Mike is a bass player, composer, improviser, and podcaster. He can be heard performing regularly throughout New York and Southern Ontario with DeiCont | Philips Collective, Northern Danger, his own trio, and DeiCont/Cohen/Kirkpatrick. Mike's sound is heavily influenced by Black American music, the bebop tradition, counter culture, and experimentation. Mike is a die-hard Winnipeg Jets fan and he drives a 2005 Honda CR-V.