Here are some samples of my design work over the years.
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FLIMA Beat Episode 27
For this week’s FLIMA Beat Radio Hour we’re highlighting some albums that were released in 2026 by musicians from central and western New York state. There’s no theme otherwise tying this music together, besides being created locally. By created I mean written, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered right here in our backyards.
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I am Steve
In my city they organize an annual community Halloween parade. The community is invited to join (costumes encouraged) and march around downtown escorted by the local police and fire department—accompanied by the high school marching band. My son loves all things Minecraft. So naturally his Halloween costume (Netherite Knight) was related to the game. So…
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FLIMA Beat Episode 26
For this week’s FLIMA Beat Radio Hour we’re looking ahead to some music events happening in Syracuse, NY this week (Sunday, October 25 through November 1st). I spent time exploring the regional calendars to single out few events–And built a playlist around some of the artists featured in this episode.
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FLIMA Beat Episode 23
Air date: October 3, 2026 on 104.1FM WGCC For this week’s FLIMA Beat Radio Hour we’re taking a look back at the annual Naples Grape Festival. Music director Mike Joseph scheduled two days of diverse all-original music acts to perform on the purple stage. For this week’s broadcast I want to showcase some of the…
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FLIMA Beat Episode 9
For Episode 009 of the FLIMA Beat Radio Hour, we welcomed Canandaigua-area songwriting duo Exit Atlas into the studio for a conversation about their musical backgrounds, collaborative work, songwriting, and what lies ahead for the project.
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FLIMA Beat Episode 2
Air date: May 9, 2026 on 104.1FM WGCC This week we welcome singer-songwriter Oliver Burdo. He’s also the principal vocalist and bassist for the band St. Vith. They’re playing the annual Rochester Lilac Festival this year. So we built a show around it, featuring music by a variety of regional artists that will grace the…
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Sheet Music Coming Soon
As a composer and songwriter I usually take the time to layout the final versions of music I write. The first reason is for copyright protection filings in order to document my intellectual property rights. Secondly, it’s to be able to teach the music to my collaborators for upcoming performances and recording sessions. But now…
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Finger Lakes Times – Feature
I’ve been working around the clock on the 2nd annual Geneva Jazz Festival + Scott Lafaro Celebration (April 4-7, 2024). This is event is a passion project not only rooted in my love of jazz music, but also my appreciation of history. And the pride I feel for my (current) home city Geneva, NY. I…
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I Quit
St. Patrick’s Day will always hold special meaning for me. On March 17, 2010 I finally kicked my cigarette habit. After many years of smoking I finally summoned the willpower to give up the nasty habit. I wrote a haiku to commemorate the achievement. If you smoke hope that you will try to quit. It’s…
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Support My Work
In my 25 years as a creative arts professional, the landscape has changed dramatically. The advance of technology and prevalence of personal electronic devices have impacted the earning potential in creative fields. With these tools at hand – now almost anyone can pursue work in areas of music, graphic design, photography, copywriting, illustration, web development,…
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Toddler Spacewalk
I’m a graphic designer in an online group for “Photoshop Requests”. Users upload their own photograph as make request for Photoshop wizards to make corrections, improvements, troll, or fantastical image manipulations. Here’s one of my original Photoshop edits. In the original post the person uploaded this photo of their son and requested that we put…
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Juggalo Make Up
I’m a graphic designer in an online group for “Photoshop Requests”. Users upload their own photograph as make request for Photoshop wizards to make corrections, improvements, troll, or fantastical image manipulations. Here’s one of my original Photoshop edits. In the original post the person uploaded this photo of a co-worker and requested that we troll…
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Seinfeld Marine Biologist
I’m in an online group for “Seinfeld Fanatics”. It’s common for users to upload their own beach photo…and ask someone to photoshop George into the image. I typically ignore these since they’re pretty incessant, and I don’t want to encourage people. But with this one I couldn’t resist to put the beached whale from he…
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Elf Kiss
I’m a graphic designer in an online group for “Photoshop Requests”. Users upload their own photograph as make request for Photoshop wizards to make corrections, improvements, troll, or fantastical image manipulations. Here’s one of my original Photoshop edits. In the original post the person uploaded this photo of their daughter and requested that we put…
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Website Design Portfolio
From 2002-2012 Michael owned and operated Stargroove Collective. This was the business Michael worked as a freelance graphic designer, web developer, and marketer. Although he still enjoys computer programming and graphic design…they are only hobbies now. Browse the links below to view samples of Michael’s portfolio. Scroll down to view screenshots of websites designed by…
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