I can honestly tell you as someone who used to work with him. He was sought after. My boss worked with him and he was on his way to making an album, but everytime it came to put in the work... I think he just wanted to live his life. Not sure his head was in it at the time and he was young too so that may influenced that. We could never nail him down in the studio to complete and some of the songs I heard for that album were BEAUTIFULLY done. I believe his first name is Mike. I don't remember his last name.
