A prolific producer and songwriter, Michael Case Kissel has worked with or appeared as a featured artist with people ranging from David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Devo, Ringo Starr, The Pointer Sisters, Sean Paul, The Backstreet Boys, Nas, and The Four Tops to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Kissel's work in movies and recordings has put him in the music business trenches with Sting, Kurt Vonnegutt, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason (Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, and Fleetwood Mac, as well as his own catalog of hits, including the ubiquitous "Feeling Alright") and master drummer Babatunde Olatunji (known as The Father of African Music, "Baba" wrote and performed with Santana and the Grateful Dead, taught African culture to Malcolm X, marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and performed at JFK's inauguration). Working with Olatunji completed a circle, as both Olatunji and Kissel were discovered by the great John Hammond, the legendary golden-eared A&R man who found and produced Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, George Benson, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Mike's later projects included writing songs with Jimmy Norman (Jimmy wrote the Rolling Stones classic "Time Is on My Side", and worked extensively with Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix), Teddy Richards (Teddy, son of Aretha Franklin and legendary songwriter Ted White, has performed with Joe Cocker, Al Green, and Kid Rock, as well as Aretha, in between writing and producing his own albums), Sean Harkness (master guitarist Harkness has been a solo artist on Windham Hill, and is a sought-after session player and music director), and BananaToons/EMI writing team Sean Hosein & Dane Deviller (Jessica Simpson, Kelly Rowland, Color Me Badd, 98 Degrees, Amy Grant).

In his memory, KMA studios continues to pursue Mike's vision of creating the best creative space for songwriters, producers, engineers and artists.