Spotlight on: Joel Plimmer
For more than a decade, award-winning composer/performer/arranger/producer Joel Plimmer has been bringing his many abilities to the Yamaha MusicSoft library. A sensitive and intuitive pianist, he is also a meticulous MIDI programmer. These two talents make him a valuable PianoSoft artist. Although you will frequently see him listed as the pianist or arranger, you won’t always see his name on the PianoSoft credits but you should know that at least 50% of the PianoSoft that is released is reviewed and QC’d by Joel.
As a performer, Joel has toured with renowned jazz flutist, Tim Weisberg and singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg. As a composer, he created the musical score for the award winning film, “The Cookie Thief” starring Eric Roberts and has written for Tim Weisberg.
He has also collaborated with Paul Williams on several projects including the beautiful Christmas Song, “Give.” The song, “Give” is featured on the album entitled Give, a one-of-a-kind disc which features 19 selections including traditional tunes like “Deck the Halls,” “Jingle Bells” and “O Holy Night.” The CD benefits the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Neuroscience Institute in California and is available for a donation of $15. The CDs can be ordered by e-mailing Alissas.Angels@verizon.net or by calling Alissa at (714) 848-9147. The CD is also available through Yamaha Cares. For additional information, please write yamahacares@yamaha.com.
His producer/arranger credits include productions at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Harrah’s in Reno, Nevada and The Grand Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Joel lives in Lyons, Colorado with his beautiful, talented wife Wanda (watch for an upcoming article about her) and their two precious sons, Joel-Walter and Harrison.