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Stu Simone 
Musician/Songwriter/Produce r
(818) 703-8503 -
STUdio
stu-music@keytarmusic.com
(818) 203-8536 -
cell phone
P.O.Box 10743, West Hills, CA 91309
MUSICAL SKILLS
 | ALL KEYBOARDS: rock,
funk, blues, r&b, pop, metal, boogie, country,
and jazz fusion experience. Specialty: bass, flute, sax, guitar
impersonations and hi-energy "Keytar" soloing on
strap-on keyboard |
| PROGRAMMING: over a decade of
experience with synthesizers, samplers, sequencers,
drum machines and in-depth computer work on both MAC and PC
platforms |
| PRODUCTION: Mutt Lange-type song-oriented producer/arranger
with firm grasp of today's various radio formats and current sounds |
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SONGWRITING / MUSIC:
genres include ballads, r&b/funk dance music, heavy
rock, and a wide variety of instrumental material |
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SONGWRITING / LYRICS:
especially message-oriented and "clever" lyrical
concepts |
| GUITAR: rock, blues, funk lead/rhythm, and slide
guitar
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| VOCALS: full-range harmonies, tenor lead vocals,
back-up harmony vocal arranger
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| HARMONICA: rock and blues harp
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| READING: Sight-reading of musical scores as well as
guitar chord charts; prints charts from sequences |
| PRO GEAR: Top-of-the-line musical
equipment, including Roland XV-5080 synth/sampler, Kurzweil
K-2500XS master keyboard/synth/sampler/sequencer and 24-bit digital studio
with Pro Tools 6. |
EXPERIENCE
CURRENT:
| Keyboard/guitar/vocal/blues harp touring
sideman for wide variety of acts, including platinum glam rockers Poison,
studio session keyboardist, programmer,
engineer and producer;
MIDI equipment consultant; accredited
music editor for movie scores and soundtracks; songwriting
collaborator; co-founder and musical
director of top Journey tribute band Escape, and founder and lead vocal/guitar/keyboards/harmonica
frontman for hairband
tribute HAir Guitar. On-going Keytar
"solo band" features fusion/metal leads on strap-on keyboard,
and combines rock power with funk/hip-hop
grooves. Nov.'95 KEYBOARD MAGAZINE wrote: "A truly gifted
soloist". |
RECENT:
| Keyboards and high vocal harmonies with Poison
on 1999 and 2000 North American tours (headlining
act, audience total of 500,000), and Keyboards/vocals/guitars with Torie
Tyson, Rings Of Saturn, and
L.A.Rocks headlining L.A. rock venues and opening for Cheap
Trick, America, Starship, The Tubes, UFO, etc. |
| Has played and/or written songs with
present or former players of Michael Jackson's band, REO
Speedwagon, Black Sabbath, Gary
Wright, Ohio Players, Megadeth, Blondie, LA Guns, Rising Force, Love/Hate. Bullet Boys,
etc. Co-founded melodic rock
band Magic, and became headliner of top L.A. clubs within two
years; Atlantic Records financed
recording at Record Plant with producer Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin, Van
Halen, etc.). |
| Formed successful "Top40" band Big Time,
performed 478 dates across Western U.S. in two years; served various
times as frontman/lead singer, lead guitarist, keyboardist, soundman,
manager and booking agent. |
| Music Biz experience includes: Successful freelance music writer/photographer
with over a dozen magazines world-wide,
including BAM, Music Connection, Mix and Guitar Player; worked
as publicist with Jensen
Communications, New Image, Patrick Salvo and Columbia Records;
six years on-the-air experience as a disc
jockey at radio stations KLA and KBU;
keyboard/computer/pro audio salesman (Goodman Music); private
keyboard instructor; and freelance synth programmer (including
Alesis, 1993). |
EDUCATION:
| Studied music at Grove School of Music
and Valley College; taken private jazz piano lessons from
USC jazz dept. head, plus private vocal lessons. |
| Graduated from UCLA with B.A. degree in creative writing/poetry, and
studied music theory and orchestration for
two years as music major. |
| Seven years of private classical piano lessons from concert
pianists Mario Fenninger and Marla Koslov. |
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