Biography
Mike Cao
Mike "85 Mics" Cao is a music producer/songwriter and occasional MC from Orange County. He is one-half of the record production duo The Beat Bumz. Inspired by the leading hip-hop producers of the 90's such as Dr. Dre, Puff Daddy, and Timbaland, Mike used his background in computers to begin experimenting with digital music during the dawn of the digital recording era. This led to his decision to study music production at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
During his college career, Mike interned at Universal Music and served as President of the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA), experiences that helped further educate him the business aspect of the music industry. Around the same time, Mike founded the company Entropy Entertainment along with his business partner and best friend Roland Santos. The company would generalize in an eclectic mix of multimedia products and services, including web design, video game development, events promotion, film production, and music production.
After finishing his degrees, Mike, under the Beat Bumz moniker with music partner Robby Moya, would produce for his independent record label, Entropy Records, which was created as a division of Entropy Entertainment.
When he's not working on tracks, Mike keeps himself busy working on the other aspects of Entropy Entertainment. Aside from web design consulting and film editing, he is currently developing an independent video game for the XBOX 360 which will heavily feature the music of The Beat Bumz.