At an early age Mykl showed an affinity with animals, keeping a variety of pets from guinea pigs to mosquitoes. He used to frighten his mother with a large, hairy, rubber spider until she threw it away.

By the age of five he'd given up his ambition of being John Wayne.

By ten he'd decided not to be an astronaut, fireman, policeman or stuntman.

At sixteen he got a guitar and gave up ideas of being a graphic designer. After doing a fairly bad job of teaching himself to play, Mykl searched for teachers able to cope with his argumentative and facetious ways.

At twenty Mykl was spending more time playing alone than with other musicians and so gave up the idea of being a Heavy Metal guitar god because he found it impossible to find other rockers who could stay away from dope for long enough to get anything done.

At the age of twenty-two he lost interest in becoming the first non-corrupt politician and being the first Prime Minister to do a good job of running the country, however, he's still considering becoming a delegate for the Monster-Raving-Loony Party.

Leaving university with a Master's Degree in Classical Guitar performance he set out to conquer the stages of the world but failed to achieve anything of any real benefit to his wallet. With the intention of pursuing one of his long-term goals of playing slap bass, Mykl bought a five string and started learning with the intention of earning some extra cash playing with local funk bands but between more unreliable people and the guitar shop 'fixing' his guitar into an unplayable mess he gave up on that as well.

Some years later he decided to buy another five string because a man named Dave had telephoned him out of the blue. Mykl now plays bass guitar for Embryon, using his Classical fingerpicking techniques and love of slap bass to bring a new dimension to the band.