Entertainment Drive-Thru: Recent Episodes
Entertainment Drive-Thru
Welcome to Entertainment Drive-Thru! Join Dan and Anna Zerin as they interview today´s most inspiring people in the Entertainment Business 7 days a week. Whether you´re an aspiring musician, actor, director, producer, in post-production or a lover of Entertainment, Entertainment Drive-Thru has got you covered. Entertainment Drive-Thru provides you with tips and resources to make it easier in the entertainment business.
Dan and Steve interview Shawn Drover from Act of Defiance at NAMM 2016.
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Dan interviews Paul Reed Smith at NAMM 2016.
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Talking Teachers with Caitlin Barlow and Katie Thomas aka Ms. Cannon and Ms. Adler
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Talking Teachers with Cate Freedman and Katie O'Brien aka Ms. Feldman and Ms. Bennigan
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Talking Teachers with Katy Colloton and Kate Lambert aka Ms. Snap and Ms. Watson
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Jonathan Freeman talks being the voice of Jafar in Aladdin, Disney, and more...
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Adam Green talks the Horror genre, Scary Sleepover, the Hatchet series, Holliston, and more...
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Steve Downes talks working in Radio, the Halo Series, Master Chief, Super Power Beat Down, and more...
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Major Dodson on Bolt, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Cars, and more....
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Kevin Savigar talks about George Harrison, Rod Stewart, Songwriting, Another Country, and more...
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Jenna Von Öy from Blossom and A Goofy movie on her new book "Situation Momedy" and more...
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Brad Sherwood on Improv, Whose Line is It Anyway?, and An Evening With Colin and Brad
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Nike Futterman on the Voice Over Industry, her connection to The Offspring, and more...
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Michele Morrow on BlizzCon Virtual Ticket 2015, Warcraft, Diablo, Multiplayer, and more...
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Kenny Sherman from The Turnback talks about the origin of the band, Are We There Yet?, and more...
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John 5 busting myths, his guitar collection, solo music, playing for Rob Zombie, and more...
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Chris Musser from From Ashes To New on the band, Day One, Melissa Cross, and more…
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Michael Starr from Steel Panther on his start, the origins of the band, All You Can Eat, celebrities, and more...
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Lori Alan on Spongebob, Family Guy, Friends, Days of Our Lives, Charlie Adler, and more
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E.G. Daily on Tommy Pickles, The Voice and guest starring on Friends
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Dana Gourrier on working with Quentin Tarantino and more…
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Jeff Scott Soto on SOTO, Inside the Vertigo, Gus G, Steel Dragon, Freddie Mercury, and more…
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Phil LaMarr talks voice over, differences of voice over and on-screen, Pulp Fiction, and more
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Happy Birthday, Debi Derryberry!
Debi Derryberry on Jimmy Neutron, Weenie, The Aliens of Toy Story, her music, her upcoming book, and more!
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Justin Whitesel from XO Stereo on the start of the band and the upcoming debut EP The Struggle.
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Richie Kotzen talks about the new Winery Dogs album Hot Streak, Richie Kotzen Live, Cannibals, The Darkness, and more…
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Chelsey Crisp, aka Honey from Fresh Off the Boat, on the "Honey" make-over and her Duchess Riot Comedy group
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Ian Chen and Forrest Wheeler, aka Evan an Emery Huang, talk about Fresh Off the Boat
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It is selection, not rejection - Taran Noah Smith from Home Improvement and his mom Candy Bennici talk about their book Stardom Happens
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Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes on the new album A Raw Youth, working with Iggy Pop, and more…
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Patrick Moraz on the new album MAP with the Moraz Alban Project, Yes, and more…
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Aeriel Miranda on Pretty Little Liars and auditioning for Straight Outta Compton
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"I got turned down for an acting school in NY because of my voice" that fate led Courtenay Taylor to try voice acting and has been doing it ever since. Next up: Fallout 4
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Everything you need to know about the Big Bang. Elaine Fay from we are The Big Bang tells all
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Shannon Kook talks about his new movie Dark Places and almost meeting his idol Charlize Theron
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Thomas Barbusca talks about Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and his dream role
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The legendary Steve Morse talks about Deep Purple, Kansas, Flying Colors, and more…
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"It's not about getting the job. It has to be about you enjoying what you're doing." Josh Zuckerman from the TV Show Significant Mother and the upcoming film Mind Puppets
Margo Rey talks about taking care of your voice, her latest single Never2Late, and more…
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What´s the best way to memorize lines? Ari Stidham (Sylvester Dodd from The Scorpion) tells us his secret
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Roddy Chong talks about music, acting, joining Trans-Siberian Orchestra and going for that perfect mango…
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Gisli from Audio Nation talks growing up in Kansas, Iceland, the state of the Music Industry, and more.
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"Some of the guys went out into the hall and noticed there were some nice acoustics and started singing" - Karl and Ragnar on the viral train station video, songwriting, Michigan, and Iceland.
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"It doesn´t help the pain of having lost someone you love. But it´s such a mind blowing way to pay tribute" - Arnor from Agent Fresco on Songwriting, the new album, and music in Iceland
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What´s the story behind the band name Amaba Dama? Amaba Dama talks about their hit song Hossa Hossa, signing with Record Records and the Icelandic music scene
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"We only actually met once. We did everything through dropbox." Roger O´Donnell (From The Cure) on his latest work with cellist Julia Kent
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What´s the story behind Tres Caballeros? Bryan, Guthrie and Marco from The Aristocrats tell all
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How did Gary Pihl get in the band BOSTON? Gary talks BOSTON, Classic Rock Christmas and gives an EXCLUSIVE MYTHBUSTER
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"When I was little i said to my parents: I´m gonna move to Hollywood and play with Ozzy and I did!" Chris Wyse from the band Owl
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What type of investors should you get for your movie? Joe Boyd tells us about financing and distributing movies.
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Jean Louisa Kelly talks about Yes Dear, Uncle Buck, and her new EP Willing
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"You have to make something thats true and authentic to you" Kristen May on Flyleaf and being compared to Lacey Sturm.
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"It´s our spin on the california blend of music. Instead of being daytime beach music we get the intimacy of night" Grant and Nick on their band Dankrupt.
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When I gave up on being successful thats when I became successful" Neil Morse on success in the music industry.
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From Second City to starring in shows like Super Fun Night and Another Period, Lauren Ash tells us what its really like to be an actress
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From Youtube to Bobs Burgers, John Roberts tells us how he got the role of Linda Belcher
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What made Nate Adams and Adam Carolla do a documentary on Paul Newman and his car racing instead of acting? Nate Adams tells all
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Want to know more about the music business and songwriting? Judy Stakee tells us all about her new book The Songwriters Survival Guide
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A doctor and a teacher by day.... musicians by night.
Dikta talks about the Icelandic music scene
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"In the music video and song I wanted to show anything that you´re dealing with...you can beat it" Autumn Skibinski from Only on Tuesdays talks about her song Break Free
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What is it like touring with The Stunners alongside Justin Bieber, acting in The Lying Game and performing with The Good Mad? Allie Gonino tells all
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What crime is the band 311 named after? P-Nut tells all
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What´s America´s Got Talent really like? Michael Grimm tells all
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"Divorce yourself from expectation of result" Neil Napier talks about how he got into acting, show cancellations and what made his show Helix unique"
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Why did Marty Friedman move to Japan? He tells us about his album Inferno, Rock Fujiyama and what band made him want to become a guitarist
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What´s the music scene like in Iceland? Óskar from The Vintage Caravan talks about the labels, festivals, touring, recording and filming their new music video Crazy Horses
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"It was a fluke! I happened to be at the right place at the right time" Cherie Currie talks about getting her gig as the lead singer in The Runaways. Now she´s a Chainsaw carver. Find out what led her there.
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Max Portnoy talks about Next to None´s debut album and working with his dad Mike Portnoy
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What´s the music scene like in Tasmania? Heloise talks about her move from Tassie to Melbourne and the advances of winning a songwriting competition
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"You´re a freelancer, you work one week and then not for three months" Jack Griffo from The Thundermans talks about acting and filming Sharknado 3 in his hometown
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How do I want the audience to feel when they leave? Steve Vai talks about touring the world, guitar techniques, Frank Zappa and the Vai Academy.
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"Labels have become banks. They fund you. It´s just a loan" Boze from Almost Kings talks about everything from social media to music business
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Julie Birke from ABC Family Freak Out tells us how she overcame her fear of insects on the show
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"I woke up in cold sweats worrying about hate mail" Naomi Grossman, talks about her role as Pepper in American Horror Story
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Who is Spencer Sotelo highly inspired by? What song does he sing in his car?
The Periphery singer tells all
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What´s the secret of teaching? Matt Halpern from Periphery talks about his teaching and drumming methods
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Misha Mansoor talks about the Origins of Periphery and educating people about the real cost of being a band today.
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"If you enjoyed the first one, the second one is more comedy, more dancing, singing and competition" Shelley Regner talks Pitch Perfect 2 and the lessons from Pitch Perfect 1
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"I was paranoid every day of work I was gonna get pranked" Dan Amerman talks ABC Family Freak Out and the musicals that led him to acting
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What is Jason Karasev afraid of? The actor who makes a living scaring people on ABC Family Freak Out tells us his challenges and fears
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Jonny Hawkins from the band Nothing More raises awareness for Mental Illness with #iknowJenny campaign. Hear the story behind it
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What does it take to do a scene from Jurassic Park using Legos? Paul, Sean and Forrest, aka Lego Guys, tell us all their secrets
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"I finally got a series regular on Bloodline but it took 25 years to get that." Jamie McShane on Bloodline vs. Sons of Anarchy.
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James Durbin on Tourettes, celebrating challenges and lessons of American Idol
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How do you become a stunt actor? Lauren Shaw talks acting and stunt work in the film Relentless.
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Mackenzie Aladjem talks Nurse Jackie, Edie Falco vs. her real mom and her plans when the show ends
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Linda Taylor from TV Show Whose Line Is It Anyway talks about getting Jennifer Battens auditions, importance of a metronome and music nowadays
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Steph talks about DJ-ing at Sundance and SXSW that led her to her duo STASH
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Pip talks about The Voice, Adam Levine and the trash talk that led him to writing a song.
