Here are some accomplishments in Chronological order
Started playing professionally at the age of 16 performing high school dances and small gigs with local band.
*Recorded first original tune in a studio at age 17 called "Last Forever".
*Winner of Australian “Sydney Songwriters” contest for original song titled “Stand Tall”.
*1997 Recorded first self-titled CD called “Life Through a Windshield”.
*1997 Came to Japan as a trio to perform at a theme park called “Lockhart Castle”.
*1999 Recorded 2nd original CD called “Tuned In”.
*2002 Recorder 3rd original CD called “J-Walking the World.
*Performed live on local TV in Canada several times.
*Radio interviews at many different locations.
*2003 Produced, recorded, played instruments, mixed and mastered CD for Japanese recording artist “Yoshihara Masahiko” titled “Second Youth”.
*Performed in Morioka at Hotel for Rotary Club and events.
*Performed over hundreds of Weddings at Theme Parks, Hotels and other venues.
*Performed at many different festivals and events throughout the years in Japan.
*Hired to write, produce and record 4 children’s songs for Stellar Eikawa Company.
*My original songs were used in an independent filmmaker’s movie called “My Japan”.
* From 2004 until current: Permanent gig at a “hot spot” in Japan called Kusatsu
I have performed several times at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo and twice for JR (Japanese railway) doing gigs at UENO station near Tokyo.
*Hired to write a Jingle for housing company “Bell Home” which was played on radio.
*Work in Pro Tools and have good knowledge of other computer software such as Adobe Photoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, and Macromedia Flash etc.
*Speak Japanese fluently.
*2006 Won Artist of the Month (staying on for three months) with Fostex America. www.fostex.com
*Have worked with many well known names such as Cory Churko, Jerry Wong, Craig Northey, Odds, Mike Reno (Loverboy), and Scott Jackson. Google these guys and you should find them (include the word musician in the search).
*September 17th, Kelly Pettit Live at the Numata Bunkakaikan.
September 06: Did the score and theme song for an independent movie called "A Moment With You" by Wong Fu productions. http://www.wongfuproductions.com. These guys rock the independent film field.
October 2006: Wrote the theme song for a Japanese TV pilot called "Hi 5". www.willyshow.com .
October 22 2006, Big Festival at Numata Park called Juo koen.
October 31 2006: Co-wrote a X-mas song for a compilation CD called A Very Vancouver Christmas. It's a charity CD. All proceeds will be donated. The song is Track One and is receiving rave reviews from a wave of people. It's called "Christmas Everyday". Check it out on my homepage link or at http://www.veryvancouverchristmas.com/ .
November 1st: 2006 Release of 4th CD with 15 songs titled, “FUEL”.
November 2007: Kelly Pettit becomes the winner of the Ultimate Band Contest at UBL.com. This contest started over a year ago with over 2000 bands competing. On April 1st Kelly was announced as the the Number 1 artist. OVer $200,000 worth of prices.
July 20th - August 15th. Kelly was touring the West Coast of Canada and parts of the States. He gets TV news coverage and local radio air time.
Fuel now accepted and part of the Audiosocket licensing team for TV, movies, and games.
The song "Stone After Stone" has been reviewed by listenersgeneration.com.
April 2008 - The song "She's Just Like Summer" was chosen to be on the MISC “Let Me Be Heard!" Vol. 2 compilation CD.
April 2008 - Kelly's Music has been selected to represent background music to Roadtrip Nation.
June 2008 - "She's Just Like Summer" won Track of the MONTH on FAME GAMES (www.meermusic.com). This show is affiliated with ABC radio networks with syndications to over 4,400 radio stations in the USA alone. This means HUGE exposure to millions of listeners!
January 2009 - ABC's Fame Games Radio's "Effigy Music Awards", nominated Kelly for over 10 awards and in some cases he was up against himself (best soft rock song, best country song, best overall artist, best overall song, best artist in general rock, most popular artist, most popular solo, best overall vocal, best male vocal, best songwriting, and more). Kelly won 2 of those nominations in best song in country (World Is Turning) and best song in light rock (She's Just Like Summer).
January 2010 - Recorded new CD titled,"THESE DAYS" down under in Melbourne Australia with singer/songwriter/producer Greg Arnold from 90's Aussie band "THINGS OF STONE AND WOOD".
March 2011 - These Days is picked up by several licensing companies. 1) Audiosocket 2) Tinderbox Music
May 2011 - To date, "These Days" has received a large number of 5 star reviews from critics all over the world.
