John Silvestri
MIDI Track Records
ALLRS Music
ALLRS Music Publishing [ASCAP]
MIDI Track Publishing [BMI]
MIDI Track Records
Record Producer
ALLRS Music Management
ALLRS Music Radio
ALLRS Music Consultants
ALLRS Music Seminars
Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Member of:
NARAS
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Voting Member of The Grammy Awards
CMA
Country Music Association
Voting Member of The CMA Awards
SGA
Songwriters Guild of America
SGA Diamond Member
SGMA
Southern Gospel Music Association
Voting Member and Awards Committee Elector
ASCAP
American Society of Composers,Authors and Publishers
BMI
Broadcast Music inc
John started playing guitar at the age of 8
and by the time he was 10 he was already in bands
playing Lead/Rythm Guitar, Drums, Bass,Keyboards
and doing both lead and background vocals
The Bands John played in covered songs by
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones,The Beach Boys,
Little Richard,and Chuck Berry, just to name a few.
In addition to performing covers, original material
was co-written by John and other group members
At the age of 14, one of the groups that John was in
was signed with a record label for a one song
Recording Contract. The concept of the LP was to cover
many of the songs of "The British Invasion".
Some of the songs that other signed groups recorded
were:
"GLAD ALL OVER"(The Dave Clark 5)
"FERRY CROSS THE MERCY"(Jerry and The Pacemakers)
"SATISFACTION"(The Rolling Stones)
John's group covered
"I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND"(The Beatles)
John often recalls a showcase/award show they entered
in New York that featured over 40 Bands.
John's group finished in 3rd place and went on
to average close to 200 gigs per year.
John auditioned for Beatlemania which played
at The Winter Garden in New York City
and he performed in an off Broadway production
of Beatlemania.
He also sat in with bands that openned and played
with acts like
The Jive Five ("MY TRUE STORY")
The Five Satins ( "IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT")
The Tremolos ( "SILENCE IS GOLDEN")
and continues doing gigs and session work with
both indie and major Recording Acts.
John has studied all aspects of the Music Industry
and gives credit to Producer Dave Wiener
( A Julliard Graduate ), for showing him the
tricks of the trade in recording and Producing.
John would go on to manage and produce
up and coming acts and take them to the next level.
He did so with Huey Dunbar..DLG / Dark Latin Goove
who went on to sign with Sony Records and is
a 8 time Grammy nominee.
John was contracted as music consultant for projects
and performances at
The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parades
The United Nations
numerous concerts at The South Street Seaport
The Waldoff Astoria
and many other well known venues.
He enjoyed working with Franco Richmond
writer of "THE TIME HAS COME" and assisting in
recording sessions at Marothon Studios in NYC where
Venessa Williams Recorded "SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST".
John has been on NY Radio many times
discussing copyright law / music licensing
with Claudia Koal who worked with Billy Joel
and Record Producer Phil Ramone. Glaudia is
a Governor of NARAS and is on
the Board of Woman In Music.
John has also been on WCBS-FM 101.1
on the Don K Reed Doo-Wop Shop and
Mickey B Juke Box Revue many times with
Recording Artists he is working with.
John Silvestri gives Seminars on The Music Industry.
He has been invited to be on panels and to give talks
in Nashville, New York City, Philly,
Music Conventions, and Universities.
He has written many songs which have been recorded
and charted by numerous Recording Artists
in many genres of music and is a ghostwriter
for numerous others.
John has also worked on and performed
in Motion Picture Documentaries with the likes
of former ms NY State Iliana Medina.
For many years John Silvestri with fellow Artists
thru The Veterans Adm. visits, performs at services
on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, and helps disabled
vets at long term care centers. Many who we see today
will not live to see tommorow.
He was also contracted by The Veterans Adm.
to compose a song which was performed at services
to remember those who lost their lifes in
The Oklahoma City Bombing Disaster.
br / John is involved with Musicares. Helping those who are
now homeless, addicted to drugs,
have no medical insurances, etc.
John works with other volunteers for Make A Wish.
Giving a terminal ill child one last wish.
A vist to disney world
or a visit to the hard rock cafe.
One Last wish.
One last visit before they visit Heaven.
John does volunteer work in NY at Colombia University
in research studies to help find a cure
for so many dreaded illnesses and is the director
of volunters at a major International organization
helping patients and their families.
John is also a volunteer for New York Cares. Helping
well over 10s of thousands in need each year
He believes life is more than music. It's giving
to those in need.
John thanks all the bands he has and continues
to worked with
and all the great people who have helped him
in his music career:
He Thanks
Ann Ruckerts of SGA Pro-shop for all her help.
George David Weiss for sharing his knowledge.
George Wurzbach for being a great friend
and for all his input and advise. Shirley Washington of NYU
for her terrific workshops and for being there
and always lending vital information containing
to The Music Industry
John thanks all the songwriters of the New York,
Nashville, and LA Chapters of
The Songwrters Guild of America for all their help
and to Rundi Ream and Mark Saxon.
Glaudia Koal,Julie Gold,Jon Marcus,Linda Lawrence,
Joan Walters, and all the great people at NARAS,
The NY chapters of ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC
and to fellow members at SGMA and CMA.
Keep The Music Alive,
John Silvestri
MIDI Track Records
ALLRS Music
