Pretty much everything. Some of my favorite music is made by Everything But The Girl, Pete Townsend, The Grateful Dead, Sirsy, Rory Block, Al Anderson, NRBQ, Alison Krauss, Led Zeppelin, Rasputina, Lou Reed, Orleans, Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Laura Love, Chris Smither, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, .... I could go on but I won't.
Mike has been playing guitar and singing for a long, long time and has performed in several bands and as a solo artist since the mid 1970's.
Born in Endicott, NY he began studying guitar at age 10 and continued to study privately into college. He rekindled an interest in songwriting in 2004 and some of the songs written during this period are on his debut CD, “A Handful of Treasure”, which he made with Emmy® Award winning producer and composer Jim Chapdelaine.
Mike lives in West Hartford, Connecticut with his wife and children, and a bunch of animals.
For booking and other information requests contact Mike at:
Mike Zanta
c/o Useful Ignorance Records
PO Box 270246
West Hartford, CT 06127-0246
usefulignorancerecords@comcast.net
Hey! I'm playing a show at The Buttonwood Tree (605 Main St.) in Middletown on Friday night at 9 p.m.. Stop in if you're around!! Take care, Kristen Graves
Hi-Thanx for the add and the friendship-stop by our site when you have a chance and listen to some of our songs, let us know what you think..we appreciate your support (we are also a CT band!).
Hey Guys. I hope all is well. I wanted to let you know that the new ZELAZOWA full length album "Elephants On A Mousehunt" will be released on Saturday, January, 17th through CDBaby. com and all major digital distribution sites. In anticipation of its release, we will be posting a new single from the album on our myspace page every week for 4 weeks. Please be sure to give them a listen at:
If you are in the Philadelphia area, join us for the CD release party that night (Saturday, 1/17) at The Khyber at 10 PM. There are plenty of tour dates to follow, so please check the calendar.
Hope all is well with you. Thought I'd drop by and let you know I have just uploaded a new acoustic demo called Scream And Shout. Hope you like it. Have a listen anyway, see what you think....
Thanks mate. Likewise I think you have some great tunes and clearly have a lot of talent. Thanks for adding me as a friend and taking the time to check my page out. Your friendship and support is much appreciated!
