Michael Ash Sharbaugh

Michael Ash Sharbaugh Philadelphia-born Michael Ash Sharbaugh builds deep-layered pop, spacerock, and ambient hallucinations from a small village outside Atlanta.
His music drifts between dream-pop, vaportrap, and trip-hop, embracing 'happy accidents' like invited guests.

POP | SPACEROCK | AMBIENT | EXPERIMENTAL
vaportrap | triphop | hypnogogia |

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Michael began composing poetry at age 9, and music at age 15. Since 1985, He has released hundreds of original recordings and cover arrangements. His four main compositional genres are [Atmospheric] Pop, Space Rock, Ambient, and Experimental.

Michael creates, records, produces, p

ublishes, and promotes His music 'from the ground up': He records in His Own expansive, home recording studio, and administers other duties from a home office. His primary modes of expressing Himself are through pen and paper, and -- musically -- through singing, playing piano, synthesizers, and guitar.

An ardent appreciator of the 'happy accident,' Michael is also well-known for weaving 'found sounds' -- random, homemade recordings -- into His sonic creations, affectionately 'tipping His hat' in deference to His long-time admiration for the 'music concr猫te' produced in the early 20th century.

Currently living in Atlanta, Georgia, Michael continues to compose music and poetry zealously. He is prolific, and releases singles on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Pandora, and Tidal regularly. Barely into His fifties, Michael is deeply intent upon composing, producing, and recording until He can do it no more.

... a current work-in-progress of a tune improvised and birthed -- first -- at an Amboy Dukes concert in 1968, and then ...
06/21/2026

... a current work-in-progress of a tune improvised and birthed -- first -- at an Amboy Dukes concert in 1968, and then lovingly recorded by Ted Nugent in 1975. The record company of His did NOT want to let it see the light of day (release it), due to the fact that it had no recognizable 'chorus'; it was deemed as nothing more than a "jam session" to them.

Well, Ted released it on His first album, and -- since -- this rockin' tune has deligh-TED-ly pumped-up millions of people [like Me!!!] for 51 years.

Thanks, Ted!

(As the saying goes -- and pardon the pun -- stick to Your guns.)

I should have it finished and completely recorded (with black metal guitars) in 3 weeks.



Ted Nugent Michael Ash Sharbaugh Jordan Smith David Grace Billy Idol Steve Stevens

(Nugent; arr. Sharbaugh) Michael Ash Sharbaugh [ ]: electric guitars, drums and drum machine programming, synthesizers and sequencer programming, and 'found sounds' ~BONES1327~ [ ]: ___ Composed and R

Eager to hear Billy Idol 's and Steve Stevens ' work on the new Billy Idol recordings! Saw a message from Billy tonite t...
06/02/2026

Eager to hear Billy Idol 's and Steve Stevens ' work on the new Billy Idol recordings! Saw a message from Billy tonite that made Moi pump My own fist up in the air -- that they had stripped their set-up down to a three-piece, and that Steve's guitar will take center stage!

This is fantastic news. Steve is My fave all-time guitarist for a multitude of reasons, and one of the biggest is how Steve manipulates electronics and effects with his guitar. No keyboardist needed.

Take, for instance, My fave Billy Idol tune, "The Dead Next Door": it truly reigns with sensitivities only Steve could muster-up. The song creeps in with a decaying delay fade-in of an end of a lamenting riff that appears later in the song (fore-shadowing), then explodes into a leif motif of crystalline brilliance -- both harmonically and sonically -- with what sounds like a synth; but, it is not.

Throughout the dark, seemingly morose tune, one can hear various states of digital [?] delays and timbres parroting Steve's main guitar figures, only to be accompanied by upper-register 'siren call' soloing and cool (read as, "cold") sprinklings of guitar pyrotechnics that merely complement -- and not get in the way of -- Billy's vocal deliveries and Billy's rhythms. And parallel to all of this, one can hear deeply chorused strummed structures punctuating the spartan Linn Drum bass drum beat. Pure genius.

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A group called The Flys had a big, popular hit in the nineties with a song that was featured in the movie "Disturbing Be...
05/13/2026

A group called The Flys had a big, popular hit in the nineties with a song that was featured in the movie "Disturbing Behavior" -- in 1998, to be exact. Well, Me and My Duo-Mate ~BONES1327~ covered it, and I think it to be pretty darn 'fly,' Myself.

Check it out:

https://music.lnk.to/msIlYX

My poppy, blue-eyed-soul, house and rap piece is doin' well right out of the gates ... thought Ya might wanna hear it. I...
05/10/2026

My poppy, blue-eyed-soul, house and rap piece is doin' well right out of the gates ... thought Ya might wanna hear it. I listen to it often, and am highly proud!

https://music.lnk.to/ozBznU

... 'twas a looonnnnngggggg time coming, but My three-year opus has FINALLY been released -- this morning. It begins wit...
05/02/2026

... 'twas a looonnnnngggggg time coming, but My three-year opus has FINALLY been released -- this morning. It begins with blue-eyed-soul, evolves into a conscious rap pulled-off by collaborator, Reese Harris, and cadences into some house and grunge music! Enjoy!



https://open.spotify.com/album/3fXR7IOhdyZJJ0yWcA4o3n?si=u5S11EX4Q8uGNvduRiuSAg

Michael Ash Sharbaugh 路 EP 路 2026 路 2 songs

The hallowed view from My computer chair:
05/02/2026

The hallowed view from My computer chair:

I've officially re-opened the ' The Broken Doorway ' archive / repository!!! All of the episodes I birthed and hosted th...
05/01/2026

I've officially re-opened the ' The Broken Doorway ' archive / repository!!! All of the episodes I birthed and hosted that aired on IndieMediaWeekly.com -- are now available free online on SoundCloud !!!

(I wish to thank Kim Williams and Kenny Pick for the inspirations, gumption, support and rapport, and -- in honor of the late Roger Allen Baut -- dedicate this archive to him and them, and regale them for propagating and transmitting this fine, ground-breaking radio show upon the 'airwaves.')

https://soundcloud.com/the-broken-doorway

"The Broken Doorway" is an online radio show that is enthused about promoting rare and 'unheard-of' musics, primarily from SoundCloud. From beneath the umbrella of Indie Media Weekly, and helmed and

04/18/2026

I recorded a badass version of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," and it's coming out on his birthday in 2 months!

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