Simon Sessler
Simon Sessler is a musician/songwriter/producer,who started as the singer in many 80's rock bands, in the the UK ,before moving to the USA,where for a while he was represented by the legendary Bill Graham. He went on to work with several significant artists, before being brought back to the UK, to spend time with FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, in their quest for a new singer and direction
Over the years, he has written and worked with both the good, the great...and the not so great!! Including:
FRANCIS DUNNERY(It Bites)
TONY THOMPSON(Chic/Power Station)
CHRIS SQUIRE(Yes)
MARIANNE FAITHFULL
JO BURT(Tom Robinson/Freddy Mercury)
NEALE HEYWOOD(Fleetwood Mac)
GARY GRAINGER( Rod Stewart)
LAURIE WISEFIELD (Wishbone Ash/Tina Turner)
WURZEL(Motorhead).....to name but a few
In 1999 he scored the music for a short movie "SHIT HAPPENS", with JO BURT, and spent much of his time writing and playing both in the U.K and L.A. There was also the small matter of the Golden Jubilee Concert, in Hyde Park, where 500,000 people(thats as far as you can see, for those who care!) attended. He played with Australian star, SALLY BOYDEN. Since then,he has worked in scoring movies and television shows,as well as finding time to Road Manage such artists as TERRY REID(now there's a job!),withwhom he also played at Glastonbury and CHRIS SPEDDING.
Currently,he is working on the music for WORLD CUP SKIING on Channel 4 and EUROSPORT, with CHRIS KIMSEY(Rolling Stones,Frampton,Marillion etc), PAUL MOESSL(A Genius!) and ANT CLARK(Another genius,currently md'ing LOUISE SETARA)
As an instrumentalist and singer,the songs on this site are all performed and written by both himself and Ant Clark...(subject to change, as I wouldn't want to bore you with the same old shit!)
For further details, you can go to The Burt Sessler Project page , which was one of many previous projects.
He has also written several songs for the JAQUES VILLENEUVE album,and the new album by HONEY RYDER,and for the new US children's series,PUNKTUITION, as well as producing such artists as,HEFT,THE JOHN EVANS BAND,TOM LOWE....etc! At present, he is in production for the 2007/8 series of WORLD CUP SKIING, with this seasons collaborators including PAUL GUERIN(Quireboys) and MARK 'SNAKE' LUCKHURST(Thunder,Coverdale Page) among others.