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Greg Howe discusses his new gear, Musikmesse vs. NAMM, and traveling with instruments in his second interview with Entertainment Drive-Thru
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Hear previous episode (what it´s like playing guitar for Michael Jackson): http://entertainmentdrivethru.com/greg-howe/
Charley Koontz talks CSI Cyber, Community, Rubber, and working with legends like Chevy Chase, Patricia Arquette, Peter MacNicol and Shad Moss
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"There were 2 pilots to The Middle, I was the only cast member to be brought back from the original pilot" Atticus Shaffer tells us about how he got the role of Brick Heck on ABCs The Middle
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John Kay from Koffin Kats gives us advice on touring and social media
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"Be careful about whos mixing or mastering your music" Metal band Stryfe talks about their journey from Armenia to LA and the lessons they learned along the way
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"I was surprised how much of a guilt trip I got" says Jessica Andres from ABC Family show Freak Out premiering March 25, 8:30/7:30 c
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"We only get one chance. We never know how they´re gonna react" says Shakira Barrera from ABC Family show Freak Out premiering March 25, 8:30/7:30 c
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Melissa Joan Hart celebrates 100 episodes of Melissa and Joey and talks about the final episodes and what fans can expect
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The services of a record label, without the label scamming you.....enter MRKT music. As Adam Wacht from MRKT music tells us: Whatever your budget it we can find somebody to help you out.
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"Remember MTV The Real World? I want that every night" Elvina Beck created Podshare for that purpose, to bring people together and best of all, she used her money from video production to make it.
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From heart throb to painter, Richard Grieco has come a long way from Booker on 21 Jump Street.
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Wish you were in LA to get all the connection to the acting world? No worries, Richard RB Botto got you covered. Enter Stage 32, a networking place for actors.
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"I learned everything I know from the Internet" says Benjamin Von Wong, who left mining engineering for photography and has been traveling the world shooting photographs ever since.
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Caitlin O Connor on how to make it in modeling and acting and how to tell its a scam
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True Rivals on the music scene in Los Angeles and what it takes to keep a band together
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From Legally Blonde and Meet the Fockers to The Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Alanna Ubach tells us all about her journey
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The narrator for Ancient Aliens, Robert Clotworthy talks about his diverse roles from StarCraft and Curse of Oak Island to TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half men.
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"The second you walk off set, you´re out of a job", Oliver Vaquer talks about the reality of the acting business and the joys of voice acting on Family Guy and BioShock Infinite
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Ginny McSwain talks about the school of Hanna Barbera and working with amazing actors like John Candy, Nancy Cartwright and Christine Cavanaugh.
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From the music business to being a video games casting director, Chris Borders takes us on a journey back in time
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Ed Asner talks about his career from the Mary Tyler Moore Show to UP and the voice-over tips hes learned along the way
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Paul Rugg tells us how he got his start in voice-overs, from doing Improv with Adam Carolla to writing and voicing shows like Animaniacs and Freakazoid
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He quit acting to direct, now he´s the star of the CW show Jane the Virgin. Justin Baldoni talks about his role as Rafael, his real life proposal and spirituality
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Kate Linder talks about her role as Esther on Young and the Restless, ALS and getting her star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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"I didn´t have the rights to do it, I did it for the fans, " says Adi Shankar on his new mini-series Judge Dredd. He talks about everything from flying to Kanye West
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"If I spend the rest of my life being killed by Steve Buschemi, I´ll die a happy man", says Chris Caldovino, on Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire and being roommates with Terrence Winter
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The one every screamer recommends, Melissa Cross talks about fry scream and the The Zen of Screaming
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From metal to what it´s like being the son of Nicholas Cage, Weston Cage tells us why he got into metal in the first place.
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From Friday Night Lights to X-Factor, Josh Levi talks about fans, touring the world and staying in school despite his busy schedule
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All or Nothing! O-Town finally tell us the real story behind Liquid Dreams and their new album after a 10 year hiatus.
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What does it take to act in movies like Avatar, Dodgeball and Grandma´s boy? Joel David Moore talks about acting and his new TV show Forever
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From acting to underwater photography, Jim Hanks talks about his career and what´s it´s really like to have a famous last name
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"It's not always how much you earn, but how much you learn" says Bobby Borg, a musician, music business teacher and author of Music Marketing for the DIY Musician and Billboard Books best-seller The Musician's Handbookhttp://entertainmentdrivethru.com/bobby-borg/
"You can do a lot of things in 15 minutes," says Jonathan Feist, music educator, writer, and publisher talking about music management and how we can work with deadlines. No wonder he's the editor in chief of Berklee Press.
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From Three Sheets to Drinking Made Easy, Zane Lamprey decided to use Kickstarter to fund his show Chug, which is now airing on the National Geographic Channel Mon 10:30 PM ET/PT. This episode is sponsored by Brennivin USA
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What does it take to be an improv musician? Laura Hall from Whose Line Is It Anyways talks about the show, The Sweet Potatoes, Improv Karaoke and how we can make it as improv musicians.
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From being chosen by Roger Taylor to play Freddie Mercury in Queen Exravaganza to his own creation The Impersonator, Marc Martel tells us about his journey so far.
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From My Darkest Days to Smashing Satellites, Sal talks about his journey from moving from a band to a solo project
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He got kicked out of class for doing voices as a kid, now he´s one of the biggest voice-over actors. The voice behind Winnie The Pooh, Tigger and Darkwing Duck tells us his tricks to voice-acting
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What´s it like being a voice-actor and voice-doubling celebrities like Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken and Jay Baruchel? James Arnold Taylor takes us on a journey of voice-acting
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From Mr. Big to Power Rangers to acoustic gigs around the world, singer Eric Martin tells all. Fitting since Mr. Big´s latest album is called "The Stories We Could Tell".
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How do you write an e-mail to ask a blog to review your song? Jo Braswell from Badass Bands Blog talks about live music, music submissions and the LA music scene
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What does it take to put two men in ballerina outfits and re-enact a scene they made famous as kids? Brian Pocrass tells us how he did the reunion for The Little Rascals, Problem Child and School of Rock and how he almost got Mrs. Doubtfire together.
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How did Matthew Tishler get his job as a songwriter of Girl Meets World´s theme song "Take on the World"? Tishler tells us about his journey from Canada to LA and what it´s like to be a songwriter for the Disney Channel.
Read all about it:
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"Music is your art, Website is your business" Bandzoogle is celebrating their 10 year anniversary and to celebrate David Dufresne offers musicians a FREE TRIAL . Win 2 FREE YEARS by sending in your story of Bandzoogle´s origin!
Read all about it on http://entertainmentdrivethru.com/bandzoogle/
"Spend your time meeting casting directors and get on their radar", one of many great advices Tom Lapke of Backstage University and Audition Update offers our listeners as well as FREE TRIAL OF BACKSTAGE FOR 30 DAYS
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From his friend managing them to SXSW that lead them to showcases that got them signed. From Passerby to Flyleaf, Sameer Bhattacharya tells us the real story of Flyleaf and its origin.
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Rival Sons talks about the pitfalls of being on a major label, loving Scandinavia and touring the world like a Fedex package
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From playing in a cover band to playing with legendary bands like Poison, Mr. Big and now The Winery Dogs, Richie Kotzen tells us how it all began. Sponsored by Guitarplayback.com
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Grammy winning guitar virtuoso Frank Gambale talks about everything from his start to Chick Corea, and his legendary Sweeping Technique. Sponsored by Guitarplayback.com
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Known as the "Girl with the big hair" who played with Michael Jackson , Jennifer Batten talks about how she got the gig with Michael, her legendary hair and how she stays in the business. Sponsored by Guitarplayback.com
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Playing guitar for artists like Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake and Enrique Iglesias. How did Greg Howe get to be so successful and how does he implement that in his new band Maragold
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Want to become a voice-actor? Learn from Marc Graue from the Legendary Marc Graue Voice-Over Recording Studios
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From Mexico to LA, Andrea Sandoval talks about her journey from fashion design to singing with Yellow State
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Breaking Bad vs. Music Libraries...which made more money? Julian Shah Tayler, nominated for Golden Trailer Award for "Once Upon A Dream" talks about music placements
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From studying media to teaching Zumba. Amina tells us her journey and what we can expect at the Zumba® Instructor Convention in August 2014 in Orlando, FL.
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"If you believe you can do it, you can do it" The band Wings of Apollo are a great example. "People said I wasn´t good enough a singer, but now i´m being produced by Malcolm Springer"
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How did Rhonda Smith get her gig as the bassist for Prince? What touring tips did she learn on the road with Jeff Beck?
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"I´m the Indiana Jones of the guitar world, i´m making it up as I go along" says Tommy Emmanuel, acoustic guitar virtuoso, who never received formal training yet has toured since age 6.
Read all about it on http://entertainmentdrivethru.com/tommy-emmanuel/
What´s the real story behind the 80´s hit 867-5309/Jenny? What´s it like opening for Tom Petty? Jim Keller from Tommy Tutone is now on his own journey with The Jim Keller Band
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"Have Instrumentals for every song" Great advice from Stacy Robin, a singer/songwriter, who talks about song placements and where she likes to play.
Read all about it on http://entertainmentdrivethru.com/stacy-robin/
How do musicians deal with motherhood and being musicians? Emily Zuzik talks about music, motherhood and opening for the Blue Man Group at the Hollywood Bowl
What´s it like touring with KORN? Kalen Chase tells us about the bones he broke on tour and his new project Superfix
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What´s the music scene like in Ecuador vs. Germany? Al Crespo of Unbreakable takes us through his journey from Ecuador to Germany to auditioning for Unbreakable.
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"Stay away from your personal trauma.... fantasize!" Great acting advice from D.W. Brown, an actor, writer, director and the co-owner and head teacher of the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio.
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From opening for acts like James Brown, Jack Johnson and Bo Diddley to touring with Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald talks about his bluesy journey from Australia to USA.
