Date of Birth: 27 Dec 1941 Birth Place: Birmingham, England
During Mike's years with the Moody Blues he pioneered the use of the Mellotron, an electronic device that pre-dates todays modern synthesizers. This device allowed Mike to create many of the special sounds and effects that make some of the earlier Moodies albums so unique. The Mellotron was a keyboard that used a set of prerecorded tape loops in which each tape was located beneath a different key on the keyboard. Pressing a key on the keyboard brought that particular play-head into contact with the tape and caused the loop to play, releasing the key caused the loop to rewind.
Compositions for the Moodies include:
THE BEST WAY TO TRAVEL, OM, SO DEEP WITHIN YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD, OUT AND IN (WITH JOHN), SUN IS STILL SHINING, HOW IS IT (WE ARE HERE), MELANCHOLY MAN, MY SONG, LOST IN A LOST WORLD, WHEN YOU'RE A FREE MAN, ONE STEP INTO THE LIGHT
SOLO ALBUMS
THE PROMISE
AMONG THE STARS