Kevin Spencer (musician)
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Kevin Spencer is a Canadian musician-writer-producer.
He began his career in music as a member of the Hamilton
, Ontario
pop
band The Misunderstood, one of the 1996 CFNY New Music Search Finalists. In 1997, after The Misunderstood broke up, Spencer moved to Vancouver, British Columbia as a hired musician for Rymes With Orange
penning the Canadian hit Standing in the Rain and became a founding member of the band Mudgirl
, who had a Canadian radio hit that year with This Day, which garnered them a spot on Lilith Fair
and consequently in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Between the years 1999 and 2001, he continued performing, recording and touring with Mudgirl, The Kim Band, Rymes with Orange, Mezzanine, and others contributing guitar, bass, drums, programming and voice. In September 2001, Spencer was recruited by Bernard Telsey Casting in New York
to play the role of Roger Davis in the National Tour of the rock opera Rent
. Completing over 550 shows, his contract ended in late 2004. Between the years 2005 and 2009, he toured and worked exclusively
for musician/producer Daniel Lanois
(U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan).
In 2010 Kevin joined Placement Music, a music delivery firm that has been contracted to provide music for various TV shows, movies and events including the NFL including an orchestral score for Super Bowl XLV, Dexter
, and True Blood
.
He began his career in music as a member of the Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band The Misunderstood, one of the 1996 CFNY New Music Search Finalists. In 1997, after The Misunderstood broke up, Spencer moved to Vancouver, British Columbia as a hired musician for Rymes With Orange
Rymes With Orange
Rymes with Orange is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:RWO formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s. Rob Lulic and Alexander Julien were looking for a fresh new singer to assist them in the upcoming Battle of the bands. After a chance meeting with Manchester born singer Lyndon...
penning the Canadian hit Standing in the Rain and became a founding member of the band Mudgirl
Kim Bingham
Kim Bingham is a Canadian singer-songwriter.She began her career in music as a member of the Montreal, Quebec third wave ska band Me Mom and Morgentaler...
, who had a Canadian radio hit that year with This Day, which garnered them a spot on Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It...
and consequently in Rolling Stone Magazine.
Between the years 1999 and 2001, he continued performing, recording and touring with Mudgirl, The Kim Band, Rymes with Orange, Mezzanine, and others contributing guitar, bass, drums, programming and voice. In September 2001, Spencer was recruited by Bernard Telsey Casting in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
to play the role of Roger Davis in the National Tour of the rock opera Rent
Rent (musical)
Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...
. Completing over 550 shows, his contract ended in late 2004. Between the years 2005 and 2009, he toured and worked exclusively
for musician/producer Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...
(U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan).
In 2010 Kevin joined Placement Music, a music delivery firm that has been contracted to provide music for various TV shows, movies and events including the NFL including an orchestral score for Super Bowl XLV, Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
, and True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
.