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What´s it like owning a studio? How do you get clients? Josh Whiting and Biajani Marrero join us live from Stage Red Studios
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What should you write to a venue to book a gig? Kate and Alex from Dear Creek tell us about best places to tour and great advice for booking and networking.
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What does it take to get the perfect horror scream? Actress Bel Delia tells us about horror films and tips for working on set
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"Let our dream manifest your dream" is the motto of DreamTeam Directors Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett , no wonder since helped discover such stars as Matt Bennett of Nickelodeon's "Victorious" and Lea Michele of Fox's "Glee."
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He showed them! Having failed high school drama he is now the star of TNT´s "The Librarians" alongside actors like Noah Wyle and Rebecca Romijn, John Kim tells us how he got the role and what got him to act in the first place
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What merchandise should you sell? Leon from Ragdoll tells us about touring and which merchandise sells the most
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Did you love Banjo Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64 and Goldeneye? Grant Kirkhope speaks about all those games and tells us the REAL story behind Stop and Swop!
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It was at a farmers market where a woman promoting her acting school caught the attention of Gabriela Fresquez. She attended the school which led to TV hosting and acting on shows like New Girl, The Crazy Ones and It´s always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Whether helping at risk youth express, discover and create themselves through the use of hip-hop with Rhymecology or performing and teaching rhymes, J.Walker tells us the life of a hip hop lyricist.
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After losing her fiancé in a drowning accident, Melody Hsu found it within her to life live to the fullest and chase her dream of becoming a singer. Now she´s a vocal teacher and has a song dedicated to her fiancé called "Rain has Stopped"
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From martial arts to Rocky 5 to forming his own film festival. Thanks to a horrible film festival experience, Del Weston ended up making his own Action on Film Festival.
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What was it like touring with Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, The Drifters, Buddy Holly,Paul Anka, The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Roy Orbison and Fats Domino. Dave Somerville from the Diamonds tells us all about it
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From theatre, film and TV Series to owning her own acting studio The Joanne Baron/D.W.Brown Studio, Joanne Baron talks about the acting business and how it´s changed.
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From 100 to million views, see what website Anthony Vincent used to become a youtube sensation with his 10 second songs
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What does it take to shoot a music video underwater? Riz Story and Kaliyani talk about her new music video "Nammu´s Invocation
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When do you feel most inspired to write a song? Kapri from the band Side Effect talks about songwriting
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What are the best resources for an engineer? Ricky Furr takes us into the world of audio engineering
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What open mic is the best? Dylan and Sydney from the Velopheliacs talk about their favorite open mics and working with John Would
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When is the right time for PR? What radio stations should you contact first? Adam Lewis from Planetary Promotions takes us through the steps of promotion.
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On Oct. 2013 our friend an amazing musician Ryder Buck passed away. Today we celebrate his birthday and honor him with two episodes: PART 2 Ryder´s friends, family and loved ones
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On Oct. 2013 our friend an amazing musician Ryder Buck passed away. Today we celebrate his birthday and honor him with two part episodes: PART 1 Ryder´s parents Chris and Shelley Buck
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"Let´s not be a myspace band" Beau Tyler from We the Ghost talks about making your show unique and supporting fellow musicians
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Touring with Britney Spears with his fake boy band, opening up for David Spade, writing and starring in movies with his late brother Chris Farley, Kevin Farley sure has done it all.
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A graduate of The Second City - Chicago, Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre – Los Angeles, and the University of Redlands, Hallie Jordan is professionally trained in acting, theater, comedy improvisation and music. She utilized her personalized Bachelor of Arts degree in “The Ontology of a Performer” to explore the psychology, sociology, philosophy and business of acting. In developing a sense of creative independence, she formed her own production company, Small Red Star Productions. Hallie now develops and stars in various TV shows, Feature Films, and Funny or Die videos.
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How is it to move from solo musician to a band? Dion Roy talks about his life before and after forming his band Fire and the Romance and putting his 10,000 hours in.
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Should you sign a non-exclusive or exclusive deal? Jennifer Yeko, owner of True Talent Management and True Talent Pr, takes us through the steps
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Charles Huddleston was born on October 28, 1975 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Blue (2014). Blue follows a mysterious young man, called Blue in regard to the color of his skin, who leaves his isolated mountain home and enters a small Appalachian town. Distrusted and feared by the townspeople he encounters, he meets a kind-hearted young woman dealing with her own dark family secrets who sees beyond his appearance into the deep and gentle soul underneath.
Blue fans and followers can follow production progress on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/thebluemovie and www.twitter.com/thebluemovie, as well as its website, www.BlueMovie.us.
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From her experiences on American Idol as well as being a professional singer, Leah Laurenti takes us on a journey of highs and lows and shows us she´s not "Backing Down", just like her new song
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Who says comedy can´t be inspirational? Kyle Cease proves it with his transformational comedy. Watch out Tony Robbins, here comes Kyle.
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Carrie Lane talks pop music, pinup, modeling and Notebook being one of the vital steps of being in a relationship.
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Tobias Urbanczyk grew up in a musical family in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Tobias started playing in his school band which he was the musical director before he graduated. During High school, Tobias took part of the “professional program”, Modern Music School, Germany, where he graduated in 2011. In 2012, he moved to Los Angeles to expand his horizon while attending Musicians Institute (MI) in Hollywood, where he graduated in September 2013 as the Outstanding Player. Right after Tobias graduated, he got hired as a Teacher Assistant at MI. Tobias is enjoying to play with many different artist in Los Angeles County and Las Vegas like The Rob Staley Band, Austin Law, Tempered Steel Union, Voodoo Cowboy, Quorianka Kilcher, and Fiona Grey, to just name a few. Recently, Tobias joined the indie/ folk band “MINER”,which is going on a US - Tour in 2014
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After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Journalism and Public Relations degree, Bradley Hasemeyer worked for a non-profit that mentored high-school kids and found himself right at home being in charge of entertainment--writing and producing videos/skits and performing standup. After realizing his passion was still in making people laugh he packed up his car and moved to LA. But it wasn't just a simple roadtrip; he laid out a month-long trek racking up 5,000 miles and shooting, editing and posting a video every day for his friends and family to follow his journey. Upon moving to LA he quickly got a job writing and creating content for online men's magazine, Gear Patrol which afforded him the opportunity to drive some of the Worlds best cars and produce, shoot, edit and host the series Behind The Wheel. A friend from his improv class tipped him off that AOL was looking for a host for an upcoming show about cars and technology. So after more than 130 episodes, trips to Japan, Europe, Canada and his a million Delta Skymiles, Translogic continues to be one of his favorite jobs ever. Bradley continues to act in plays, tv and film, perform standup and create content for various media companies and have fun doing it all.
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ILana Tarutina is a producer, songwriter and singer; she's also the founder of a music production label, ILE Records. ILana studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music for many years and then branched out from classical music to a contemporary sound. She spent her days in different recording studios around Toronto, observing and learning from many artists, producers and engineers in the industry. ILana is always attending various workshops and courses to expand her knowledge and stay up to date with the newest gear. She has recently finished Dubstep, Sound Design and Mixing courses at Point Blank Music School. ILana´s music can be found on her soundcloud
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Hailing from the blistering heat of the Southern Californian desert, Sam Bibo is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer with an eye for odd combinations. Quickly after picking up the guitar Sam realized that he could express himself through other instruments as well teaching himself the bass, drums, and piano. After attending the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, Sam went on to compose award winning music for film festival’s such as Christopher Coppola’s PAH Fest, Access Hollywood, and most recently “The End” featured in Fox Home Entertainment’s upcoming release “Joyride 3: Roadkill” out on DVD and Blu-ray on June 17th.
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Canadian native Kelly Kathleen is the lead guitar player of the LA based La Luna's. Surf Noir, garage rock duo La Luna's got their start at their namesake, Rancho De La Luna Studios, in the deserts of Joshua Tree California during a fateful weekend in 2012. Sasha Vallely (Spindrift, Silver Chords) and Kelly Kathleen (A Blonde in Love) and the incomparable percussive skills of Patty Schemel (Hole, Juliette & The Licks, Upset), the band has never been so brazen. La Luna's recently recorded their self titled E.P. with Gus Seyffert of The Black Keys, release date will be Fall 2014.
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Janell is a multi-talented performer, she toured internationally for two years with the group Shalamar and was able to grace the stage of the prestigious Corn Exchange in England. Once Janell settled back in LA she made a huge splash. She landed her first stage play, “Talk Show Live” directed by David E. Talbert. And on her first TV audition Janell landed a guest starring role on the hit sitcom “The Hughley” opposite D.L. Hughley and Elise Neal. Her television career began to heat up as she booked a string of guest stars on shows like “Eve”, “ER”, “Las Vegas” and “CSI:Miami”. Janell has also starred in a string of independent movies with Vivica A. Fox, Rockmond Dunbar and Bill Bellamy. Most recently Janell has been seen on the television shows “Harry’s Law” and “Bones”. Janell her own hosting show with the Scripps Network titled "Handy Ma'am" and reoccurring guest appearances on syndicated talk shows such as "The Bethenny Show" and the "Steve Harvey Show".
Burn The Ballroom is a Rock/Anthemic/Powerpop band based outside of D.C. Founded by singer and guitarist Alan “Adriel” Gant, he was joined by long-time friend and bassist Jackson Harar. The two teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and touring veteran Jack Ivins on drums in early 2013, and finalized the lineup when joined by friend and guitar tech Sterling Pearson on lead guitar. Burn The Ballroom has been featured at Vans Warped Tour, SXSW, and has performed all over the world, from Western Europe to South East Asia and played with legends like My Chemical Romance, the Misfits, Third Eye Blind, Jimmy Eat World, etc.
Stephen GC is a singer/songwriter who performs on guitar. His CD, "Crystal-Studded Sky" features an upbeat retro sound with pleasant 3-part harmonies. The CD is distributed through Broadjam, www.stephengcmusic.com (Stephen's web site) and other outlets. He is the the Showcase coordinator for SongNet (Songwriters Network) at www.songnet.info. Stephen previously played in soul and classic rock cover bands for 10 years in the St. Louis and Columbia Missouri areas. His first instrument was saxophone. He then moved to bass, then guitar. Originally from St. Louis, Stephen also played in Seattle for 2 years with the band Osiris. Stephen is currently living in Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles area) where he moved more recently. He continues to perform locally and is marketing his music for song placements in TV and film. Current publishers include Supreme Lyric Execs, Noteborn Music and Platinum Music.
