Simone Sello
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Simone Sello is an Italian born guitarist, music producer, songwriter and music journalist. He is known for his work with the Sanremo Festival Orchestra, Chicanery
, Billy Sheehan
, Aaron Carter
, Disney, Hannah Montana
, Vasco Rossi
, Amber Lily, and Warren Cuccurullo
, both as a producer and guitarist; and as a journalist for the magazines Chitarre, Strumenti Musicali, Accordo and Ganzo. He is an owner of music production companies RedRum Productions, Session Recording and MusicDemoProducer.com, with each company oriented towards a distinct clientele. RedRum Productions is geared towards contemporary music production for artists, film and TV; Session Recording mostly caters to projects outside the Los Angeles area, and MusicDemoProducer.com aims to bring a simplified approach to professional music production to any user, over the web.
His musical upbringing is based on classical violin studies, as well as watching and hearing his father play guitar, but he never took a formal guitar lesson, in spite of his career as a guitar player.
His influences include major classical and jazz composers and performers, (Bach
, Ravel, Miles Davis
, Weather Report
), pop and rock acts (The Beatles
, David Bowie
, Pink Floyd
, Metallica
, Lucio Battisti
), and experimental artists (Luciano Berio
, Brian Eno
, Terje Rypdal
, Klaus Schulze
).
Equally interested in performing, composing and producing music, Simone started getting hired to play guitar for recording sessions and live performances by artists in his hometown Rome when he was 17 years old, and eventually became known on a national level. While building a long list of musical collaborations, he started writing articles for magazines, thus achieving a different kind of exposure, still in the music field.
At the age of 29, he moved to Los Angeles to push his musician and journalist careers, by joining a big international scene.
1987).
Then, he got hired to play with Italian pop singers Renato Zero
, Tullio De Piscopo
, Nino Buonocore and Michele Zarrillo, and in several national TV shows.
From 1994 to 1997 he joined the orchestra of the Sanremo Festival, where he had a chance to play with several international musicians, such as Ray Charles
, George Benson
, Pat Metheny
, Michael Bolton
, Celine Dion
, Kenny G
, Nek
, and Laura Pausini
. During that time, he also arranged the song Non Ci Sto which brought the singer Syria to win the Sanremo singing contest in the "new artists" category, in 1996.
, Lee Ritenour
, and Vasco Rossi.
Encouraged by the appeal his early articles had to young musicians, he published two instructional books and DVDs: Tecniche e segreti della chitarra elettrica dalla A alla Z (1996) and La chitarra rock - il fraseggio e l`improvvisazione (1997).
, where he kept pursuing his musician and journalist careers. Through a referral by guitar legend Steve Vai
, he met the bass player Billy Sheehan, with whom he started a long collaboration. After playing and programming Billy Sheehan`s first two solo records (Compression
in 2001 - which features Steve Vai
and drummer Terry Bozzio
- and Cosmic Troubadour in 2005) he produced Billy`s third record, entitled Holy Cow (2009), which also includes guest appearances by Billy Gibbons
, Paul Gilbert
and Doug Pinnick
.
Meanwhile, he had joined pop star Aaron Carter
`s live band, with whom he appeared in several US TV shows, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
and Donnie & Marie
; he also appears in the live DVD Aaron`s Party (2002) along with Aaron
`s brother Nick Carter
, from Backstreet Boys
.
, he started a series of collaborations with Disney, including La Vida Mickey (2000), Disney Pop Dreamers (2002), Superstar Kidz Vol. 1 and 2 (2003–2004), Hanna Montana`s Hits Remixed
(2008), a series of Disney Mobile commercials for Japan featuring Hilary Duff
, and a remix of the song Now Or Never
from High School Musical 3
.
, Missing Persons and Duran Duran
), he produced the debut CD of surreal alternative rock band Chicanery (dPulse 2010) at RedRum Studios.
In the album Simone Sello also plays bass, guitar, violin and synths; other remarkable musicians include vocalist Neil Carlill
and guest drummer Terry Bozzio
. . He also co-produced Warren`s album Playing in Tongues (2009 Edel Records Europe - Zappa Records USA), and a concept album entitled N'Liten Up.
