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←Mike Tompkins is an A cappella singer and music producer. This Ontario native has become a YouTube sensation in the span of a few months landing him on the Ellen Show, where he did his first live performance, Canada AM, the Today Show, and in studio with Timbaland. Tompkins came from a very musically oriented family and by the age of eight he was beatboxing. His parents allowed him to make his own recording studio in his basement which was where he started producing his music. Tompkins graduated in 2008 from Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology (OIART). In 2007 while attending OIART, Tompkins began to work with Canadian rapper Shad helping him engineer and produce his album titled "The Old Prince" which was nominated for both a Juno and Polaris Award. After graduation, Tompkins moved to Toronto to look for a Post Productions job but had no luck and ended up working at a music retail store. After that he moved back to Ontario and a year later his first video went viral. Tompkins currently has over 750,000 YouTube subscribers and over 120 million views! He has created and produced over 25 pop song covers and has been featured in a few songs as well.

In April 2012 Tompkins released his single "Stand Up" which was featured in the marketing for the 2012 movie Bully. This song was also used for the Bully Awareness campaign in Toronto.

Mike currently lives in LA and has become the first musician to partner up with Maker Studios. With this partnership Tompkins is allowed to use the company's production facilities and receive marketing support. He also gets a share of the revenue from the YouTube channel. From this he released his single "Stars Align" in June 2012.