Michael Paige » About The Music
Michael Paige’s music crosses over from Pop/Adult Contemporary to International Romantic Contemporary. His current CD, “Michael Paige,” is filled with both English and Spanish love ballads, dance and Latin influenced music. He can sing in six languages and is working on a new CD that will be recorded in Spanish. Michael Paige has surrounded himself with some of the top artists and producers in music industry such as:
- The music producer, Tony Smith, who first began working with Lee Greenwood in Nashville has helped Michael to pull from his Latin roots and create more passionate beats and powerful melodies. He has also worked on various other projects with Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Ritchie, Whitney Houston and Johnny Mathis.
- World-renowned guitarist, Michael Thompson who worked with Quincy Jones on his Q’s Juke Joint album has worked with Michael Paige on a number of his songs, including Sin Ti and Angel of Paradise.
- The songwriter for Madonna's La Isla Bonita, Bruce Gaitsch, helped Michael capture the Spanish voice that you can hear through songs like Aqui Esperando and Rien Que Toi.
- Guitarist, Steve Farris who has played for Eddie Money and Celine Dion worked with Michael to pull in some of the strong Euro-Middle Eastern sounds and played guitar on Michael's song Dance. Steve Farris also founded the group, Mr. Mister.
- Amy Foster-Gillies, daughter of Grammy Award winning record producer, David Foster, has written songs for Eric Benet, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, Andre Bocelli and now, Michael Paige. Her words spoke through him in the passionate love ballad, For You.
- Linda Thompson, who was nominated for both an Oscar and a Grammy for her song in the movie, “Bodyguard,” and won an Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics in the “Concert for World Children’s Day” in 2002 has guided and motivated Michael, and has encouraged him to continue making music.