Michael Traylor
Producer/Musician...
Member of Academy of Recording Arts, The Blues Foundation, and The Roots Music Association...A product of the swamps of Florida and the Florida State University School of Music, Michael has toured the world over many times performing to millions of people in many different musical styles...from the Far East, South East Asia, and Australia; to Europe, Scandinavia, and the Balkans...and of course all over the USA more times than he can count....Michael has been recording in studios since 1969 from Atlanta to Los Angeles, San Francisco to Nashville, London to Tallahassee. This has given Michael a wealth of insight of the intricacies of the music business....Michael has been endorsed by Ludwig Drums (featured in the history of the Ludwig Drum Company), Sabian cymbals, Cappella Drum Sticks, and most recently Silver Fox Percussion....In recent years Michael has been touring and recording with Captain Beefheart's Magic Band... having releases on ATP Records, London England and Proper Records, also in London...Members of the Magic Band include John " Drumbo" French, Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston, Denny Walley (also of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention fame) and Gary Lucas...Other artist Michael has toured and or recorded with are Tommy Tutone, Warren Haynes, Duck (w/Mark Boston), Fabian, Denny King, Morton Downey Jr., Leon Evertte, The Forrester Sisters, John Conlee, Wendel Adkins, Connie Smith, as well as others...Michael and Kim were married March 3rd, 2003 and in 2004 founded Swamp Monk Music Works. The company has been created to be a full production facility to develop artist for the next step into the world of music....Synaxis Sound and Synaxis Sound Recordings are the in house studio and label...Welcome to Swamp Monk Music Works...Michael and Kim Traylor...God BlessI edited my profile at MyspaceTotal.com . check out these awesome Myspace Layouts!
