Rick Barclay established Barclasion Music in 2000 and has been producing a variety of projects since it's conception seven years ago. Prior to starting his own company, Rick was a staff composer/musician for 7 years with advertising agency, Ackerman McQueen.
Recent highlights include composing and producing several tracks that are signed with Editor's Choice Music in New York and have aired on "America's Most Wanted", "Dateline NBC" and used by Microsoft, music for "Ripley's Believe It or Not - House of Wax Musems" and TV tracks for Hobby Lobby and Golf USA.
Barclasion Music is owned and operated by Producer/Musician Rick Barclay.
With credits and awards in many different music areas, Rick has made music his profession for over 20 years.
His first professional gig came as a senior in High School and since then he has never stopped.
Upon receiving a Bachelors degree in Music Education in 1988, Rick taught part-time at Rose State Junior College in Oklahoma City as an adjunct Music Professor, teaching Top 40 Music Classes, Country Music Ensemble and private music lessons.
In 1990 He played drums on RCA recording artists, PC Quest, debut album and later toured with them as their drummer.
The group charted No. 41 on the pop charts with "After the Summer's Gone" and opened for such acts as Wilson Philips, TLC and Donny Osmond.
In 1992 Rick took on the position of staff composer/musician at Ackerman McQueen, a major advertising agency in the Mid-West.
In the seven years that he worked at the agency, Rick composed countless pieces for TV and radio commercials, audiovisual presentations, jingles and a one-hour documentary on the state of Oklahoma called "Oklahoma".
The documentary was shown not only state wide in Oklahoma, but it also aired on TNN and The History Channel.
Clients that Rick composed for included Six Flags Amusement Parks, Thrifty Car Rental, The NRA, Pizza Hut and Oklahoma Tourism.
Awards that were won during his tenure included several Addy awards, which are Oklahoma Advertising awards and the Brass Ring Award, which is the highest achievement in amusement park advertising awards.
The turn of the new Millennium brought on new and exciting challenges in Rick's professional career.
Not only did he uproot from Oklahoma City where he had lived all of his life to the sunshine state of Florida, but established a new music production and publishing company.
As President of Syntax Enterprises, Inc., which represents Barclasion Music Productions, Barclasion Music Publishing, Narrow Gate Records and Higher Ground Recording Studio, Rick has embraced new and exciting challenges.
Within Barclasion Music Productions, Rick is responsible for producing, arranging, playing and engineering on tracks for artist's album projects, songwriter's song demos, post score music for commercials, and jingles.
All of Rick's songwriting responsibilities are handled through the publishing end of the company.
He writes for all styles of music either as a co-writer or on his own.
Compositions that have been written are either for a current project or are shopped to other artists, producers, record labels, or publishers.
Rick produces on average, two projects per year for the sister company, Narrow Gate Records.
The record label produces Christian based artists or projects exclusively.
Higher Ground Recording Studio is the facility where most of the work is produced. The studio is maintained on a level of offering the latest in technology at an affordable rate.
Music is Rick's passion and it translates in the work that his hands have had a part in creating.
