[ SHANE KEISTER ]
(Writer/Arranger and Keyboard Great)

An honest-to-goodness child prodigy, was offered a scholarship to Juilliard at age 16. He chose the sinful path of Rock n' Roll instead and completed North Texas State University's comprehensive music program.

During his 20 year career in the record business, Shane has performed and arranged more than 1000 top 40 records and has recorded and toured with the biggest names in jazz, pop and country music. He has received 25 Gold and Platinum Albums as of today and is a staff producer for Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records as well.

On the technical side, Shane has designed sound libraries for Yamaha, Oberheim and Moog, and was a research developer for Synclavier.

Shane did the entire score and source music for the film "Ernest Goes to Camp" and has created music and sound for brands such as Sara Lee, Slim Fast, Gulden's Mustard, Diet Dr. Pepper, Fox News and HBO.

Session credits: Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Alabama, George Benson, Joe Cocker, Olivia Newton- John, B.J. Thomas, Chet Atkins, Dan Fogelberg, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Buffet, Conway Twitty, Roberta Flack, Amy Grant, Tammy Wynette, Anne Murray, Dolly Parton, and Anita Baker to name just a few of the musical elite on whose behalf Shane has made a major artistic contribution..

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