biography
Scotty Huff - Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Arranger/Guitar/Trumpet
Scotty Huff's talents as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and arranger launched him quickly into the music scene in Nashville after moving there in 1997. The Mavericks were one of the first major label artists to recognize Scotty's range of abilities and hired him to lead their horn section, The Havana Horns, playing lead trumpet, singing, and arranging. It was with The Mavericks that Scotty got some of his first experience with "master" recording sessions. He was chief arranger, lead trumpet player, and harmony singer on several recording projects for the group. Although he appeared with The Mavericks on their arena tours, at The Royal Albert Hall, and on television shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman, he was no stranger to working with international music artists. Scotty had appeared many times with such artists as Natalie Cole and The Manhattan Transfer.
During the years with The Mav's, Scotty and Mav's bass player Robert Reynolds' friendship grew into quite a diverse songwriting partnership. Along with writing country songs for Music Row and rock songs for their collaborative band SWAG, Scotty and Robert have composed and produced the soundtrack to over twenty animated short films, many of which have earned the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medal. When The Mavericks took and extended hiatus in 2001, Scotty was recruited by CMA Award winning recording artist, Keith Urban, to play guitar, banjo, and sing backing vocals. This added more major touring experience including record breaking tours with Brooks & Dunn, and Kenny Chesney. It was also during this time Scotty was more closely involved with the inner workings of record labels, radio, television, video production, and recording. As Keith's career blossomed, the music industry began to take serious stock in the abilities of Scotty Huff, not only for his talent as a trumpet player, guitar player, or singer, but for his loyalty, integrity, and attention to detail. Since working with Keith, Scotty has been trusted with helping to launch the careers of many new recording artists by assisting them on radio tours, forming and leading bands as music director for the likes of RCA recording artist, Jake Owen.
Currently, Scotty has made the decision to limit his touring schedule and focus his efforts on his own music and Artists4Artists Consulting - a production, publishing, and artist development company with Robert Reynolds. Also, like Robert, Scotty's reputation in the music industry has made him a saught after consultant; creating opportunities by connecting major music entities with a host of innovative people, bridging and filling the needs of the rapidly changing entertainment industry at large.