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Scott Page is an American musician, technologist and entrepreneur known for hissaxophone and rhythm guitar work withPink Floyd,Supertramp andToto.[1]
Page worked on and led Walt Tucker Productions, an audio-video post-production company that produced projects forThe Rolling Stones,Bon Jovi,Janet Jackson,Garth Brooks,Scorpions and many others.[2][3][4]
Page co-founded7th Level, Inc., a CD-ROM game and educational software company where he co-producedTuneland, an interactive musical cartoon, as well as theMonty Python interactive series.
Page was involved in the development of QD7, an interactive multimedia joint venture withQuincy Jones andDavid Salzman that resulted from Jones' partnering with the company.[5][6][7][8]
Page co-founded New Media Broadcasting Company, a social media and collaborative communications enterprise and co-founded and served as CEO of Direct2Care, an online healthcare presence management company.[9][10][11][12]
Page co-founded GetYourOPI, an online presence management company and served as CEO of Ignited Network, "a start up music accelerator based inLos Angeles."[13][14]
Currently, Page is CEO of a Los Angeles-based media company focused on live immersive entertainment called Think:EXP.[15]
As a musician, Page continued his work as a recording and as a session musician with the band Hang Dynasty .[16][17][18]
Scott Page is the son of musicianBill Page, best known for his work as areed player and member of theLawrence Welk Band.[19] He was also a fixture withThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[19][20][21]
Scott Page's earliest nationally broadcast musical performance was on television networkAmerican Broadcasting Company's (ABC's)Lawrence Welk Show; he played trumpet, in an appearance with his father, Bill Page, on the December 24th, 1960Christmas special (season 5, episode 15).[22]
As a young adult, Page was cast inThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries and inThe Young and the Restless.[23] Page was featured in the April 10th, 1977The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries episode titled "The Mystery of the Flying Courier," playing the part of a musician in characterJoe Hardy's band.[24] OnThe Young and the Restless he played a musician, a band member alongside charactersLauren Fenmore andDanny Romalotti's band; the episode aired on May 14, 1986.[25]
Following his musical performances on theLawrence Welk Show as a child, Page played in studio projects forGeronimo Black andThe Alpha Band in his early adult years.[26][27][28] Page playedoboe on the self-titled Geronimo Black album.[29] He came to greater prominence when he worked on Supertramp's 1983 tour following the release of the album...Famous Last Words....[30] Page would then go on to record with Supertramp on their 1985 albumBrother Where You Bound, playing flute. That production would become his first artistic intersection with Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalistDavid Gilmour, who also played on the album.[31]
Scott Page joined Supertramp in support of the ...Famous Last Words... Tour.[30] It marked the first time additional musicians would join Supertramp as touring band members.[30] The tour also featuredFred Mandel among the added personnel.[30]During that tour, Scott Page was also occasionally playing the guitar and the flute.
In addition to his instrumental work on the tour, Page provided vocals, e.g., on the live version of the hitIt's Raining Again,John Helliwell and Page sang the lower harmonies whileRoger Hodgson sang higher harmonies.[32]
Page's tenure with Supertramp was embedded in a transitional period for the band. The tour marked the first time Hodgson spoke to the audience during shows, thanking fans and announcing his forthcoming departure from the band.[30] It was Supertramp's most ambitious tour, filling stadiums around the world and elevating Page's status as a recognizable figure in his own right.[30][33]
Following the successful ... Famous Last Words ... Tour, Page stayed with Supertramp, entering the studio with the band and performing live with them through the album and tour forBrother Where You Bound (1985-1986). He then did studio work on the follow-up album,Free as a Bird (1987).[34]
During that time, Page was also balancing work with Toto.