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The Matinee consists of Matt Layzell on vocals, Matt Rose on Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin, Pete Lemon on Drums, Geoff Petrie on Guitar and Percussion and Mike Young on Bass and keys. Emboldened by their third place win in the 2011 Peak Performance Project and the subsequent record deal that followed, The Matinee ducked in and out of different studios, experimented, and generally strove to be as great as possible for the year or so they spent working on this much-anticipated release. Produced largely by Grammy-winner Steve Berlin (REM, The Tragically Hip, Los Lobos) and recorded in their hometown of Vancouver, "We Swore Wed See the Sunrise" features 2 tracks recorded with Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat), including the lead single ‘Young & Lazy’. After years of roadwork and growth, playing everywhere from prisons to air force bases and every watering hole in between, The Matinee has found its niche ploughing the middle ground between rural festivals and the urban hipster ground-zero of your choice.
NYC Drummer Nick Ruffini (Philadelphia, PA native), began playing drums at age 15 and never stopped. Nick attended Villanova and Kutztown University, graduating in 2005 with a B.S. in Business Management and Music Performance. During college Nick played in a Salsa Band, a 17-piece Big-Band, a Jazz Band, a Percussion Ensemble, and an African Percussion Group along with local and regional bands up and down the East Coast. Nick is the drummer for the regional touring group Monacy and The Nick Ruffini Band and can often be seen performing with Jeff Washington (Melba Moore, Mica Paris, Freddie Jackson, Chaka Khan, Dee Dee Bridgewater and others) and The Sermon – totalling over 100 shows per year. In addition, Nick teaches private lessons, works on various studio projects and runs Drummer's Resource, a site that offers information, education and motivation for drumming and beyond. In 2011, Nick launched his solo career, recording a record under his own name. The album includes Johnny Defrancesco (Defranceso Brothers) on guitar, Paul Klinefelter (Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra) on bass, Rich Budesa (Budesa Brothers) on organ and was engineered/mixed/mastered by 2011 Grammy Nominee, Glenn Ferracone. Following a nation wide radio campaign, Nicks first solo release "Pressin On" peaked at #54 on the US Jazz Charts. Nick has performed/shared the stage with: Phishs Page McConnell, Everlast, The Greyboy Allstars, Dave Grippo (Trey Anastasio Band), Johnny Defrancesco, DJ Q-Ball (DJ for the Multi-platinum artists The Bloodhound Gang), Jazz Legend Melvin Sparks and Badfish, just to name a few.
Angie Greenup attended Western Michigan University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre. In 2006 Angie began doing stand-up comedy, performing all over the country including sold out shows at The Palms in Las Vegas (Playboy Comedy Show) and for the troops in Singapore with Armed Forces Entertainment.
Angie is most known as a host. She was the host of the G4 series "Its Effin' Science", co-hosted the CBS syndicated comedy "Smash Cuts", and the host of FearNETs on-demand hit, "Jobs of the Damned". She has worked as a correspondent for "The Doctors", TV Guide Network and Marc Cubans new network, AXS. In February 2013, Angie was hired by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to go on the first ever Oscar Roadtrip. The Oscar Roadtrip was featured on ABC during the Oscar pre-show. She is the online spokesperson for Aetna health insurance, launching their 2013 viral campaign, "What's Your Healthy", her Yahoo! Shine series "Summer Shape Up" was featured on the Yahoo! homepage every week last summer, and at the beginning of 2013 Angie launched her YouTube series, "Eat, Drink & Be Skinny", where she teaches you how to keep calories down at your favorite fast food restaurants. She recently co-hosted a pilot for Nat Geo called "In the Name of Science". Most of her days, she works on her own youtube channel "Love, Food and Money"
Most well known as the lead singer/songwriter of the sophisticated pop group Bitter:Sweet, having been synched in more than 200 movies, television shows, and ad campaigns, (mostly fostered by Zync music) selling over 300,000 records, Shana Halligan continues to write music that moves the public. In addition, Shana has collaborated and toured with everyone from Thievery Corporation, Serj Tankian from System Of A Down, to Morgan Page, Eric Rosse (Sara Bareilles) Nouvelle Vague, Carmen Rizzo, Alex Cowan (Alice Russel , Let The Machines Do the Work) and many others. Now she has her own band called Shana and the Hooligans.
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In August of 2008, Chet Cannon received a jumpstart on his vocation when he was chosen, from among an estimated 70,000 hopefuls, to be a part of The Real World: Brooklyn cast. Due to Chet’s tight jeans, purple clothing, and antics throughout the season, he became a staple to Joel McHales, The Soup.”Chet, who was referred to by Joel as “not gay Chet,” was then flown out to Los Angeles to accept an award for The Best Display Of Homoeroticism By A Straight Male in the 2009 Soup Awards. Before arriving in Brooklyn, Cannon had been studying Finance at the University of Utah and was an accomplished snowboarder. While attending the University, Chet created and hosted a popular, comedic radio program, Chet Chat. The name stuck and has now become the moniker for interviews conducted for Young Hollywood, Buzznet and FriendOrEnemies.com. Since the show wrapped in May of 2009, Chet has relocated to Los Angeles, where he works as an entertainment correspondent with Young Hollywood. Due to his MTV popularity, Chet has been a participant in various MTV projects, interviewed on various red carpet events, and due to popular demand, become a staple MC for Karaoke night at Pete Wentz’s bar, Angels and Kings. He is also a fashion analyst for Us Magazine.
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Pop/alt rock group The GoAround has weathered many changes since their inception in 2006, but after a myriad of member switches the band now revolves around two core members, Alexander and Anthony Saddic. The East coast band is still based in their hometown of West Chester, Pennsylvania and has garnered a local fan base by playing shows with other well-known local acts – a fan base that they are hoping to expand to a national level in the coming months. Hear their debut album, entitled Restating The Question on iTunes
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CJ Hokdal is a drummer from Sweden, currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. He is a session drummer, graduated with an Associate of Arts degree from Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. Cj has played with artists such as Paul Gilbert, Nils Landgren, D.Motif, Anna and the Bells, Missy Hellstone and many more.
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Kel on Earth is the lead singer of Bankrupt Billionaires, one of Australias most exciting modern soul acts. The powerhouse group comprises some of Brisbanes brightest talent including Boomtowns premier hip hop producers Sammsonite & DATS (The Optimen), soul diva Kel on Earth, and an all-star live show.In 2011 Bankrupt Billionaires debuted with 2 singles and their impressive 7 piece live show. They have gone on to support the likes of Chali 2na (US), Oddisee (US), Fat Freddies Drop (NZ), play Australia’s biggest festivals and sold-out local and interstate headline shows.2014 will see the release of their stunning sophomore LP Nobody’s Business, a powerful production that is already creating a worldwide buzz.
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Gabriela Gomez is a writer, director and producer. Born in Valencia Venezuela, Gabriela developed creative interest early on, writing her first short story for the theater at the age of 10. She moved to Philadelphia in 2006 where she oriented her creative passion towards screenwriting. In 2010 she won a scholarship to study Filmmaking in Los Angeles, CA at The NY Film Academy. Today Gabriela has worked and developed numerous feature films, commercials, short films and documentaries in the US and some in Latin America. She continues to work as part of the film industry while developing her own directorial projects.
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Grayce is a Soulful-Pop Artist currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She was handpicked to perform at the Gibson Amphitheater among Chaka Khan and the one and only, Stevie Wonder. Grayce found her passion for music whilst growing up in Japan and later Hong Kong. Grayce has played at venues such as The Mint, The Witzend, The Viper Room, The Whisky A Go Go and The Hotel Cafe. Most recently she completed her EP, "The Golden Girl" which is currently available to purchase on iTunes, Amazon and Bandcamp.
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Sal Ramazzini started a band with his long life friends Andre Gamez and Francisco Nanne at age 15, 2x1 witch, which became Republi-k. The band played all around Guatemala but after a trip to Mexico, they left Guatemala to go to L.A. Now he´s the bassist of the rocknroll band KINGQUEEN and is producing and recording an album with singer Daniel DeVorzon and drummer Francisco Nanne. Sal has performed all over LA, including venues such as The Viper Room, House of Blues, Whiskey A Go Go, The Beverly Hilton, Hemingways, Loaded and more.
Pat Healy is an American film and television actor, known for movies like Cheap Thrills, The Innkeepers, Great World of Sound and Compliance, as well as memorable supporting roles in Captain America: the Winter Soldier, Magnolia, Ghost World, The Assassination of Jesse James, Rescue Dawn, Draft Day, Pearl Harbor, Home Alone 3.On television, he has appeared on Six Feet Under, 24, Grey´s Anatomy, The Shield, CSI, Without a Trace, NCIS, Cold Case, Charmed, CSI: Miami, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: Enterprise and The Practice.
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NoCarrier was originally founded in 1995 in Germany, but active in its current line-up since 2001. It is now a long-distance musical affair, with Chris Wirsig living in San Francisco while singer Cynthia Wechselberger still resides in their home country Germany. After two critically acclaimed albums, "My Own Dream" in 2002 and "Between The Chairs" in 2011, the duo is back in 2013 with their new album "Wisdom & Failure".
TJ Tyler is one of the most highly regarded MC/Vocalists and impressionists in Las Vegas. His own show was one of the longest running of its kind on the strip with a residency that lasted over 10 years at Harrahs. He has since moved to Mandalay Bay where he has been performing every week for the last 4 years. TJ has also been an international hit in over 10 countries with rave reviews in places like Japan, U.A.E. and Singapore. While he is a ringer for a mature Frank Sinatra, he also performs 100s of tunes from every genre and era. See TJ Tyler on the strip or at private and corporate events everywhere
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Thorwald Jørgensen is currently one of the leading classical thereminists of Europe. He started his musical career at the age of 14 . After finishing high school he went on to study classical percussion at the Utrecht and Tilburg Conservatory. Thorwald has played to great reviews as a chamber musician, soloist and orchestral thereminist in Europe, North America, Canada and Russia. A remarkable highlight was the Dutch premiere of the theremin concertino by Anis Fuleihan. Besides these concerts, Thorwald also performed for radio and television and played at several festivals, like Festival Classique (NL), Bach Festival (NL), Without Touch (DE) Hands Off (UK), Node (CH), and Music and Beyond (CA). He was also invited as a guest teacher/lecturer for the composition class at both the Amsterdam and Rotterdam Conservatory .
