Rock 'n Roll ....."more than a job, it's an adventure"
Mike was recently invited by Steve Augeri (former lead vocalist with Journey) to mix front of house sound for the Steve Augeri Band who were headlining the final night at Retro Festival, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland. Mar. ‘22.
Steve Augeri Band (USA)
Engineering an acoustic evening with John Corabi (Motley Crue, Dead Daisies)
Steve Augeri Band & Marty Moffat (Photography) - Lucerne Switzerland.
Good friends T-Rex at The Eyes Have It Festival. Most recently Sound Alliance has supplied sound, lights and engineering for several of their hotel and corporate shows.
Saxon guitarist and founding member Graham Oliver at Rock & Bike Fest Alfreton 2017
Mike with Jake & Elwood
Rock & Bike Fest - Carnfield Hall, South Normanton
Stage managing and lighting Chicago Blues Brothers shows at Grieghallen - Bergen, also Oslo Koncerthus and Stavanger Koncerthus Norway. Nov 2016
Gig History
Steve Augeri Band ( former lead vocalist for Journey USA). Mike was invited to mix front of house sound for the band at Retro Festival, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland.
**** The COVID Lockdown “hiding behind the sofa” tour, 23 Mar 2020 to 30 Mar 2022 ****
Cross Keys Festival Bradford. Supplying PA and sound engineering for Adam Bomb (USA), Rhabstallion and Jokers.
Nightrain Music Venue - Bradford Resident Sound Engineer May 2019 to Mar 2020, 65 concerts including; Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Anvil, John Corabi (Motley Crue and Dead Daisies), Romeo’s Daughter, Graham Bonnet (Rainbow and Alcatrazz), Chris Slade (AC/DC and Timeline), Tyla’s Dogs D’amour, Skinny Molly (ex Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchett), Lost Angels (Current Alice Cooper, Slash’s Snakepit members), Midnight City, Quireboys, Oliver/Dawson’s Saxon.
IPL World professional pool championships (televised) Bradford.
Huddersfield Golf Club. Supplying PA and sound engineering for family fun day including; Detroit Soul Collective and Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band.
Morley Town Hall / B&G Events, Morley nr. Leeds: Bad Manners. Skadom and several other band concerts.
Mike toured extensively with the eleven piece Chicago Blues Brothers initially handling front of house sound for a year and then subsequently being invited back with responsibility for logistics, lighting design & operation, and projection along with stage management for over 130 shows in many well known theatres throughout the UK, Europe and Scandinavia, notable bucket list venues included; Edinburgh Playhouse, Sheffield City Hall, Sunderland & Liverpool Empires, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Bristol Hippodrome and a hometown show at St. George’s Hall, Bradford. He frequently had to operate state of the art lighting consoles, including MA, Strand, Avolites and ETC usually working closely with in-house production staff and technicians. Between 2016 and 2018 he had the pleasure of working on several large auditorium and arena concerts with the band, including; Grieghallen in Bergen, Oslo Koncerthus and Stavanger Koncerthus Norway, Gdynia Arena and Atlas Arena Lodz, Poland and SSE Arena Belfast. Some of his achievements can be seen on the Lighting Gallery page.
Sound Alliance also supplied PA, lighting and sound engineering services for the Rock & Bike Festival - South Normanton, mixing for Saxon, Quireboys & Girlschool amongst others. Mike and close friend Barry Newby (Dezign Audio) were invited back a year later to do it again, this time for Lindisfarne, Toyah and Big Country.
Following an eight year collaboration with Michael Ford and the Bronte Blues Club team Sound Alliance were asked to again supply PA and engineering services for P&O Ferries inaugural "Blues Cruise" to Amsterdam in November 2015 and were invited back to handle sound once again, this time for the "Blues at Sea" cruise.
Mike also worked with ARFM Radio Leicester on their "Just Say Yes" concerts at The Spot in Derby headlined by Issa (Norway) and the following year for Hand of Dimes, Bailey, Blood Red Saints to name but a few.
In 2008 Mike left his long term career in architectural technical specifications sales management to take a year out to study Performance Design and Management at The Arden School of Theatre, part of Manchester University. Shortly afterwards he was approached to take over PA and sound engineering responsibilities for the Bronte Blues Club - Keighley. During his 8 year tenure he collaborated extensively with the venue and with internationally renowned touring artists from across Europe and the USA, celebrating his 100th concert at the venue in May 2015.
Bronte Blues Club – Laycock, Nr. Haworth . In total Mike supplied PA and engineered sound for around 120 concerts in total, including; Andy Fair-weather Low & The Low Riders, Kyla Brox, Jo Harman, Earl Green, Norman Beaker Band, Larry Garner (USA), Ian Siegal, Lisa Mills (USA), 24 Peso’s, Matt Andersen (Canada), Grainne Duffy Band (Ireland), Hamilton Loomis Band (USA), Moreland and Arbuckle (USA), Marcus Bonfanti and Paddy Milner Band, Earl Thomas (USA), Sherman Robertson (USA), Larry McCray band (USA), Matt Schofield. Victor Brox.
Previously
Birdwell Venue - Barnsley ... another valued client trusted Sound Alliance for over 4 years to mix sound, light shows and maintain their in-house sound and lighting equipment handling numerous concerts and working alongside many touring professional and semi professional musicians, including; Dr Feelgood, Hayseed Dixie, Chantel McGregor, Toyah, T Rex, Wishbone Ash, (both Martin Turner’s & Andy Powell’s), Skinny Molly (Mike Estes ex Lynyrd Skynyrd), Wilco Johnson (with Norman Roy Watt ex Ian Dury & Blockheads), Larry Miller Band, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Oliver / Dawson’s Saxon (Saxon founding members Graham Oliver / Steve Dawson), Sweet, The Hamsters, Focus, Pure Purple, Jokers, Nazareth, Deb Bonham Band.
Picturedrome – Holmfirth including; Joanne Shaw Taylor, King King (Alan Nimmo), Southside Johnny & the Astbury Jukes, Belinda Carlisle, Nils Lofgren
Octagon – Keighley: Martin Barre (Jethro Tull).