Don Schiff Net Worth

Don Schiff Net Worth is
$10 Million

Don Schiff Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Don Schiff (born November 9, 1955) is a bass guitar, Chapman Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar player on recordings, TV, and film sessions. He is one of the earliest Stick, NS/Stick, and bowed guitar players. He helped popularize the NS/Stick and a technique of using a carabiner as a slide and tapping device.A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Schiff moved to Las Vegas, Nevada immediately after high school in 1974. At age 19 he quickly developed a reputation and within five months got his first break when hired to be the 'house bassist' for the Flamingo Las Vegas and Hilton Hotel Showrooms. There, he played for such artists as Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Peggy Lee, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ann-Margret, Perry Como, and The 5th Dimension, as well as others.Schiff purchased his first Chapman Stick in 1975 and quickly adapted to it, creating his own style of playing. Gradually, around the time he was making the move to Los Angeles in 1977, he began using it during live dates and recording sessions for various artists including Eddie Money, Lana Lane, Dwight Yoakam, Erik Norlander and Sheryl Crow. He met screenwriter and director Patrick Sean Duncan who hired him to score the films Live From Death Row and Family Values. He can be seen briefly in both of those films since Pat Duncan cast him in films he directed, placing him in odd scenes.In 2000, Emmett Chapman and Ned Steinberger developed the first prototype NS/Stick. Schiff was given one of the first two prototypes to try out. He developed many new techniques on it including "tapping while plucking" and "slide technique" using a carabiner while tapping.The song "Cerebral Man", which he wrote along with Tully Winfield, was recorded by Pat Benatar on her album entitled Wide Awake in Dreamland for which he received a gold album in 1988. The song "With Every Word" recorded by Nia Peeples on her self-titled album was also written by Schiff and Winfield.Schiff currently plays NS/Stick in the band Rocket Scientists. He also scores music for and wrote the theme for the web series "The Guild".

Date Of BirthNovember 9, 1955
Place Of BirthDarby, Pennsylvania, USA
ProfessionMusic Department, Composer, Actor
Star SignScorpio
#Fact
1Currently touring and recording [September 2002]
2Worked with, wrote songs for or recorded with Elvis Presley, Tina Turner, Elvin Bishop, Pat Benatar, Nia Peeples, Pam Tillis, Tully Winfield, Perry Como, Sheryl Crow, Dwight Yoakam, Raquel Welch, Frankie Avalon, Eddie Money, Lana Lane, Bobby Vinton, Herbie Hancock, Rocket Scientists, Al Green, The Diamonds, The Lettermen, The 5th Dimensions, Peggy Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Cliff Morrison, Vaughn Monroe, Buddy Morrow, Warren Covington, Ann-Margret Shirley MacLaine and Ben Vereen.
3One of the foremost "Chapman Electric Stick" players, an instrument he picked up in 1975. He tours and records constantly with this instrument as well as a new instrument called the "NS/Stick". This is a new instrument for which "Stick Enterprises" and Ned Steinberger of "Steinberger Guitars" have collaborated on.

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The GuildTV Series theme music - 15 episodes, 2009 - 2011 composer - 12 episodes, 2009 - 2011
Kundalini Yoga with Gurmukh2000Video musician: n/s stick

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Land of Enchantment2014Short
The Guild2007-2009TV Series 17 episodes
The Pornographer1994
Live! From Death Row1992TV Movie

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Live! From Death Row1992TV MovieCrazy Fan
84C MoPic1989Unnamed

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar2009TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Battle for Late Night2010TV Movie documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2009Streamy AwardThe Streamy AwardsBest Original Music in a Web SeriesThe Guild (2007)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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