- Mike Castonguay
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Mike Castonguay Also known as Lukewarm Freeda Genres Pop rock, rock, acoustic Occupations Music producer, music engineer, music mixer, songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards Years active 2000–present Labels Sony/BMG, Transcontinental, Sire/Warner Bros. Associated acts Evan Taubenfeld, Natural, Lukewarm Freeda Website imaginationsurplus.com Mike Castonguay is a music producer, musician and songwriter based in Los Angeles, CA.
In the early 2000’s Mike worked as a producer, songwriter and the musical director for the band Natural (Sony BMG), a Lou Pearlman group based in Orlando, FL. Mike produced numerous songs for the bands 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 Spirited Away (Disney). He also produced Natural’s version of the song Cherish for the Kool & The Gang tribute album The Hits: Reloaded.
In 2005, Mike and former Natural member Michael Johnson formed the band Lukewarm Freeda. The duo had songs featured in the television series Veronica Mars (UPN/CW network) and in the film I’m Through With White Girls.
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 as a member of his band "The Blacklist Club". The band also featured Devin Bronson and Isaac Carpenter. Mike played bass on Evan’s debut album Welcome to the Blacklist Club (Sire/Warner Bros.) which also featured Avril Lavigne. Songs from the album appeared on MTV's The Hills and the The Sims 3 video game.
Separate from the band, Mike and Evan wrote and produced the theme song for the MTV show Pageant Place which was executive produced by Donald Trump. They also worked together on the MTV show Kaya, the film Lock and Roll Forever (Sony Pictures), the Tyga album No Introduction (Universal), and the Cartoon Network show “Props”.
Mike has produced and composed music in commercials for Apple, Sprint, VISA 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 Bella (Lion’s Gate)
Mike has also produced songs featured on MTV’s The Real World and the NBC show Friday Night Lights.
Mike has also worked with Fastball, Sarah Connor, Kay Hanley, Liberty DeVitto, W. G. Snuffy Walden, Barry Goudreau, Rich Cronin, Robert Carranza, Phil X, Marc Terenzi, Capra, Kelly Blatz, Sacha Sacket, Aiden Moore, Chrys Ryan, Brandon Seabrook and others.
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