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| Popular As | Jeffrey Michael |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Age | 46 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | June 23, 1977 (Detroit, Michigan, USA) |
| Birthday | June 23 |
| Town/City | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Jeffrey Michael’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Jeffrey Michael was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Award winning composer, pianist and recording artist Jeffrey Michael has performed for millions of people, sold over 2 million CD's and downloads and has over 1 billion online music streams worldwide with his self-promotion strategy and record label Fireheart Music.
Jeffrey has also composed or licensed original music for over 100 independent film, TV, movie trailers and video game projects. Jeffrey Michael grew up in Sterling Heights, Michigan. As a 2 year old he used to bang on his Great Grandmother's piano.
In 1983 she passed away and her piano was passed along to Jeffrey's mother. She actually told him not to touch the piano for fear that he would damage it at such a young age. Naturally, he disobeyed her and began playing the piano by ear when he was 6 years old, going on to compose his own music by 11 years old.
Jeffrey does not read music but rather is a self-taught musician who utilizes his excellent ear for his music and composes using a special shorthand that he developed as a child prodigy. Some of his musical influences include George Winston, David Lanz, Hans Zimmer, James Horner, John Williams, Alexandre Desplat and Thomas Newman.
At age 15 Jeffrey broke his right hand and could barely use it to play piano for many months which caused him to develop his left hand much more fully than many pianists. Now he is known for his dexterous two-hand counterpoint melodies.
That same year Jeffrey borrowed $1,000 from his father, went to a recording studio and made a recording of his compositions that he began selling in his high school. In two weeks he paid his dad back.
The next year he made another recording. By the time he graduated, he had sold 5,000 cassettes of instrumental piano music primarily to high schoolers!In 1996 after briefly taking business classes at Eastern Michigan University and Schoolcraft College, Jeffrey created Fireheart Music.
Since then he has developed his company into an independent record label and music production company where he composes, produces and arranges piano CD's. Under the Fireheart Label he has released 18 CD's and more than 130 piano compilations worldwide specializing in music for relaxation.
Since Jeffrey was a boy he always had a passion for film music and dreamed of someday being a film composer. In 1997 Jeffrey was interested in studying film scoring and was offered a full composition scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston.
However, when Berklee discovered Jeffrey did not read music he was told he needed 2 years of College level piano classes or he would fail out of Berklee. A Berklee film scoring instructor advised "Jeffrey you want to compose for movies.
..you've got the talent...so go compose for movies." Jeffrey did just that by gaining experience composing music for some University of Michigan film school films as well as some local indie feature films.
Jeffrey relocated to the Los Angeles area in 2006 and since then has composed for many films, TV and video game projects. Major credits include the "Call of Duty: Black Ops III" video game, "The Girl On The Train" Movie Trailer, "London Has Fallen" feature film, Cirque Du Soleil, Google, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Asics, SyFy Channel, HIstory Channel, ABC, ESPN, NBC and Bravo as well as at The Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals.
He also plays the guitar, enjoys screenwriting, painting, traveling, golf and has played soccer in Europe. He now resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA with his wife and 3 kids.
