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Anne Litt
Anne Litt
What professional accomplishments are you most proud of and why?
As far as professional accomplishments go, I’m most proud of having a forum and having the ability to introduce new artists who might otherwise not get heard, at least in the commercial world. Torq (and KCRW) enables me to do that and has revolutionized how I do it. Little Miss Sunshine and the 2008 NBA playoff campaign are two of my favorite recent music supervision jobs. As far as radio goes, I’m incredibly proud of launching KCRW’s 24/7 music channel a couple of years ago and spearheading an almost 2 year new DJ / o... more
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Multi-Instrumentalist/Producer/Composer (Joe Cocker, Cirque du Soleil)
Electronic Musician
Istanbul-based collaborative project artificialeyes.tv brings people closer to the art form of live video mixing
There is hardly another German rock act able to compete with ATROCITY in the arenas of versatility, self-sufficiency, and constant musical reinvention.
Brandon Arnovick a.k.a. The Bastard Prince has worked with Dan the Automator, his production team Rondo Brothers and band Lovemakers
Producer/Arranger/Performer (Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Enrique Igesias)
Saxophonist (Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Anita Baker)
Jazz Drummer (Dave Baker, Henry Grimes, Bud Powell)
Bassist/Producer (Reel Big Fish, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Food For Feet)
Artist/Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist (Beck, Blink 182, Pete Yorn)
Born into a family of musicians in India, Tauseef Akhtar was initiated into music very early in his childhood. At the age of 15 he recorded his first album (Aashiyan) as a music composer, and since then, he has never looked back.
[a]pendics.shuffle aka Kenneth James Gibson releases records on many labels,
including Adjunct and his own label Orac.
Producer/Rapper/Singer
House DJ
A pioneer of the Alternative Latin style, Gustavo Santaolalla has produced some of the genre’s most original and successful artists...
John Kelley and DJ Brian
Electronic Musicians/DJs
Electronic Musicians/DJs
Band to the World Famous Black Eyed Peas
Puerto Rican rock band black:guayaba is already a part of Puerto Rico’s musical history.
Electronic/Trance Musician
Producer/Songwriter/Drummer (Christina Aguilera, CeCe Winans, MTV)
Guitarist/Composer/Writer/Educator
Organist/Professor (UCLA)
Composer (JUANES)
DJ/Radio Personality/Producer
Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist (Juliana Hatfield, Jill Sobule, Amanda Marshall)
Singer/Songwriter
Acoustic & Electric Bassist (OutKast, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige)
Multi-talented DJ, producer, musician, and record label co-founder, King Britt, has been ahead of the electronic music scene for the past couple decades. He continues to push the boundaries of music with a sound like no other.
Film Composer (Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, Mission: Impossible II)
Musical director, keyboardist, and composer Michael Bearden has performed and/or recorded with some of popular music’s biggest names including Madonna, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Chaka Kahn, Patti...
M-Audio mourns the passing of Grammy-winning tenor saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker.
Rafael Bittencourt is a guitarist, composer and founding member of world-renowned metal band Angra. In October 2006, the band...
Guitarist Steve Brown plays over 275 shows a year and has written three Billboard Top 100 singles
Veteran producer and music maker, Thavius Beck, has built a reputation on innovative and unique sounds. Beyond his live performances, Thavius's work can be heard on a variety of movie and television outlets.
Guitarist Bernie Chiaravalle has performed and worked with Michael McDonald for 20 years and has released several solo albums
Jazz Pianist/Composer
Electronic Musician/Composer/Remixer
Electronic Musicians/DJs/Producers
Commuter’s elegant pop music has been featured on television shows such as The O.C.
With a suitable name, CROSSOVER is more than an electronic music project. Since 2005, the union between DJ and Producer Julio Torres and the violin player and arranger Amon-Rá, brought out a unique sound which created an identity and conquere...
Reggae, Dub, Bossa Nova, Jazz, and Electronica Band
Composer (Al Jarreau, Herbie Hancock, John Frankenheimer)
Songwriter and solo artist, Gustavo Cerati first ascended to fame as the guitarist/vocalist for the famed argentinean rock band Soda Stereo.
