when I go on tour. The sound? It sounds great ~ for my purposes anyway. I'm not a hardcore ...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:36:00 PST

Are you ready to Rumble?!

It began on a Wednesday night & I was packing up from my gig with Milan & Neda at the Pause Bar. Neda needed a ride back to her place, so I had offered out of the goodness of my spleen to dri...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:59:00 PST

Television Appearances Part 3 (Sunrise)

  Checking in at Tullamarine Airport is much better than it was on Friday. The airport is nowhere near as busy & Max seems at peace now Lianne is coming along this time. Flagrant calls me &am...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:21:00 PST

Television Appearances (Part 2)

  ...There's not many healthy food options at 10:45pm on a Friday in Chapel St, Prahran.. Oh, well - junk food it is! Just so long as its hot food I dont care at the moment, its so friggin' ...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:59:00 PST

Television appearances part 1 (MTV)

  What a hectic week-end! 9am on Friday morning Max White (the vocalist in the Phrase entourage) shows up on my doorstep in a Taxi & we take it to the airport as planned.  On arriving at...
Posted by Mikey Chan on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:47:00 PST