John Philip Shenale
| John Philip Shenale | |
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| Birth name | John Philip Shenale |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, instrumentalist, arranger, songwriter, record producer |
| Associated acts | Tori Amos, Willy DeVille, Janes Addiction, Tracy Chapman, The Beach Boys, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Howie Day, Jesse McCartney, Billy Idol, Rick Springfield, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, John Hiatt |
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John Philip Shenale (born John Philip Shenale; 1951) is a Canadian composer, arranger, musician and producer based in Los Angeles. He has contributed his talents to over forty Gold and Platinum albums, and over thirty Top 40 singles. His work has also been associated with twenty-one Grammy Award nominations.
Shenale was born in Canada in 1951. His family relocated to the United States in the late-1950s. His earliest memories of music consist of hearing his father, an avid lover of classical music, play the violin, cello and mandolin in their home during his childhood. After attending a Latin High Mass at the age of five, he recalls being drawn to the piano in an attempt to recreate the music he had heard during the ceremony. The experience awakened his passion for the art and he soon found himself improvising his own music. It wasn't until the age of twelve, however, that he began formal piano lessons.
Shenale began serious composition while in high school, drawing inspiration from classical composers such as Ravel, Granados, Britten and Stravinsky. He soon discovered modern-day musicians such as The Yardbirds, Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles which ignited his passion for rock and roll, leading him to form his first band. During his undergraduate studies, he first majored in physics and then music before dropping out in favor of playing and travelling with a hard rock club band.
Although he considers himself "a performance rock 'n' roll musician based in classical music," Shenale acknowledges that technology is a major aspect that runs throughout the majority of his work and is equally at home with both acoustic and electronic instruments and processes.
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