High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael Nesmith has been recording music since 1963. In his early career, Nesmith went under the pseudoname "Michael Blessing". In 1966, Nesmith was cast in The Monkees, where he is largely known as his Monkees` persona "Mike". As a solo artist, Nesmith`s musical library includes 12 studio albums, a movie soundtrack, and an instrumental album of his songs. His library of music was primarily recorded on either RCA Records of his own label, Pacific Arts.