American audio engineer, music producer and film mixer from California who is currently chief engineer at Private Island Trax in Los Angeles (former studio: Trax Studio (3)).
Not to be confused with New York engineers Michael McDonald (4) (Reggae) and A.T. Michael MacDonald (Jazz).
Michael has engineered many artists since 1982, he began his guitar playing career in Bakersfield, California experimenting with his home tape recorder. Along the way Mike became a successful guitar repair specialist, he used his income from session work as a guitarist and a successful tour to raise money for bigger and better recording equipment. In 1988, Michael moved to his studio to a multi-room facility in Hollywood were he engineered Martika’s debut album. In 1990 he began to take on audio post jobs for hundreds of TV and film projects.