Mike Galesi has over a quarter of a century of experience in many facets of the music business.

He formed and performed in the bands Second Left and Katfood. Songs from the bands' albums received substantial airplay throughout the country. He has played in numerous venues, and has appeared on television many times.

Mike is the owner of Silica Records, a full-service record company. Originally formed as a release vehicle for Second Left and Katfood, Silica has also released albums by Jeff Rupert, The Fins, the British Invasion All-Stars, the Jim McCarty Blues Band, Greg Chako, Mojo Stu, and Martin Gerschewitz.

Silica believes that a hit is only a hit if it's heard. For this reason they focus a great deal of effort on radio promotions. Additionally Silica focuses strongly on publicity, and public Relations. Technology, and creativity come together to form a marketing powerhouse. While artist activities are documented and reviews are publicized to strategic demographics, internet communications are leveraging the information. Fan clubs and email blasts are implemented to give fans an immediate interactive forum to be informed of events and to encourage the participation of street teams, and other fan based promotions.

Silica's goal is to get the music heard. The people listening are the most important piece of the puzzle. As corrupt, and rigid as the music industry may be, music is about people. It's a communicative art that demands the purity from which it was conceived. That will never change. Small, independent labels like Silica create channels for good music to find its audience.

Mike is the owner a state of art recording studio where he has produced many projects with the assistance of John Rollo.  mike@ourmuzic.com

Management Executive in the entertainment industry.  Record producer, Engineer and Mixer. Extensive management experience in international trade, investment and economic strategy/policy and operations.  Dynamic Sales and Marketing skills.  Especially skilled in building/managing productive relationships with clients/customers and internal personnel. Talent for analyzing business challenges and finding innovative solutions. Operations management. Problem solver. The go to person when you need an issue resolved.              

Recipient of Grammy award for engineering and mixing of Jimmy Cliff’s “Cliffhanger”, and a second Grammy award for producing Joe Cocker’s contribution in “The Bodyguard” motion picture soundtrack CD for Arista Records. Also has earned 5 Ampex Golden Reel awards as an Engineer and over 20 Gold and Platinum record awards.

Co-founder of venture selling records over the Internet. Internet A&R. Internet marketing using low cost rates through India. Internet promotion. Provided and supervised music recording services, artist development/career guidance and administration of independent A&R. Wrote marketing plans. Record production. Maintained client relationships.

Senior Producer of venture dedicated to discovering, developing and producing musicians/artists. Created marketing plans for artists. Built Internet site as an up load one song A&R source. Internet site was the promotion of Artist.

Chief Engineer and Independent Record Producer whose technical responsibilities included revenue generating 20 million USD and, over time, artist consultation in business practices, contract negotiations, etc.  Experience served to hone business skills in addition to technical prowess so as to expand professional horizons to business management versus more limited production management capabilities.

Freelance Engineer and Record Producer. Artists included Little Steven, Bonnie Tyler, the Kinks, and Stevie Nicks. Generated over 40 million USD.   

Chief Engineer Studio developed into a $5 million annual enterprise per proposed growth plan. Record and Engineer all the Kinks music and albums.  john@ourmuzic.com