Brad Bartlett

Brad Bartlett born in Auckland New Zealand, son of Ray Bartlett (Taree, Australia) and Hazel Bartlett (Kaikohe, New Zealand) Brad has dual Australia and New Zealand citizenship. Due to the transient nature of his family, as a child Brad attended schools in various locations including, Murupara Primary, Pouto Primary, Royal Road Primary, Dargaville Intermediate and Dargaville High School. Brad left school at 15 years of age in 1982 preferring education as an autodidact, his subject of choice being technology. For the next 10 years Brad traveled around New Zealand and Australia as an itinerant worker. Brad met his wife Rachel in the town of Dargaville NZ and after their marriage they moved to Waiheke Island NZ. Waiheke was the birth place of their first son Jay and it was shortly after his birth that Brad started to produce digital products. Brad and Rachel have two sons and a daughter - Jay, Elijah & Madeline. From 2000 - 2005 Brad experimented with animated videos, games and compact disc recordings, releasing his first finished product in 2006 - the album entitled "From Home" by Freobusker (a stage name used by his wife Rachel). Brad went on to produce several more albums for his wife releasing them on most of the major music stores worldwide. On September 1st 2016 Brad and Rachel started their family business "Studio BingBangBoo Kangaroo" producing and distributing animated children's videos and music.