ABOUT
AWARD WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER, GUITARIST, KEYBOARDIST & MUSIC PRODUCER
In May 2014 Simon married bass player, singer-songwriter and musician Suzy Starlite on the shores of Loch Fyne, Inveraray in Scotland.
Simon and Suzy formed the Starlite-Campbell Band in 2016 and together have written a healthy catalogue of songs which could fill up the next three albums. Their debut album, 'Blueberry Pie' was released on 1st February 2017 to staggering worldwide critical acclaim and was nominated for Best Album in the 2017 European Blues Awards.
In 2021 Suzy and Simon concentrated on songwriting and a variety of recording projects at the band's semi-mobile studio near Lisbon, Portugal. These include the Starlite Campbell Band's second album release 'The Language of Curiosity' (British rock).
The band won the best band in the Graham Steel Music Awards in 2021 and had four #1 singles on the Netherlands chart Hit Track Hot 100.
In 2022 they released two live albums, Starlite Campbell Band Live! 1 & 2 and are working on a multimedia project - Starlite.One - which is ‘boarding’ now and will be revealed in 2023.
Interspersed between writing and recording they tour internationally with a series of European and UK dates both as a duo, trio and full four-band electric.
AS A GUITAR PLAYER, PRODUCER & ENGINEER
Simon has been a full-time musician for 46 years. He is hugely experienced in production and recording, specialising in vintage techniques and also everyone playing together in the same room.
In the '70s and '80s, he played session guitar on many studio albums and hundreds of live shows. It was in these venues and recording studios that he learned the old school engineering and production techniques that keep him very much in demand.
During his period with 'Little Brother' he worked with the legendary Big Jim Sullivan and Derek Lawrence, who co-produced their album for Line Records (Polydor Germany): a fabulous experience!
Always keen to keep up to date with the technical aspects of sound recording, Simon has been a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) since 1988.
“They feature one of the best session guitarists and producer/arrangers from the last forty years – Simon Campbell” - Andy Snipper
In 2014, Suzy and Simon set up the independent record label Supertone Records to release their own material with a vision to sign like-minded artists in the future; a vision that has now come to fruition. Biographies and music from Supertone Artists can be found on the artists page of the label's website.
In November of that year, they set up the Supertone Records studio, a world-class residential recording facility in the mountains close to Valencia, Spain centred around a Trident 40 channel analog console.
Following the success of the Starlite Campbell Band’s album ‘Blueberry Pie’ and a move back to the UK, they made the decision to relocate their studio to mainland Europe and have established a superbly equipped semi-mobile facility near Lisbon, Portugal based around a CADAC J series analogue recording console.
Simon is now producing and engineering for the Starlite Campbell Band plus a healthy list of production and session clients.
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