MICHAEL BEHM
A genuine music industry renaissance man, Michael Behm is a producer’s producer. Having achieved success in many diverse areas of the business he is now based between Nicaragua and Vancouver. In his diverse and extensive career, Behm has run successful live venues in Canada and the Caribbean, founded one of Canada’s most profitable sound companies and his Michael Behm Publishing has promoted concerts by such acts as Nickelback, Nazareth, Big Wreck, Trooper, Chilliwack, Kim Mitchell, The Head Pins, Harlequin, Prism and Big Sugar as well as hosted international recording artists, writers and session players in his and others studios.
Releasing a series of critically-acclaimed albums under his own name, Behm is a highly prolific writer and producer of music. His compositions range from instrumental tracks for use in film and television to songs that are being used by artists in a multitude of genres including country, hard rock, r 'n b, pop and dance which can be heard daily on outlets ranging from The Speed and The Food Networks to Discovery and MTV (UK). They have also been licensed in large numbers to MTV and Comcast (a major producer of U.S. TV shows), and his songs have been placed on many shows that include Let’s Make A Deal, American Idol, Jersey Shores, Mob Wife’s of Chicago, Teen Cribs, American Hot Rod, Married To Jonas, The Young and the Restless, Auction Kings, 16 and Pregnant. Behm tracks have received almost 300 placements in TV shows in recent years.
Michael Behm has also earned an international Youtube following with his songs receiving a phenomenal online exposure of 50 Million views.
Michael Behm was nominated for songwriter of the year by Socan and the BCCMAs.
He has co-written many songs with such legendary Nashville writers as Pamela Oland, (Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin) and Ralph Murphy. Behm's current collaborators include, Darude; Risto; Star Labs Sweden; Russian based Dimitry; Larry Wayne Clarke (they've written a song for American Idol star Scotty McCreery) and young Vancouver writer Kate Morgan. One of Michael's most fruitful creative partnerships has been with British guitar hero Steve Morris. A member of The Ian Gillan Band, Morris has written extensively with former Deep Purple singer Gillan. Over the past three years, the Morris and Behm team have created over 150 tracks for other artists and for film and television soundtracks.
Through his extensive recording background, Behm has developed a very strong sense of what makes a song great. "One thing I've learned producing is that without a compelling vocal and groove a song will never be much of anything. When a song has emotional meaning that people can connect with, that is always a good foundation. I want the songs I work on to be epic, to have emotional high water marks. I use a lot of different instruments in my productions, from full orchestra with violins and cellos through to ebo, ukulele and bongos. Using whatever instrument and sound that will best serve the song is paramount to creating music that will be remembered."
Behm is truly international in his vision. He regularly works in studios in Nashville, Los Angeles and Vancouver at Blackbird, Oceanway studios, and (Bryan Adams' The Warehouse Studios, and The Armoury (the facility started by Bruce Fairbairn), as well as his own well-equipped San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua based studio.
You can expect that many more artists will be making use of the multi-faceted talents of

 Michael Behm and his team in the future.
For more information, contact michaelbehmpublishing@gmail.com

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