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"It's Hard Work", a biting satirical commentary on The. Worst. President. Ever. has been podcast on "Thatguitarman.com", featured in the Korea Broadcasting Services' prime-time magazine show, "Culture Zone", and viewed thousands of times on The Huffington Post.
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Barrett has written over one hundred songs and recorded at least fifty demos, co-writing with artists such as Matt Katz-Bohen (guitarist for Daddy and now on tour with Blondie), Genie (Pepper) Swinson (Vocalist for the Wilson Pickett Band and others), Kirsten Thien, Anne Mironchick, and Lisa Lost. His cutting and hysterical 2004 satire of President Bush, “It’s Hard Work”, generated thousands of hits on the Huffington Post website and was heard on local news coverage in New York and Miami prior to the presidential election that year. It is still featured on Barrett’s website, www.barrettzinn.com. His first cuts will be on upcoming records by Mironchik and Thien later this year.
Rust from musical hibernation has led Barrett to perform sparingly, but studies with Hugh Prestwood at the New School and New York music guru Ann Ruckert have led him to begin playing out and singing on his own demos. Barrett joined ASCAP and the Songwriter’s Guild of America in 2004, and was invited to join SESAC in 2007.
In 2006, Barrett enrolled in the music program at Hunter College to pursue an M.A. in Music Education. In addition to recording and performing, Barrett currently teaches music as a visiting artist in after school programs for the Brooklyn Arts Council and works as a Senior Music Counselor at Camp Hillard in Westchester County, NY. He lives with his wife and children in New York City.
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