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A cutting edge artist, Matt Blais combines elements of fiery rock and roll with smooth vintage soul and a dash of the blues to form a sound so uniquely his own that one can’t help but become emotionally charged. The combination of a high energy live show and a passion for song writing is Blais’ formula for success. With constant performances and the release of his second full length album, The Heartbeat, and critical acclaim rolling in for this self-produced release, the coming year is going to be a busy and successful one.
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Dave Stroud is an American vocal coach, vocal educator, lecturer and the creator of DS Vocology which makes VocalizeU, a software for singers. He’s built a number of successful businesses including Hollywood’s Club DV8, the Speech Level Singing (SLS) teacher certification program, and Connecting Voices, a magazine for singers.He’s trained the participants of the American Idol tours and NBC’s The Sing Off, Michael Jackson on his “This is It” tour, and several artists on Justin Timberlake’s label Tenman Records, including Timberlake himself, Youtube star Esmee Denters, Brenda Radney, as well as Elliot and Free from Freesoul.
Dave has given countless lectures on vocal process and development at prestigious institutions across the globe, including the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Stanford University, University of Southern California, San Francisco Conservatory, Palo Alto Research Center, Pacific Voice Foundation, Canadian Voice Care Foundation, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Kunstuniversitat Graz in Austria, and numerous other jazz organizations and societies including the Jazz School in Berkeley and Jazz Camp West.
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Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter Rob Fusari,best known for producing hits like Bootylicious and Wild Wild West as well as developing Lady Gaga's career and writing a handful of her no 1 hits including Paparazzi and her album The Fame. Rob is now the lead singer of a funky new underground glam dance group he developed called CARY NOKEY.
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In 2012 Go Go Berlin toured with the internationally-acclaimed band The Blue Van. Since then Go Go Berlin have received a great deal of attention from the media. The debut album "New Gold" was produced by Nick Foss, who's been working on some of the greatest rock albums in Denmark, like Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and D:A:D, just to name a few. Go Go Berlin have already been booked for more than 80 gigs in 2013 - including SPOT festival, Roskilde Festival, Smukfest, and Jelling Festival - the biggest festival events in Denmark.The band’s music echoes the sounds of The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, The Strokes, Kings of Leon. They are currently touring Europe.
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A soon-to-be-rabbi and a multi-instrumentalist of diverse interests, Jonah has recorded several solo albums of his original music—ranging from his wild comedy pop music, to his crowd-friendly Jewish-liturgical music. Jonahs piano composition for the acro-yoga piece Variations on Surya Namaskara can be heard on the website of The New York Times, and other music of his can be heard in several films. In 2010, Jonah co-founded Jewish Eyes On The Arts and has since then been involved in projects that work towards encouraging artists to hone their craft. Jonah is currently at work on his follow-up to his last CD, Im Quitting the Music Business (2011), The Smell of Rank (2014)
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Influenced by Billy Joel and Andrew McMahon, Amanda Gunnels began writing songs at an early age. Classically trained as a pianist, she performed as a solo artist in Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 19, She moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a professional songwriter. As Her writing progressed and influences broadened, she began to see her music in a different light-- and decided to form the band My Dear Wendy.My Dear Wendy combines Amanda’s lyrical depth with the power and energy of an indie-rock band. The sound of a soulful singer songwriter in front of a solid, rock backing creates a memorable sound comparable to The Cranberries crossed with Regina Spektor
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Dave and Jason came from the same town as Bill and Ted, Brian lived on a sailing boat traveling the world and Marshall migrated from Washington before they all converged in LA to create this pile of awesomeness.In August of 2012, they recorded their debut EP 3 in four days with producer/engineers Davey Rieley (Smashing Pumpkins,Rise Against,LCD Soundsystem,Against Me!) and Tom Chandler (The Shrill, Bolt Action Thrill, Cast of Kings, Save Our Souls).
GILLI MOON is an Australian poly-media artist, who delivers conscious creativity and a brave sense of self-expression in her energetic and expressive performances, media and prose. GILLI MOONs music albums include Girl In The MOON (1998), temperamental angel (2001), Woman (2003), extraOrdinary life (2005) Skillz (2009), the latter dedicated to empowering at-risk youth (released with L.A's celebrity spoken word/hip hop artist J.Walker), and the stillness (2010). She is wrapping up recording of her 7th album, due for release in 2014.Rather than waiting for a Major to sign her, GILLI started her own record label in 2000, called Warrior Girl Music, producing over 20 albums for several artists including all of her own. Warrior Girl Music, was awarded “Indie Label of the Year” by Philadelphias Independent Music Awards. GILLI has worked with other highly respected prominent artists including Simple Minds, Placido Domingo and Eric Idle (Monty Python). She was interviewed in Newsweek Magazine as a pioneer and leader in the independent music business; been featured alongside Aimee Mann in discussing their mutual success in the indie music scene in Music Connection Magazine; and has had music at No. 1 on many internet and traditional radio stations. She is constantly featured in the media, online, and radio with her music and outstanding achievements. On August 25, 2007, GILLI launched and produced, (with Gaia Rocks) the Females On Fire - The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival, at Woodley Park, Encino CA, which attracted over 3000 people. Celebrating women in music, the festival featured more than 100 artists (including headliner Sophie B Hawkins) from around the world, including an eclectic array of female singer/songwriters and female-fronted bands representing all styles and genres of music. Proceeds of the festival benefited animal rescue organizations
Born and raised in Sweden, Mimi Rom has been performing on stage as a competition dancer, musical artist, actress and lead vocalist from the age 3. Mimi moved to Hollywood in 2011 to pursue her entertainment and musical dreams. She graduated from Musicians Institute, with an Associate degree in Vocal Performance with a combined emphasis in the Independent artist program.While attending Musicians Institute, Mimi won The Most Outstanding Stylist award, when graduating from The Independent artist program. Currently, Mimi is finishing her EP Trouble, while frequently performing at venues around the LA area such as Hard Rock Café, House of Blues, Saban Theatre, just to name a few.
Brock Baker (McGoiter) is a Comedian, Writer and Voice Actor that started making Youtube videos in 2006 and gave himself the title of Man of a Kajillion Voices and has since then acquired almost 500,000 subscribers and his videos have over million hits. Brock can impersonate anything and anyone, even your grandmother.
Elizabeth Schwartz was the first woman ever to sing in New York Citys 125 year old, landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue. She performs regularly across North America and Europe in venues ranging from jazz clubs to concert halls, as well as synagogues (Schwartz has performed in the two largest synagogues in Europe, in Budapest and Strasbourg) and festivals.
Judson Laipply is an author, professional speaker, and inspirational comedian residing in Cleveland, Ohio. He has a Masters Degree in Education and has been seen on The Today Show, Ellen, Oprah, Tosh.O, and much more. He is the creator of The Evolution of Dance, one of the first major viral videos of all time.
David and Jazzlyn started writing together about 5 years ago. Within those years of songwriting and recording, the other talented musicians were brought on. In result, In The Key Of Earth was born. An album for easy listening, relaxation, and great earth tone music, with a bit of rock. Main influences are Devin Townsend, Portishead, Depeche Mode etc
Bae Kuang is a Pop/Jazz singer/songwriter and a versatile Film/TV composer from China mainland. At the 2012 ASCAP Expo she encountered Matt Hirt, a highly established film/TV composer, who offered her a session singing gig for his mandarin pop song project. Their music got accepted by various production music companies such as Universal, Black Toast, and Crucial Music. One of the tracks scored a placement in CBS hit show The Mentalist, 2013. From then on, shes became Matts frequent co-writer, joined composing group Dragon Scale Productions, The Groove Committee, etc, and started writing for music production libraries. She composed for 2 student films, and currently working on her third one. Bae is furthering her study in UCLA extension, Film Scoring program and releasing the album These Darling Wings.
Introducing Barney Oakley of Elements, HUNG, and Crossfade Productions. Originating in Worcester, Elements is a new progressive metal band that brings technical, melodic, and soul crushing music to your ears! Formally known as Dakota Ruins, Elements is formed of 5 members. Endorsed by Dry Ice Promotions and Etch Bodyart. Bands they have played alongside: Skyharbor, Napoleon, Martyr Defiled, Visions, Ravenface, Odessa, Bury Tomorrow, Despite My Deepest Fear, Deadharts. HUNG is releasing an album later this year entitled I Touched The Sky. The music contains no vocals and is purely a demonstration of Barneys instrumental and production abilities.
Bill Clements is NOT your normal bass player. His lines are fluid yet percolating. His drum and bass workouts are a crash course in funky grooves, interesting note choices, the art of syncopation, and more. Oh, yeah…he does it with one arm. His exposure in Bass Player Magazine has led to greater interest in his music and brisk sales of his album Undergroundalienbass, released in 2005. In the summer of 2010, Bill released two additional albums; Captain Midnight and The Trio both of which were recorded at Radical House in San Francisco, CA. More recently, Clements has joined forces with longtime friend and musician Herb Ledbetter (formerly of the bands Thought Industry, Waterladies), and a rotation of drummers to create the high energy, crowd pleasing The Time Killers. The Time Killers specialize in crowd moving classic rock, country, and blues & soul from the 50s to the present.
Benji Rogers is the founder of PledgeMusic, an online Direct-to-Fan music platform, launched in August 2009, that facilitates musicians reaching out to their fanbase (termed Pledgers) to pre-sell, market, and distribute music projects including recordings, music videos, and concerts. Rogers is a London born musician who has been recording and touring since 1999.
