International Multi Award winning composer and musician, Mark Barnes, ThE BaD BoY oF ChilL OuT, will open your third eye – musically speaking. Barnes’ music has been featured in numerous magazines and web sites over the years, most notably Shine On Hollywood Magazine, One World Music Radio, New Age Music Planet, New Age Music World, Piano Music Radio, Lite Lounge with Domitri K, EmmeK New Age and New Sounds Magazine, AMMA AnR, local and regional newspapers and many others.

He started his accolades back in 2007 as a top 20 finalist in the instrumental category for the 11th annual edition of Unisong’s International Songwriting Contest and was the featured artist on the “Pulse of the Planet” radio program.

Barnes’ music began playing initially on Florida FM radio stations, and is now regularly played on numerous FM and internet Radio stations across the globe including Pandora, Spotify, Apple Radio, One World Music Radio, New Age Notes, Mystic Soundscapes Internet Radio, Rainbow World Radio, 97.1 Ocean FM, Happy Days New Age Radio, and the Cygnus Radio program just to name a few. Barnes has over 21.3 million streams on his Pandora station alone and is featured on a number of compilation albums.

Work on the music for the Docu-Drama “City of Dreams” with 2-time Academy Award Nominee Carol Connors won Barnes the Best Theme Song at the 2011 TCI Film Festival and the Composer of the Year at the 20th Los Angeles Music Awards. Most recently in 2023, Barnes was inducted into the Akademia Hall of Fame, bringing his accolade total to 35 awards and nominations.

More information is available at www.markbarnesmusic.com. Booking and licensing information can be obtained by contacting Mark Barnes Music at Mark@MarkBarnesMusic.com.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 2024 World Songwriting Award for Instrumental Category (Fall 2023) 2023 Inducted into the Akademia Musicians Hall of Fame 2023 Nashville Music Awards Outstanding National Instrumental Artist 2023 Indie Music Channel Awards Best Easy Listening Artist & Songwriter 2023 Global Music Awards Bonze Winner for New Age Album “Winter Wishes” 2023 Radio Music Awards Best Easy Listening Artist & Easy Listening Song 2022 HMMA Nominee for Luna Nocturna in the SciFi/Fantasy Category 2021 One Earth Awards Gold Winner Contemporary Instrumental Category 2021 Indie Music Channel Best Demo Award 2021 Akademia Rising Star Award 2020 Indie Music Channel Music Easy Listening Artist 2020 Akademia Artist Vision Award 2019 Producers Choice Las Vegas Honors Instrumental Artist of the Year 2018 Producers Choice Los Angeles Honors New Age Artist 2017 Akademia Best Ambient Instrumental Album 2017 FAME Producers Choice Achievements Award for Outstanding Instrumental Artist 2017 Indie Music Channel Awards Best Easy Listening Artist 2016 Akademia Best Ambient Instrumental Album 2016 Akademia Best Ambient Instrumental Song 2016 Indie Music Channel Awards Best Easy Listening Artist 2016 International One World Music Piano with Instrumentation Award 2015 Indie Music Channel Awards Best Instrumental Male Artist 2014 Indie Music Channel Awards Best Easy Listening Male Artist 2013 Annual Top 20 Album Award for Timeless Journey CD 2012 Top 12 of 2012 Electronic Album Certification from New Age Music World 2012 Soundtrack/Instrumental Song of the Year at Live Nations OutMusic Awards 2011 Recipient of the Los Angeles Music Awards Composer/Soundtrack of the Year 2011 Soundtrack/Instrumental Outstanding Artist at Live Nations OutMusic Awards 2010 Pride in the Arts Genre Award Recipient from Rainbow World Radio 2010 Recipient of the Los Angeles Music Awards Composer of the Year Award 2010 Music Director for City of Dreams (Docudrama, a history of Port St. Lucie) 2009 Recipient of the Los Angeles Music Awards Soloist of the Year Award 2008 Recipient of the Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for excellence in Music & Cinema 2008 Phoenix Music Awards Recipient of the National Artist of the Year Award 2007 Featured New Age Artist of the Year for EmmK Magazine, Milan Italy 2007 October Artist of the Month for Pulse of the Planet FM & Net-Radio, Spain 2006-2007 Top 20 Finalist for the Unisong International Song Writing Contest