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, including Shine On Hollywood Magazine (Mar. 2016), New Age Music World (Sept 2011 & Dec. 2012), EmmeK New Age and New Sounds Magazine (Dec. 2007) and AMMA AnR (Aug. 2007). He was a top 20 finalist in the instrumental category for the 11th annual edition of Unisong’s International Songwriting Contest and was the featured artist for October 2007 on the “Pulse of the Planet” radio program. Additionally, Barnes music is regularly played on numerous FM and internet Radio stations including Pandora, Spotify, ITunes Radio, Mystic Age Radio, Mystic Soundscapes Internet Radio, Rainbow World Radio, 97.1 Ocean FM, Happy Days New Age Radio, and the Cygnus Radio program to name a few. His songs have also been selected for several compilation CDs. 

Barnes was awarded the 2008 Independent National Artist of the year award from the Phoenix Music Awards and was a performer as well as the recipient of the 2008 Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award for Music & Cinema at the 18th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards.  Barnes was also awarded the 2009 Soloist of the Year Award at the 19th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards, the 2010 & 2011 Composer of the Year at the 20th & 21st Annual Los Angeles Music Awards and was the recipient of the 2010 Genre Award in Music at the Pride in the Arts Music Awards sponsored by Rainbow World Radio.  

Barnes’ work on the music for the Docu-Drama “City of Dreams” with 2-time Academy Award Nominee Carol Connors won the Best Theme Song at the 2011 TCI Film Festival.  Songs from his “Alive”, “Storm Of Solace”, “In The Beginning”, “Once Upon A Time” & “The Path” CD releases have earned him the Outstanding Musician for the Instrumental / Soundtrack category at the Live Nation sponsored 7th & 8th Annual OutMusic Awards, the Best Easy Listening Male Artist for the 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, & 2020 Indie Music Channel Awards, Best Instrumental Male Artist for the 2015 & 2017 Indie Music Channel Awards and Best Ambient / Instrumental Album of 2016 & 2017 for The Akademia Music Awards.  The Adademia has also awarded Barnes with the 2020 Vision & the 2021 Rising Star Awards. 
  
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:     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