Victor Simonelli interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana # 032 (Part 1)

TRUE HOUSE STORIES™ W/ VICTOR SIMONELLI # 032 - PART 1

Check out this amazing ’True House Stories’ show with special guest Victor Simonelli. Discover how Victor find his way into music?  From a very young age his father was where Victor became so passionate about music. In addition, Victor was classically trained and was able to experience the Brooklyn and NYC club scene in the early 80s.

Victor explains how radio was key to hearing the music he loved. Moving out west, Victor missed NYC, feeling totally isolated from the music scene, and was why Victor became so fixated on moving back to NYC in 1986 to enjoy the music and hit the coolest night clubs around NYC. Hear about Victor’s connection to Arthur Baker who took Victor under his wing and helped develop his career in the music industry. Working at Quad alongside David Morales, Frankie Knuckles to name just a few, editing was something Victor was really interested in. Will Downing SOS - was the 1st of many tracks he edited as Arthur recognized Victor’s talents.

In 1991 - Victor produced his very 1st track. Learn how hard Victor had to work to get to this point. Judy Weinstein and Larry Levan broke his 1st track which catapulted Victor to a whole new level in the industry. Todd Terry was a great advisor too. By this time, Victor was really starting to find his position in the industry and how his career completely blew up!! Watch as lenny and Victor discuss the loss of their dear friend Angel Moraes (RIP) and hear about their special times with Angel.

Listen to the pitfalls in Victor’s career with contracts and licensing. Discover how Victor felt about the UK scene. Victor was literally the man to go to in sending music demos, hear how he helped producers including Traxsource’s Brian Tappert. Having been mentored by the legend Arthur Baker, this became part of Victor’s passion too - mentoring other artists he recognized had talent. Death of vinyl - how did Victor transition to digital production. How is Victor coping during lockdown and what are his plans for the future? An amazing interview with some amazing advice on succeeding in the music industry for over 5 decades.



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