Since moving to New York City in 2005, bassist Mike Chiavaro has performed and recorded all over the United States, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia with various bands including:

Knights on Earth, Jerseyband, Wakey!Wakey!, Boy & Bear, Cinjun Tate, The Kickdrums, Burlap to Cashmere, Tamarama, Only Son, Kasim Sulton, Bell, Amy Lynn & the Gunshow, Bacci, The 45′s, Maricopa, the David Crowell Ensemble, Zelma Davis, Lenka Dusilova, Nell Bryden, Beyondo, Hog Trio, Blood Street Band, The Dexter Lake Club Band, Courtney Drummey, Steven Delopoulos, The Appletrees, The Neos Ensemble, Danielle Evin, The WMD’s, Christine Hagan, Rachel Efron, James Harries, Bob America, Paul Cox Project, Spencer Day, Ethan Meixsell Trio, One Way Ticket, Kira Fontana, James and the Fever, Rose Falcon, Russell Howard, Ryan Koning, Mike Acerbo, The Tactylics, Kirsten DeHaan, The Keith Ward Group, Sean Kershaw, Megumi Kanda, Dave Truet’s Clarify, Bill Malchow, and Princeton Pro Musica.

He has worked as a session musician for a line-up of legendary producers including:

Phil Ramone (Paul Simon, Billy Joel), Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon), Bryce Goggin (Phish, Sean Lennon), David Rosenthal (Elton John, Steve Vai), Brian Harding (Jennifer Lopez, Dream Theater), Jay Mussina (The Rolling Stones, Miles Davis), Joshua Valleau (John Legend, Kanye West), John Hill (Shakira), Ben Yonas (Lenka Dusilova, Shotgun Wedding Quintet), Anthony J. Resta (Collective Soul, Duran Duran), Lawson White (Matmos, So Percussion) Anthony Winters (50 cent, Busta Rhymes), Ben Lindell (MGMT, The Break Mission), and John White (Chic Corea, DJ Logic).

A graduate of The Eastman School of Music, Mike was recently commissioned to write an electric bass method book titled, “Picture Yourself Playing Bass”. The book was published by Cengage Learning and is currently available in Barnes and Noble stores and online.