Bassist (They Might Be Giants, Sarah McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright)
South American DJ/Producer
Grammy-Nominated Producer/Remixer/DJ
Drummer (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan)
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs have been widely-acclaimed as one of the world’s most important rock bands of the past two decades.
Mauricio Claveria is one of the most experienced and acknowledged drummers in Latin America...
Award-winning sound designer and composer Sean Charles’ audio production can be found throughout numerous premiere video games. Charles has worked with several cutting-edge game development companies—including Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive and ...
Drummer Sterling Campbell has performed with a variety of influential artists, including David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper and Rufus Wainwright
Percussionist (Don Henley, Sting, Billy Joel, James Taylor)
Band to Christian Rocker David Crowder
Producer/Engineer/Drummer (Natalie Cole, George Clinton, DJ BattleCat, Snoop Dogg)
Electronic Production Duo
Innovative Christian Rock Band
Iconic Rock Band For More Than 25 Years
One of the West Coast's most promising rap producers, DJ Battlecat made a name for himself by laying down beats for Snoop Dogg and his affiliates...
From humble beginnings out of Brooklyn, NY, DJ Ease took the craft of DJing and made an art form out of it, taking him from the streets... to the clubs... to around the world.
From the radio to clubs, DJ Enrie has built a reputation for his diversity in moving and adjusting with the times. His legendary mix show residency on Los Angeles-based hip-hop radio station Power 106 put him on the map, while his DJ skills continue ...
Los Angeles-based DJs/producers Haul and Mason are firmly establishing themselves as the party-rocking DJ duo to watch. The two So-Cal residents have been founding and maintaining residencies at club nights, producing original tracks, playing live wi...
Widely regarded as one of the premier selectors in the nation, DJ Heather, has taken over the electronic house scene for the past decade. Releasing records on both, Om Records and her own label Blackcherry Recordings, she has been at the forefront of...
Talented, Experienced, and well known for his mass appeal…it’s DJ Miner of the Bum Squad Dj’s.
I have produced more than 250 tracks in more than 17 different albums since 1995...
Along his career, Patife always respected and prized the electronic music and Dj precursors; these people are the ones he finds inspiration on and feels great admiration for.
Charissa Saverio, also known as DJ Rap, has been the undisputed queen of the hardcore and drum and bass turntables for the last eight years. A label owner,...
Long-time Los Angeles radio mix show DJ, Raphiki, has powered through the hip-hop music scene expanding beyond radio and clubs, into producing mix tapes.
Turntablist DJ Revolution has worked alongside legendary artists Jazzy Jeff and DJ Premier and DJs The Wake Up Show on Power 106 in Los Angeles.
DJing and producing is all about talent and personality and Ricky Stone has bags of both.
DJ Sugar Kid is considered by many in the latin industry, as one of the precursors of electronic music in Puerto Rico.
Considered one of Chile’s most influential and respected Djs. Dj Wask is able to create an incomparable climax at his live shows.
Dntel, aka Jimmy Tamborello, has been a staple in the indie electronic music scene for the past couple decades. As one half of electronic indie pop band, The Postal Service, Jimmy has carved out an innovative place for himself in indie music history.
Guitarist/Songwriter (Nu-Instrumetal (Favored Nations))
World-Music/Native American Flutist
Sau Paulo-based guitarist of renowned Brazilian pop/rock group RPM, Fernando Deluqui has had a solid career as a producer and arranger...
Video Artist/VJ/Software Designer (Thomas Dolby, Eminem, Sasha, John Digweed)
Bassist (Bobby Brown, Lenny Kravitz, Michael McDonald, Duncan Sheik)
Richard Devine is one of the most well respected names in electronic music, remixing top artists like Aphex Twin and Mike Patton (Faith No More)
The story of Machine Head begins in 1991 in a tiny rented space adjacent to the beach in Venice, California. A tiny monitor, a dat recorder, a synthesizer...
Emmy Award-winning sound editor (Lost, Law & Order, Alias, Twin Peaks)
Grammy-nominated recording artist/producer Vikter Duplaix has released numerous solo records and has contributed to albums from Erykah Badu, Jamiroquai and many more
Legends of Funk, R&B, Soul and Jazz
El Tambor de la Tribu is a project that merges different rhythms of Latin music with cutting edge sounds covering genres such as rock, reggae, soul & ska merged with the “Son”, Cumbia and Vallenato achieving a Latin pop rock mix, which on stage creat...
