Micah Ortega is best known as a guitarist for Five Iron Frenzy

Five Iron Frenzy

Five Iron Frenzy is a Christian ska band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1995 and disbanded in 2003. The band announced they were recording new material on November 22, 2011....

. He was born on May 31, 1976 in Greeley

Greeley, Colorado

The City of Greeley is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Weld County, Colorado, United States. Greeley is located in the region known as Northern Colorado. Greeley is situated north-northeast of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. According to the...

, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 and is a graduate of Heritage High School

Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado)

Heritage High School, in Littleton, Colorado was completed in 1972 as the last of three high schools in the Littleton Public Schools system. It was rated by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 200 high schools in the United States, and the Denver-based 5280 magazine acknowledged Heritage High...

 in Littleton

Littleton, Colorado

Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...

, Colorado. His constant absence from band rehearsals prompted the song "Where Is Micah?" on Five Iron's album Our Newest Album Ever!

Our Newest Album Ever!

Our Newest Album Ever! is the second full-length studio album released by the band Five Iron Frenzy. Its street date was November 11, 1997 on Five Minute Walk, under the SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from Warner Bros. Records...

.

Rap Side Micah

Even while with Five Iron, Micah has sought to improve his musical repertoire. Though Five Iron was a third wave ska band, he managed to feature his hip-hop skills on their album All the Hype That Money Can Buy

All the Hype That Money Can Buy

All the Hype That Money Can Buy, Five Iron Frenzy's third full-length studio album, released April 25, 2000, on Five Minute Walk, under their SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from Warner Bros. Records. It is musically their most diverse album, binding elements of salsa, Calypso music, and...

(2000). He DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

'ed on The Echoing Green

The Echoing Green (band)

The Echoing Green is an electronica/synthpop band. It began as a duo between Joey Belville and Aaron Bowman in 1992, and has since released eleven major albums....

's album Supernova

Supernova (The Echoing Green album)

Supernova is the name of an album by The Echoing Green. It primarily features brand-new material, along with a few reworked tracks from previous recordings.-Track listing:# "Supernova" – 5:26...

(2000), and, taking the pseudonym DJ Mizzicah, on Brave Saint Saturn

Brave Saint Saturn

Brave Saint Saturn is a Christian rock band formed in Denver, Colorado in 1999. The band is a side-project of former members of Five Iron Frenzy started by Reese Roper...

s' first album, So Far from Home

So Far from Home

So Far from Home is the first installment in a space-themed trilogy released by Christian rock band Brave Saint Saturn. This release contains less elements of the trilogy's plot that was developed in the two subsequent albums, opting for a more general feeling of darkness and loneliness...

(2000).

Micah also shows his hip-hop talent touring and recording with Soul-Junk

Soul-Junk

Soul-Junk is an experimental genre-hopping Christian rock / hip hop group from San Diego, California.-Background:The roots of Soul-Junk began in 1993 when Glen Galloway began experimenting while touring in Europe with his rock band Trumans Water...

. His involvement with the avant-garde

Avant-garde

Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....

 group began in 2000 when Five Iron and Soul-Junk toured together with 5 Minute Walk Records. Mizzicah appears with Soul-Junk on the EP 1942

1942 (EP)

-Credits:*Glen Galaxy – CTR, Singing, Farfisa, Keys, Breaking glass*Jon Galaxy – Bass, Hand concocted drum machine*Slo-Ro – Banjo, Clarinet, Trumpet, Loops, Electronics, Toy piano, Acoustic guitar, Backup singing...

(2001), the album 1958

1958 (album)

1958 is a hip-hop album by the group Soul-Junk.-Track listing:#"Hezekiah & the Sad Cobras"#*DJ Mizzicah: vinyl#"Moonpie Eating"#"Autosmuddling"#*Co-Written By: Bizzart#"Thy Dark Streets Shineth"#"Tasmanian Pork"#*DJ Mizzicah: vinyl#"Buzzards"...

(2003), and various compilation tracks.

In 2003 he co-engineered Five Iron's final studio release, The End Is Here. His latest forays into hip-hop produced an EP entitled Rap Music with “Alan the Fisherman” (R. Alan Brooks II). Micah has continued making music with Alan (now known as Soul Daddy): Soul Daddy.

Micah now works with Fastlane Productions http://www.fastlaneproductions.com, where he holds the position of lead audio engineer.