Stacey Lamont Sydnor - Music Director/Producer/Drums/Percussion
A US Marine from rural Crystal Hill, Virginia, Stacey Lamont Sydnor appeared to be fascinated by rhythm from the time he could use his hands to beat on his mother’s pots and pans. At the age of eleven, his grandmother bought him his first "gold sparkle" snare drum and he’s never stopped playing since.
Early on, he was influenced by the sounds of Traditional (Quartet) Gospel and his father’s love of old school soul and R&B (Johnny Taylor, James Brown, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes). While in elementary school, he joined the band, became classically trained, and learned to appreciate Big Band Jazz.
He went on to win multiple awards around the state of Virginia and became well known, becoming exceptionally popular with local Gospel Quartet groups in Southern Virginia and North Carolina.
He started touring professionally at the age of fifteen with Gospel artists, the Heavenly Five and the Pilgrim Jubilees of Chicago. While in the Marine Corps, he teamed up with fellow marine, Mike Corrado to form The Mike Corrado Band [www.mikecorrado.com]. The band has been touring for eleven years now and has sold over 70,000 albums independently.
His CV runs like a Who’s Who of, well, every possible genre of music. He’s performed with hip hop artists Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy (“Press Play”); Smooth Jazz artists, Jonathan Butler, Keiko Matsui, and Wayman Tisdale; R&B and Soul artists Gladys Knight and The Neville Brothers; Pop stars Hillary Duff, John Mayer, and Tina Turner; Motown legends Heatwave, the S.O.S. Band and The Temptations; and Gospel recording artists Donnie McClurkin, Fred Hammond, and Yolanda Adams.
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Credits:
Blessed Union of Souls
Busta Rhymes
Carl Carlton
Cindi Lauper
Daniel Powter
Deitrick Haddon
Denise Williams
Derek Trucks Band
Donnie McClurkin
Edie Brickel & the New Bohemians
Edwin McCain
Fred Hammond
Gladys Knight
Heatwave
Hillary Duff
Hootie and the Blowfish
John Mayer
Jonathan Butler
Keiko Matsui
Linda Perry
Lisa McClendon
Little Feat
Macy Gray
Mario
Micah Stampley
Ollie Woodson
P. Diddy
Peaches & Herb
Robert Cray
Robbie Williams
S.O.S. Band
Shari Demby,
Susan Tedeschi
The Blues Notes
The Coasters
The Floaters
The Intruders
The Neville Brothers
The Platters
The Temptations
Tina Turner
Vesta Williams
Virtue
Wayman Tisdale
Wayne Foster Entertainment
Yolanda Adams
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Hear Lamont on:
Diddy’s - “Press Play”
Bishop Noel Jones : Welcome to the City
Deitrick Haddon: "Together in Worship"
Daniel Powter: 2008 Release
Robbie Williams: 2008 Release
Mike Corrado: All
Adrian Duke: ALL
DAMITA (Haddon): 2008 Release
Tammy Haddon: 2008 Release
Jake Schaefer: 2008 Release
Will.I.Am: 2008 Release
Shari Demby: 2008 Release
Macy Gray: 2009 Release
B.E.T's College Hill: Chicago and Atlanta Seasons