Artist Biography

Songwriter: As a songwriter Stoneman has written over 400 songs in 9 genres of music. He has won a multitude of international contests including Unisong, (2000 see posted results at unisong.com) VH1 Song Of The Year (May & June 2004 see songoftheyear.com) and The Billboard Songwriting contest. To date, Stoneman has had 17 songs signed to a variety of European Publishers and 13 commercial releases.

Producer: As a producer Stoneman has recorded and produced over 300 songs in 9 genres of music. He is proficient in a variety of production softwares including Pro Tools 6.7, Logic Audio, Cubase SX 3, Reason 3.0, Izotope, Harbal, Recycle, Rebirth, Soundforge 7.0 and a host of other production and mastering softwares. He is also proficient in a variety of hardware consoles and recording decks.

Performer: Stoneman has been performing in the music industry for over 40 years or since the tender age of 9. His primary performance skills are keyboards and vocals. He has been the lead vocalist for 20+ bands in 5 genres of music. He has toured all over California and the United States.

Education: Stoneman has a pastoral degree as he is a retired prison chaplain. Also he recently (Dec. 2005) graduated from Diablo Valley College where he earned a Certificate Of Recording Arts and a Certificate of Music Industry studies while maintaining a 4.0GPA

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