User:Music phoenix
Background
[edit]Michael Barbiero graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA in Psychology and joined the staff of Media Sound as an assistant engineer in 1971. In 1972, he left Media Sound and became an A&R man for Paramount Records, earning a Grammy nomination at the age of 23 for his production of the Serpico movie soundtrack album[1]. He later went on to sign Stephanie Mills to her first recording contract. In 1975, he returned to Media Sound and remained on staff until 1978 when he began a career as an independent producer/mixer/engineer.
He then specialized as a remixer in the disco era, and employed his engineering talents on 12" remixes and singles for artists like Whitney Houston, Jackie Moore, Dan Hartman, Gonzales, The Spinners, Aretha Franklin, The Jacksons, Melba Moore, Joe Simon, Madonna, Earth, Wind and Fire, Mick Jagger and Simply Red.
Barbiero was a long-time collaborator with producer Steve Thompson. They started working on dance songs and later moved to rock. One of their first rock projects for Geffen Records was a band called City Kidd, who later became Tesla.
Since 1995 Michael has produced, mixed and/or engineered projects for The Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, Cowboy Mouth, Shakira, Vallejo, The Counting Crows, Richy Nix, and Lostprophets among others, plus producing or co-producing with Warren Haynes, eleven projects with Gov't Mule, including the award-winning albums The Deepest End and Déjà Voodoo. He has also co-produced The Allman Brothers' Hittin' the Note studio album and, in 2003, their RIAA platinum certified DVD, Live at the Beacon Theater. Michael has engineered, produced, and/or mixed projects that have been nominated for Grammy awards fourteen times, winning four times for: Blues Traveler ("Run-around" - 1994 - Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal), Ziggy Marley (Fallen Is Babylon - 1997- Best Reggae Album), Peter Frampton "Fingerprints" - 2006 - Best Pop Instrumental Album, and Cutting Crew (Broadcast 1985 - Best New Artist). More recently he has mixed songs for Danish recording artist Thomas Helmig, Maroon 5, Mike Farris, Roadrunner artists doubleDrive (2003), Alive in Wild Paint and Hinder. He is the president of Ring Bearer Music Ltd. publishing, owner of Ring Bearer Music Studios and a longtime member of ASCAP.
Grammy Awards
[edit]The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Michael Barbiero worked on albums which received 5 awards from 13 nominations. [2]
Discography
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| Year | Artist | Title | Misc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Buckwheat Zydeco | Lay Your Burden Down | Grammy for Best Cajun and Zydeco album |
| 2000 | Gov’t Mule | Lay Your Burden Down | |
| 1991 | Tesla | Edison’s Medicine | Platinum sales |
| 1991 | Tesla | Don’t DeRock Me | Platinum sales |
| 1991 | Tesla | Song And Emotion | Platinum sales |
| 1991 | Tesla | Call It What You Want | Platinum sales |
| 1991 | Tesla | Toke About It | Platinum sales |
| 1980 | Brook Benton | I’ve Got The Christmas Spirit | |
| 1977 | Radar | Citizen Band |
References
[edit]- ^ "Serpico soundtrack". Vinyl Revinyl. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "Blues Traveler Grammy". Rock on the Net. Retrieved 2010-02-22.