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Michael Barrett is a 27 year old composer from Ocala, Florida. He has been playing the piano for over 20 years and composing original music for over 18 years. Michael is largely self-taught having received only minimal piano training as a child, accompanied by musical history and theoretical training in high school. Michael's work is best categorized in the "new age"/"smooth jazz" genre with his music having been compared to such artist as Yanni and Jim Brickman.

Michael has enjoyed album sales locally and internationally with buyers as far away as the Netherlands and South Korea. He has also scored two independent films, "Lifechild Chronicles" and "Deadgirl" for LA based Filmjack Productions, which premeired at the Cinespace Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.in Hollywood, California on August 31, 2004. He also has two other film scores in the works.

His credits also include multiple live performances and interviews on WOCA News Talk 1370 and "The Jeffrey Henderson Show" on KLAS 89.7FM on the American Radio Network, and also a big concert locally in Ocala for his home-town fans in 2008. Michael has won first place twice in talent competitions and place well in two others. He has also been featured in the Ocala Star Banner newspaper as well as the elite Ocala Style magazine and has performed at various events and venues locally.

MICHAEL ALSO OWNS A MUSIC PRODUCTION COMPANY FOR FILM AND T.V. @ www.nitesail.com


Michael Barrett Discography;

"Through My Eyes" - Released in March, 2003. Made primarily as a gift for family and friends.
"Redemption" - Released in April 2004. Made for retail sale.
"A Place In Time" - 2008