MICHAEL PARNELL

Keyboardist, bassist, and arranger

 
 
 
 

Bachelors degree Music Theory and Composition from Mount St Mary’s College 1983

Other instruments include guitar, flute, drums and percussion

Session Keyboardist & Bassist  1980-present

Recorded for various artists including Graham Nash, Audrey Dardenne, Player, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brian Setzer Orchestra(Run, Run, Rudolph), Chuck Negron, Michael Damian, Joe (Bean) Esposito, Steve Madeo, Mark Vogel, Sprung Monkey, Katrina Carleton, Steve Plunkett, Jeff Silbar and many otheRS

Protools editor since beginning of the technology with SoundTools, Digidesign 2 track digital editing system in early 1990’s

Protools Engineer for Various artists including Brian Setzer Orchestra, Meredith Brooks, Chris Mostert, Chilly Chill, Dangerous Goodz, The Malibooz, Terraplane Sun, Producer David Darling and others

Arranger for Audrey Dardenne, The Carmelite Sisters, Nick Todd and others

String arrangements for The Temptations, Louden Swain, Katrina Carleton, LaFroy, and others

Performed with Laws Family (Playboy Jazz Festival and Toyohashi Music Festival), Michael Damian, and others

Composer for Dangerous Curves CBS, several documentaries for Discovery Channel, The Very First Noel (Animated Christmas film)

Worked with Music Supervisors John Houlihan, Paul DeFranco, Spenser Proffer, Richard Feldman