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We recently connected with Spidey De Montrond and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Spidey thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

I started just wanting to learn music and musical instruments from the age of 3. Growing up in Los Angeles it was filled with music from every genre , so it was very fertile to my musical aspirations. Eventually starting off on my sister’s abandoned guitar, then picking tunes off of Nat Cole records when I was 6 years old, from that point on it was the guitar for me. As time went on I wanted to be more than a guitarist, but as luck would have it I met my mentor Luther Russell through a guitar player wanted ad. We met and eventually within a month Luther was my teacher and mentor for the next 4 years in learning the craft of songwriting, arranging, lyric crafting and producing. Luther was already an accomplished musician on bass, piano, guitar, drums, lead vocals, harmony vocals and recording engineering. Luther would give me homework all week long and assignments which meant writing tunes, analyzing hits, breaking songs down, asking why they work, what makes them great and so forth. This was how I learned and Luther came from a legacy songwriting family, Bob Russell was his grandfather an exceptional lyricist penning such classics as Don’t get around much any more and He’s not heavy he’s my brother to name a few.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I am a singer-songwriter, musician, arranger and producer. My group is The Gentle Orchestra it has been my focus of work since 2021 with the release of “Synonymity” has been garnering great praise. I entered into the record business / show biz officially as a songwriting professional / recording artist in December 1996 while attending college, but before that I had been working professionally as side-man, hired hand i.e. guitarist since 89. All the while developing my song writing and arranging skills. One of the things that aided me in navigating the legal aspect of the business is I read 3 music business books before I was signed to my deal in 96 to Capitol Records. This was tremendously helpful with contracts, legal jargon so forth. I am most proud of The Gentle Orchestra is stands up to the great music that has come before and I feel there are some evergreen tunes on the album.
The songs span many genres pop-rock, indie, folk, jazz and rock. It pulls inspiration from the analogue era of 40’s,60’s and 70’s harkening sounds of The Beatles, Harry Nilsson, Todd Rudgren, Pink Flyod, Love, Glen Miller and Brill Building songcraft.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

Being open to magic and knowing when it’s happening

How did you build your audience on social media?

I buy them through PR firms it’s the oldest method.

Contact Info:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegentleorchestra/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegentleorchestra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GentleOrchestra
Youtube: @thegentleorchestra
Other: https://linktr.ee/thegentleorchestra

Image Credits
Portraits photographer by Mark Owen. Album abstract painting by Tom Vadakan, Album art layout art direction Sarah Linton

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Meet Spidey De Montrond

Meet Spidey De Montrond

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Alright, Spidey thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

How did you build your audience on social media?

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