Composer, Pianist , Producer
With 14 solo and duet albums currently to his credit, he received acclaim for his #1 hit record "The Pipers Rhythm". His 1989 release "Dorians Legacy", went #1 on the charts, lodging in Billboards Top 10 chart for 9 months in the NAC market. His release, "Torches on the Lake"charted on Billboards Contemporary Jazz chart.
He wrote the National YMCA theme song, the National Big Brothers/Big Sisters Theme Song, the theme song for the Japanese Postal Service and scored Lee Mun Wah’s award winning films "The Color of Fear" and “Last Chance for Eden’. He also contributed music for feature films such as "Heartwood", ‘The Gifts of Grief”
Honored as the National Musical Ambassador for Big Brothers/Big Sisters for five years performing across America
In 1995 he started Laughing Coyote Productions a recording studio dedicated to recording and producing audiophile recordings for the acoustic music market. In 1999 alone, he engineered and produced 24 recordings out of his Northern California facility
In 2003, he started the Ukiah Music Center a music store
In any given year he works on 100’s of pianos and is a member of the Piano Technicians Guild. From his love of the piano, he hosted for two years a once a month a radio show entitled, ‘The Wonderful World of Pianos’.
Spencer firmly believes in contributing back to his local community of Mendocino County. While donating dozens of private concerts over the years for local non-profit agencies, eighteen years ago he started and still runs the highly successful "Sundays in the Park" free six-part summer concert series with over 20,000 attendees a summer in Ukiah, CA. It is also the only on-going solar powered concert series in the world.