MORE ABOUT PAUL
Paul Santo is a American Grammy® awarded musician, composer, producer, engineer, singer, multi-instrumentalist & semi-recognized music career coach, who has recorded &/or appeared on records by artists as diverse as Aerosmith, Ringo Starr, Jonny Lang, Ozzy Osbourne and Neko Case, to name a few, with numerous gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards to his credit.
Paul has written, recorded, performed on and engineered records from Boston to London to LA, reggae to metal and country to hip-hop. He has been at the console as both Steven Tyler and Joe Perry's personal engineer (as well as Aerosmith's house engineer at Pandora's Box) and recording sound for artists such as David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Kid Rock and producers like Desmond Child, Mark Hudson and Jack Douglas. See his resume and credits for more fetching intel!
Aside from his recording and production prowess, Paul is a go-to studio and live musician. He has appeared on records as a guitarist, pianist, bassist, drummer & singer from major (Sony, Koch, Ryko, Epic, and more) to indie labels, as well as toured with the likes of Joe Perry. He even played bass on a Michael Bolton record!!
His unique and expressive style is best described in the words of one pithy observer: "He plays all the notes I wanted to hear, but never expected to".
Paul has composed many pieces for TV, including the iconic PBS program "Nova", "American Pickers" and "This Old House" as well as The Discovery Channel, The History Channel and Lifetime Channel movies. He has also appeared on network television on both "Late Night with..." and "The Tonight Show.." and has performed live to audiences numbering from 1 to 20,000 people.
PS enjoys his work as a music career coach and takes great satisfaction in advising beginners to Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, and is a busy session musician, as well as composing music for TV, film, mobile apps, video games and other recording artists, while occasionally touring the world with The Joe Perry Project and sitting in at any open mic that'll have him, Paul has recorded, written and/or played with The Raspberries, Ozzy Osbourne, Ringo Starr, Aerosmith, Chris Botti, Eric Carmen, Cheap Trick, DMC, Alejandra Guzman, Jonny Lang, Eric Clapton, Jack Douglas, David Gilmour, Charlie Haden, Johnny Johnson, Desmond Child, Adrian Belew, Randy Cantor, Leann Rimes and Kid Rock among many others.
Original photo by Ann-Marie Rollo Photography