Vincent Capolupo

"I've made a lot of great records in my day, but I believe with you guys I have 1 more in me" - Andy Johns Vincent Capolupo: Songwriter/Singer/Multi-Instrumentalist/ Producer/Composer. Vincent began his early years as a child actor playing character "Teddy Ellison" on the CBS soap opera "As The World Turns". He co-stared in the after school special with Joe Namath & Ricky Schroeder titled "An Orchestra is a team too". He Co-Starred with Christian Slater in the Off- Broadway play "Somewhere's Better". He was also in over a dozen National commercials for companies such as: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, TridentGum, Matchbox Cars, Underoos, Pringles Chips, Tang,Super Bazooka Gum, Stretch Armstrong, Hush Puppie shoes etc. Vincent has cut his teeth in the recording studio since the age of 8, while doing voice overs for all General Mills animated cereal commercials (Lucky Charms Coco Puffs, Cheerios, Frankenberry, Count Chocula, KIX, etc...) as well as recording & touring 8 different cities in Japan with the Japanese children's pop band "N.F.C." It is in these studio environments that Vincent forged his love for all things studio-songwriting related. By 9 Years old he had his first 4- Track reel to reel tape machine to capture his ideas. Vincent has since built an impressive catalog of songs from his work with NYC Indie bands: Asthma & Emperor City Motorcade along with his recent Solo work "Soft targets" He has extensive touring experience playing many great spots up and down the east coast. He has been interviewed by( MTV 120 Minutes) Matt Pinfield on his N.Y. 101.9 WRXP prime time radio show, and performed live on the show twice. He has worked with legendary producers ANDY JOHNS (Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Rod Stewart, etc..) & producer JAY MESSINA ( Aerosmith, Kiss,John Lennon, Joni Mitchell etc..) His band Emperor City Motorcade was spotlighted in a 3 page Marie Claire magazine spread in which they were tagged the "Kings of the lower east side". They won the "Art For Progress" Band of the year. Vincent also composes music for Film,T.V. Cable, etc.. He was was nominated in 2 separate independent film festivals for best original musical score for his work in the independent film 'Rex". He has composed music for cable T.V. shows Dr. G medical Examiner,and Network television commercials, 1 of which is currently playing on N.B.C. network for client Choose a Family.com. He has since re-located from NYC to Minneapolis where he has been writing and recording his new solo work "Soft Targets". A new solo debut from Vincent spotlighting his songwriting and musical talents. On this project, Vincent has written all songs, played all instrument parts and Produced the record. (*except where noted)