About Mike Muller

photo: Johan Vipper

Current Events

Mike's latest collaboration brings two studio releases and a European tour with French blues rock sensation Manu Lanvin. Two EPs featuring Muller compositions are scheduled to release in 2024. Tracked in New York and Paris and produced by Lanvin, the recordings feature bass and vocals by Muller, guitar and vocals by Lanvin, and stellar instrumental performances by top talent from both sides of the Atlantic. The first video from this project, "Dirty Hole," pre-screened to rave reviews. A Muller & Lanvin European tour is planned for 2025.

Mike last tour in March of 2023 cemented a new relationship with booker Alain Michel and Arythmic Productions. The Mike Muller Band sold out seven shows over a two-week tour in the south of France. "I really missed France and I was super happy to see all my friends at the shows and make so many new friends and fans."

History

A Long Island native, Mike Muller was a gigging guitarist in his local Smithtown scene while still a teenager. He quickly gravitated to bass, playing with rock and blues rock bands throughout New York City, Boston, and Connecticut. After graduating from Smithtown Central High School, Mike completed his formal education at Suffolk County Community College and SUNY Stony Brook. In his early 20s Mike moved with three of his bandmates to the Fan District of Richmond Virginia to join its flourishing live music sphere.

Having established his rock cred on the RVA club scene and the Georgia and Carolinas juke joint circuit, Mike secured the bass spot in the pop rock band Single Bullet Theory. Steeped in the band's creative environment, Mike honed his songwriting skills with a focus on pop-y, melodic songs with commercial potential. SBT's first release with Nat Weiss's Nemperor Records included three of Mike's compositions. The Bullets shared bills with many notable acts on their extensive tours of North America in the early 1980s. Mike picked up a healthy dose of rocker attitude from the Pretenders's Pete Farndon and Martin Chambers, and got a few lessons in partying from Huey Lewis.

After disputes with the record label led to the Bullets' breakup, Mike continued to perform throughout the Mid-Atlantic with various groups, most notably Lindy Fralin's Bopcats. Vintage-style pickup designer Fralin and Mike remain fast friends. Mike also indulged his love of travel with European tours, visiting major cities as well small villages in the French countryside. A speaker of passable French, Mike has many European friends and contacts with whom he stays in regular communication.

Now available for studio sessions, live shows, touring, and private lessons, Mike is a multi-published songwriter and is affiliated with BMI in North America and Sacem and Gema in Europe.