Having started in the clubs & cabarets of his hometown Toronto before recording & touring the world with the pop acapella group, The Nylons, Barnes moved his solo career to LA with the release of "Loudboy Radio" winning a ‘99 Glama award for best club song. After touring major cities in the US, performing full length evenings of spoken word & music developed at Highways Performance Space & writing the score to the rock musical "Tribe" for the producers of RENT, Barnes began performing his evening of songs at the piano at hot spots like NYC's Living Room & Les Deux Cafe in Hollywood before finding himself back on the dancefloors collaborating with remix gods Thunderpuss to create their #1 Billboard hit "(Welcome to my) Head". The first indie single to reach the top of the club chart! Having garnered radio play in the U.K. Barnes has begun collaborations with some of the top writer/producer/remixers in the bizness, Jason Nevins,Brad Daymond,Jack Elliot, Chris Cox & Barry Harris.