Suzanne Barrie

Barrie and Company
Barrie and Company represent creativity unbridled. “I vary between soft acoustic folk/piano and voice and orchestrated contemporary new age to adult contemporary soft rock,” says Barrie Z. of Barrie and Company. The eager and talented mind behind Barrie and Company reaches out to find influences in a broad spectrum and bring them together marvelously in a sound that reveals a well-rounded repertoire of musical knowledge, driven by the talent to make it all work.
The Palette
For Barrie and Company, songwriting is more than just scratching down some lyrics and hammering out some music. “I think of 'creating' music like being a visual artist with a palette. For me, a lot of creative colors and emotions come together to create a track.” This thoughtful and matured view perhaps reveals why Barry Co. proffers music with ideas that resonate throughout layers of depth and perception, so to speak. It also reflects the fact that music for this artist is a bursting forth of inner passions that coalesce into aural brilliancy when exposed to the light of day. “Music is a wonderful creative outlet and there is no other feeling on earth for me like it.”
Musical Life
What began for Barrie as Internet performances under the name Barrie Z has become a path of musical glory for this up-and-comer. She garnered fans on the Web and has begun doing so on stage as well. Every performance translates into a bigger fan base; what else is there to say? Her music is not easily ignored, anymore than she can deny her urges to write and sing. “Creating and performing music is not something that a true musician can just 'give up' when the creativity is inside of you and music seems to 'be' your soul.” Her urge has led her to a number of projects. For two years from 2004 to 2006 she was the head of Care Package, a coordination in which 12 indie artists helped raise money for tsunami relief. She has nabbed two Billboard Songwriting Certificates and shares a Prism Award with singer-songwriter Anita Kronk. Her song “America is One” was accepted into the National Archive for the 911 Memorial Foundation. Barrie has scored an independent film - “Magic or Reality” - and was the featured artist for an international symposium. Besides her work under the Barrie and Company moniker, “my classical piano skills have been in demand recently,” she says. “I will be accompanying a young, talented clarinet player in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist Competition.” She also has hopes on completing an in-the-works album for a near-future release. She is currently working with A&R Select, the leading A&R firm in Hollywood, CA.
Review
“Barrie and Company's music is pure joy for the ears.” - A&R Select
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