About Me

  • About Me: I am a lifecoach, artist, author, professional musician, and teacher of: piano, voice, guitar, and music composition. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Six Feet Under, My Name is Earl, The Office, Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served, As Time Goes By, Dianne Bish, The Naked Chef, Al Roker, Masterpiece Theatre, Great Performances, Mystery, King of Queens, Art shows, craft shows, Decorating shows, Ground Force, Changing Rooms, Jerico, Rome, Queer Eye for the Str8 Guy, QAF,
  • Favorite Channels: HGTV, Bravo TV, Public TV, BBC America, Biography Channel

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Artfully done movies... Too many to name...

Books

  • Favorite Books: In general I like: Fiction, poetry, biography, memoirs, short stories, novels. In fiction I enjoy writers who wrtie lyrically, like poets.
  • Favorite Authors: May Sarton, Christopher Isherwood, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Ben Okri, Salmon Rushdie, James Baldwin, Mary Renault, Ray Bradbury, Paul Bowles, Gertrude Stein. As for Poets, some of my favorites are: Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, CP Cavafy, EE Cummings, TS Eliot...

More About Me

  • Nationality: American
  • Religion: universal spirituality
  • Heroes: Thomas Merton, JFK, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Roosevelt, May Sarton...
  • Interests: I like to... PERFORM MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY (sing, play guitar, piano, banjitar, mandolin, ukes, recorders), TEACH PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS (same as above), LIFECOACH, WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE BOOKS, MAKE FILMS AND RECODINGS, COMPOSE AND ORCHESTRATE MUSIC, WRITE LYRICS AND POETRY, DRAW, PAINT, TAKE PHOTOS, KNIT, WEAVE AND DO ALL SORTS OF NEEDLEWORK (CREWEL, NEEDLEPOINT, CROSS STICH, APPLIQUE)... THE ART AND CRAFT STUFF IS VERY FULFILLING AND RELAXING. YOU SHOULD TRY IT!!!).
  • Expertise: I am a lifecoach, artist, author, professional musician, and teacher of: piano, voice, guitar, and music composition. I live in Indianapolis, Indiana. I have a degree from Butler University in Music Education. I have done masters work at Butler Universtiy in literature and music, and masters work in art at Indiana University.
  • Occupation: teacher, professional musician, lifecoach, author, artist, entrepreneur
  • Industry: music, arts, education, indie publishing
  • Website: http://www.PlaySingNDream.com/

Contact Info

  • AIM: musicbymichael@aol.com