Artist BioName: Michael HellerAlbum: “Acid Reflex”Michael Heller was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 14, 1955. As a child of the sixties and a developing artist in Los Angeles and Northern California in the seventies, he was fortunate to have seen legends such as Hendrix, Clapton, Zappa, Led Zeppelin perform. These shows greatly influenced him and galvanized his desire to play his instrument with passion and technical prowess. He began playing guitar as a young boy of 8. In the 70’s and eighties he played guitar in various bands and occasionally worked as a studio musician for other artists (he also plays blues harmonica and keyboards.) In the late eighties he relocated with his wife and daughters to the Monterey, Ca. area, where in the mid nineties he joined “The Next Blues Band” with Chicago Bill Bouchard and also frequently jammed at different sessions with many of the other fine musicians in the area. The Monterey blues scene was vibrant, with many clubs in the area featuring blues and rock acts nearly every night of the week. Michael has played hundreds of shows to the delight of thousands of music lovers. Over the years he has developed the lyrical and high energy style that makes his music so exciting to listen to. For the last several years he has been focusing on composing and recording his own original material, while still going out on occasion to sit in with friends at the local musical venues. Michael composed the music on his first album, “Acid Reflex,” and plays all the instruments on the album. The songs on “Acid Reflex” were developed over a period of years. For the recording of “Acid Reflex” he enlisted the help of some of Monterey’s finest recording engineers, Carl Overhulser and Gary Sousa.Originally all of Michael’s songs were dedicated to and titled “Lynne.” She eventually re-named each song, with Michael describing the emotion and intent of each piece. . Their daughter Denica created the artwork for the album cover on “Acid Reflex.” Michael hopes everyone enjoys the album as much as he enjoyed making it and has already begun work on songs for his second album, “Acid Redux,” which will include more electric and some original acoustic pieces. Look for it on cdbaby.com in the coming New Year. Michael, his wife Lynne, and daughter Mariah, a dancer and hip- hop musician herself, currently reside in Pebble Beach, California.