Simon Witvrouw was born on July 4, 1984, in Leuven. He grew up with the music of the dance orchestra in which his father played Hammond organ, 'The Midnights', from the seventies, and with the music of his grandfather, who was a classical piano teacher. Simon started music lessons at the age of 7 and received his first electric guitar at the age of 10. His first stage experience was singing the song 'Heal the World' as a member of the children's choir with Michael Jackson during his concert in Werchter, part of his Dangerous Tour (1992). He discovered blues music through the Swing Wespelaar festival in his village, and at the age of 12, he got the chance to jam with the boys from El Fish (Filip Casteels, Steven De Bruyn) and with JMX (Jean-Marie Aerts) in a local pub. In 2002, he became a laureate of the Axion Classics Competition in a duo with Lynn Cassiers. In 2004, he was a finalist and played at the Montreux Gibson International Jazz Guitar Competition in Montreux, Switzerland. Simon has taken lessons and attended masterclasses with: Dre Pallemaerts, Frank Vaganee, Peter Hertmans, Hans van Oost, Serge Lazarevitch, John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Pat Martino, Bobby Mcferrin, Kenny Werner, Richard Bona, Chris Potter, Julian Lage, Martijn Van Iterson, Jesse Van Ruller, and many others... Simon was fortunate to share the stage with: Dre Pallemaerts, Filip Casteels, Jean-Marie Aerts, Willywilly (de korsten), Christoph Erbstosser, Nicolas Kummert, Alexi Tuomarilla, Andrew Claes, Bram Weijters, Yannick Peeters, Sara Meyer, BJO, Piet Verbist, Chris Joris, Bert Joris, Bart Borremans, Joachim Saerens, Louis Favre, Pj Seaux, Joachim Badenhorst, Janos Bruneel, Toon van Dionant, Brussels VRT Orchestra, Dree Peeremans, Steven Cassiers, Ewout Pierreux, Tutu Puoane, Yves Peeters and many others, in projects such as Song of Revolt, Gitara, Sammy Cuba, Egon, Jazztafari, Koen Deca, Dameblanche, and others. Simon wrote and performed music for the music theatre production 'Laura/Oda', with which he toured together with actress Hanne Struyf. With his own band "MOJOSTAR", he made an album ('Mojostar') that was played on the radio (Classic 21, Radio 1, Stu Bru, etc.). They played in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France at festivals such as Suikerrock, Swing Wespelaar, Bluestrain FM session, Gentse Feesten, Primusfeesten, Parkrock, Dijlefeesten, Bombardonderdagen, Rijmrock, écouter Leuven, Classic 21 session, Radio Urgent session, Schapenrock, Parkblues, and in venues such as Belga Café (Brussels), Charlatan (Ghent), Trix (Antwerp), and many others. With "WITVROUW", Simon brought together a new group of fine musicians and released an album (2022).