. Then he collaborated to the CDTracks II - Inediti e rarità (2009), programming the hit song Sto Pensando A Te and playing lead guitar on Ho Fatto Un Sogno; in 2011, Vasco Rossi released a new studio album Vivere O Niente, which features Simone Sello on guitar, keyboards and programing on several tracks, and includes a song he co-wrote with Vasco and Saverio Principini
, called Manifesto Futurista Della Nuova Umanità.
With Saverio Principini, he co-scored the documentary Una su Tre (2011).
(2008) and with Mafia Bianca Llc he had the song "I Am Changing", co-written with Steven E. Heinstein, used in the movie When in Rome (2010 Touchstone Pictures) and its CD soundtrack. Another one of their songs I Know I am Broken made it into the episode Where`s Kaylie in the TV series Make It or Break It (2009).
Chicanery
Chicanery, an American experimental rock band, is a collaboration between Warren Cuccurullo and Neil Carlill. The band is based in Los Angeles California, although band members live across the U.S...
, Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan
William "Billy" Sheehan is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style...
, Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
, Disney, Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
, Vasco Rossi
Vasco Rossi
Vasco Rossi , also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco, is an Italian singer-songwriter. During his career, he has published 25 albums and has written over 150 songs, as well as lyrics for other artists...
, Amber Lily, and Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Cuccurullo
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
, both as a producer and guitarist; and as a journalist for the magazines Chitarre, Strumenti Musicali, Accordo and Ganzo. He is an owner of music production companies RedRum Productions, Session Recording and MusicDemoProducer.com, with each company oriented towards a distinct clientele. RedRum Productions is geared towards contemporary music production for artists, film and TV; Session Recording mostly caters to projects outside the Los Angeles area, and MusicDemoProducer.com aims to bring a simplified approach to professional music production to any user, over the web.
His musical upbringing is based on classical violin studies, as well as watching and hearing his father play guitar, but he never took a formal guitar lesson, in spite of his career as a guitar player.
His influences include major classical and jazz composers and performers, (Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
, Ravel, Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Weather Report
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...
), pop and rock acts (The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
, Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
, Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
, Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti was an Italian singer-songwriter . He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history....
), and experimental artists (Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian composer. He is noted for his experimental work and also for his pioneering work in electronic music.-Biography:Berio was born at Oneglia Luciano Berio, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian...
, Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
, Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal
Terje Rypdal is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. Most of his music has been released on albums of the German record label ECM. Rypdal has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with other ECM artists such as Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling...
, Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...
).
Equally interested in performing, composing and producing music, Simone started getting hired to play guitar for recording sessions and live performances by artists in his hometown Rome when he was 17 years old, and eventually became known on a national level. While building a long list of musical collaborations, he started writing articles for magazines, thus achieving a different kind of exposure, still in the music field.
At the age of 29, he moved to Los Angeles to push his musician and journalist careers, by joining a big international scene.
Early professional career
After studying the violin, he started his professional career as a guitarist in Rome, recording the song The Fighter with his band Waterfall, for the compilation Metal Attack (RCARCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
1987).
Then, he got hired to play with Italian pop singers Renato Zero
Renato Zero
Renato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini , an Italian singer-songwriter and showman whose career spans a full 6 decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s....
, Tullio De Piscopo
Tullio De Piscopo
Tullio De Piscopo is an Italian drummer and singer.De Piscopo was born the son of a drummer in an orchestra. In 1969 he moved to Turin, where he began a successful career as drummer for several popular artists, including Gerry Mulligan, Ástor Piazzolla, Aldemaro Romero, Gato Barbieri, Mina, Lucio...
, Nino Buonocore and Michele Zarrillo, and in several national TV shows.
From 1994 to 1997 he joined the orchestra of the Sanremo Festival, where he had a chance to play with several international musicians, such as Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
, George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
, Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
, Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...
, Celine Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
, Kenny G
Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American, adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986...
, Nek
Nek
Nek Minute is a popular contemporary Italian singer-songwriter....
, and Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini, is a Grammy Award-winning Italian soul singer-songwriter. She debuted in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit, reaching the top spot on the Italian...
. During that time, he also arranged the song Non Ci Sto which brought the singer Syria to win the Sanremo singing contest in the "new artists" category, in 1996.
