The story
Miles Dalto — known in the industry as KeyMaster — is a pianist, platinum-certified producer and composer, born and raised in New York City, whose career spans more than two decades.
Influenced by his father, Jorge Dalto, he grew up around legendary musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and George Benson. His father played the piano solo on Benson's “This Masquerade” — the Grammy Record of the Year, from Breezin’, the album that topped the pop charts. Immersed in the pop, funk, hip-hop and jazz of 1980s New York, Miles built a style that marries classical training to a deep feel for harmony and groove.
After his father's passing, he committed to carrying the family's music forward — studying under Mike Longo (Dizzy Gillespie's pianist) and Ron Carter at City College in Harlem. He cut his teeth in New York City's nightlife, toured, and landed music-director roles with Tony Award winner Lillias White. Playing clubs by night and sessions by day, he moved from piano work on commercials to producing custom music for the ad world — leading to his first national campaign and a platinum #1 on Motown Remixed.
In 2010 he landed an in-house composer position at the top New York agency DX Zito & Partners. For over fifteen years he has composed, mixed and arranged commercials for the agency and others — compiling more than 500 original-music placements across many of advertising’s biggest brands and most award-winning spots.
Since relocating to Hollywood in 2020, he's scored series for Amazon Prime and ALLBLK and kept writing for the screen — classical and contemporary in the same breath.
