Michael Stearns (born in 1948), is a pioneering American ambient musician, but also a film composer, sound designer and soundtrack producer for large format films, theatrical films, documentaries, commercials and themed attractions. Biography Grown in Tucson, Arizona, Michael Stearns started practicing guitar at 13. At 16, he played in a surf music band, sometimes backing atists such as The Lovin' Spoonful and Paul Revere & the Raiders. Evolving to acid rock, he began composing music on multiple instruments in 1968 and, while in university and in the Air Force, spent a few years studying electronic music synthesis, the physics of musical instruments, and accumulating equipment (musical instruments, tape recorders...) for his first studio. The studio opened in Tucson, Arizona in 1972 where he produced jingles and commercial for local radio and television, and nationally released jingles for Schlitz Beer and Greyhound Bus Lines. Michael'

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