Music journalism
Meanwhile, he started writing articles on the music magazine Chitarre, based on analysis of rock, pop and jazz musicians. Then occasionally on Strumenti Musicali and - recently - on the web magazines Accordo and Ganzo. In Chitarre and Accordo, Simone Sello's articles have included interviews with, among other notable musicians, Steve VaiSteve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
, Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has recorded over 42 albums, appeared on over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. One of his most popular songs was the smash hit, “Is It You” in 1981. Ritenour is considered to be a...
, and Vasco Rossi.
Encouraged by the appeal his early articles had to young musicians, he published two instructional books and DVDs: Tecniche e segreti della chitarra elettrica dalla A alla Z (1996) and La chitarra rock - il fraseggio e l`improvvisazione (1997).
Move to Los Angeles
In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, where he kept pursuing his musician and journalist careers. Through a referral by guitar legend Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
, he met the bass player Billy Sheehan, with whom he started a long collaboration. After playing and programming Billy Sheehan`s first two solo records (Compression
Compression (album)
Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.-Track listing:All tracks by Billy Sheehan#"Bleed Along the Way" – 3:55#"Oblivion" – 4:29#"Somethin's Gotta Give" – 4:23...
in 2001 - which features Steve Vai
Steve Vai
Steven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
and drummer Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
- and Cosmic Troubadour in 2005) he produced Billy`s third record, entitled Holy Cow (2009), which also includes guest appearances by Billy Gibbons
Billy Gibbons
William Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
, Paul Gilbert
Paul Gilbert
Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American guitarist. He is well known for his technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr...
and Doug Pinnick
Doug Pinnick
Doug Pinnick sometimes stylised as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has fourteen albums with King's X, four solo albums, and numerous side projects and guest...
.
Meanwhile, he had joined pop star Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
`s live band, with whom he appeared in several US TV shows, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny...
and Donnie & Marie
Donny & Marie (1998 TV series)
Donny & Marie was an American talk show hosted by Donny and Marie Osmond, that aired in syndication from September 1998 to May 2000. The show had a "house band", featuring Jerry Williams , Kat Dyson , Paul Peterson , and Nick Vincent . The show aired from 1998 to 2000.-External links:*...
; he also appears in the live DVD Aaron`s Party (2002) along with Aaron
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
`s brother Nick Carter
Nick Carter (musician)
Nickolas Gene "Nick" Carter is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, entertainer and actor. He is best known as a member of the pop group, Backstreet Boys. He went on to release a solo album called Now Or Never during their hiatus. He has made occasional television appearances and...
, from Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band originally consisted of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys...
.
Disney
Through fellow producer Marco MarinangeliMarco Marinangeli
Marco Marinangeli is a Grammy-nominated Italian composer, songwriter and producer. He is the president of Magelic Productions, Inc., in Hollywood...
, he started a series of collaborations with Disney, including La Vida Mickey (2000), Disney Pop Dreamers (2002), Superstar Kidz Vol. 1 and 2 (2003–2004), Hanna Montana`s Hits Remixed
Hannah Montana: Hits Remixed
Hannah Montana: Hits Remixed is the second remix album by American pop recording artist Miley Cyrus, in the role of her fictional alter ego Hannah Montana. It was the fifth Hannah Montana album released on August 19, 2008, exclusively at American Wal-Mart stores...
(2008), a series of Disney Mobile commercials for Japan featuring Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...
, and a remix of the song Now Or Never
Now or Never (High School Musical song)
"Now or Never" is the opening musical number and first single from the Walt Disney Pictures film, High School Musical 3: Senior Year. The song is also the first track of the movie's soundtrack...
from High School Musical 3
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)
-2-Disc Premiere edition:On the same day the soundtrack was released, Walt Disney Records released High School Musical 3: Senior Year 2-Disc Premiere edition Soundtrack, a special two-disc set of the High School Musical 3: Senior Year soundtrack. It is only available for a limited time at...
.
Warren Cuccurullo and Chicanery
After meeting guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (formerly with Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, Missing Persons and Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
), he produced the debut CD of surreal alternative rock band Chicanery (dPulse 2010) at RedRum Studios.
