[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=””][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_team_member name=”MIKAL REID” image_url=”https:\/\/www.mi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mikal-reid-studio400.jpg” admin_label=”MIKAL REID” _builder_version=”3.17.1″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” border_width_all_image=”1px” box_shadow_style_image=”preset4″ use_border_color=”off”]Mikal has worked in various fields of the industry for over 25 years as producer, writer, musician, manager, publisher and label owner. He has worked with superstars such as Alice Cooper, Ben Harper, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Mick Jagger, Aerosmith and Shaggy as well as some great underground bands, and was the first producer to do \u201ccountry punk\u201d with Hollywood legends The Screamin\u2019 Sirens. He has worked with practically every major label including Interscope, Sony, Columbia, Universal, Disney Atlantic and Warner Brothers and also co-produced, engineered and mixed Ben Harper\u2019s debut album for Virgin, Welcome to the Cruel World. <\/p>\n
Mikal has also placed songs in major movies including Miramax\u2019s Sweet Home Alabama, indie film Demon Hunter and the Disney hit, Xenon III. His music has also been placed on numerous television shows such as MTV\u2019s Laguna Beach, The Hills, Desperate Housewives, Bones, Ghost Whisperer and many more. Mikal also co-wrote \u201cHung Up on Yourself\u201d with artist Suzie McNeil that hit # 14 on the Billboard charts in 2009. In more recent years, Mikal was signed to Universal Music as well as Disney for writing and publishing. He has also tour managed some of the greatest acts from the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s before launching his publishing company, Mother O Music. In 2012 he produced a solo album for Mike Score, singer and leader of famed 80\u2019s band, A Flock of Seagulls and also now serves as guest instructor at world known music school, Hollywood\u2019s Musician\u2019s Institute. <\/p>\n
This year he closed worldwide deals for the sale of several multi-million dollar publishing catalogs to major publishers.
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