Scott is the President of Jazzical Music Productions, which is a music
production house founded by MIDI wizard and electronic music pioneer
Clovice Lewis. His recording studio produces a wide variety of
commercial music and artists.
As a recording artist and engineer, Scott has written award winning
commercials for AT&T Cable, and he has produced CDs for just about
every style of musical artist. Scott's work in the studio includes
award winning music from China and India, and he recently worked with
the internationally famous vocal a capella group, "The House Jacks".
Scott studied music at Cal State Hayward, where he concentrated on jazz
and classical guitar, and also studied composition, arranging and jazz
theory with Dave Eshleman. Scott also holds a bachelor's degree in
management from San Diego State University and has been involved in the
computer industry as a programmer and operator since the 1970's.
As a professional musician Scott has a long and diverse background. He
is endorsed by several major music companies including Mesa
engineering, Moze Custom Handmade Guitars and Dean Markley. As a
performer, Scott has had the pleasure of playing with numerous great
players, including mandolin virtuoso David Grisman, pedal steel legend
Bobby Black, plus members of the Drifters, Santana, The Greg Allman
Band, Robben Ford Band, John Lee Hooker, and The Tempations.
Scott's musical roots are firmly entrenched in blues, bluegrass,
ragtime, and slide guitar. He also has a strong background in solo jazz
guitar, fingerstyle guitar, funk, classical, country, rock and reggae
guitar. A kid who picked up his first guitar at the age of seven, Scott
performed his first professional gig at the age of twelve. Since then,
Scott has performed in countless bands and venues, including the famous
Fillmore West, in San Francisco, CA.
Scott has hosted cable television shows including "The Bay Area Rhythm
Section" which showcased local musical artists. He also authored a book
on, "Guitar Theory and Harmony" and he has written articles for a local
music magazines.
Scott, along with two of his students from the Foothill Music
Technology Program wrote, recorded and mastered a full Hollywood movie
soundtrack for large movie distributor, "Lionsgate Entertainment" in
the summer of 2003. This music soundtrack, backed up rap stars,
"BustaRhyme, Xhibit of "Pimp My Ride" which currently airs on MTV,
Ellen Cleghorn (Of Saturday Night Live Fame) and Bubba Smith. the Movie
is called "Full Clip" and it is currently available on DVD in all movie
rental houses such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. This is a Hip
Hop based action flick.
Scott also had the good fortune to record and help produce Broadway
Musical stars James Mellon on a NY Broadway musical project called,
"Dorian, the Musical." James also wrote the Move "Birds Of Prey" and
starred for years on Broadway in NY. He starred in plays such as West
Side Story and in other major plays, including performances with
Bernadette Peters on Broadway. James' partner Kevin Bailey was in the
original Broadway troop of "Lionking." Scott recorded and engineered
three songs for this new play.