In the album Simone Sello also plays bass, guitar, violin and synths; other remarkable musicians include vocalist Neil Carlill
Neil Carlill
Neil Carlill , born in Ripon, England March 20, 1967, is an English singer, lyricist, poet, composer, and musician. He is known for his work with experimental and alternative rock bands including 1990s UK acts Delicatessen and Lodger, and more recently with bands and collaborations including...
and guest drummer Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
. . He also co-produced Warren`s album Playing in Tongues (2009 Edel Records Europe - Zappa Records USA), and a concept album entitled N'Liten Up.
Vasco Rossi
In 2008 he started working with Italian rockstar Vasco Rossi, appearing in the videoclip for Il Mondo Che Vorrei (2008) and on the short documentary Quello che non si potrebbe (2008). He is listed as backing vocalist in the song Gioca Con Me, along with rock guitarist SlashSlash
Slash may refer to:* Slash , the "/" punctuation character, also used in computing** In speech colloquially as a conjunction, in a place where a "/" would be put in writing...
. Then he collaborated to the CDTracks II - Inediti e rarità (2009), programming the hit song Sto Pensando A Te and playing lead guitar on Ho Fatto Un Sogno; in 2011, Vasco Rossi released a new studio album Vivere O Niente, which features Simone Sello on guitar, keyboards and programing on several tracks, and includes a song he co-wrote with Vasco and Saverio Principini
Saverio Principini
Saverio Principini is an Italian-American, chart-topping international producer, and songwriter active in the Los Angeles music scene since 1987.- Early life and career :...
, called Manifesto Futurista Della Nuova Umanità.
Amber Lily
In 2011 Simone wrote and produced Coming To Life the debut CD of young American pop singer Amber Lily, whose song I`m Into It, got used in the movie Christmas Cupid (2010), and participated in Disney`s Next Big Thing contest in 2010 with the songs "2 2 2 L 8 (too too too late)" and Next To You.Scoring
In 2004 Simone wrote part of the soundtrack of the movie "The Youngest Guns", and in 2005 he scored a short movie called "4 and 1/4" with Alex Alessandroni Jr.With Saverio Principini, he co-scored the documentary Una su Tre (2011).
Songwriting and production
As SimoneX, he had the song "Lines of Change" licensed in the movie Two LoversTwo Lovers (film)
Two Lovers is a 2008 American romantic drama film, taking its inspiration from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story "White Nights". which was already turned into a film by Luchino Visconti: Le Notti Bianche. The movie is directed by James Gray and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa...
(2008) and with Mafia Bianca Llc he had the song "I Am Changing", co-written with Steven E. Heinstein, used in the movie When in Rome (2010 Touchstone Pictures) and its CD soundtrack. Another one of their songs I Know I am Broken made it into the episode Where`s Kaylie in the TV series Make It or Break It (2009).
Compilation
Album| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Involvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Waterfall | Metal Attack | RCA RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... |
Album includes The Fighter by Waterfall. |
Solo
Album| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Involvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | SimoneX | Sample This | Compression Records | co-producer, programming, vocals, guitars, noises |
As producer, composer, writer, programmer, sound engineer, arranger, performer on other artists' albums
| Year | Artist | Album | Label | Involvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kaoma Do Brasil | Lambada | guitar | |
| 1993 | Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini is an Italian dancer, singer, television host and actress.-Albums:* Lorel * Voci * Voglia di fare * Le più belle canzoni -Singles:* "Sugar Sugar" * "Kangarù"... |
Voci | guitar | |
| 1994 | Michele Zarrillo | Come Uomo Fra Gli Uomini | Sony BMG | guitar |
| 1995 | Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini Lorella Cuccarini is an Italian dancer, singer, television host and actress.-Albums:* Lorel * Voci * Voglia di fare * Le più belle canzoni -Singles:* "Sugar Sugar" * "Kangarù"... |
