Michael Humphrey is a singer/songwriter who weaves stories and music together to reflect his personal diary. The lyrics are understandable and the tunes are melodic. Michael's music is along the veins of Sting, Steve Winwood, Sade, Simon and Garfunkel and John Mayer. Michael is mostly AAA and Pop oriented but has some Country crossover potential.

Michael Humphrey Biography

Michael was born in Burbank, California. The son of Philip and Natalie Humphrey, Michael is the second of six children, with four brothers and one sister.

The story of Michael begins with an upbringing of entertaining. His father, Phil Humphrey, was half of the legendary rockabilly group “The Fendermen” who yodeled himself a hit record in 1960 with a Jimmy Rodgers/George Vaughn song “Mule Skinner Blues.” His mother, Natalie, was a go-go dancer and still performed while pregnant with Michael.

Michael’s father’s guitar would always be around and Michael picked it up and taught himself to play. Michael wrote his first song at the age of 12, called “The Old Hut and The Blackbird.” Michael loved the applause that the audience gave him and was bitten by the entertainment bug. He continued to write music and would weave acting into his life as well.

Michael signed up to take an acting class and quickly found himself excelling, taking starring role after starring role. Michael wound up acting in community theatre and upon his senior year, auditioned for acceptance into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Michael was accepted and left for his home state of California, the summer of his 18th birthday.

Michael continued to dream about music and acting. In 1997, Michael found himself in Seattle for the birth of grunge. Michael was attending the Art Institute of Seattle and taking classes to learn about the Music and Video Business. It was at that time that he hosted a television show called “Seattle Rocks.” Michael interviewed many other celebrities from Michael Stipe of R.E.M. to Kirk Cobain of Nirvana. This confirmed that Michael wanted to be an entertainer of that caliber and he started making records. Most of his recordings were poorly produced and ended up going no where.

Michael spent most of 2005 performing in Monaco and other small venues around the world with just his acoustic guitar. Learning what the audience liked and didn’t like, he was able to compile the material for his latest album, “Revelations.” Michael writes from his heart and hopes that people enjoy his stories.

Michael has just finished co-producing his father’s resurrection album, with new versions of his hit “Mule Skinner Blues” and has also co-produced his own album, “Revelations.” Not only was Michael instrumental in the mastering of both records, but he also used his business experience and marketing background to design both CD packages, the websites for his independent record label and artist roster, mailers, posters and all other administrative facets. Michael has explored radio marketing and promotion and retail distribution both in physical and digital sales. Michael is currently owner of Lit Match Records and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.