In August of 1986, Michael joined the staff of CRC. Previously he engineered primarily music sessions at Garrett Sound, a small facility once owned by legendary jingle producer Dick Marx. The old studio was located on the top floor of what was the Terra Museum located at Erie and Michigan avenues. When Terra bought the building in 1985, everyone was booted out.
After moving to CRC, Michael slowly switched from music engineering to the Post Production side of the industry.
When CRC saw an opportunity to build a satellite studio located in the Leo Burnett building, Michael was a natural choice given his previous experience as the "Jack of all Trades" at Garrett Sound.
Ten years later, in a situation similar to Garrett Sound, a large law firm in the Burnett building exercised an option to take over the studio space when the CRC lease expired. Once again, Michael was on the move to the current location at 55 West Wacker.
A leading reason MIchael was chosen for the move to the satellite facility is his strong technical background. He services most of the equipment at CRC55 and can handle all but the most severe technical problems without intervention from CRC's main facility half a mile away. This background in electronics also allows him to squeeze every ounce of power from the tools at his disposal.Michael currently teaches an audio post production class at Columbia College (AVM1) and owns a Macintosh user web site called
Michael's Mac.
He lives with his wife of over twenty-five years and two near-perfect children on the southwest side of Chicago. If you're particularly bored, feel free to visit the
Coyle Family web site! And yes, there is even a
Facebook page.
