Paul Simm

Paul Simm is an English musician, composer and record producer, known for his work with Amy Winehouse,[1] the Sugababes and Neneh Cherry.

Biography

Simm was born in Birmingham and started playing the piano aged five, primarily self-taught he progressed quickly and by the age of eleven was playing regular local gigs. He also took up the trumpet and was later approached by David Hinds of Steel Pulse to play on and arrange horns for their Grammy Award nominated album, Victims.

Aged twenty Simm moved to London continuing work as a session musician, and also working as a sound engineer at various studios in London. He has played alongside Carleen Anderson, Pops Staples, Mica Paris, Baby D, Charles & Eddie and MC Solar.

At twenty seven, Simm stopped touring to concentrate on studio work. He worked on All Saints' debut album and went on to co-write and produce tracks for the Sugababes, including their BRIT Award nominated debut single "Overload", which peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Simm co-wrote Siobhán Donaghy's top 20 debut single "Overrated" and has written and/or produced tracks for Amy Winehouse, Neneh Cherry, Mutya Buena, Leon Jean-Marie, Groove Armada and Tom Jones.

In 2002, Simm along with co-writers McVey, Lipsey and Howard was awarded writing credits by ASCAP for the song "Make Over", which appeared on Christina Aguilera's Stripped. The track was originally listed as having been written by Aguilera and Linda Perry, but critics claimed that it had borrowed heavily from the Sugababes' song "Overload".

In 2005 Simm was commissioned to compose music for Gucci's Gucci pour Homme II campaign.

Virgin Souls

Simm is a member of the band Virgin Souls, along with Cameron McVey, Silvio Pacini and Neil Pearson. The band was signed to London Records by Pete Tong and an album 162 was released in September 2003.

Current work

In 2013, Simm co-wrote 7 tracks for the 2014 Neneh Cherry album, Blank Project.[2]

"Good Life" a song co-written with artist G.Love is released on his new album in 2014.

References

  1. ↑ "Silkstone overwint 'tweedealbumsyndroom'". Nu (in Dutch). 4 March 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Bui, Paul (24 February 2014). "life is just a bowl of neneh cherry's". i-D Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

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