专辑简介

Mike is a pianist/composer based in North Alabama who has recently released his second solo project entitled “Rest”. This project follows up his initial offering, “Communion”, a collection of improvisations on well known traditional hymn melodies. “Rest” has been described by Mike as a “life soundtrack” as much of the music on this record was inspired and actually composed as an out flowing of his life experiences. The project contains 3 lullabies composed for his 3 daughters as well as 2 original compositions with guest vocalists Dave Dubberly and Sharla Mari. In addition to this there are several other original songs and a few improvisations on well known hymn melodies. Mike states, “I try to write melodies that accent the emotion of life. My hope is that people will hear these songs and identify with the feelings I’m expressing through them – that they will say to folks in some way ‘I know what you’re going through and have been there too’.”

When Mike is not writing and working in his home studio, he works as a physician in Cullman, Alabama. He is married to Caroline Strubel Lunsford and has 4 children, Ellie, Maggie, Mary Holman and John. In addition to his instrumental writing, Mike has written several contemporary praise and worship songs, hymns and psalms that appear on “The Communion of Saints”, a project done with his local church which was co-produced and engineered by Mike in his home studio, Mockingbird Lane Studios. He remains very busy in the studio and states, ”I enjoy being around creative people. There’s nothing else like it.