Joey Carbone

Joey Carbone
Born Brooklyn, New York
Occupation Music composer and producer

Joey Carbone is a composer, music producer,[1] arranger, keyboardist, vocalist, advisor and educator. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life

When he was 16, Carbone was signed as a singer in a band to Atlantic Records by one of Atlantic's founders, Jerry Wexler. Carbone took a summer job working at Atlantic, where he watched recording sessions by Aretha Franklin, The Rascals, Cream, and The Rolling Stones.

Career overview

Carbone moved to Los Angeles and became a keyboardist and vocalist for recording sessions and concerts. He played keyboards for Kiki Dee & Elton John, Rick James, The Righteous Brothers, Eric Carmen, Rod Stewart, Cher, Air Supply, Andy Gibb, Bette Midler and others.

Carbone was the music director and theme composer for nine years for the television series Star Search,[2] and arranged, produced, conducted and played piano for then-budding performers Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Alanis Morissette, LeAnn Rimes, Justin Timberlake and others. He won a Cable ACE Award for composing and producing the theme song for the series It's Garry Shandling's Show,[3] on which he served as music director.

He composed and arranged music for China Beach, Falcon Crest, Entertainment Tonight, and others. He has also produced and/or composed albums for Japan-based record companies for American singers including Little Richard, Alyssa Milano,[4] Joseph Williams and Bobby Kimball of Toto, Bill Champlin and Jason Scheff of the group Chicago, John O'Banion, Edward Furlong, Irene Cara, Mylin,[5] Neil Sedaka, Tiffany, Warren DeMartini Ratt, The Righteous Brothers, and Sam Moore of Sam & Dave. He has created more than 1000 songs for the Japanese market[6] including songs for KAT-TUN,[7] Matsuura Aya, Smap, Wada Akiko, Crystal Kay, Akanishi Jin, Sexy Zone, Kanjani8, Tsuchiya Anna, Tackey & Tsubasa, N.E.W.S., Hey! Say! JUMP, Van Tomiko, Nakamori Akina, Nakayama Miho, Wink, Shonentai, Shibugakitai, Arashi, Aikawa Nanase, Mari Hamada, Lindberg, Inagaki Junichi, Koyanagi Yuki, Naomi Tamura, Infix, Julia Mazda, Eriko Tamura, and Masatoshi Ono. He has more than 80 top 10 hits in Japan.[8] He has composed hundreds of songs for Japanese television commercials, movies and television programs including the film Satomi Hakken Den.

Carbone is a contracted advisor to both Sony Records and Avex entertainment, Japan.[9] He is a vice-principal and International Advisor at Jikei Gakuen (College). He has given lectures at colleges and universities in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

References

  1. ↑ McClure, Steve (January 28, 2011). "Local, foreign songwriters camp it up". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ↑ Joey Carbone | May Pang's Asian Media Internet News
  3. ↑ It's Garry Shandling's Show Lyrics - Theme Song Lyrics
  4. ↑ Markman, Jon D. (April 26, 1995). "Made in the U.S.A. : Joey Carbone Packages Acts the Japanese Love. His Secret? Think Cute.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ JOEY CARBONE WEB on Adult Contemporary Music In Japan
  6. ↑ "Music: Inside Tracks". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ Whyte, Wilson (March 14, 2009). "From the New York streets to the king of Japanese pop". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ The Rafu Shimpo - L.A. Japanese Daily News
  9. ↑ Speakers | ALLTHATMATTERS

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