Michael began his career in radio, at KOKL/KLLS in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He engineered at KLAK in Denver, then became Production Director and Music Director at KPPL, also in Denver. From radio, Michael was abducted into Record Promotion for Epic/CBS, working with Michael Jackson, Charlie Daniels, Gloria Estefan, Ozzy Osbourne and many other storied recording and performing legends. His music career peaked as VP National Promotion at Columbia Records Nashville. He went on to manage artists in the US, Romania and Ukraine. In all, Michael’s promotion work resulted in 70 Gold, Platinum or multi-platinum albums and over $1 Billion in recorded music sales. This experience led to his e-book ‘Brilliant!’ a primer for those who wish to build a career in music. During and since then, Michael’s interest turned to researching thousands of years of evidence favoring the use of botanicals to treat our most common and perplexing ailments.