Voglia di Fare | RTI Music | guitar |
| Enrico Sognato | Scambierei Le Figurine Con Chiunque | guitar | ||
| Rottura | Esorcismo Contro Satana E Gli Angeli Ribelli (12") | guitar | ||
| 1996 | Michele Zarrillo | L'Elefante E La Farfalla | Sony BMG | guitar |
| Syria | Non Ci Sto | Musicrama/Koch | arranger, guitar | |
| Neri Per Caso | Strumenti | Tristar | guitar | |
| 1997 | Syria | L'Angelo | Musicrama/Koch | guitar |
| 1998 | Myriam Hernandez Myriam Hernández Myriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's... |
Todo El Amor | Sony Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... |
guitar |
| Albano Carrisi Albano Carrisi Albano Carrisi , better known as Al Bano, is an Italian singer, actor and winemaker.-Biography:He was born in the town of Cellino San Marco , where he still lives.... |
Il Nuovo Concerto | guitar | ||
| Davide Pettirossi | Grandi Spazi | guitar | ||
| Cartoon Boyfriend | Baby 2000 | guitar, programming | ||
| Handel | Blood mix EP | producer | ||
| Marina Rei | Anime Belle | guitar | ||
| 1999 | Marina Rei | Un Inverno Da Baciare | guitar | |
| Various Artists | Baila Hbibi Vol. 1 | Sony Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... |
programming | |
| 2000 | Neri Per Caso | Angelo Blu | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
guitar |
| Cartoon Boyfriend | Nipples | Drool Records | guitar, programming | |
| Various artists | La Vida Mickey | Disney | guitar | |
| Ru Paul | Queer Duck dance remix | ICEBOX | producer | |
| 2001 | Various artists | Mickey's Dance Party | Disney | guitar |
| Billy Sheehan | Compression Compression (album) Compression is the first solo album by bassist Billy Sheehan, formerly of Talas, David Lee Roth, and Mr. Big.-Track listing:All tracks by Billy Sheehan#"Bleed Along the Way" – 3:55#"Oblivion" – 4:29#"Somethin's Gotta Give" – 4:23... |
Favored Nations Favored Nations Favored Nations is a record label started by guitarist Steve Vai and former Guitar Center owner Ray Scherr in 1999. The first album ever released by Favored Nations was Frank Gambale's Coming to Your Senses in 2000... |
keyboards, programming | |
| Billy Sheehan | Caroline | Zain Japan | keyboards, programming | |
| 2002 | Various artists | Pop Dreamers | Disney | guitar |
| Aaron Carter Aaron Carter Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century.... |
Aaron's Party live DVD | Jive | guitar | |
| 2003 | Various artists | Superstar Kidz Vol. 1 | Disney | guitar |
| 2004 | Various artists | Superstar Kidz Vol. 2 | Disney | guitar |
| Billy Sheehan | Cosmic Troubadour | Favored Nations Favored Nations Favored Nations is a record label started by guitarist Steve Vai and former Guitar Center owner Ray Scherr in 1999. The first album ever released by Favored Nations was Frank Gambale's Coming to Your Senses in 2000... |
guitar, keyboards, programming | |
| 2005 | Robbie Wyckoff | Lose Control | Compression | guitar |
| 2006 | Snatam Kaur | Anand | Spirit Voyage | guitar |
| Tre Lux Tré Lux Tre Lux is the solo trip hop project of Tina Root, the vocalist of Switchblade Symphony.-A Strange Gathering:Her first full-length album, A Strange Gathering, was released September 19, 2006... |
A Strange Gathering | Cleopatra Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music... |
guitar | |
| Hannah Montana | Hannah Montana 1 - Songs from the Hit TV series | Disney | guitar | |
| 2007 | Sat Hari Singh | Singh | guitar | |
| Various artists | Swashbuckling Sea Songs | Disney | guitar | |
| Devil`s Slingshot | Clinophobia | Mri Associated | engineer | |
| Sat Kartar | Listen | Spirit Voyage | guitar | |
| Various artists | Cantemos El ABC | Fisher-Price Fisher-Price Fisher-Price is a company that produces toys for infants and children, headquartered in East Aurora, New York. Fisher-Price has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Mattel since 1993.-History:... |
guitar, keyboards, programming, producer | |
| Kaiulani Kimbrell | Break Open | CDBY | guitar | |
| Sat Hari Singh | Servant Of The Earth | guitar | ||
| Hannah Montana | Hannah Montana 2 - Meet Miley Cyrus | Disney | guitar | |
| 2008 | Amana Melomè | Indigo Red | Savana | guitar |
| Vasco Rossi | Il Mondo Che Vorrei | guitar | ||
| Various artists | ABC Daytime Love Affair | Buena Vista | guitar | |
