Michael Gresham

Michael is a native Oklahoman and Oklahoma State University Alum. After a career in full-time law enforcement and then various corporate gigs including a stint as a CEO, he now devotes most of his time to songwriting as well as volunteering as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff, serving as a Hostage Negotiator on the SWAT team. He has been dividing his time between Nashville and Tulsa and co-writes with several Nashville writers and works with various publishers and producers. Michael performs often at writer's nights in Nashville and venues across the country, and has had dozens of indie cuts as well as a cut as an artist with a song about hurricane Katrina called "The Big Easy Got It Hard" on Australian Label Blue Pie's Hurricane Healing Volume 4. “Airstream Beauty Queen” and “Shot of Grace” have also been recorded by artists shopping for a record deal. Several of his songs are under publishing contracts in Nashville for country artists and a few in Los Angeles and Seattle for television, commercials and film.In addition to writing, Michael also produces artists within the country, pop and Americana genres at Aristar Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma.His song "Shot of Grace", written with Jesse McRae and John Foster was recently featured on the Charlie Monk Show on Sirius Satellite radio thanks to the songs publisher Sherrill Blackman..As of January 2009, Michael is residing full-time in Nashville.....