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Michael Massey

Musician/Speaker/Author/Composer
Mike Massey Music
Country or state 
United States (Wisconsin)
Available to 
North America,
Europe
City 
Barneveld
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
America/Chicago

Personal Details

Bio

Michael Massey is an award-winning musician, composer, author, speaker, songwriter and producer.

Michael has written, recorded and produced 8 albums, composed for multiple ballets and performed for millions in the U.S., Canada and Europe during the course of a 48-year career in the entertainment industry. He published "More, A Memoir,” with an emphasis on recovery and life beyond substance abuse in December of 2022 to critical acclaim, and the self-narrated audiobook production debuted at #1 on Amazon/Audible in the alcoholism category in October of 2023.

Current position (4)

Musician/Speaker/Author/Composer

Mike Massey Music

Performer

Piano Fondue Dueling Pianos

Lead Vocal/Keyboards/Guitar

Generation Jones

Lead Vocal/Keyboards

Chaser

Degrees (1)
Music and English
Madison College
1977 to 1978

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Flip Your Switch Part 1

Flip your switch. It’s that simple, and that difficult.

1. If it’s so easy, why doesn’t it happen all the time?

Because I’m not sure the question has ever been asked like this before. I doubt anyone has ever called it simple. This is not to say the road to sobriety isn't difficult. There are enormous challenges, but the internal decision to stop is easy.

- It’s a simple mindset. Flip your switch. Drinking is never again an option for you, and the rest of the world rushes in to take its place, filling you up with peace. A world you haven’t paid attention to in quite a while.

- Give yourself permission to accept the change. The ability is deep within all of us and only we can make it happen. No one can do it for us.

- Let go. You don’t have to live that way, ever again. No more guilt. No more lies. Feel yourself getting lighter. Feel the weight lift off your shoulders.

Flip Your Switch Part 2

- See yourself one year from now, with clear eyes, stronger flexible muscles, weight loss, a healthy appetite, breathing deeper, smiling. (I guarantee these things will happen, just from quitting drinking).

- Manifest the future. If you can imagine it, you can accomplish it.

- Imagine. Being calm, happy, starting something and finishing it.

- Imagine a world that doesn’t revolve around alcohol, a world where you don’t think about it.

- Imagine a place where you don’t have to lie to protect that dependent lifestyle. Where being honest with yourself and others is the default, and the foundation of trust in yourself and your family and friends is being built on a daily basis, instead of living a dumpster fire.

- Tomorrow will be a better day. What’s past is past. Look forward.

Flip Your Switch.

All The Small Things

Things that people take for granted everyday, look different in early sobriety. Simple things, like effortless balance, flavors bursting to life, feeling stronger and sore after a workout, and clear eyes looking back at you from the mirror.
It made me realize that concentrating on the positives that were happening in my sobriety was much more effective than constantly reliving the Groundhog Day of hell that I left behind. Small victories. All the small things.

Past talks (6)
More, A Presentation
Michael Massey
Mineral Point (WI) Opera House
November 25, 2023
More, A Memoir
Michael Massey
Leopold's Bookstore
January 10, 2023
Music and Recovery
Iowa County Drug and Alcohol Task Force
Meadow Cafe Dodgeville WI
April 9, 2014
More, A Memoir
Michael Massey
Mystery To Me Bookstore, Madison WI
April 13, 2023
Flip Your Switch
Dodgeville Kiwanis Club
Dodger Bowl
May 15, 2023
More, A Memoir
Barneveld Lutheran Church
Barneveld Lutheran Church
October 26, 2023
  • All (16)
  • Videos (3)
  • Photos (9)
  • Slides (1)
  • Press information (3)
Michael Massey; More, A Presentation
Flipping your internal switch: A glimpse into “More” the memoir
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
Rain, A Ballet.
Rain, A Ballet.
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
Albums.
Albums.
Bows; Dracula, A Rock Ballet.
Bows; Dracula, A Rock Ballet.
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
Generation Jones.
Generation Jones.
More, A Presentation.
More, A Presentation.
Michael Massey; More, A Presentation
This speaker hasn't uploaded any one sheet yet.
Three decades after an alcohol-induced abyss, Madison musician Michael Massey pens a clear-eyed memoir
Michael Massey, "More: A Memoir" - WORT-FM 89.9
BOOK REVIEW: MORE – A MEMOIR

Books & Articles (5)

More, A Memoir
Little Creek Press,
2022
Three Decades after an alcohol-induced abyss, Madison musician Michael Massey pens a clear-eyed memoir
The Piano Man
Book Review; More - A Memoir
Father-daughter musical duo raise each other's artistic games

Expertise (10)

Health & Well-being
Entertainment & Art
Alcoholism and Recovery Book Author Transformational Message live music Music Career Changing Lives! Instrumental music independent music

Clients

Iowa County Drug and Alcohol Task Force
Dodgeville, WI Kiwanis
Mineral Point Opera House
Leopold's Bookstore, Madison WI
Mystery To Me Bookstore, Madison WI
Barneveld WI Lutheran Church

Awards & certifications (12)

Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano
Madison Area Music Awards
2009
Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano
Madison Area Music Awards
2019
Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano
Madison Area Music Awards
2020
Pop Album of the Year - Attack of the Delicious
Madison Area Music Awards
2006
Unique Album of the Year - Dracula, A Rock Ballet
Madison Area Music Awards
2014
Unique Album of the Year - Naked
Madison Area Music Awards
2017
Hard Rock/Punk Song of the Year - One Room (Chaser)
Madison Area Music Awards
2019
Addy Award for Original Music
New Balance Store
2000
Addy Award for Original Musical Score
Meriter Birthing Center
1999
Telly Award
Salvation Army
1998
Addy Award for Original Musical Score
UW Hospital and Clinics
1997
Addy Award for Original Musical Score
Country Kitchen
1996

Reviews

Testimonials (2)
  • Michael Massey tells a compelling story of his descent into severe alcohol addiction and the spiritual epiphany that enabled him to climb back out. His multi-media performance was poignant and full of love and hope. The world is better off for his inspiring journey and for his telling of it.
    Kathryn Ripp, LCSW, CSAC
  • Michael is an example of what is possible in life. I have followed him through challenges and triumphs over 35 years. Throughout he has brought a genuine humanity to the world and he is uniquely able to share his life and process in a way that helps others find their path in the battles we all fight in life-physical, mental and emotional. As a musician he is brilliant. As an author he is insightful. As a performer and producer he is a perfectionist with humility. Listening to his piano and singing whether solo or in a group is a sparkling treat that draws one in both satiating and leaving us wanting more. His memoir is a rare and a raw look inside his being. His one man "show" brings the written word into a multidimensional rarified view of a journey from destruction to creative instruction., His work related to recovery from alcoholism is unparalleled and when shared will benefit all who witness it. Michael needs to be seen and heard.
    Kenneth Felz, MD, FACP
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Why choose me? 

Michael sees himself as an example that change is possible, even when the world seems hopeless.

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