I'm Michael Te Young. I'm from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand living in Whangaparāoa. I started playing music as a drummer having lessons at school when I was 15 years old. I started at church and went on to play in covers bands and many originals bands. I've always had an ear for songs, parts, arrangements, dynamics and feel from many genres of music. Over the past 15 years I have steadily built up a home studio. Drums are widely regarded as the hardest instrument to record so there's been a lot of experimentation to capture sounds and feels that I am searching for. 

I'm not a 'pro' strictly speaking, however I've successfully produced tracks for various projects. I've recorded drums remotely on albums for Australian artist Basement Spaceman and I've recorded a whole album for Guy Wishart. Music is a passion. It has never been a money thing which is lucky because I'd be deep in debt or broke at best. However it is very fulfilling. As they say 'Music is its own reward'.