Michael Massey is a singer, songwriter, pianist, performer, and producer who has written or collaborated on over 300 rock, pop, country, and instrumental songs as well as the score for the hugely successful full length, Dracula; A Rock Ballet. He has four critically acclaimed albums, including Pop Album of the Year at the 2006 Madison Area Music Awards with a 2009 nod for keyboardist of the year.  Michael has also won numerous ADDY, TELLY, and WAVE awards for excellence in original music for advertising. 

Michael’s musical accomplishments include four albums released to critical and popular acclaim. His first is an instrumental piano album, "Be Careful How You Say Pianist," second, twelve fully produced pop songs in “Attack Of The Delicious” which won Pop Album of the year at the 2006 Madison Area Music Awards, third, “The Present” which is eleven piano arrangements of traditional Christmas pieces and two original compositions and most recently, the soundtrack to Dracula, A Rock Ballet, recorded live at the Capitol Theater at The Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin. A fifth album, 13 new instrumental piano compositions entitled, "Someday" is forthcoming.

Michael can currently be found playing keyboards, guitar and singing in the new wave/rock/classic country band, stoptheclock. An album of fresh, genre defying songs is due Spring of 2014.

While maintaining a busy performance schedule, Michael is also known for his ability to write in virtually any musical genre including scoring, post, long form, theater, radio spots, and television commercials.  His clients for radio and television commercials include New Balance, Oscar Mayer, Metra Chicago, Jones Dairy Farm, Badgerland Financial, Country Kitchen, UW Hospital, Meriter Hospital, Great Wisconsin Credit Union, American, Michael’s Frozen Custard, Mercury Marine, Culver's and United Way.

Michael contributed original scores for John Urban's short film "The Blue Wire" for the Wiskino Film Festival and Denver filmmaker Julie Pearson’s “Terminal Vigilantes.” He co-wrote and co-produced a score with Jack Letourneau for the computer animated feature, "Time, Space" for the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. He has also composed four children’s musicals and is co-writer of the musical theatrical production, “I Do, I Did,” with Billy Nahn. Michael also composed an orchestral piece for the University Of Michigan Alumni that was broadcast at the “Big House” in Ann Arbor during Wolverine football games.