MIKE MIKE AND MIKE........

MIKE SHINODA.... THE PILLAR OF THE PARK...

I love every single member of the crazy fucking band.. But Mike was always my favourite.. Perhaps,its because of the first song I have ever heard 'In The End' in which Mike was simply awesome. Since then,Mike had a place in my heart(everyone has.. But he deserves a little more).

He likes to rap.. And probably, one of the best..(Rapgod,forgive me!!) He rap too much that LP was not enough and for that he has his rap solo thing, 'Fort Minor'. There he could rhyme and rhyme and rhyme..

He was born on Feb 11, 1977. His father was a Japanese-American and his mother was European. He was encouraged to take classical piano classes by his mum. Later he started practicing jazz, blues, and hip hops. He then included rap and guitar to his music career and became Mike as we know now. But.. most of us do not know that he owns a bachelor of arts degree in in illustration and he have his works displayed in the Japanese American National Museum.Being an artist, Shinoda has had a hand in most artistic facets of Linkin Park's imagery, including album artwork, band merchandise, web design, and on-stage production art. He designed the cover-art for Styles of Beyond's debut album, 2000 Fold in 1999.

He started the band with his high school mates Brad and Rob. Xero was started and later LP grew out of it(I have already posted the story).Till now.. Mike plays the most important role in the band, as a co-vocalist, rythm as well as bass guitarist, pianist, song writer, and designer.. He is definitely an all in all.. 

Apart from LP.. He has a solo thing Fort Minor. It was formed in 2003. He sarted to show more of his Hip Hop style.
                  ''Fort' represents the more aggressive side of the music. 'Minor' can mean a few things: if you're talking about music theory, the minor key is darker. I wanted to name the album rather than having my name on the cover, because I want people to focus on the music, not me", Mike told. 
The band has so far released an album The rising rides, a couple of Mixtapes and quite a lot of singles. Its expected to release an album in 2015.

Shinoda has also served as a music producer for several other artists and groups. In 2002, Shinoda and Joe Hahn collaborated with the X-Ecutioners to produce and perform on their single "It's Goin' Down". Later in 2002, Shinoda and Brad Delson established their own record label, Machine Shop Recordings. He helped produce Lupe Fiasco's 2006 release, Food & Liquor. He extensively worked with Styles of Beyond between 2009 and 2012 to help produce Reseda Beach, which also features his instrumental and vocal contribution. In addition albums, Shinoda scored the MTV VMA's in 2005 and also worked with Ramin Djawadi to score the video game, Medal of Honor: Warfighter. In 2011, he collaborated with Joseph Trapanese to compose the score for the American release of The Raid: Redemption.

Apart from all these.. He runs his own record label named Machine Shops Record. As LP became a huge success, Warner Bros. Group granted Mike his own record label. He runs it together with his band mate Brad. The company has so far released albums of quite a few musicians. 

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