In 1985 Scott Page had the opportunity to tour with Toto (between the end of Supertramp's ... Famous Last Words ... Tour and the band's return to the studio for work onBrother Where You Bound).[35] This was a promotional tour for Toto's albumIsolation. The 1985 leg of the tour spanned February through May of that year and two dates in April 1986.[35]
In 1986, Page was approached by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour for work on an upcoming album by the band's new incarnation followingRoger Waters' departure in 1985.[36] He was invited to record parts for what would become the track "Dogs of War" on theA Momentary Lapse of Reason album.[37] He would eventually be asked to join the band on its extensiveA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, marking the end of his stints with Toto and Supertramp.[38]
As Pink Floyd prepared for their first tour in a new incarnation, Gilmour anddrummer Nick Mason began looking for musicians who could add a combination of musical skills and "showmanship" in an effort to put across more energy in the band's stage show.[39] Page was hired and immediately joined the band inToronto, Ontario,Canada for rehearsals.[40] Page played for the duration of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour with the exception of the band's last performance under that tour's umbrella: an isolated, special performance atKnebworth Park on June 30, 1990.[41] Despite being cast as part of the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, theKnebworth Park date took place nearly one year after the preceding tour date and included a number of guest musicians that were not part of the band's regular recording and touring team.[41]
Mason referred to Scott Page as "another stage show in his own right."[39] Page "would be rendered instantly recognizable to fans in even the cheapest stadium seats by his lavish mullet hairstyle."[42] As Pink Floyd historianMark Blake illustrates in Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, the band was specifically looking to add "the presence of younger and more flamboyant band members" and Page was a good fit with his "elaborately coiffured" look and a willingness to participate to the fullest extent possible in the band's live performance (often adding the texture of an additional rhythm guitar between saxophone performances).[43] ProducerBob Ezrin would later state that Page "came with the territory” as the band meant for it "to be a more visual show."[43]
He is featured in the television documentary and live concertPink Floyd in Venice and the Pink FloydDelicate Sound of Thunder concert film, both which document the band'sA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour.[23]Delicate Sound of Thunder was also released as an album.[44]
Page is also featured in additional recordings that were originally intended for release in what would have become theDelicate Sound of Thunder concert film andDelicate Sound of Thunder live album, including live material fromAtlanta, Georgia, recorded at theOmni Coliseum in November 1987. Unhappy with the results, the band used footage recorded the following year atNassau Coliseum inLong Island, New York for what would becomeDelicate Sound of Thunder: the abandoned Atlanta material circulates widely as a video and an audio bootleg titled Pink Floyd: The Calhoun Tapes and Would You Buy a Ticket to This Show.[45] Another performance that circulated as a bootleg version and was finally released officially in 2019 as part ofThe Later Years is the live Italian and worldwide broadcast of the band's performance on a barge, on theGrand Canal inVenice in July 1989.[46]
It was during his time in Pink Floyd that Page started transitioning into entrepreneurial endeavors and began to divide his time between his music and his business careers.[47][48][49]
Despite his current focus on business endeavors, Page continues to play live and as a session musician.[17] After his tenure with Pink Floyd, Page has continued recording with artists as diverse asDavid Cassidy,Gorky Park,Bob Malone, Eddie Zip,Mickey Raphael,David Lee Roth,Jane's Addiction, and Seth Loveless; he has also played as a guest on a number of Pink Floyd tribute albums.[50][51]
Along with Supertramp memberCarl Verheyen, he is also a founding member of Hang Dynasty, a band that brings together "sidemen" from larger bands and whose membership includes a rotating cast of musicians.[16] In addition to Page and Verheyen, musicians who play or have performed with the band includeJeff Baxter, Ray Brinker,Kal David,Mike Finnigan, Steve Madaio, Ricky Peterson,Leland Sklar,Edgar Winter, Dave Woodford, Kenny Lee Lewis,Billy Peterson,Stephen Kupka and Lee Thornburg.[52] The band has also performed with guests musicians includingKenny Aronoff,Reggie McBride and Dianne Steinberg-Lewis.[17][53]
In September 2014, Hang Dynasty headlined the final night of theTemecula Valley International Film Festival. The band's special guest was honoreeAlan Parsons.[17]
On June 17, 2015, Page made a surprise guest appearance duringBrit Floyd's concert at theOrpheum Theatre inLos Angeles, California.[54][55] He playedMoney andUs and Them with Brit Floyd during his guest appearance.[54]
Through his various business and artistic ventures, Page has served as a video game music producer for theAce Ventura video game andThe Lion King franchise'sTimon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games video game, as a composer for the movieThree Kinds of Heat, and as a supervising producer forMonty Python's Complete Waste of Time video game.[23]
