Michael Whisler is young self-taught acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and songwriter. He composes for both 12 and 6 string guitars with dynamic power and speed while drawing from American folk, blues and classical music. His tunes range from ripping fast paced instrumentals to slower more emotional ballads and even dissonant free time melodies. He also blends a unique bottleneck tone to some of his compositions which utilize alternate tunings. Although Michael is mainly a solo guitarist he does throw in his low warm vocals to some of the tunes, while all along never noticing there isn’t a band backing him up.
When you first see Michael Whisler, you expect a fluty, singer-songwriter voice and a meandering melody to come flowing from his fingers. The instant he touches the guitar, that changes. Michael’s bellowing vocals and surprisingly discordant tunes make his performances a spectator sport, rather than an easy listening experience. – The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA
Whisler is a real talent whose work is continually evolving . . .we’ll be hearing a lot more about him.” Valley City State University Valley City, ND
“Michael is a great guitar player and his words to his songs, fit the melodies!”
91.3 The Summit - Akron, OH
"The most un-catchy, difficult to remember, un-danceable music you've ever heard." - Anonymous
Send booking inquiries to Paul Elliott at paulelliottbooking@hotmail.com
hello.. thank you so much for finding me on here.. i love every song you have on here.. brilliant in every way..oh man..i wish i could play like that !! it's a pleasure to hear your music.. be well.. marty
hi michael, thank you very much for the friend request, and for introducing me to your songs. love your style and sound, i will be purchasing your album molehill very soon. peace and best wishes, will.
Hey, great music, great guitar playing! I definitely hear a Kottke influence...If you're ever performing in Indiana let me know, because it would be cool to check out.
Thank you for the request. I think that playing fingerstyle with a 12 strings guitar is alwayss a great performance; You must have a body-builded left hand!! Congratulation, greetings from france. Philippe
Thanks for adding us, you are absolutely awesome!If you ever come over here, please let us know... Guitar playing like yours is rare and not to be missed. Cheers from all at The Cidershed, Norwich, UK.
Michael, I hear alot of the LK man in your music. I love the man and your work is very good - Thanks for the add and keep on playing and picking. Vince
