Singer · Songwriter
Guitarist · Musical Director
KeatonSimons
Three decades of soul, blues, and song — a singer and guitarist heard across film and television, and Brett Young's musical director on the road.
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Singer · Songwriter
Guitarist · Musical Director
Three decades of soul, blues, and song — a singer and guitarist heard across film and television, and Brett Young's musical director on the road.
01Signature song
The song that found a second life on screen — featured in Suits and carried into a whole new audience. It remains the heart of a catalog two decades deep in soul, blues, and song.
If you found me through “When I Go,” this is the record that came before it. Beautiful Pain, restored from the original masters, is out now everywhere.
02About
Keaton Simons has spent more than thirty years as a working musician — a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who came up in Los Angeles and never left the craft. His first professional gig came at seventeen, playing with Slim Kid Tre of The Pharcyde; he went on to share stages and studios with Snoop Dogg, Gnarls Barkley, and Chris Cornell.
“A lived-in quality that will echo in our minds and hearts for years to come.” Los Angeles Times · “An Old Soul in a Young Man’s Voice”
Signed to Maverick as a solo artist, he built a body of work rooted in soul and blues. His songs have lived across film and television — “When I Go” in Suits, “Unstoppable” in NUMB3RS, and music in Sons of Anarchy and NCIS — and he co-scored the feature Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020). His 2013 album Beautiful Pain, restored from the original masters, is out now.
Today he's the musical director and lead guitarist for Brett Young — and, off the stage, the builder behind the systems the road now runs on.
03For film, TV & brands
A two-decade catalog and an insider's ear for the moment. Whether you need a song cleared, an original written to picture, or a whole soundtrack shaped — this is where it starts.
Soul, blues, and singer-songwriter recordings — extensively licensed across film, television, and advertising, and ready for your next project.
Co-composer on the feature Love, Weddings & Other Disasters. Original music written to picture, in the room, on deadline.
Curation and clearance for film and television — thirty years inside the industry, matching the right song to the right scene.
04Off the stage
Road Systems Architect
Off the stage, Keaton builds Roadshow OS — touring software, built from the inside by a working MD.
Daybook runs the day for the band and crew — schedule, travel, venue, hospitality. A personal assistant on the road, and a real load off the tour manager. In daily use on tour now.
Setlist Manager builds the set from the full catalog — keys, BPMs, one-tap transpose, and a stage-ready print.
MD Tools — charts, tracks and practice mixes for the musical director — is next, and running on his own tours today.
Roadshow OS is a One M Productions product. For touring teams who want to talk systems — keaton@onemproductions.net
05Press
“Simons can play. Imagine John Mayer without all the pretentiousness.”
Premier Guitar“He could write compelling songs, sing with a distinctive, soulful voice and play guitar with skill and ferocity.”
Los Angeles Times · “Poised for a Breakthrough”“Perfect pop.”
No Depression · Beautiful PainFull press kit & hi-res photography available on request — keaton@onemproductions.net
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Booking · licensing · press
For sync, licensing, music supervision, session & live work, or press.
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