MIKE HAYDEN on purevolume™

Pop / Acoustic / Rock

What changes have occurred since 2005. First,Mike is now 25. Also, Mike is not currently performing. He is still writing and recording when he has time. Second, Mike currently lives in Arizona where he is the director of Orchestras, Choirs, and Guitar studies at an area high school. He spends his days teaching, and his nights arranging music. Mike hopes to expand to his performing to area symphony orchestras. Mike also is spending his time listening to many varieties of orchestra music and jazz and hopes to one day continue his education with a graduate degree in Music Education and Orchestral Conducting.

Please listen to all music. This page now serves to archive the Music that Mike has written/performed/ and arranged over the years! Enjoy!

OLD BIO

23 year-old Mike Hayden is not just you average guy with a guitar. Hayden offers a unique twist on the typical view of the singer/songwriter. Over the last year, Mike has gone from a virtual unknown, to being a leader in the Colorado Acoustic/Pop Rock market. At the age of 21, singer/songwriter Mike Hayden was studying percussion and education at the University of Colorado when he turned his focus on writing his own music again. Hayden, who had been in bands before playing drums, guitars, bass, and piano since the age of 12 wanted something different from the harder music he was more accustomed to listening to. He picked up a borrowed acoustic guitar from his brother and out came his new style of acoustic music.

In 2005, Hayden's music has gained nearly 70,000 plays and over 6,000 downloads on online sites such as Purevolume.com, and Myspace.com. Hayden is currently playing in Colorado, and planning future national tours in support of his new EP, "Moments" Both of Hayden's EP's are sold nationally online at Tower records, CDBaby, Best Buy and at various local music and book stores in Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Missouri, and California. With Hayden's reputation for writing such heartfelt music, He is not to be an act missed.

"When he( Mike Hayden) is onstage Mike just commands the attention of the room" Mike just has a presence about him that you can't help but fall in love with him"

"This industry needs more artist like Mike Hayden. His songwriting is amazing. He just engages you when he plays, it's like he is singing just to you."