27 Facts About Kevin Moore

Kevin Moore was born on May 26,1967 and is an American keyboardist, composer and the founder of the Chroma Key music project.

Kevin Moore is a former member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supergroup OS.

Kevin Moore contributed music and lyrics to the band's first three studio albums, but left the band during the mixing process of Awake to pursue his own musical interests.

Kevin Moore has guested on several albums, including three Fates Warning albums.

Kevin Moore has worked on other solo projects since leaving Dream Theater.

Kevin Moore, who was born on Long Island, New York, began his music career in Kings Park, Long Island, learning piano at the age of six and writing his first song at the age of 12.

The song, which included lyrics by Kevin Moore, reached No 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

In 1994, the band released its third studio album, Awake, which was the band's highest charting album to date with Kevin Moore, reaching No 32.

Shortly before the album was mixed, though, Kevin Moore announced to the rest of the band that he wished to concentrate on his own musical interests and would be quitting Dream Theater.

Kevin Moore notably declined to take part in the official Dream Theater biography titled Lifting Shadows, despite involvement from every other former member of Dream Theater and various former associates of the group.

In 1998, Kevin Moore released his first solo album, Dead Air For Radios, under the name Chroma Key on his self-created record label, Fight Evil Records.

In hindsight, Dream Theater fans noticed that Kevin Moore had subtly explored this style of composition in "Space-Dye Vest".

In 2000, Kevin Moore moved to Los Angeles, where he recorded the digitally-themed You Go Now.

Kevin Moore then moved to Costa Rica, where he worked for Radio For Peace International, producing a bi-weekly activist radio program.

In 2004, Kevin Moore scoured public domain films looking for one that exuded a certain mood, intending to write a pseudo-soundtrack to it.

Kevin Moore took the existing film, slowed it to half speed, and let it dictate the moods, textures, and even running times of the songs he wrote to it.

Kevin Moore had worked with Matheos before, appearing as guest keyboardist on Fates Warning's 1989 album Perfect Symmetry, 1997 album A Pleasant Shade of Gray and 2000 album Disconnected.

In September 2008, Kevin Moore announced on his website that he had been working for several months with Jim Matheos and drummer Gavin Harrison on the third OSI album.

In 2004, Kevin Moore relocated to Istanbul, Turkey, and composed the soundtrack to the horror film Okul which was released as a solo record titled Ghost Book.

The music contained many traditional instruments stemming from Kevin Moore's stays in Costa Rica and Turkey.

In 2006, Kevin Moore teamed up with Turkish producers for another soundtrack project.

In March 2007, Kevin Moore played an hour-long concert, which was held at Turkey's Balo Stage on March 23.

Since 2015, Kevin Moore has had a Patreon page for Chroma Key, collecting crowdfunding for song releases.

In September 2013, Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder revealed in an interview that Kevin Moore returned to the United States and studied to become a doctor.

Since 2020, Kevin Moore has been working as a psychiatrist at Trinity Health in Minot, North Dakota.

Kevin Moore earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University in Iowa and completed his psychiatry residency at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, New York.

Kevin Moore still used his Kurzweil K2000 and a Yamaha CP-70 piano, first release "dead air for radios" is all k2000 and cp70.