Mike Castonguay is a music producer, musician and songwriter based in

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. From 2001 to 2004 Mike worked as a producer, songwriter and musical director for

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(Sony/BMG), an Orlando FL based band led by the boy band mogul

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. Mike produced numerous songs for the band's two albums Keep It Natural and It's Only Natural. He also produced and co-wrote two singles for the band, "Paradise" and "Let Me Just Fly". The song "Paradise" was featured in the German trailer for the Academy Award Winning film

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(Disney). He also produced Natural's version of the song Cherish for the

Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. T ...

tribute album The Hits: Reloaded. In 2005, Mike and former Natural member Michael Johnson formed the band Lukewarm Freeda. Mike was the lead singer and the guitarist for the band. In 2006, Mike played bass in the band In For The Kill featuring Bill Gaal from the band Nothingface. From 2006 to 2009 Mike played bass for

Evan Taubenfeld Evan David Taubenfeld (born June 27, 1983) is an American singer and musician, best known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist, music director and frequent collaborator. Taubenfeld's debut album, '' Welcome to the Blacklist Club'', was rele ...

as a member of his band The Blacklist Club (Sire/Warner Bros.). The band also featured

Devin Bronson Devin Bronson (born Seattle, Washington, May 15, 1983) is a guitarist, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, having worked with artists such as Avril Lavigne, David Cook and Sebastian Bach. Bronson's versatility on stage and in the stud ...

and Isaac Carpenter. Mike played bass on Evan's debut album ''

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'' which also featured

Avril Lavigne Avril Ramona Lavigne ( ; born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. At age 16, she signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records. Her debut studio album, ''Let Go (Avril Lavigne album), Let Go'' (2002), is the ...

. Songs from the album appeared on MTV's '' The Hills'', as well as '' The Sims 3'' video game. Separate from the band, Mike and Evan wrote and produced the theme song for the MTV show ''

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'' which was executive produced by Donald Trump. They also worked together on the MTV show ''

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'', the film '' Lock and Roll Forever'' (Sony Pictures), the

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album ''

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'' (Universal), and the Cartoon Network show ''Props''. Mike has produced and composed music in commercials for

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and Hidden Valley Ranch while working for the music house Mophonics, in Venice, CA. While at Mophonics, he was also an engineer and musician for the film ''

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'' (Lion's Gate). Mike has also produced and/or written songs featured on '' The Originals'', ''

Pawn Stars ''Pawn Stars'' is an American reality television series shown on History and produced by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24 ...

'', ''

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'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''

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', ''

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'', ''

Jane By Design ''Jane by Design'' is an American comedy-drama television series on ABC Family. The series follows the life of Jane Quimby ( Erica Dasher), a teenager who is mistaken for an adult, as she finally gets her fashion dream job working with a world-fa ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Best Week Ever ''Best Week Ever'' is an American comedy series created and executive produced by Fred Graver. The series originally aired from January 23, 2004, to June 12, 2009, on VH1.Harris, Scott"VH1 Cancels 'Best Week Ever'". ''Inside TV''. January 13, 20 ...

', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''CMT Hot 20 Countdown''. In 2012, Mike produced the vocals and mixed the Season 2 theme song for the TV Land sitcom ''

The Exes ''The Exes'' is an American sitcom starring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, Kristen Johnston, David Alan Basche, and Kelly Stables. It debuted on TV Land on November 30, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 10:30 p.m. The series was created by ...

''. Mike has also worked with

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, Stephen Bishop, Sarah Connor,

Kay Hanley Kay Hanley is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known as the vocalist for the alternative rock band Letters to Cleo. Life and career Hanley grew up in Dorchester, Massachusetts across the street from the Wahlberg family. She atte ...

Liberty DeVitto Liberatori "Liberty" DeVitto (born August 8, 1950) is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his work as a drummer for New York singer-songwriter Billy Joel's recording and touring band. He has also been a session drummer on recordings of ...

W. G. Snuffy Walden William Garrett Walden, known as W. G. Snuffy Walden (born February 13, 1950), is an American musician and composer of film and television soundtracks. Walden is an Emmy Award winner for the theme music to ''The West Wing'' (NBC), has been nomin ...

Barry Goudreau Barry Goudreau (born November 29, 1951) is an American musician. He was one of two original guitarists for the Rock music, rock band Boston (band), Boston alongside founder Tom Scholz; both Scholz and Goudreau shared lead and rhythm guitar parts ...

Rich Cronin Richard Burton Cronin (August 30, 1974September 8, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and rapper, best known for being the lead singer and primary songwriter for the pop and hip hop group LFO. Early life and education Cronin was born in ...

Robert Carranza Robert Carranza is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. Selected discography *2017 – Heaven Upside Down – Marilyn Manson *2016 – ''Dont Go She Gone'' – ''Mangchi'' *2015 – ''The Pale Emperor'' – Marilyn Man ...

Phil X Theofilos Xenidis (born March 10, 1966), better known as Phil X, is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Since 2013, he has played lead guitar with Bon Jovi and officially replaced former lead guitarist Richie Sambora in 2016. Career Early ...

Marc Terenzi Marc Eric Terenzi (born June 27, 1978) is an American pop singer and reality show participant. He was a member of the boy band Natural and was married to German pop/soul singer Sarah Connor from 2005 to 2008. They have a son named Tyler and a ...

, Capra,

Kelly Blatz Kelly Steven Blatz (born June 16, 1987) is an American actor, director, writer, producer, editor and musician. He is best known for playing the lead role in ''Aaron Stone''. Career Blatz made his acting debut in ''Simon Says'' (2006), then appe ...

Sacha Sacket Sacha Sacket (born September 20, 1978, in Tehran, Iran) is an American pop singer-songwriter who resides in Los Angeles, California. Sacket has produced six albums, ''Alabaster Flesh'' (2001), ''Shadowed'' (2005), ''Lovers and Leaders'' (2007), ' ...

TL Forsberg TL Forsberg (born 8 September in Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian hard of hearing singer, songwriter and actress who proudly embraces the word "deaf" She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School, Forsberg performed as the singer/front ...

and many others.

References

External links

Official site
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AllMusic website
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