| Snatam Kaur | Joy Is Now | Spirit Voyage | guitar | |
| Hannah Montana | Hits Remixed Hannah Montana: Hits Remixed Hannah Montana: Hits Remixed is the second remix album by American pop recording artist Miley Cyrus, in the role of her fictional alter ego Hannah Montana. It was the fifth Hannah Montana album released on August 19, 2008, exclusively at American Wal-Mart stores... |
Disney, EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
producer | |
| 2009 | Warren Cuccurullo | Playing In Tongues | Edel, Zappa Zappa Records Zappa Records was a short-lived record label founded by Frank Zappa in 1979 after he severed his ties with Warner Bros. Records which distributed his Bizarre Records, Straight Records and DiscReet Records. It was distributed by Mercury Records. Three albums were released on the Zappa label, Sheik... |
guitar, keyboards, programming, producer |
| Snatam Kaur Snatam Kaur Snatam Kaur Khalsa , is an American singer and songwriter. She lives in Española, New Mexico. Kaur performs Indian devotional music, kirtan, and tours the world as a peace activist. The name "Kaur", meaning "princess", is shared by all female Sikhs.... |
Liberation`s Door | Spirit Voyage | guitar | |
| Vasco Rossi | Tracks Inediti e Rarità | EMI | guitar | |
| Billy Sheehan | Holy Cow | Mascot Records | guitar, keyboards, programming, producer | |
| 2010 | Tiromancino Tiromancino Tiromancino is an Italian pop group founded in 1989. It was started by Federico Zampaglione and has released 9 albums. Their music is a subtle blend of folk and electronica... |
L`Essenziale | guitar | |
| Snatam Kaur Snatam Kaur Snatam Kaur Khalsa , is an American singer and songwriter. She lives in Española, New Mexico. Kaur performs Indian devotional music, kirtan, and tours the world as a peace activist. The name "Kaur", meaning "princess", is shared by all female Sikhs.... |
Sacred Chants | Sounds True | guitar | |
| Chicanery | Chicanery Chicanery (album) Chicanery is the debut album of the group Chicanery, a collaboration between Warren Cuccurullo, formerly with Frank Zappa, a founding member of Missing Persons, and also formerly with Duran Duran; and Neil Carlill, founding member of Delicatessen, and formerly with Lodger. The album was released... |
dPulse | guitar, keyboards, violin, programming, producer | |
| Mafia Bianca Llc | I Am Changing | Chime Entertainment | guitar, keyboards, programming, engineer, producer | |
| 2011 | Vasco Rossi | Vivere O Niente | EMI EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide... |
guitar |
| Amber Lily | Coming to Life | Island Def Jam The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, formerly The Island Def Jam Music Group, is an umbrella label formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group. In 2011, Motown Records was split from the Universal... |
guitar, keyboards, programming, engineer, producer | |
Film
- The Youngest Guns (2004), theme music performed by Simone Sello - composer
- 4 1/4 (2005 Posh Films), soundtrack score performed by Simone Sello and Alex Alessandroni, jr. - composer
- Vasco - Quello che non si potrebbe (2008 Wonderland Entertainment) cast member
- Two LoversTwo Lovers (film)Two Lovers is a 2008 American romantic drama film, taking its inspiration from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short story "White Nights". which was already turned into a film by Luchino Visconti: Le Notti Bianche. The movie is directed by James Gray and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa...
(2008 Magnolia Pictures) Lines of Change, performed by SimoneX - writer - When in Rome (2010 Touchstone Pictures) I am Changing performed by Mafia Bianca, LLC - co-writer
- Una su Tre (2011 Cinerentola), soundtrack score performed by Simone Sello - composer
Television
- Sanremo Music Festival Rai 1 1994-1997 performer/arranger
- Make It or Break It ABC Family TV series 2009 Season 1, Episode 9 Where's Kaylie? I Know I'm Broken producer/writer
- Christmas CupidChristmas CupidChristmas Cupid is a television film starring Chad Michael Murray, Christina Milian and Ashley Benson and directed by Gil Junger. It premiered on ABC Family on December 12, 2010 as part of their 25 Days of Christmas programming block...
TV movie 2010 I'm Into It writer