About Pianomike
Pianomike is an international singer, pianist, keyboarder and songwriter. He was born in Czech Republic, grew up in Southern Germany and has lived for over a decade in Southern Oregon as well as a couple years in Canada. His style of music is a melange of art rock, progressive, pop, jazz, and blues.In the 90s Mike has played with acclaimed bands, such as "Red Fox" and "Cheri Heat" in Southern Germany. With Red Fox, he recorded an EP and with Cheri Heat he recorded the legendary AOR album "Indian Summer" (1994).
At the turn on the millennium, Mike started working as a soloist and recording artist. In 2001, he released his first solo album "Pretty Girl".
After a couple years playing and touring in the Southern Oregon band "Zion train", Mike joined the famous classic rock band "Hog Wild" in 2005, right after they moved from the Bay Area to Southern Oregon. He was with the band until 2016, but continues to make occasional guest appearances. Since 2008 he has been a member of the "Incognito Trio" (offshoot band of Hog Wild).
February 22, 2004 marks a special day, as Pianomike performed in his first live concert, broadcast to online users all over the world via online radio, long before livestreams were popular. Pianomike called it "E-Concert". Listen to some recordings of this concert series
In December 2005, Pianomike released his second solo album "Language Mix". This album includes songs in English, German and Czech.
In the last few years he has been working on his third solo album "Sounds of Love", as well as on a Vegan EP with a few vegan songs. The EP was released on August 29, 2021 on all major music platforms, such as Spotify, YouTube music, Apple music etc. The vegan songs can be heard and purchased through vegansong.org
The 3rd solo album is planned for release in 2023. Some songs of the album can already be heard on Reverbnation.
When not touring with Incognito on the West Coast, Pianomike also continues to do occasional concerts as soloist and also does livestreams on social media.
Click here to see the Pianomike Discography.