Mike Birnbaum Finds Success Writing, Producing Electronic Pop Music
Potomac native and Churchill High School graduate, Mike Birnbaum, aka D. Gookin, is on tour debuting his latest CD.
The Velvet Lounge in Washington, D.C. was rockin' on July 11 to the newly-released electronic sounds of "D. Gookin"—known to Potomac residents as Mike Birnbaum—as he debuted his latest CD. Birnbaum said that he writes all his own music and lyrics, as well as recording and producing it all himself under the independent electronic music label, Moongadget. He calls his style “upbeat electronic pop,” although he says the flavor of each piece may be experimental, pop, hip hop, rock, or reggae. His latest CD, Spiral Style, exemplifies this mix of sounds. Birnbaum, a music graduate of The Hartt School, currently lives in New Haven, Connecticut, but said growing up in Potomac definitely left an impression on his musical awareness. “My mother was …
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