FEATURED
Brief info
Steve Grandinetti is an internationally acclaimed recording & performing artist, multi-instrumentalist (Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Harmonica, Melodica, Percussion) and BMI affiliated Singer-Songwriter, Producer, and Arranger with four releases; "Jonjano’ Baro’" , "Heart Of Me", "Only Love Is Real", and his tour de force “My American Heart” . Number 1 on the ReverbNation singer-songwriter charts, he is a consummate performer, who never fails to thrill his audience with humor, stage antics, exceptional guitar & keyboard playing, soulful singing and amazing drumming.
He has performed with legends like The Neville Brothers, Lil Buck Senegal, Henry Gray, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Don Mock, Jay Roberts, shared the stage with NRBQ, The Band, Willie Nelson, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys, Walter Trout, Deborah Coleman, Ben Rice, The Goo Goo Dolls and other greats. He has performed in New York, NY, New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia, PA, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Los Angeles, CA, San Antonio, TX, Omaha, NE, Boston, MA, upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and all over Washington State.
He was the Sound Designer for KCPT's production of “King Lear” for which he composed and performed music, as he did for the feature film “Johnny Suede”. He has and continues to record for several indie artists on piano, organ, clavinet, drums, percussion. He currently has a catalog of over 500 songs, and is recording his next album - Heaven in Hell, with four more albums also in process. A published author his first novel-SONGS OF A PRODIGAL SON is a 5 star success on Amazon and he has two more novels in the works, as well as over 2500 paintings, drawings and other works of art.
Steve’s music is heard internationally on radio stations in the USA- on KISM (Bremerton/Seattle/Canada), WEQX (Vermont/New York), KPFT (Houston) KBRW (Alaska), KPTZ (Port Townsend), IndiesInMotion.com (Los Angeles),Canada -Banana Peel Radio, Germany - 98.eins, the Netherlands -Radio Ridderkerk, Austria -HitRadio 03 & Radio-Powervoice, Italy- www.spreaker.com/user/webradio11-11, Saint.FM.co.uk Great Britain, Spotlite Radio in NYC, as well as internet stations IMRadio, and Jango Radio. He has a licensing deal with LA Sound who is selling his music in Japan. He is on the roster at Best Entertainment,inc. Through social networking he has fans in the Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Australia, China, Japan, Philippines, Germany, Ireland, England, Canada, Brazil, Egypt, Africa, Italy, Iran, Iraq, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand, Sweden, Brazil, Columbia, Kenya, Virgin Islands, Greece, Romania, and all throughout the USA. With The Steve Grandinetti Band and solo he has played up to 300 shows a year.
As an educator he teaches drums, bass, guitar, vocals, uke, theory & ear training, songwriting. He has taught and performed at Centrum’s Blues Workshop and School Of Rock. He studied music at Manhattan School Of Music Prep Division, Fordham University, Julliard School Of Music, graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans with a B.A. in psychology & music. He also holds a M.S.Ed from the University of Pennsylvania in Counseling Psychology. He studied film writing at NYU Film School, Photography at The New School, acting at Tulane University, and attended Adelphi University, and Loyola Law School.
- See more at: http://www.stevegrandinetti.com