About Me
SHUBABY.... At ten years of age Shu started piano lessons, At fifteen he
operated an AM radio station out of his bedroom, also he was a ham radio listener.
After high school, Shu attended Berean Institute for basic electronics, OIC and Bok night school for electronics I & II.
Shu also worked at Gottlieb Electronics fixing radios and TV's, not knowing that one day he would have a career within these two disciplines.
When digital recording became the standard, Shubaby was there and very comfortable working in that domain.
Shu traveled the world as the keyboardist for some of Philadelphia's most famous singing groups.
He also scored two independent films - "Temtation at midnight" and just resently (2007) "Life isn't easy"
As a songwriter, Shu wrote with Poogie Hart, Vinnie Barrett, Allan Felder and others, he also wrote many songs with Ron Tyson. He said his favorite with Tyson is "Ready for love" sung by Esther Williams (RCA). The song "I'd rather be by myself" sung by David EBO (Roulette), stayed on Billboard's chart for 17 weeks. Shu wrote the music and Joe Freeman (from the singing group the Ethics -aka The Love Committee) wrote the words. Coming full circle, Shu is well known in the Hip-Hop community as a producer, producing artists like Mally Geez, Diggs, B Lino, Montego Bay and Millhouse. Shubaby is founder and executive director of the American Musicians' Resource Network, Inc. which operates workshops and lectures on publishing, copyrights and how to get paid in the music industry. He also works with the organization Healthy Music Matters, and also on the board of Artist for Recovery.
Shu's life is about music, but, he also likes to cook, surf the web,
listen to short wave radio, write songs, play chess. ---by Ray Diggs ------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------PLAYED KEYBOARDS FOR:ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS (Houston, TX)
BLUE MAGIC (Philadelphia, PA)
BILLY PAUL (Philadelphia, PA)
BUNNY SIGLER (Philadelphia, PA)
DOUBLE EXPOSURE (Philadelphia, PA)
EDDIE HOLMAN (Philadelphia, PA)
GENTLE PERSUASIONS (Philadelphia, PA)
HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES (Philadelphia, PA)
JANIS McCLAIN (Philadelphia, PA)
JEAN CARN (Philadelphia, PA)
McFADDEN & WHITEHEAD (Philadelphia, PA)
PATTI LABELLE (Philadelphia, PA)
T. LIFE (Philadelphia, PA)
THE BROADWAY EXPRESS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE DELFONICS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE DREAMLOVERS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE ETHICS (aka -The Love Committee) (Philadelphia, PA)
THE FIRST CHOICE (Philadelphia, PA)
THE FLAMINGOS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE GOOD BAD & UGLY (Philadelphia, PA)
THE INTRIGUES (Philadelphia, PA)
THE INTRUDERS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE MANHATTANS (New York, NY)
THE NETWORK ORCHESTRA (Philadelphia, PA)
THE TRAMMPS (Philadelphia, PA)
THE TYMES (Philadelphia, PA)
and many others
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FREESTYLE (formed in 1997) is a band of five performers, sometimes six and two equipment managers.
Shubaby Schuler - keyboards,
Jan Simkins - bass,
Rob Perna - guitar & vocals,
Howard Burton - drums & vocals,
Eric Parker - vocals.We've worked TV programs, large coliseum, outdoor stadiums, nightclubs, private parties, etc.
We have performed in various music disciplines such as (R&B) dance music, smooth jazz, funk, straight-ahead, and pop.
Individually, we have performed throughout the world.
As you can here from our CD, the music is a compilation of all these musical styles and we always welcome the challenge.
Our 3rd CD will be released 2010, ------------------------------------------------------------
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