Electronic Musician
Tooth & Nail’s Emery has released two albums to critical acclaim, touring the country and headlining events such as the Vans Warped Tour in 2005
Drummer (Pink, Skye Sweetnam, Fefe Dobson, Toto, Jean-Michel Byron)
Composes, also plays drums, bass and organ.
Tobias Enhus began his musical odyssey as a child fascinated by, and
experimenting with, sound. Perhaps being raised in two very distinct and
polarized environments, (Sweden and the Middle East) gave Enhus' a taste for both organic and technologica...
Guitarist/Songwriter/Producer (Chris Falson and The Amazing Stories, The Platters, The Ink Spots)
Keyboardist/Programmer (Duran Duran, Menudo, Eddie Dee, Daddy Yankee)
Infusing traditional jazz with classic hip-hop and some psychedelic sounds, Free the Robots (Chris Alfaro) continues to draw a massive underground following from LA to Montreal.
Producer/DJ
Yves has been the resident keyboard player for Canadian diva Celine Dion since 1990. He has played with Celine to packed audiences in every corner of the globe and recorded three live albums with her.
Pianist/Keyboardist/Producer/Musical Director (George Benson, Cher, Michael McDonald, WIngs)
Progressive-House DJs
Big Beat DJ Duo
Grammy Award-Winning Salsa Group
With his project "Guardner" and the long player Somedays In My Life, Marcus has been topping the chill-out charts across Germany.
Hipsters Filip Nikolic and Johnny Love make up this California-based dance duo who have been referred to as "America's answer to Justice." Guns 'n' Bombs is known for taking underground clubs by storm with their ambitious style of robotic electronica...
Jazz Organist/Pianist (John Scofield, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, James Taylor)
Argentinean artist Leo García, Gustavo Cerati’s protégé and former leader of the techno-pop band Avant Press, is a respected singer/songwriter and innovative electronic musician...
From the classical music he played in his childhood to his later love for pop stars like Billy Joel and Elton John, Loren Gold's life has been defined by his romance with the acoustic piano...
Pianist Mike Garson has performed with many greats, such as The Smashing Pumpkins and David Bowie and has recorded twelve solo albums.
At the age of nine, his prodigious talents brought him to Columbia University. In 1975, he was discovered by Berry Gordy, who brought Mr. Goldstein to LA, under contract to Motown, as a recording artist / composer and producer.
Guitarist/Tech (X-Rated Cowboys, Sheryl Crow, the Finn Brothers, the Foo Fighters, Bob Seger)
Electronic Musician/Philanthropist (Suede, Hydro, Wonderstuff)
Recording engineer (Tom Waits, Fantomas, Wallflowers, Peeping Tom)
Producer/Music Director (Kelly Clarkson, Nick Carter, American Idol MD)
Norwegian-Born Singer/Songwriter
Keyboardist (Rihanna, Liz Phair, Fall Out Boy, Cheyenne Kimball)
Violinist/Electronic Musician (Led Zeppelin, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Porno for Pyros)
While great players are said to be cut from the proverbial cloth, Michael “Fish” Herring's particular piece must be taken from an intricate quilt, lovingly and expertly crafted over the years...
During the course of 15 seasons on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, keyboardist Scott Healy has experienced a wild—and sometimes unpredictable—ride. Besides performing every night with the Max Weinberg 7, Healy and the other ...
Toy Hernández, the mix-master wizard for Monterrey's Spanish hip-hop pioneers Control Machete, has created a whole new hybrid by mixing Mexican soundscapes with contemporary urban rhythms.
Mark Isham's dynamic and diverse musical career has included a Grammy, an Emmy, and multiple Grammy, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his material as both a composer and a recording...
Industrial/Techno/Trance Rock Group
Legendary scratch-artist and DJ/producer for Public Enemy, Johnny Juice, has been credited for helping to put urban music on the map. His talents are broad and vast, aside from his multi-GRAMMY nominations with PE, Juice has also earned EMMY nominati...
