BIOGRAPHY

Scott Spock is a chart-topping award-winning songwriter and music producer; founding member of The Matrix; extreme car designer and racing driver; global creative consigliere in technology and in all things music related; educational clinician; trumpet player; former actuary; hobbyist free diver; and family man.

SONGWRITER and PRODUCER

⁃ 7 Grammy Nominations for Songwriter of the Year / Producer of the Year

⁃ Ivor Novello Award Winner for Best International Pop Hit of the Year

⁃ BMI Songwriter of the Year

⁃ 2x Canadian Juno Winner - Pop Song of the Year and Album of the Year

⁃ “Complicated” was a worldwide #1 song and broke a radio play record held by the Beatles at the time. It is VEVO certified over 100MM views.

⁃ Songs written and produced have sold over 40 Million Records

MEDIA

⁃ Songs have been placed in numerous films and television shows. LINK: IMDB

⁃ Commercial campaigns include SIMS, Coke, Sears, American Eagle, Home Goods, Cognizant, Barbie, DirecTV, Netflix, Heineken, Target, SweetTarts, Svedka, Michelob

⁃ Refining my production skills by remixing, various remixes of mine were used in professional branding campaigns (Svedka vodka being the most notable; of which I was the voice over as well )

⁃ Film Scores include the movies “The Heist” and "Free Enterprise” starring William Shatner and Eric McCormick.

⁃ Featured Judge and Mentor for the Chinese broadcast show “RockTheWeb” reaching 750,000 viewers that showcased up and coming Chinese musical talent

⁃ Appearances in numerous magazines and newspapers including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, LA Times, Mix, EQ and Wired.

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

⁃ Chief Innovative Evangelist for Open Labs LLC, creators of Stagelight which was acquired by Roland Coporation and used as the foundation of Zenbeats.

⁃ Lectured on panels discussing the future of the music business and related technologies for The Grammy Foundation and various Universities and Colleges across the United States.

EARLY YEARS

⁃ Scott was mentored by St. Louis Trumpet Legend Jim Manley who taught him music as a whole, not just how to play the trumpet.

⁃ As a teenager, he was lucky enough to play alongside such greats as Sammy Davis Jr and Nancy Wilson.

⁃ Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Illinois University with a degree in Statistics and Jazz Performance and later was one of the first graduates to be inducted into their Hall of Fame. He credits Rick Haydon and Brett Stamps for honing his arranging skills and performance chops.

⁃ After college, Scott worked as an actuary at Tower Perrin for several years before pursuing music full time.

⁃ During that time, he cultivated production skills as a jingle writer and producer for clients such as Michelob, Famous Barr, Mattel, and Missouri Tourism prior to moving to Los Angeles in 1992. He also had the pleasure to work with the best St. Louis singers and musicians.

⁃ His recorded trumpet work is featured on Dave Weckl’s "Master Plan" and “Hardwired" records, as well as Phyllis Hyman’s “I Refuse To Be Lonely."

⁃ Once in Los Angeles, Scott worked on production with Diana Ross, Phyllis Hyman and Rupaul. He then started to develop talent and placed deals for several artists.

⁃ Then in 1999, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards and Scott Spock started The Matrix.

PERSONAL LIFE