Steve Hughes is an Australian comedian and musician. Hughes began his comedy career in the mid 1990s at an open mic night at the Sydney Comedy Store, and quickly became one of Australia's premier and most sought-after comedy acts. During this time he was also a musician and host for MTV Australia. While in Australia, Hughes performed in both the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals. Following successful Edinburgh festival appearances, Hughes has firmly established himself in UK. Now he´s a touring comedian
Before starting Indie on the Move, Kyle Weber toured full time as the lead guitarist for the band ZELAZOWA from Philadelphia, PA USA. Between 2006 and 2009, ZELAZOWA independently performed over 600 shows worldwide, thanks largely in part to Kyles (and his brother, Bryan) exceptional booking acumen and unmatched persistence. (Bryan is the singer for ZELAZOWA and one of the other founders of Indie on the Move). Aside from dedicating most of his time to IOTM these days, Kyle continues to write, perform, and share his music with fans all over the globe. And of course, he uses Indie on the Move exclusively for any and all booking needs.
Zac Delvecchio is a guitar luthier who worked as the apprentice to Rich Slawski of the Fender Custom Shop, Bill Tsantes who is Richie Blackmoors tech, and was the apprentice and worker at tone merchants rack systems were he worked with Pink, Bon Jovi, Steve Stevens, the Foo Fighters, The Killers, Van Halen, My Chemical Romance, Black Eyed Peas, Alice In Chains, and a ton more. Now he work as the New England sales rep for Knaggs as well as the apprentice for Bill Finnigan of Klon
New Born Authority is a melodic punk/hard rock band based out of Los Angeles, California. The band has played all over the California coast, ranging from backyard house parties in Santa Barbara, The Whisky A Go Go, The Roxy, and House Of Blues in Hollywood, The Airliner in Downtown LA, and other venues in Orange County. New Born Authority also joined the 2013 SXSW music convention and took their music over to the Texas territory. The band recently opened for the group GFP (General Fucking Principle) who include members from Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Circle Jerks, and pro skater, Tony Alva. New Born Authority is joining the Wild Wild Fest 2014 with bands such as We Came As romans and many more. New Born Authority just released their self-titled debut album mastered by Steve Rizun from Drive Studios. The album is available on iTunes, Spotify, and everywhere else.
The Ophelia Project is a one-woman opera/theatre hybrid exploring the fractured psyche of Shakespeares Ophelia starring Cree Carrico, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1780837189/the-ophelia-project
Soprano Cree Carrico is an emerging singing actress whose repertoire spans roles of Mozart and Verdi to the recent creations of Corigliano and Heggie. She performed Marie Antoinette in The Ghosts of Versailles, Jenny Smith in Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, and Liza Elliot in scenes from Kurt Weills Lady in the Dark, all at Manhattan School of Music. In the spring of 2013, Cree gave the New York premiere of Heggies monodrama At the Statue of Venus, performed in Carousel with the New York Philharmonic, starring Nathan Gunn and Kelli OHara, and curated and performed The Ophelia Project, a unique program of art songs, arias and monologues, at the National Opera Center. Equally at home in musical theater, Cree performed in Cabaret, Sunday in the Park with George , and worked closely with John Kander on a new version of Flora the Red Menace at while at Oberlin. A finalist in the Ades Competition, Lotte Lenya Competition and for the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Cree currently studies with celebrated pedagogue Marlena Malas and returns to Chautauqua Opera this summer for her role debut as Baby Doe in The Ballad of Baby Doe.
Alaina Whitney, Christoph Tallerico and Daniel Kawka from the youtube series COST OF LIVING THE SERIES, https://www.youtube.com/user/costoflivingseries
Cheyenne Jolene is the backup singer for The Big Bang, one of Music Connection Magazines 2012 & 2013 hot 100! A soul shakin, groove makin, alt soul band based out of Los Angeles, CA. www.thebigbangmusic.com
Haikaas musical journey began in Japan when Sony Music discovered her as a teen. She performed and toured in a girl band, and through this experience she heard her musical calling. She also started songwriting and realized the liberation it brought to her. She studied classical music, Japanese folk-singing, bossa nova, and pop. She also started speech therapy to fine-tune her vocal and hearing instruments. This combination of vocal training and speech therapy is the basis for her ability to hear and reproduce sounds in varying languages. All the projects she creates or participates in fit into a concept she calls “ThreeToHappy”, ie, honor yourself, honor others, honor the planet. In March 2013, Haikaa released her single “Turn On The Dark” which establishes a parallel between the importance of introspection for our soul and natural light for the preservation of nocturnal wildlife. To further expand on some of these ideas, Haikaa also published her thought-provoking book “What is Diversity?” where she discusses issues ranging from sexuality to health, democracy to ethics, and environment to consumption from the perspective of diversity.
James Moore is a Canadian music promoter who runs Independent Music Promotions, a DIY PR company focusing exclusively on “music with depth” worldwide. A popular music blog is maintained under the company banner at www.independentmusicpromotions.com. James Moore is also the author of the best-selling “Your Band Is A Virus” music marketing book. His work, most notably his “Can We Get In Pitchfork?” piece, has become one of the most shared pieces on Music Think Tank, having been spread by the likes of Reverbnation, CDBaby, the Lefsetz Letter, the Indie Bible, Indie-music.com, DIY Daily and Buzzsonic.com.
James Moore and Independent Music Promotions have been featured in many publications including Vandala Magazine, Antimusic, CDBaby, The Ripple Effect, Dotted Music, Evolver.fm, Music Think Tank, Hypebot, IAE Magazine, Think Like A Label, and Alancross.ca.
ARSON-STRIKE is an American band formed in 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. The band started out playing in different venues on the Sunset Strip, like the Whisky a GoGo, Rainbow Bar & Grill and the now extinct Key Club. The first line up consisted of Ferdinand, Matt and Rui. In 2013, Steve Anderson joined ARSON-STRIKE, fact marked by the recording of the first video for the first singe: “Overdrive”. They are currently writing and playing in Los Angeles, CA.
Joel Van Dijk is a certified "triple threat". Joel makes his living playing guitar and producing, while in the meantime recording, writing, and singing on his own records. He has just released his highly-anticipated second full album, A Kind Of Blues, and obviously bluesy follow up to his first release, "Truthseeker." Joel has been playing with Aloe Blacc for the last 5 years, playing on shows like Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live, SXSW, Coachella, Queen Latifah, Letterman, and is about to tour with none other than Bruno Mars
Originally from Reykjavik, Iceland, Mezzo-Soprano Dora Armannsdóttir received her classical training at The Reykjavik Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts, under the guidance of Olof Kolbrun Hardardottir, where she graduated with distinction. And furthered her studies at the Opera Department at The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She attended masterclasses with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Robin Stapleton, Kristinn Sigmundsson and Jonas Ingimundarson. Dora completed the Pacific Opera Young Artists Program in Sydney, Australia. Next to her solo career she performed with Opera Australia as a chorister in Sydney and Melbourne productions of Madame Butterfly, Macbeth, Lakme, La Boheme, The Pearlfishers, and La Traviata Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. She has performed at: Sydney Opera House, Arts Center Melbourne, Volksoper Vienna, Bayreuth Young Artists Festival, Opera Brasov, The Icelandic Opera, The Reykjavik City Theatre, National Theatre of Iceland and Carnegie Hall. Dora is also a renowned concert singer. Concert repertoire includes Alto-Solos in oratorios like Bachs Johannes Passion, Vivaldis Gloria and Faurés Requiem, Mozarts Requiem. She toured to Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Krakow with Mitteleuropaisches Kammerorchester singing Mahlers Kindertotenlieder. She currently resides in Oslo, Norway.
Lindsay Katt is a Recording Artist and Singer Songwriter, currently residing in NYC. She has been featured on shows such as MTV's "The Real World" Syfy's “Being Human” as well as ABC shows such as "Castle" “Alias” and “Switched at birth” (just to name a few).Her music videos have aired on LOGO and MTV.
Bobby Owsinski started his career as a guitar and keyboard player, songwriter and arranger, eventually becoming an in-demand producer/engineer working not only with a variety of recording artists, but on commercials, television, and motion pictures as well. Living in Los Angeles and always on the cusp of the latest technology, he was one of the first to delve into surround sound music mixing, co-founding the industry leader Surround Associates and eventually working on over a hundred surround projects and DVD productions for a variety of legendary superstar acts including The Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Iron Maiden, The Ramones, and Chicago among many others. Along the way he has taught various disciplines of audio recording and multimedia production at Berklee College of Music, Trebas Recording Institute, and Nova Institute, and has been a guest lecturer at numerous colleges and universities around the world. He has also authored several courses for Berklee as well as the Multimedia Production curriculum for Nova Institute, and a number of online video courses for Lynda.com. Bobby has become one of the best selling authors in the music recording industry with 23 books that are now staples in audio recording, music and music business programs in colleges around the world, including the best selling “Mixing Engineers Handbook” (now in its 3rd edition), “The Recording Engineers Handbook (2nd edition),” and “Music 3.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age (2nd edition).” He has also penned hundreds of audio-related articles for a variety of popular industry trade publications such as Surround Professional, EQ, Billboard, Film & Video, Hollywood Reporter, Pro Sound News, Mix, Grammy Magazine, Electronic Musician, Recording Engineer/ Producer and Music Executive Insider, among others. Bobbys Big Picture music production blog at bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com/ is one of the most popular in the industry with over 2 million views, while his Music 3.0 music industry blog at music3point0.blogspot.com recently exceeded the million mark. He also is a contributor to Forbes, writing about the new music business. His website can be found at http://bobbyowsinski.com.
