"Dorian Michael is one of my favorite guitar players. He plays acoustic and electric guitar with equal skill and finesse, and he plays them with a passion that is thrilling to watch and a joy to hear. We've had some great moments in the recording studio, some of which can be heard on my forthcoming album, "Every Man I Love Is Either Married, Gay, or Dead." If you appreciate superb instrumental guitar music, do yourself a favor and wrap your ears around a copy of Dorian's CD, "The Way We Dance." ---Kacey Jones

Dorian Michael has studied and worked with nearly every guitar style except flamenco (never wanting to play quite that fast). he graduated with a degree in composition and then proceeded to breathe air and cigarette smoke in most of the saloons and honky-tonks in Southern California, and has played more than his share of gloomy theater orchestra pits.

Throughout, he has maintained a fondness for fingerstyle acoustic guitar and has a repertoire of original instrumental pieces that, these days, is the focus of his activities. The influences of his previous varied work experience all come through in his original material. It is contemporary music that grows from, rather than mimics those influences.