About

Danee G. Samonte has been in the forefront of music production and concert promotion as early as 1967. He was one of the architects of the Musical revolution that occurred in the Philippines in the Martial Law years discovering musical hall of fame greats like Hotdog and Sangkatutak.

During the 70s, he was also the country’s # 1 pop DJ. He used the radio name Steve O'Neal. In between his daily radio gig, he worked as A & R for Villar Records who was representing the biggest names in the music industry as CBS (Columbia), Warner Brothers, Motown, RCA, Atlantic, etc and also dabbled into producing albums, song writing and producing concerts.

By the early 80s, he pioneered the MTV shows in the Philippines. There were times he had 3 daily shows in different TV channels. Some of his top rated shows included "Yesterday, Video Rewind, Eurorock, Dance Dance Dance, Mellow, Top Hits, Hollywood Music Library" just to name a few.

He turned into comedy shows in the 90s producing top 10 rated weekly TV shows like Starzan, Stay Awake and Mr. DJ starring TV/Movie Superstar Joey De Leon. In the mid 90s, he embarked into grandiose productions like the FAMAS Awards (local counterpart for the Oscars) and Aliw Awards (local counterpart for the Grammy's).

The new millennium saw him as one of the most successful concert promoters in Asia. In 2005, he was appointed manager of the world famous group The Cascades (Rhythm Of The Rain).

Some of the shows promoted in the recent years.

• Rock the Boat – Rock & Roll Show on board Superstar LEO (mega cruise ship of Star Cruises)
• Hitback 1 & 2 – Retro concert of the biggest names in the music industry
• Spiral Starecase – More Today Than Yesterday (4 sold out shows)
• Searchers – Homecoming concert (2 shows)
• Friends of Distinction – Live (2 shows)
• Chad & Jeremy – Distant Shores (2 sold out shows)
• Golden Legends – Live (3 shows)
• Cascades – Alive (4 sold out shows)
• Cascades – Alive part 2 (8 shows/6 sold out) Multi Asian tour- Osaka to Malaysia
• Gary Lewis & the Playboys – Return (3 shows/2 sold out)
• Peter & Gordon – Reunited after 37 Years (2 shows/1 sold out)
• Spiral Starecase & Gabe Lapano - More Love (3 shows)
• Zombies – Live Valentine (3 sold out shows)
• Rex Smith – Forever Rex (2 shows)
• Cascades – All The Way To Yesterday World Tour – Asia to America (12 shows)
• Matt Monro Jnr – One Voice (3 shows)
• Bossa Fever – (2 shows/2 sold out)
• Connie Francis - The Greatest Hits Show Live Orchestra Performance
• Al Mackay All Stars Earth Wind & Fire Experience (4 shows)
• John Ford Coley's Asian Tour (18 shows, 5 sold out)

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