Mike Castonguay

Mike Castonguay
Also known as	Lukewarm Freeda
Genres	Pop rock, rock, acoustic
Occupation(s)	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.

From 2001 to 2004 Mike worked as a producer, songwriter and musical director for Natural (Sony/BMG), an Orlando FL based band led by the boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. 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. Mike was the lead singer and the guitarist for the band.

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 (Sire/Warner Bros.). The band also featured Devin Bronson and Isaac Carpenter. Mike played bass on Evan's debut album Welcome to the Blacklist Club which also featured Avril Lavigne. Songs from the album appeared on MTV's The Hills, as well as 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.

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