Alan Ritchsons talks about auditioning for Thad Castle on Blue Mountain State, getting the Hunger Games Catching Fire role and shows us a clip of his new song Mojito
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Bhavana Reddy (daughter and principal disciple of world renowned Indian dancing couple Drs. Raja and Radha Reddy) started out as a dance but while pursuing a Bachelor in Commerce Honors degree at Lady Sri Ram College for Women, she realized her true passion for music and was recognized/awarded at various college solo and band competitions. Shortly after, Bhavana left for Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, where she was awarded “Outstanding Project” award. Having already lent her voice to Hollywood FOX Entertainments film Joyride 3, the songstress released her self-produced debut EP Tangled In Emotions, in February of 2014. The EP reflects the work of prominent engineers including John Would (engineer on Fiona Apples 2012 Grammy-Nominated album) and Reuben Cohen, from Lurssen Mastering (Slumdog Millionaire, Game of Thrones, Snoop Dogg). In addition, the EP boasts phenomenal guest musicians, including percussionist Blair Shotts (Rihanna, Drake, Adam Lambert), tablist Salar Nader (Lil John, Shaggy) and violinist Ray Suen (Flaming Lips, Mariachi El Bronx) to do justice to the complexities of an eastern-western blend of cultures. Bhavanas album is played in over 40 radio stations across USA & Canada and in Indias 3 Top National Radio Stations
Gabriel Forsman is a swedish/american session guitar player and songwriter based in Los Angeles. With 10 years of experience, he has recorded and played with groups that range from Funk, RnB, Fusion to Pop, Rock, and Metal. Turning 13, he joined his first band, Chains, which lasted for seven years. The group gained success, playing festivals like "Sweden Rock Festival", "Rock the night" and opening for bands like Gotthard, Fate, and Winger. In 2013, Gabriel graduated from GIT at Musicians Institute and was awarded "Best Musician" . Currently a session player and playing for Diana Feria.
It would take several years and lots of pushing from one of her biggest fans, Andrew Dice Clay, to finally get her to take her comedic talents to the stage. After co-starring with him in Dice Undisputed, Dice invited Eleanor to go on the road with him to promote the show. After seeing her one woman show, Andrew would no longer take no for an answer. “You’re hysterical and everyone should know that!” he said, and Eleanor has been performing stand up in clubs and theaters around the country ever since. Eleanor is also a graduate of the esteemed Joanne Baron and D.W. Brown acting studio in Santa Monica, California. She has had audiences rolling as one of the motorcycle riding, pool cue wielding tag team called Harleys Angels on UPNs Women of Wrestling and has made countless appearances on other major networks such as Nickelodeon and VH1.
Following a move from the UK to Iceland in 2006, Kitty developed a visual art series designed specifically to push the women taking part outside of their everyday self-imposed restrictions. This was the beginning of The Weird Girls Project, Kittys main visual arts series to date. In 2011, the Icelandic branch of UN Women chose The Weird Girls Project as a way to visually announce the name change from UNIFEM. In 2012, as well as work at home in Iceland, Kitty produced multiple pieces in China, as Converse’s sponsored artist, bringing the relatively new idea of pushing boundaries to everyday Chinese women, followed by a 3 month residency at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai where she focused on developing installation, performance, and painting. 2013 has seen Kitty invited to produce an episode of The Weird Girls Project in Germany as the opening work of Nordischer Klang Nordic arts festival also holding a solo exhibition as well as giving an artists talk at the established Krupp Kolleg in Greifswald. Kittys recent major work was a public light installation inspired by bioluminescence shown in the light festival of Reykjavík, Iceland and is due to travel to Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Manchester, UK. An independent feature length documentary film has been made on Kitty as a concept artist and her performance art series The Weird Girls Project. The documentary film is currently in post production and has already garnered International attention with pre-sales to TVP Poland and RUV Iceland and interest pending in Sweden, France, and Germany. The film is set to be released at International Film Festivals from July 2014 followed by an International theatrical, broadcast, DVD, and Online Release.
Founders Sofia Eng and Anna Kolber have in depth experience of the international markets, having been based in NY, Miami, London, Switzerland and Sweden before settling in LA as their home town. They have worked together casting non-scripted talent for International television company Friday TV part of The Shine Group. They have quickly established themselves as masters of finding outstanding reality characters, which has led to the discoveries of some of television’s most memorable and nominated personalities, like Maria Montazami, Anna Anka and Gunilla Persson from Swedish Hollywood wives, Astrid Bryan from Astrid in Wonderland, Princess Inge from Dutch Hollywood wives, Maria Bravos from Spanish Hollywood wives and Guy Clark from Great Swedish Adventure/Allt för Sverige to mention a few.
Jóra is an international duo hailing from the lands of the Vikings. These talented singer-songwriters, Jónína Aradottir from Iceland and Sara Broman from Sweden, met under the California sun in Los Angeles while seeking new experiences and adventures.
Both singers, songwriters and performers in their own right, with individual releases, they are now joining forces to travel the world, create music and memories of a lifetime.
Beginning his career at A&M Records in radio promotion, Ritch Esra moved into A&R at Arista Records, where he signed the Thompson Twins and worked with Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston. Since forming the Music Business Registry in the early 90s, he publishes directories (A&R, Publishers, Attorneys, Producers/Engineers, and Film/TV Music) that are widely regarded as the best, most up-to-date and accurate in the record industry.
The Axis of Awesome are The Worlds Most Awesomest Comedy Band. They have blown audiences away around the world, including the prestigious invite-only Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and four sold out seasons at the world’s largest arts festival, the Edinburgh Fringe. Their latest show received multiple 5-star reviews in its season at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2012, which they followed with their third tour of Sweden in as many years.They have also sold out seasons at the Adelaide Fringe and Cabaret Festivals, the Sydney and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, the Sydney Opera House, Perth Fringe World and the Singapore Flipside Festival. Their Four Chord Songis one of the highest rated comedy videos of all time on YouTube, and their YouTube videos have received over 80 million hits. They picked up the Time Out Award for Best Australian Act at the Sydney Comedy Festival, and they are also recipients of the prestigious Moosehead Award for their first ever Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, “The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular”. Their most recent international tours took them to the USA and Europe, selling out shows from LA and New York to London and Berlin. Their latest music video “Rage of Thrones” has over 1 million hits on YouTube, and its pretty darned awesome.
Rachelle and the Rising is a rock band, heard on KROCK and KAIO (radio stations in Hawaii) and done 3 tours. They released a zombie music video to their song "Face the World Alone" in 2013. Currently, they´re writing and playing shows in California.
Minna Stenberg is a folk/pop/indie singer/songwriter, in Los Angeles, California. She was born and raised in a small town in Finland, where she first started playing a finnish instrument kantele at a young age. Later on she moved on to learning guitar, singing and songwriting. Her songs are heavily influenced by personal experiences and acoustic folk music. In 2011 she left her home in Finland to attend Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, studying vocals and recording her first demo EP. After graduating in march 2013 she returned to Finland for a while, where she is currently writing new songs and performing as a backup vocalist.
After graduating high school, Jamie Cunninghamrecorded an album entitled "The Early Life." From there, he moved out to Los Angeles to study Guitar at Musician's Institute. That´s where he formed The Fire and The Phoenix, which consists of Jamie on lead vocals and guitars, Evan Pitonzo on bass, KC Miller on drums, Alec Ogg on keys and Max Fitelson on guitar. They are currently putting finishing touches on their live album and DVD, "Ignite: The Show," and are planning a college tour.
Alan Peterson is a comedian, writer, and producer. He has been doing stand-up since October 2009, opening for many comedic greats such as Damon Wayans. He frequently writes, produces, and stars in his own comedy videos that can be seen on FunnyorDie.com, YouTube, and many other sites and blogs. Some of his most notable works are "The Peter-Zone", "Bubble Gut", "Stay Thirsty", "Church: The Sixth Member of Scooby Doo", "Pink Washington", and "Beats By Barry". He was awarded Entertainment Actor of the Year on Syracuse After Hours; a sketch comedy show on Cirtus TV.
Ryan Andrews is a Los Angeles-based composer, producer, sound designer, and performer. His work has been featured in theatrical advertising campaigns for feature productions (such as Insidious Chapter 2), television promos, and video games. His work has also been performed by Grammy award-winning artists. He has had the privilege of working with a wide variety of acclaimed artists, from jazz legend Lyle Mays to Broadway star Lauren Kennedy to country phenom Frankie Ballard. Born in Chicago and raised in Michigan, Ryan received his Bachelors degree in jazz performance and Spanish from Western Michigan University and his Master´s in composition and production from the University of Miami. While in school, Ryan was the recipient of ten Downbeat Student Music Awards and was awarded the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award in 2012.
A Brit musician now based on the East Coast USA, David is one half of the songwriting team behind the band My Lucky Fish. Working in the airline industry for 19 years, his business experience spans project management, accounting, finance, economics, business development, strategy, and marketing. He has been a musician for 30 years and a songwriter for 15. He created the Global Musicians Fish Pond in April 2011 with the vision of bringing musicians and music listeners from all over the world together in one place to create a community with a passion and a heart for music.
Ginny Luke has 19 years of training on violin and piano and 14 years in voice. Career highlights this year include playing violin on Britney Spears “Perfume”, Will.I.Am’s “#willpower” record, Ruben Studdard’s “Unconditional Love” record featuring Stevie Wonder, and recording violin/vocals on jazz/fusion album "Purposeful Porpoise" with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and producer Gustavo Farias. Live show highlights include performing with Daughtry on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, accompanying Ricky Martin, Miguel Bose, Laura Pausini and Jaunes on the Latin Grammy's, touring with Grammy award-winning rock artist Meat Loaf on electric violin and backup vocals, and touring Spain with electric violin group SAGA Strings. At SXSW 2014, Ginny was featured as “Special Guest” for two solo artist performances on the Texas Rockfest main stage with her band. Ginny debuted on violin as a soloist with the WCFSO Symphony at age 14 and at Carnegie Hall at age 16. Ginny has held concertmaster positions in eight orchestras including Interlochen Symphony Orchestra, Colburn School of Music’s Orchestra Da Camera, and the California Institute of the Arts Orchestra. She has performed in 25 musicals and 4 operas. Ginny released two pop albums with girl-band Adam 812 at age 16 and a self produced pop/rock EP at 21. She has studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Colburn School of Music, Musician’s Institute, and California Institute of the Arts. Ginny wrote, produced and released her solo EP “Dark Charade” with Zach Fisher and Jon Prince of Big Bad Sound LA, available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Ginny is currently working on a solo album with music director Onree Gill (MD for Alicia Keys, Daughtry).