Although Page made a fuller transition into technology entrepreneurship in the computer software industry in 1993 (after founding7th Level), effectively culminating any potential commitments with Pink Floyd, he had already founded aLos Angeles based audio and video post-production company in 1987 called Walt Tucker Productions (specifically, headquartered inGlendale, California).[4][5][56] He led and managed Walt Tucker Productions even while recording and touring with Pink Floyd. The two efforts overlapped during production of the "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" album and the subsequent, promotionalA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour. Walt Tucker specialized in CD/ROM technology and derived its name from an amalgamation of two of Page's "heroes":Walt Disney andPreston Tucker.[57][58]
A few years into his tenure as president of Walt Tucker Productions, during a visit toCOMDEX in the fall of 1992, Page talked about being at a crossroads with respect to the balance he was beginning to strike between his role as a musician and his role as an entrepreneur and businessman. In an interview with Joseph Panettieri, of Information Week, Page discussed "getting to a point where [he would] have to make a decision about what [he wanted] to dedicate [his] time to." He added: "I've done my music stint. Building an interactive multimedia company is my next challenge. I'm more concerned now about the multimedia business." Despite this, he would also state that (at the time) Pink Floyd may commit to another world tour and that he would find it difficult to "sit that... out."[4]
A special Pink Floyd performance atKnebworth Park on June 30, 1990 (inStevenage,England) included a number of guest musicians that were not part of the band's regular recording and touring roster. At this event, which is considered the band's last performance on theA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour,Candy Dulfer played saxophone.[41] Pink Floyd would not tour again until 1994, at which point Page was fully immersed in business endeavors and limiting his music work to studio sessions and some selected live performances.[7][59][60] Ultimately, this would cement Page's performance with Pink Floyd on the penultimate date of theA Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (July 18, of 1989) inMarseille,France, at theStade Vélodrome, as his last with the band. SaxophonistDick Parry, who had last recorded with Pink Floyd in 1975, during theWish You Were Here album production effort and last toured with the band in 1977 during theIn The Flesh Tour, rejoined the band for the recording ofThe Division Bell album as well asThe Division Bell Tour that followed.
Page's new focus on entrepreneurship did not mean an end to his partnership with members of the Pink Floyd coterie: Page continued working with Walt Tucker Productions until joining forces with Pink Floyd producerBob Ezrin to create a new business venture in 1993.
In 1993, Page formed 7th Level, Inc. with music/entertainment producerBob Ezrin andDallas, Texas technology entrepreneur George Grayson, whose first company (Micrografx, Inc.) pioneered PC-based graphics software development in the early 1980's.[59][56] The company's first software venture was an edutainment product called "Li'l Howie's TuneLand" starring comedian and "Deal Or No Deal" hostHowie Mandel. "Tuneland" featured musical performances by Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour,Yes vocalist/songwriterJon Anderson,Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers guitaristJeff 'Skunk' Baxter and other popular musicians on such children's songs as "The Little Green Frog."[61]
7th Level's flagship product was a CD-ROM software 'edutainment thingie' called "Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time." It was produced in 1994 by British comedy troupe's animator and award-winning film directorTerry Gilliam, and Ezrin. "Waste Of Time" included such elements as 'The Desktop Pythonizer' and 'Solve The Secret To Intergalactic Success.' The product included video clips from the absurdist icons' seminal BBC-TV series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" as well as new animation from Gilliam.[62]
In 2004, Page launched New Media Broadcasting Company Inc. (NewMBC) www.newmbc.com with silicon valley technology veteran Russ Lujan. Initially NewMBC developed interactive distribution services for content creators and consumers. Its MashCast communications platform connected diverse audiences, artists, content owners through a collaborative online network. Mashcast helped users integrate and monetize Internet broadcasts and social networks, using an infrastructure that supported content creation and collaboration. NewMBC's most highly visible clients have included fan-based community sites for the international,Grammy-winning musical group Toto, as well as for Python (Monty) Ltd.[63]
In 2011, Page launched and served as chief executive officer of Direct2Care, an online healthcare presence management company.[64][48] Direct2Care shared traits with New Media Broadcasting Company in its effort to leverage website and social media presence for its clients: it provided a "social business and presence management network for healthcare professionals."[65]
In 2014 Page launched GetYourOPI, an online presence management company: an endeavor focused on improving cyberspace presence for individuals and entities through analysis of their existing results on search engines.[48][66][13] GetYourOPI "measures" and "manages" capabilities for these.[66] This "online presence" is measured by the company through an index factoring the volume of cyberspace presence and its translation into "social influence," producing a score whereby the company tackles its management consultation.[66][13] It provides its clients with a "track, manage, and follow" service that expands their ability to control what they project online with greater scrutiny.[66][13]
In November 1992 Page created "The Grand Scientific Musical Theater," a multimedia concert and fundraiser held inLas Vegas, Nevada to benefit theNational Center for Missing and Exploited Children.[67] The event raised more than $1.5 million.[67][68][69]
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