Biography

Shane’s 40+ year journey as a musician, songwriter, performer, engineer and producer has had some diverse and unexpected stops along the way. His accumulated experiences were all essential in order for him to eventually create the tightly crafted songs and warm 70s-inspired sounds of “Late Bloomer Baby Boomer”.  

Shane’s musical passion crystallized during his years as a student at the University of Miami, where he earned his B.A. in Music. His classmates included guitarist Hiram Bullock, bassist Mark Egan, vocalist Phyllis Hyman, guitarist and Dixie Dregs founder Steve Morse, and Grammy winners Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny and Jaco Pastorious.

Post graduation, he teamed up with Ward Camp and formed Bad Sneakers. Over their seven-year career, Bad Sneakers produced, recorded and released three albums on their own label. Next stop was New York and an engineering gig at Calliope Studios, which was building a reputation as the studio for innovative hiphop. Soon he became the go-to recording and mixing wiz for some of the most influential and important artists of 90s New York hip hop – including De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, Grammy winners Digable Planets, Biz Markie, Leaders of the New School, Brand Nubians and the Jungle Brothers. His work earned him a nickname, 'the Doctor', a wall full of gold and platinum records and a publishing deal with Warner-Chappell Music.

In the late 90s, Shane developed some instrumental tracks based on the sounds of hiphop and christened it "JeepJazz". He ultimately produced three JeepJazz albums which led to another publishing deal focused on writing, performing and producing instrumental music for usage in television and film. Placements include SNL, “In Living Color”, “Oprah”, PBS, NFL Network, NBA, Showtime, VH1, Nickelodeon as well as independent films and TV programming on media outlets in the UK, Europe, Japan and South America.

In 2002, Shane took a break from the music business to spend time with his family and develop his other passion, technology and computing. A successful career in software development soon followed but something was missing... and that something was music.

In 2016, Shane began writing and recording again. He rekindled his lifelong passion for the music of Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, James Taylor and Billy Joel and began assembling the songs for an album. 

Shane engineered and performed all of the drum, vocals and guitars with help from some special friends. "Late Bloomer Baby Boomer" is his debut solo album.