MIKE SERNA Flutist - Flute Maker - Singer - Songwriter Recording Artist - Published Poet - Educator Mescalero Apache-Gabrileno descent, born in LA, California Songwriter/Flutist – 9 years; flute Maker, various woods and keys Men’s Traditional Dancer – 14 years Member – United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Honor Guard U.S. Army Veteran – 1975-1976 – Berlin Brigade – E-3 2004 CD Release – “Clouds In The Pass” 2006 CD Release – “Music In My Soul” 2008 CD Release - "Warrior's Last Breath" 2004 & 2005 – Contributing musician – Rolling Thunder Run For The Wall DVD Documentary 2006 WINNER – Musical Echoes National Flute Competition – Ft. Walton Beach, FL 2006 Tennessee Eagle Award recipient Top 50s charting May-June, 2006 and top 100s charting July-August New Age Reporter.com for internet airplay “Music In My Soul” nominated for Best Native American Album - and - Best Cover Art New Age Reporter (NAR) 2006 Lifestyle Music Awards As an indigenous person, a father and a lover of nature, Mike’s songs are about life through his eyes. The love songs he plays share an expression of his heart through the flute. “When you listen to this collection of songs, you hear beautiful music. When I listen to the songs, I can hear and see Mike Serna. I hear him laugh – I see his bright smile – I see him shifting his weight on his feet as he plays – swaying with the long notes, bobbing to the quick notes. Even though he has on sunglasses, I know he’s closing his eyes and he’s pulling the music we hear straight from his heart . . . from his soul.” Annie Humphrey, two-time Nammy winner “25 years of the music industry can make any musician jaded. It can take all that’s good and creative and alive out of the reason for playing music in the first place – leaving an empty shell standing there playing a part. Mikes music fills the void that the road has burned out of me. His artistry is soulful and profound, simple and true. It does what music is supposed to do – change you – take you somewhere you’ve never been, and make you want to stay there. Of all the national artists I’ve been associated with over my career, I’m most proud of the work I’ve done with Mike Serna, and even more grateful for what his music means to my own spirit.” Keith Stalcup, Nashville TN “Outpouring his soul in music, Mike Serna creates a magic that touches the hearts of his audience.” flyingman, WAWL, “Ancestral Rhythms” Contact Mike at mikeserna@bellsouth.net