RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: MIKE TOMPKINS: This is the real "AMERICAN IDOL!" Check out his wonderment and tribute to Micheal Jackson and "Pretty Young Thing!"

Saturday, July 16, 2011

MIKE TOMPKINS: This is the real "AMERICAN IDOL!" Check out his wonderment and tribute to Micheal Jackson and "Pretty Young Thing!"

By Randy Economy

I want to interview Mike Tompkins. Who? Mike Tompkins. One of the most incredible, and gifted musicians you have NEVER heard of, unless you follow his wonderment on You Tube, or other "non traditional" outlets. I want ALL my readers to sit back and enjoy this ubber sensation in action. Here is his take on Micheal Jackson's "Pretty Young Thing." All of the sounds you hear in this song, come straight from his mouth. He is a one man music machine, screw American Idol, this guy is in a class all his own.

Here is more about Mike Tompkins, from his website with the same name, www.mike-tompkins.com

MIKE TOMPKINS: One Voice. One Magical Imagination.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada during the historic tornado on July 31st, 1987, life for Mike Tompkins has been punctuated by memorable events, the most recent of which includes being rocketed to notoriety mixing his talents to create music using only his voice and mouth.

Mike’s novel ‘A Capella’ music has stemmed from over a decade of demanding and diverse musical and production pursuits, starting with beat boxing at the young age of 8.

From musical theatre production in high school, to production, engineering and mixing of numerous albums (Juno award winning artist Shad K’s “The Old Prince”) during post-secondary education at the industry renowned Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology, Mike’s resume now includes collaboration as a producer and writer with Timbaland on his most recent Shock Value 3 album set for release in 2011.

The past year’s whirlwind of activities began when celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted Mike’s cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream”/Bruno Mars “Just The Way You Are” quoting him as “Pretty on the eyes and ears” in September 2010, shooting the video to over 2 million views in under a month. This allowed the world to see his talents, which were quickly recognized by Ellen Degeneres and artist/producer Timbaland. This was followed shortly by appearances on The Ellen Show, The Today Show and two trips to Miami to work with Timbaland.

Confident yet amazingly down to earth, Mike’s goal remains to make great music, put a smile on people’s faces, and show his diversity as an artist. With over 200,000 YouTube subscribers and close to 30 million views of his songs, Mike is well on his way to achieving these goals, and it is just the beginning!

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You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”