Mike`s Producer Profile

Mike Wolf
engineer I mixer I producer I musician
History: 20 year veteran Mike Wolf has worked the gamut from Rock, Punk, Hip-hop,
Gangsta rap, R&B, Gospel, Jazz, Country and Classical. Major credits include his
work with Sony, Epitath, Interscope, E2 Music Group, Sanctuary Urban Music, Artists
Direct-Radar Records, The Ultimate Group, TVT Records, Bomp Records, Triple X,
Rock Legends Rodger Daltrey, Wayne Kramer, Carmine Appice, Producer Kim
Fowley, The U.S. Bombs, Boo-Yah T.R.I.B.E., and more…
Wolf, a graduate of M.I. in 1981, (then known as the Guitar institute of Technology)
started his career as a lead guitar player for various local rock groups in Los Angeles
before joining Rock drumming legend Carmine Appice in the group King Kobra
(Capitol) in 1984. Following this short-lived success, he gradually became more
interested in recording engineering and after attending production and engineering
courses at a local city college, he built his first home studio. Initially this studio was to
accommodate his own songwriting and collaborations, but his ambitions for a bigger
and better sound led to a series of equipment upgrades and expansions of the studio
into a for-hire small facility. As he outgrew these humble origins, he spotted a
commercial studio for sale in Hollywood and became owner of the Music Box
Recording Studio in 1992.
Over the next seven years, Wolf engineered and produced over 50 album projects at
the Music Box studio. Notable Clients and projects included over 2 dozen albums and
compilations for veteran “power-pop” Indy label Bomp records…
Other notable recordings included a series of projects with his old friend and
band-mate Carmine Appice, including Edgar Winter, and the “Guitar Zeus” Album I &
II projects which included guest solo performances by rock guitar greats like Brian
May, Slash, Neil Schon, Mick Mars, Elliot Easton, Ted Nugent, Ty Tabor, Paul Gilbert
and Others…. Another project with Carmine included writing and recording of the
Soundtrack to “Chasing Destiny” a 2001 Film starring Christopher Lloyd and Rodger
Daltrey…. Daltrey also recorded vocals as well as guitarist Denny Laine (Wings)
The Edgar Winter Band
Elliot Easton (The Cars)
Neil Schon
Film – Chasing Destiny
Mike Wolf, Slash, Carmine
Rodger Daltrey
Denny Laine
Another exceptional project was Gangsta-Rap group: BooYaa T.R.I.B.E
Wolf not only recorded and mixed these records, but performed with the group
playing lead and rhythm guitars on their “Metally Disturbed” Album
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Mick Mars (Motley Crue)
30 Seconds to Mars (Jared Leto)
Wolf also produced, engineered, and mixed records for Epitath including
Wayne Kramer and The U.S. Bombs, Sony Records, including artist Eileen Ivars
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
with Wayne Kramer
Violinist Lilli Haydn
Alex Acuna (On Eileen Ivers)
After 7 successful and busy years at the Music Box, Wolf took the opportunity to take
some much needed time off and sold the Music Box to his right hand man and studio
manager Jon Newkirk. Jon had big dreams and plans of studio ownership himself
and with Wolf as his consultant and negotiator, transformed the Music Box into a
much larger facility re-dubbed ‘Studio Atlantis’.
After 2 years in semi-retirement, Wolf desired to have a studio of his own again and
opened Studio 5109, in an adjoining space to Atlantis as an associated but
independent studio to the Atlantis complex… In it’s first 3 years of operation, Studio
5109’s productions focused on Urban, R&B, and Gospel. In this period, Wolf worked
with E2 Music Group (Tracy Edmunds), with staff producers Brainz and Freckles, as
well as mixing for E2 Filmworks Project “Havoc”.
Wolf also recorded or produced a number of projects for The Ultimate Group (Chris
Stokes), including artist Lil’ Fizz (B2K), and bay area group Kalifam, where Wolf
recorded and mixed their 2004 release “This is how we live”. Wolf also worked with
ARTISTdirect Records (Ted Fields) artists: Curtains and Poverty, for who Wolf
tracked and mixed 2 album projects including “Ghetto Metal”…
Also in the Studio were Gospel artists: Ahnjel, and Minister Vernon Chappel
recording for First Tribe Media (Edwin Oliver) where Wolf tracked and mixed the
Album releases “Faithful” and “Sing a New Song”…
Voice-over work included animation projects with producer Rick Zieff, Magic Dreams
LLC, and Industrial productions for North South Studios LLC and KKM (Knowledge
Kids Media).
Mike also produced an album for classical pianist Alessio Averone that was tracked
at Capitol Records studio A, and edited and mixed at Studio 5109.
Album projects in 2005-2008 saw a return to Rock and Pop music including artist
Ray Hepinstall’s -‘Harley Girl’, Hollywood rock band: Dirty Pictures -‘Hollywood High’,
Christian Rock artist Scott Gordin’s ‘Make Me a Worshiper’ and Veteran hard rock
band Charlotte’s ‘Medusa Groove’
From 2007-2010, Mike recorded and mixed two album projects: ‘Dance or Cry’, and
‘These are a few of my favorite songs’ from local and international favorite Mark
Lennon. (Lead vocalist of the band Venice) Mark has been busy with both his band
Venice and as touring member of the Rodger Waters Band on a two-year world tour
of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’
Also working with Mike was film and television celebrity Jesse Bradford
Another notable session in 2010 was NY based composer Glen Rovin’s production
‘Poetic License’. Which included dramatic readings by celebrities such as Jason
Alexander, Cynthia Nixon and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
In 2009 Legendary Hollywood Rock Producer Kim Fowley returned to Los Angeles to
seek out a new recording studio and musician/engineer production partner to
establish his new base of operations. Kim chose Studio 5109 and owner/engineer
Mike Wolf as his new partner and chief “musicalizer” for his ongoing and prolific
production schedule. Since his arrival Kim and Mike have been working steadily on
artist development and album projects for an assortment of female artists and ‘girl
groups’….Kim is most famous for discovering artist Joan Jett and producing ‘The
Runaways’ as well as Helen Reddy and a string of hit singles in the 60’s, and 70’s…
Kim and Mike have recorded and produced the girl group ‘Black Room Doom’ and
solo artist album projects including Brianna Garcia’s ‘Lost Angels and Twisted
Dreams’ and Victoria De Mare’s ‘Actress’
Black Room Doom
Kim and Mike hard at work
Brianna with guest vocalist Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
For Info: contact
Mike Wolf
Studio5109.com
323-462-1250
Kim, Christine Blood, and David J (Bauhaus)
Swedish Pop Star Sabrina King Queen and Kim