Phil Settle 

16751 Monterey Place
Alta Loma, CA 91701
(909) 581-0570
fax (909) 987-3777

phil@philsettle.com 
http://philsettle.com 

Phil attended North Texas State University (Denton, Texas) as a Jazz Education Major.  He began his professional music career in Houston, Texas.  As founder, lead singer/guitarist of the bands BITTERSWEET, SWEETRUSH, BOUNCE, and THE PHIL SETTLE BAND, he has performed in hundreds of nightclubs, hotels, and college campuses across the South and Texas, where he was called a "a Texas Music legend" by Kevin Wildman of HOUSTON MUSIC NEWS. 

Throughout his career he has worked as a singer/songwriter, producer, arranger, session musician, digital programmer and recording engineer at studios such as MUSIC MILL in Nashville, FAME in Muscle Shoals, INERGI in Houston, and RUMBO in Los Angeles.  Currently living in Alta Loma, CA, he runs his own recording studio and music publishing company, for which he writes, produces and performs music for commercials, television and feature films among various other musical ventures. 

Some of his recent successes are: 

Artist/Co-writer with John Huckert - AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LOVE, end-title song from CONCORDE-NEW HORIZONS' (Roger Corman) new film SHAKEDOWN.

Producer with Lauren Adams, of Lauren's new CD Thirsty.

Composer/Music Director/Performer - PAX TV's A COLORADO CHRISTMAS, starring Debbie Boone and Bob Carlyle.

Composer/Music Supervisor - MPH Productions' independent feature film HARD.

1996 L. A. Emmy Award Nominee - Music Composer for Cable TV.

Producer of CD Standard Procedure featuring Angela Carole Brown, Dana Bronson, and Jim DiJulio. 

Producer with Sean Holt, of Sean’s CD Heart Behind the Man. 

Bandleader/theme collaborator for Group W's THE CHUCK WOOLERY SHOW. 

Performer/co-writer of the title song for New World Pictures' DEAD HEAT staring Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams. 

Writer/producer/performer of music for Vestron's MIDNITE CROSSING starring Faye Dunaway and Daniel J. Travanti. 

Performer/co-writer of the title song for HBO movie RED SUN RISING starring Terry Ferrell. 

Writer/producer/performer (for Bivona and Settle Music Productions) of television promos -
NBC: THE TONIGHT SHOW starring Jay Leno, FRIENDS, NEWS RADIO, SUDDENLY SUSAN, CHICAGO SONS, FRASIER, FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, HUNTER, THE MARTIN SHORT SHOW
CBS: NASH BRIDGES (aired during the 2001 Super Bowl), THE ELLEN DE GENERES SHOW, RETURN TO GILLIGAN'S ISLE, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, LADIES' MAN, WORK WITH ME
ABC: SPIN CITY, HOME IMPROVEMENT
WB: HELLO, MY BABY

Phil has performed with such notables as Carole King, Rita Coolidge, Kenny Loggins, Susan Anton, Lou Rawls, Kenny Rogers, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr., Eddie Rabbit, Deneice Williams, Mel Tillis, Brook Benton and others. 

He also performs as bandleader and master of ceremonies for special events of all kinds at many of Los Angeles' most elite establishments, such as the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Bel-Air Hotel, Bel-Air Country Club, Beverly Hills Hotel, Four Seasons Hotel, Riviera Country Club, Biltmore Hotel, and more.