Born in Birkenhead near Liverpool, Merseyside, Simon comes from a very musical family and began playing piano at the age of four. Aged seven, he was already performing at primary school. He went on to learn guitar and bass penning many original songs.

While sudying languages at university, he honed his craft busking with his trusty guitar around Europe including 6 months in Oviedo, Asturias, in the north of Spain, and then 6 months in Paris.

1987 - 1991: After graduating in 1987, he headed back to Oviedo and formed a band with Abel Martinez (guitar), Alex Coloma (keyboards) and boy wonder Chema Fombona on drums. With Simon on bass & vocals (and songwriter for the band along with Abel), "Dona Kebab" won the Battle of the Bands in 1990 and secured a record deal for their first album "Hola Chica" (see below)

1991 - 1996: Simon embarked on projects with LA NAVE, releasing a single; PALIDOS PILOTOS - the album; ALBERTO VARILLAS with the ASTURIAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; folk group LLIBERDÓN; Latin jazz combo "Taboga Dreams" with Russian virtuoso SIMON GLICKMAN whilst also leading his own salsa band "SABOR". He toured Spain with the rock band LOS LOCOS (1992) providing backing guitar / keyboards / vocals and ZAPATO VELOZ (1993-95) bass / backing vocals appearing on all 4 Spanish national television channels and regional TV and radio.

1996 - 2004: Simon moved to Majorca originally to front an 8-piece band as male vocalist and bassist alongside jazz pianist Nacho Dacappo for a new cabaret venue. Soon after, solo artist: Simonetti was born. He played at many of the island's top hotels, clubs and private residences, also putting bands together (Latin salsa band, soul revival, jazz combo, etc) for special events working with such great musicians as singer Michele McCain, saxophonist Cacho Petrello and drummer Luis Manzotti.

In winter 2002, he spent 3 months performing in Sweden and in 2003-04 spent over 6 months in Norway finishing at the SAS Radisson Hotel, Lillehammer as piano entertainer for the official 10th anniversary celebrations of the Winter Olympics in February 2004. From there, it was on to Dubai and various private functions around the Dubai World Cup organised by Damian Calderbank and finally 2 weeks in Japan including a trip to the Budokan though this time just as a tourist. He returned to spend the summer in Majorca while still honouring private and corporate engagements in mainland Spain, Germany and UK.

2004 - : Since returning to the Wirral in October 2004, Simon has performed at many weddings and events at venues such as Southport International Jazz Festival, the Lowry, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Salford Rugby Club, Manchester United Players’ Awards Dinner at Old Trafford, GMEC Awards at the Hilton Deansgate, corporate trade fairs at NEC Birmingham, Bertie Bassett's wedding in Sheffield, etc.

Although the vast majority of his engagements are now weddings, corporate and private parties at people's homes, he continues recording original material, music for other artists and various compositions for media projects.

1990 LA NAVE: "Suzy Q" single/AS-1465-90/KP001 [Lead vocals & harmonica]

DONA KEBAB: "Hola Chica" mini-LP/AS-4014-1990/FAM8721 [Vocals, bass, song-writing, arrangements]

PALIDOS PILOTOS: "Travesaos pe los Chigres" LP/AS-4077-92/DX151 [Keyboards, backing vocals]

ALBERTO VARILLAS with the Asturias Symphony Orchestra: "Día de Fiesta n'Asturies" CD/AS-3475-94/DX200 [Electric bass]

SIMÓN DE SIMONETTI: "One Night Only" CD/PM-905-1999/DC011A [All programming, instruments & vocal]