Profiles of artists who are using our sounds.

Featured Artist: Michael Whalen

Michael Whalen is one of the busiest composers working today. Having done literally hundreds of advertising scores and film scores for network television, his work has been heard by literally millions of listeners.

A graduate of the renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston (and also a member of the film scoring faculty there), Michael works in multiple genres. He has written over 20 orchestral and chamber scores.

Michael has performed and recorded with numerous jazz notables. His latest CD is called Mysterious Ways, which features standout keyboard parts that showcase our Real Rhodes sounds. Michael is joined by Tony Levin (King Crimson and Peter Gabriel's touring band ) on

bass and stick, Chuck Loeb (the Stan Getz band)and David Torn on guitar, Danny Gotlieb (the Pat Metheney Group) and Bashiri Johnson on drums/percussion, and Emmy winning sax player Bob Minzer (the Yellowjackets). Mysterious Ways is available from Amazon.com, along with other recordings he has released.

Go to our Real Rhodes product page to hear a solo excerpt from Michael's previous release on Koch jazz, The Border of Dusk.