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on your way to being
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Robert
G. Ploska
Robert
G.
Ploska, a partner
of
Zoom Management, is
an accomplished
Composer,
Musician,
Producer and
Studio
Engineer,
with
a background
in Alternative
Rock,
Heavy
Metal,
Pop,
Fusion
Jazz,
New
Age
and
Classical
Music. His
own
CD's are
currently
available
worldwide,
with
many
thousands
being
sold
to date.
He
has a real
talent in discerning
unique and
talented artists
and is very
honest with
his
opinions.
Robert
maintains
a good
relationship
with
major
manufacturers
and
distributors
of Pro-Audio equipment
and electronic
instruments. His
knowledge of
today's
digital
recording systems
as well
as analog gear (including
vintage
microphones),
enables
him
to also
make
[equipment]
suggestions
to help
bring
out
the
best
in an artists
performance.
Darren
Crisp
Darren
Crisp
has
been in the
recording
business
for
eighteen years.
His
journey into music
started
as a
singer/songwriter which
led
into producing
artists
and
eventually owning
a world
class
recording
facility
in Fayetteville,
AR. "Crisp
Recording
Studios".
Darren's
commitment
to
excellence is best
revealed
in
listening to the
recordings
he
produces. Heightened
sensitivity
to
aspects of performance,
arrangement,
and
song
writing,
to
technical skills
in
recording, mixing, and
mastering
has
given
Darren
a
comprehensive outlook
on
every facet
of
the recording
process.
Ray
Brown
Ray
Brown (Tokyo Flash)
Ray played
keyboard
with
several
bands
before
deciding
to form
his own
band,
The Soul
Syndicate.
His band
was working
with
a 3 voice
brother
and sister
act called
Whirlwind
when
he was
discovered
by their
manager,
Phil
Braxton,
who also
managed
the hot
disco
group
Ecstasy, Passion
and Pain.
Ray was
auditioned
and invited
to join
Ecstasy, Passion
and Pain
and toured
nationally
and internationally
with
them
for over
a year.
During
a show
on
the same
bill
with
the
Jimmy Castor
Bunch,
he
was asked
by
Jimmy Castor
if
he would
be
interested in joining
his
group. He was
interested
and
played with
the
Bunch for many
years.
Brad
Byers
Brad's
music
career
began
in 1964
when
his father
promoted
the Denver
leg of
the Beatles
first
American
tour.
Brad
has performed
with
numerous
music
personalities
on the
Las Vegas
strip
for the
past
25 years.
As a
drummer,
he endorses
Yamaha
Drums,
Paiste
Cymbals,
and Pro-Mark
Drumsticks.
Mark
Goldstein
Mark
Goldstein is an entertainment
industry consultant/personal
manager, providing advice,
guidance, and direction
to recording artists, record
producers, songwriters,
composers, independent
record labels and personal
managers concerning all
aspects of their business
in entertainment.
Clients
include: Shawn Mims, “Love
Em All” featuring
Choclair And Mr. Mims,
Produced by Baby Blue
Soundcrew,
(Universal Music,
Canada) Function, “What
We Got” The
Mystery of Beat
Boxing,
(Jive Records, Germany).
Mr. Goldstein
began his
career in music as
a musician/songwriter.
He is a formally trained
guitarist with a solid
background in music
who performed and toured
the United States with
rock groups, jazz combos
and show bands. He
also wrote and produced
radio
jingles for federally
funded local government
training programs that
aired nationally and
received a citation
for his efforts.
Joey
Welz
Joey
Welz began his career
as a singing piano man
in the middle 50's with "Rock
Around The Clock".
As a featured pianist
with Bill Haley and the
Comets, he is one of the
Founding Fathers of Rock
and Roll and one of the
world's first singing
pianists. He began recording
in 1955 before Little
Richard and Jerry Lee
Lewis, making his first
Rock and Roll records
in his hometown of Baltimore
with his band, the Jayrockers.
It was in this year that
Joey began working with
Bill Haley and the Comets,
first as a band boy and
then as the opening act
for the Comets. Influenced
by the rhythm and blues
of Fats Domino, Joey was
one of the first pianists
to combine Boogie Woogie
piano with Rock and Roll
and created, in part,
the basic piano licks
heard in many of the early
Rock and Roll records.
With Bill Haley singing
Country Swing, the Comets
added a back beat and
saxophone to the mix,
accented by Big Band licks
and a Boogie Woogie rhythm,
this Rock and Roll was
born. It was named by
Alan Freed from the lyrics
of one of Haley's first
songs.."The
Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie".
