Mike Mijal, class of 1968 Stevenson High School in Livonia Michigan, interned at WYNZ radio station in Ypsilanti Mi. as a board engineer and on-air personality for the Mike Lombardi show.. At 17 years old Mijal joined ATA Studios in Westland Mi. as an engineer recording and mixing for local Detroit bands in the late 60's. He also played keyboard with a popular local band called The Unveiled. Mike attended the Institute of Audio Research in New York City and there developed his engineering skills. Mikes credentials afforded him employment at Pioneer Recording Studios in Detroit as an engineer. His reputation grew among musicians as having an audiophile's ear for recording and final mix. Still the musician, and into the new synthesizer revolution, he along with friend Michael White used spare time in the studio to write and record "I've Been You" and "Reflections". In Late 1972 Gary Rubin, owner of Pioneer Studios, thought enough of the "Mikes" music to send it through his own publishing company, Tru-Soul.

WWCK Radio Guide February 1973
Michael Mijal
I've Been You Reflections 

(Tru-Soul Publishing / BMI)

(Tru-Soul Publishing / BMI)
I've Been You was released in January of 1973 on the ZATOP label (Created by Mijal and White) and quickly climbed to number 3 on the local radio charts. Mijal left Pioneer to open his own recording facility in Garden City called Triple M Studios where he recorded many local, national, and international artists.
Triple M Sound Studios Recording Artist EARTHBOUND    

At the same time he was also involved playing keyboards with a group called Earthbound, a musical evolution of Mijal & White. Earthbound members (1974-1979) Mike Mijal Keyboards Engineering, Robert Mich Lead Guitar, Willie Stroud Drums, Michael Baize Bass Guitar, Larry Byce Accoustic Guitar Vocals.

Every Newborn Day Suicidal Blues

(Mijal Publishing Company / BMI)

(Mijal Publishing Company / BMI)
 

Bruce Worman

Kay Koontz
Mike first met top Record Producer and Manager for Pepper & the Shakers, Kay Koontz, in 1968 while engineering a live broadcast interview for the Mike Lombardi show on WYNZ Radio.Kay thought enough of Mike's talent that when he opened Triple M Sound Recording Studio in 1973 she began sending artists to record there. In 1975 Kay introduced Mike to another talented producer Bruce Worman.Together with Mike at the controls, he produced the three following artists at Triple M studios:
Charlie Monroe Warbucks   Tripple M Cindy Laverty    Mike Smith Triple M Sound Recording Studio
Charlie Monroe   Cindy Laverty   Michael Smith
I Want You Back Through The Wire   Cow Cow Boogie Honey Dew   Ride In The Country Getting Married
 
 
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(Blaimeless Music / BMI)
 
(Fairweather Music / MCA ASCAP)
 
(Blaimeless Music / BMI)
       
Toby Redd     Mike Smith Triple M Sound Recording Studio
Toby Redd     Victor Peraino
Hub Cap Eyes Heat Me Woman     Empires of Steel Lady of the Morning
   
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(BMI)
 
 
       

Salem Witchcraft
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Salem Witchcraft
Rock & Roll Lover
   
Salem Witchcraft
Secrets
   
Salem Witchcraft
Do You Love Me?
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Later he opened Westland Electronics and expanded his recording career to include TV / Video and video production. At present Mike is retired from the industry and lives in Westland Michigan. He still gets requests to mix or remix music and video.

Mike Mijal Westland Electronics

You can see more pictures and listen to other recordings Mike made in the studio with artists Salem Witchcraft, Larry Buffa - Pepper and the Shakers and others, by logging on to the ATA Studios web site hosted by Michael Lombardi

Mike Mijal Photo Album-  
If you have any photos of Mike, Triple M Sound Recording Studio, or musicians that recorded with Mike or any sound recordings or video please send them and we will add them to the site. Click Here If you would like to correspond with Mike.
Warbucks 33rpm 7 inch record lable Michael Mijal at the banjo studio Mike Mijal
Warbucks record release Great Lakes Banjo Company Mike in Laughlin Nv. in 1985
   
Mike Smith Triple M Sound Recording Studio Bruce Worman WYNZ Ypsilanti Studio
Michael Smith Bruce Worman WYNZ Radio Control Room A
     
Mike Lombardi WYNZ remote Mijal and Murphy Mike Mijal Recording Danny Thomas Cobo Hall Al Nalian Session Drummer
Mike is engineering for a WYNZ Radio live remote broadcast for teen take over day at JL Hudsons, Northland. WIth Mike are newsman Charles Murphy and radio personality Mike Lombardi. Mike Recroding The Mixed Generation live in 1968 for the Danny Thomas ALSAC show live at Cobo Hall. Studio Session Drummer
Al Nalian
     
Mike White Mikes Girls Mike Mijal Putney VCS3 Synth
Michael White Mike Mijal and the Girls (Mikes) Mijal & White and the EMS Putney VCS3 Synthesizer
 
Mijals 68 Charger
Mike Mijal's 1968 Dodge Charger
Jerry Bradley, Arlen Viecelli, Mike Mijal, and Jim Purol
 
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