Scott Docherty
Biography
The Long, Strange Road
I have been writing and playing music for over 30 years. I made my debut with the "Alternative Chorus Songwriters
Showcase" at the world-famous Improvisation on Melrose in 1976. I worked with the legendary Jack Segal (who wrote
"When Sunny Gets Blue", among many other Tin-Pan Alley favs) at the "American Guild of Authors and Composers"
while he was the west coast president. I was published first in 1982 by Kin Vasey, for an ill-fated Motels cut.
I've played around L.A. with Paul Zollo and The Ghosters, and have played on scores of recordings and in countless
venues since. I have been fortunate enough to have played with great artists, such as Edgar Winter, Tony Award
winner Scott Waara, Jason Wade from Lifehouse, international opera star, Juliana Gondek, Nashville recording Artist,
Kate Miner, internationally acclaimed bassist, David Miner (Leon Russell, producer of Elvis Costello's King of
America), Ron Aniello (producer), Jack Kelly (internationally acclaimed drummer), Dave McKelvy (one of the top
harmonica players in the world), Mitchell Sigman from Berlin, British rocker, Steve Counsel and many more. Most
recently, I played keyboards on tour with Mary Ramsey and John Lombardo, original members of 10,000 Maniacs and
John and Mary and with Ted Mason, formerly of Modern English in the 90's and currently with The Blue Mocking Birds and
heading the record label, Mi5 Recordings.
I am the owner/operator of the successful web design and advertising creative firm, Red Hare Graphics, in
addition to being a working musician, singer and songwriter.
I've been a salesman, a commercial fisherman, a Deadhead, a member of a cult, a minister, a short order
cook, a felon, a probationer, a member of a chainless chain gang, a recording assistant for Capitol Records,
a dishwasher, a Conroys flower delivery guy, a Starbucks barista, an independent record label A/R executive,
and built custom fishing rods ScotRods of Morro Bay (and although ScotRods has been out of business for over
14 years, my work is STILL out there catchin' the big ones!) But through it all, the constant thread has been
music and art. Since that debut at The Improvisation at 16, I've managed to continue playing and writing music
in between the "B-flat gigs" that have paid the bills all these years.
Reluctantly getting into computers in 1990, I quickly began programming hundreds of midi-files and learning
to be proficient at digital music at it's very beginning. I the mid-90s, I worked with Sound Source Interactive
(now, TDK MediaActive), which designed sounds for synthesizers, and pioneered computer audio clips, including
officially licensed Star Trek, Star Wars, and 2001: A Space Odyssey computer products. I've been designing
and building web sites since 1996. I was an integrator, promoted shortly to producer at Disney Online, working
on the Number One entertainment web site on the 'Net. In 1998, I started my own business called Red Hare
Graphics. Red Hare now designs, hosts and maintains web sites for dozens of clients from around the country,
as well as creating logos and graphics for companies like Yahoo, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Paramount Studios,
General Motors, and many more.
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