Joey Carbone

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Joey Carbone
Born
Brooklyn, New York
Occupation(s)Music composer and producer

Joey Carbone is a composer, music producer,

Brooklyn, New York
.

Early life

When he was 16, Carbone was signed as a singer in a band to Atlantic Records by one of Atlantic's founders, Jerry Wexler. Carbone took a summer job working at Atlantic, where he watched recording sessions by Aretha Franklin, the Rascals, Cream, and the Rolling Stones.

Career overview

Carbone moved to Los Angeles and became a keyboardist and vocalist for recording sessions and concerts. He played keyboards for Kiki Dee and Elton John, Rick James, the Righteous Brothers, Eric Carmen, Rod Stewart, Cher, Air Supply, Andy Gibb, Bette Midler and others.

Carbone was the music director and theme composer for nine years for the television series

Cable ACE Award for composing and producing the theme song for the series It's Garry Shandling's Show,[3]
on which he served as music director.

He composed and arranged music for China Beach, Falcon Crest, Entertainment Tonight, and others. He has also produced and/or composed albums for Japan-based record companies for American singers including Little Richard, Alyssa Milano,[4] Joseph Williams and Bobby Kimball of Toto, Bill Champlin and Jason Scheff of the group Chicago, John O'Banion, Edward Furlong, Irene Cara, Zoom, Mylin,[5] Neil Sedaka, Tiffany, Warren DeMartini (Ratt), the Righteous Brothers, and Sam Moore of Sam & Dave. He has produced more than 1,000 songs for the Japanese market

Koyanagi Yuki, Naomi Tamura, Infix, Julia Mazda, Eriko Tamura, and Masatoshi Ono. He has more than 80 Top 10 hits in Japan,[8] and has composed hundreds of songs for Japanese television commercials, movies, and television programs, including the score for the film Satomi Hakken Den (Legend of the Eight Samurai).[9]

Carbone is a contracted advisor to both

Avex.[10] He is a lecturer and international advisor at Jikei Gakuen (Tokyo School of Music and Dance).[11]
He has given lectures at colleges and universities in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.

References

  1. ^ McClure, Steve (January 28, 2011). "Local, foreign songwriters camp it up". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Joey Carbone | May Pang's Asian Media Internet News
  3. ^ It's Garry Shandling's Show Lyrics - Theme Song Lyrics
  4. ^ Markman, Jon D. (April 26, 1995). "Made in the U.S.A. : Joey Carbone Packages Acts the Japanese Love. His Secret? Think Cute". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  5. ^ JOEY CARBONE WEB on Adult Contemporary Music In Japan
  6. ^ "Music: Inside Tracks". Metropolis Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Whyte, Wilson (March 14, 2009). "From the New York streets to the king of Japanese pop". The Japan Times. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  8. ^ "The Rafu Shimpo - L.A. Japanese Daily News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  9. ^ Whyte, Wilson (2009-03-14). "From the New York streets to the king of Japanese pop". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  10. ^ Speakers | ALLTHATMATTERS
  11. ^ 業界特別ゼミ・特別講義 Tokyo School of Music & Dance
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