Jeremy Villucci has been a member of Curtail The Noise since May 2020 and, during his tenure, has written many keyboard, synthesizer and orchestral arrangements that add profound melodies and merge metal and classical music. He originally studied to be a concert pianist but quickly discovered a passion for songwriting and learning other instruments. This pivoted his career path to working as an arranger, composer and session musician. He has played for several projects, and most notably, as the keyboard player for Progressive Metal band, The Element.
In addition to his composition and session work, Jeremy is a music instructor where he teaches all levels of musicians on a variety of instruments including piano, guitar and vocals. As a multi-instrumentalist, Jeremy’s focus on arrangement goes beyond his role as a keyboardist and extends to understanding how the instruments will complement and interact with each other.
Jeremy’s taste in music ranges from film scores to Jazz to Punk Rock. When he’s not playing with Curtail the Noise, he applies his orchestral training to the show, Suburban Proctologist. He produces the entirety of the show himself, which includes creating an elaborate, orchestral underscore. Prior to his work with Suburban Proctologist, he played in underground Punk outfit, Sleepcycle, as a bassist while simultaneously playing keyboard in The Element.
These experiences of adapting to new sounds have given him an array of influences and a wealth of knowledge to use in his compositions. For Curtail The Noise, Jeremy was inspired by Japanese composers, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda and Junichi Masuda.
“Our first album has been an enlightening experience for me. There’s a unique approach in this band for composition that allows its members to realize their creative potential and experiment with different music styles. It’s the perfect place for me because it appeals to the way I engage with music arrangements, and I have an unusual amount of creative freedom. I’m particularly excited about the song, No Remorse. I feel like it demonstrates the scope of intensity that these songs can achieve, and I had a lot of fun playing the keyboard solo.”