High Octane Rock N' Roll band Mad Temple consists of front man Kiliyan Maguire , guitarists "Stone Hand” Andrew & Bryant Joel, drummer Julian Shankle and Jeff Subauste on bass guitar. The band was founded in July of 2011 and quickly gained a following around California and the sounding states. Their tours have included stops at South by South West, Texas Rock Festival and the Sunset Music Festival. They opened up for Steel Panther at the House of Blues on Sunset Strip.
Marchan Noelle received her Associate of Arts Degree in Guitar Performance and Independent Artist the summer of 2013 from Musicians Institute. Her next endeavor was enrolling in the Audio Engineering program. 2014 includes performances at Hard Rock Cafe, House of Blues on The Sunset Strip, and other LA hot spots. Weekends performing on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. She´s releasing her EP Dreaming Wide Awake later this year.
Sheel Doshi is a Media Producer, Engineer, and drummer of Strange Habits. Strange Habits is comprised of a group of friends who set out to play progressive music, with meaningful lyrics, and without the limitations of a genre. The band consist of Sheel Doshi, vocalist Eric McGuire, guitarist Eric McCauley, and Bassist Brett Sparrey. They released their album Fear of All Fools in March 2014
Granted the VocalizeU Art Intensive scholarship of 2012 and California’s 2013 Hard Rock Battle Of the Bands finalist, Sarah D comes to Los Angeles to share and spread her girl power, infectious melody driven pop music. Completing her education at the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA, she can heard on numerous internet and college radio stations (Switch FM, Indies In Motion, AusPop, Radio Adelaide and Triple B). She´s performed at prestigious festivals and music conferences including the Pumpkin Patch Festival, Poppy Festival, Girls World Expo, Independent Music Conference, and the Entertainment Music Summit. Sarah D has obtained with her latest EP, ‘Over You’, rave reviews throughout a number of prestigious publications including The Adelaide Advertiser, Music News Nashville, Music Now Magazine, Songs That Should Be mainstream, Warped Magazine, and The Sound Alarm to name a few.
Mark Catalano is most known as a guitarist, singer and composer. After sharing the stage with Cleveland’s finest, a national tour, and several albums later, Mark headed west. He is currently writing, recording, and performing in Los Angeles, CA with his music as well as the band Hollowell.
Vahan Aslanyan is most known as the guitarist of Blackmore. The band is currently in preparation to record their first full-length EP with multi-instrumentalist and the exceptionally talented producer Sonny Mayo (formerly of Snot, Sevendust, Hed PE, AMEN) and currently with long time rockers Ugly Kid Joe. The band expects to see a release date in 2014
MICHELLE RAITZIN, most known for being on Team Blake Season 4 of NBC The Voice, tells us about her journey from Long Island, NY to LA . As a kid she was hired to sing on many professional recordings including: 9 Kids Bop CDs, 2 Barbie Hits CDs, a Pottery Barn Christmas CD, and a theme song for an animated film, titled "The Littlest Light", just to mention a few. She sang for numerous fundraisers, charity events, and made time to participate in many singing competitions around the country. Michelle brought home a prize of $10,000 to her high school by winning first place in NYC Radio Station WOR's "Shining Star" competition in 2010. At the age of 17, Michelle released her self titled debut album. She has appeared on three consecutive Royal Hunt albums.
Tita Hutchison has recorded and toured backing artists signed to major labels such as Capitol, Columbia, Sony, and Hollywood records, she has sung jingles, commercials, voice overs, demos, performed in bands of almost any genre you can think of, all while working two jobs and teaching at Musicians Institute in Hollywood. She has performed with legends like Paul Anka, Rick Ruben, Wayne Brady, etc. She is releasing her EP "Shine" in summer 2014.
David Wallimann is known for The Walliman Show, teaching guitar on youtube, as well as guitarplayback.com
Moa Henriksson is the singer/guitarist of the band Dead Heroine and guitarist of Priss (female Kiss tribute band)
Suvi is most known as an Indian singer, Bollywood Playback singer (100 regional movies), bands S5 and Soul Sonic, and is now pursuing a solo career.
Jonas Blomqvist is the guitarist for Superfix as well as guitar player at Saddle Ranch, restaurant at Universal and Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.
Alex Hughes is most known as professional a guitar player, singer/songwriter, comedian, and actor from Sydney Australia. He has played for Disneys Five and Dime, Universal All Access Band, CopyCats, Porter Lori, Hughes and Havick, and many others. As a solo acoustic artist, he released his debut EP in 2010 and then released his follow up EP "The Valley of Sean Penn" Sessions in 2013. As an actor, he has appeared in over 20 Australian films and television shows since 1997. He is also an accomplished stand up comedian having performed at The Comedy Store, Flappers, HAHA Comedy Club, Federal Bar, Formosa Café, as well as touring Nevada and Los Angeles.
Sam Zerin founded a nonprofit called the Joseph Achron Society, which revives lost Jewish compositions. With help from a few major Jewish classical music organizations, Zerin has re-published two large orchestral works by Achron and gotten them performed by major international musicians.
Vio is most known as the lead singer of Afraid of My Neighbor, played at venues such as Whiskey A Go Go, Molly Malones, Universal Bar and Grill, Club Moscow, and The Joint.
Want to know what it takes to be a successful musician in Hollywood? Drummer David Myers Jr. and Danish Bassist Line Sorensen tell us all about touring with Frank Ocean and Zendaya. From Ellen to Arsenio Hall to SNL, they´ve played shows people only dream about!
Adam Richmond is one of the youngest touring comic to come out of Canada, hes most known for NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” and “Last Call with Carson Daly”, can be heard regularly on XM radio and produces one of the most popular monthly shows in LA called "Richmonds House of Comedy". He performs regularly at such clubs as the Improv, The Laugh Factory, and the Comedy Store in the Hollywood Area.
Joe Solo is a Record Producer who developed Macy Gray and worked with artists such as Fergie, Michael Jackson, Erykah Badu, Rick Rubin, Quincy Jones, and has composed music in TV, Movies, and games including Dancing with the Stars, One Tree Hill, O.C., MTV, HBO, NBC, Fox Sports Music, and Hasbro games along with countless others! Now he conducts his own Music Success Workshop.
Donnie Gee is an actor, musician and owner of commercial production company. He´s played at the Sundance Film Festival with his band Route 11 and plays in other bands like Seneca and The River and Brooklyn and the City Stones. See his film career on IMDB
Singer-Songwriter Anna Beatriz arrived to the United States from Santos, Brazil with a long list of accomplishments, and an even longer list of dreams. Her teenage years were spent teaching piano, playing for church, writing jingles and discovering her own voice as an artist while traveling with her band. In 2006, Anna recorded her first record and had exceptional success follow. During her studies at Musicians Institute she co-wrote an entire musical that was sent off to Brazil, taught music and performed.Anna completed her Associate of Arts degree in Musicians Institute's Vocal Program, where she won the Outstanding Student Award. Her EP Beautiful Ride is available on Itunes
Coreen Sheehan is five-time nominee (and three-time winner) of LAs Best Rock Vocalist Award, and nominated for the Grammys Music Educator Award in 2013. She is most known for touring and recording with artists such as: Whole Lotta Rosies, Richie Kotzen, Richie Zito, (Japan’s) Tyed Dyed Junkies and Bricks Dance Company and live performances include shows alongside the likes of David Lee Roth and The Foo Fighters. She served as music consultant for the series “You Rock” (VH1), where she prepared vocalists for performances with artists such as Rod Stewart and The Bare Naked Ladies. Coreen has written and recorded an instructional book with Hal Leonard Publications entitled "Rock Vocals". Coreen teaches at Musicians Institute and received the Vocal Instructor of the Year Award (2008) for her work there.
Zack Rosenblatt has worked in post-production on films such as Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol as well as visual effects for Parental Guidance and Chasing Mavericks
Jokull Jonsson is the lead singer and founder of The Evening Guests and composes music for The Smiley Face and The Frown Entertainment Group.
Chris Hicke is most known as a former bassist of the death metal band Nihilitus and event staff at the Epicentre in San Diego, CA.In this interview he talks about bad promotion, pay to play and what he learned from playing in LA.
From the Bay area to Hollywood, Andy Ford, music director of the online metal radio station KXRZ The Razor and host of "Monster Metal" every Saturday afternoon at 3:00pm PST on www.therazorkxrz.com, talks about the metal scene and his career from selling fanzines, to KNC to Razor and the famous and not so famous people he met along the way.
JP Rapozo is an Artistic Director and one of the founding members of the The Smiley Face and The Frown Entertainment Group. Award winning director, writer, and actor currently working on The Vagina Monologues and starring in the Docuseries On The High Note
Brian "Hacksaw" Williams is the lead singer of the band Damn Hippie Freaks and Racer X. He´s got a Bachelors from UCLA and vocal performances that have been featured in a number of TV shows, including “The Mentalist” (CBS), “Men of a Certain Age” (TNT), "Sons of Anarchy "(FX) and “The Life and Times of Tim” (HBO). In 2008, Brian joined forces with former Megadeth Drummer Nick Menza to form the band Deltanaut (with whom he is currently recording and performing in Southern California). At MI, Brian teaches Extreme Vocals, The Art of Success, Private Lessons and the Hard Rock Live Performance Workshop.
Best known for their roles as Robbo and Mason Turner on the hit Australian TV Series Neighbours as well as Conspiracy 365, Aaron Jakubenko and Taylor Glockner talk about filming in Australia vs. US.
Raihanna Estrada is known as the California Country Girl, having performed at The Wiltern Theater, The Egyptian Theater, Sacramento County Fair, Fremont Festival of the Arts, California Poppy Festival, Stagecoach Festival and opening for Gwen Sebastian, Craig Campbell and The Farm at Nevada Wildfest in Las Vegas in 2012. Her debut album, Raihanna Estrada is available on itunes and Cdbaby
Don Barris is most known as the audience warmup for Jimmy Kimmel Live, the movie Windy City Heat, and the Big 3, Simply Don, and Ding Dong Show podcasts. He also has the longest running show in The Comedy Store´s history, The Ding Dong Show.