Michael Lee Keyboardist

From The Mike Lee Project

Michael Lee is an adjunct professor of Music at the Azusa Pacific University in California. Lee is also well-known as former keyboardist for Meredith Brooks, Melissa Etheridge, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the Late Show with David Letterman.

On his personal site, he writes:

My name is Michael Lee. I play keyboards. I also write music, do some arranging, some string orchestrations, I’ve produced a few albums, and I am a technical consultant for Apple’s Logic Studio software. Like everyone else in this town, I do a little of everything. But mostly, I play keyboards.

Sometime in the 1980’s, everybody forgot how to make face-melting, bone-rattling synths, and started making anemic little samplers. Screw that! When I say, “I play keyboards”, what I mean is, I play a Hammond B3, Fender Suitcase Rhodes, Mini Moog, ARP 2600, ARP Omni 2, a Jupiter 8 through a custom guitar effects pedal-board, Wurtlitzer 200, and a Juno 6.

And, if you insist, I can also wheel out the Triton Studio 88, the MacBook Pro, and the refrigerator rack full of samplers.

He also maintains another blog, Addison Road.

According to Wikipedia:

Michael Lee (born 1975) is a keyboardist and composer in Los Angeles. He has worked as keyboardist programmer, and technical consultant with Meredith Brooks, Melissa Etheridge, and David Foster. He has also worked with several Contemporary Christian music artists, including Michelle Tumes, Avalon, and BeBe Winans.

Lee is currently Assistant Professor of Music Technology at Azusa Pacific University.