About

Hi, I’m Mike Grosshandler.  This is my website.  I use it to talk about stuff I find interesting, whether it’s my band (The Velmas), my yet-unnamed solo project, other musicians I may be working with, my iPhone, computers, tea, (very) amateur photography, or randomness.  Please feel free to comment and contribute!

The Blog page contains all my posts, while the News page only contains updates that are music-related somehow.

Want to know a little about my view on music?  I came up with this blurb a few years ago when setting up my MySpace page, and thought it came out well.  So rather than reinventing the wheel, here it goes:

I don’t feel complete unless I’m making music in some form, be it recording, writing, or performing.
I want my music to be part of the world’s life soundtrack.
I believe the only way to achieve a sort of immortality is through music.
I’d appreciate any help in spreading the word about my music, so please tell a friend?

In addition to keeping busy with The Velmas, I’m also in the process of recording a new solo album that I’m hoping to release some time in 2010.  It’ll be more than just acoustic guitars this time around – I’ve got 12 songs, 6 different drummers, and me doing all the rest – vocals, bass, guitars, keys, whatever.  It’s gonna rock.

My demo for one of the songs (”Blue Skies Black”) that will be on this album is posted on my MySpace page.  It’s a bit of a departure from some of the things I’ve done with The Velmas.  Please check it out and let me know what you think?