Barbara Bales Bio:

Barbara began her career in the 80's in the sales and promotion departments of Sony Music throughout which time, she attended a lifetime's worth of listening parties and concerts... and is thankful that she can still hear pretty well! She learned the inner workings of the music industry from the best executives in the business.

In 1990 Barbara decided to leave Sony to pursue a few other goals, like doing voiceover work as well as freelance writing. She hooked up with a New York City publication called Street News, and for years, contributed articles and interviews. By the Mid-Nineties, a new industry magazine emerged quickly becoming popular with guitar players and music fans alike: Guitar 2001. Barbara joined the staff a few years after its inception. In 1998, while writing for Guitar 2001, she submitted her first interview to the nationally distributed publication, The Inside Connection... and now seven years and many interviews and reviews later is still a contributor to that magazine.

Her interviews reach talent from the Long Island and Metro areas as well as from around the country. She is also affiliated with a local indie record company, where she acts as a liaison between unsigned artists and the label.