Michael Cochran was born in Indiana and raised in Florida.  He started off as a toddler banging on a two-octave organ surprisingly to his parents making melodies.  The first piano came into his life at age three, and he began his journey through the world of music.  His career started off with his Bachelor’s Degree in music composition from the University of Florida, which led his studies to Europe where he continued his music education at the Conservatory de Musica in Rome. Michael has studied and worked alongside composer John Williams, as well as other amazing composers and orchestrators, which solidly broadened his knowledge of composing musical scores for film and television as well as live show productions.  After scoring and conducting for various orchestras such as The London Symphony Orchestra, The Athens Greece Symphony Orchestra, Macedonia Symphony Orchestra and recording at the world re-known Abbey Roads in London, he naturally launched his career as a Producer and Musical Director for live stage shows and music artists. 

 In the studio where he now spends most of his time, Michael works closely with his artists’ individuality while producing their tracks, performance, vocal style and sound - being ahead of the curve on the pulse of today’s music.  As a Producer, his productions range from pop, rock, electronica, R&B, Latin all the way to world music since he is a master multi-instrumentalist. 

Michael has worked with Miley Cyrus, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Disney Entertainment, Hong Kong Disney, Disney Cruise Lines, Euro Disney, Tokyo Disney, Disney on Ice, Disney Live, Tivoli Gardens, Jurassic World Live, Monster Jam, Supercross, Sesame Street Live, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baileys Circus, Marvel Super Heroes Live, Russell Simmons, Time Square television specials, Grammy Award winning Latin artist Olga Tanon, Anima 5, as well as musical director alongside the members of The Miami Sound Machine. In 2016, Michael garnered a nod on the Official Grammy Ballot, in the category, record of the year, for the song, "Without You" with his artist, Chaz Robinson. Michael visualizes the overall creative of each of his artists’ projects while driving the music from the center of all his productions.     Michael has been on the board of advisors at Full Sail University in Orlando, The Producer’s Panel for The Florida Music Festival, as well as judging and teaching master classes in music production around the world.  Michael is currently the music and audio production manager for FELD Entertainment.