I first had the pleasure of meeting Josh Michnik a.k.a Charles Lee a few summers back. He was dating the sister of the woman that I was dating at that time. Over the years we’ve had some serious fun together. Most notably, doing navy seals dives off the back of a ripping speedboat on Tulameen Lake while intoxicated off of cheap liquor. And an impromptu acoustic music show we hosted at his apartment starring Sam Bradley - the then unknown musician behind the #1 hit from the film Twilight - myself, and a stand up bass player from the VSO. He’s a chilled out dude - a creative that understands the balance between producing work of the highest quality, while simultaneously managing to enjoy life and not take things too seriously.

Since our nights of taking hipster parties at The Limerick Junction and The Columbia by storm, he’s traveled extensively and spent two years living in London where he worked for clients such as VH1, MTV, ITV2, Wowwow, Diesel and RedBull.

Currently, homie has some serious irons in the fire. He’s relocating to Venice beach where he will reside with Paul Devro from Mad Decent, work and surf.

We recently reconnected this past weekend for the first time in over a year to kick it old school, so to speak. Over Sapporo, saki, and tuna tataki we discussed what agencies are currently producing the best creative, and ways that we can collaborate in the future. He then showed me his demo reel. Kids skills are off the chains.