Using his experience of 20 years at the piano to explore the solo possibilities of the acoustic guitar, Michael experiments extensively with alternate tunings and uses a "Fingerstyle" technique. Preferring to write original music and develop a personal style, his musical intuition has resulted in an unclassifiable musical style that borrows from jazz, Celtic, bluegrass, and Hawaiian slack-key music. He now collaborates with surf film makers for the soundtracks to their movies.