We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Mike Mchugh. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Mike below.

Alright, Mike thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?

Sooner. I began writing music at 11 years old and obsessively focused on learning guitar and playing until high school, where I still still played music but never thought i could make a living as an artist so I focussed on scholastics and sports until graduating college. After college I began writing again after my cousin gave me a Bob Dylan album (the Best of Bob Dylan). Since then I have been creating music, playing in bands and producing. If I focussed those eight years of high school and college I would have been more advanced musically because there are more opportunities to learn during that time. Team sports especially took up too much time and energy away from music.

Mike , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Mike McHugh is a producer and singer-songwriter from Santa Barbara best known as founder of GrooveShine, a production house and live band focussing on funk, reggae, hip hop and world rhythms. GrooveShine music has been licensed to a variety of TV, film and visual media.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

Art helps the individual destroy the ego to find the true self. Sometimes the ego destruction is internally violent, which is why artists may seem odd to many people who have never been through that journey.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

Keep creating until you die.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://grooveshine.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grooveshine/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grooveshinemusic