Colombian Singer/Composer/Guitarist/Musician/Producer
DJ/Producer
Bassist/Guitarist/Singer (Gavin DeGraw, The Crash Test Dummies, Wayne Krantz)
DJ/Producer and Alpha Pup Records co-founder, Daddy Kev, has been a staple in the underground music scene for the past two decades. His vision of allowing artists to fully express themselves with zero censorship has generated a new bred of indie musi...
Producer (Tony Bennett, Stevie Nicks, Sublime, Sugar Ray, K.D. Lang)
Composer (2002 Olympics, The Patriots
Co-founder of DETUND Records (aka Detriot Underground), electronic dance producer Kero has captivated audiences his unique blends of sounds and textures, capitalizing on technology.
Co-signed by Just Blaze, Kidz in the Hall are representative of the new face of hip-hop. Ivy League graduates for the University of Pennsylvania, the duo brings a fresh and sophisticated sound with a classic hip-hop twist.
Electronic Musicians/Producers
DJ/Producer/Remixer/Composer
Keyboardist Scott Kinsey, best known for his work as part of the critically acclaimed electric jazz band Tribal Tech, delved into the world of synths at an extremely young age. His father, a jazz pianist with a passion for...
Obtained a degree in Bachelor of Arts, Television Host, Two times winner of the CASANDRA AWARD...
With a solid radio background and a diverse ear for music, Anne Litt has built a career on discovering eclectic artists taking her beyond a radio DJ and into the world of music supervision. From KCRW, to an Oscar-winning movie, to memorable TV commer...
Trance DJ
Guitarist (David Bowie, Duncan Sheik, Cyndi Lauper)
MTV composer Jamie Laboz uses M-Audio gear to craft sounds for TV shows like Run's House, Doggy Fizzle Televizzle and Wildboyz
Nature, romance, love, and lyric encases one of the most marvelous voices found within the current European Rock scene: Welcome to the fantastic world of LEAVES’ EYES!
3-Time Grammy-Winning Latin Band
Guitarist/vocalist Lachman's diverse career includes work with hard-rock greats Rob Halford, Dimebag Darrel and more
Steve Lawler is a definitive DJ and producer, renowned as one of the hardest working DJs in the industry with an acute ear for a tune and a technical ability that is second to none. His rise to the top has been the result of pure talent and dedicatio...
Grammy-nominated recording artist/producer
Miranda combines rock sounds and jazz textures to create what he calls “Naturist Impressionist Music”...
Multi-Instrumentalist/Songwriter/Producer (Stevie Wonder, George Clinton, Barry White, Michael Jackson)
Guitarist (Miles Davis, Tony Williams, The Rolling Stones)
Producer/Engineer/Educator (Toto, George Huff)
Born in May 6th 1967 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
Toured as pianist with legendary masters group "FANIA ALL STAR"...
Entrenched in the southern California music scene, Matt Seigel aka "MATTER" is an accomplished DJ, music producer, composer, performer, engineer, and professor of music.
San Francisco-based, Mochipet, has earned a worldwide reputation for producing challenging experimental electronic music. Released on dozens of indie labels around the world, including his own Daly City Records, Mochipet has also worked with an eclec...
Moenia was founded in 1991 as a synth-pop group inspired by the European electronic music groups of the ‘80s...
Moist formed in Vancouver in 1993 and immediately started touring, taking time when they could to record the songs that best represented their bombastic live..
Although Roger Manning was trained in classical music and jazz, his current reputation as a crazy keyboardist and cutting-edge remixer belies a marked evolution in...
Comprising composer/producer Andrés Goldstein, composer/producer Daniel Tarrab and producer/sound designer Sergio Molho, Buenos Aires-based Swing Musica has been garnering a long list of credits producing original music for countless films, internati...
Some DJs build up their sets slowly, peak it and fade out slowly…. but for someone like Tuhin who is Brutal By Birth…it’s Brute Force all the way….
Nashville Keyboardist on the Cutting Edge
Jorge Nasser is actually one of the most important musician of the uruguayan scene.
The rock group “Nenhum de Nós” is one of the major success bands in Brazil...
The definition of experimental is personified in the diverse music of LA-based producer Nosaj Thing. Having shared the stage with notables such as Prefuse 73, Daedelus, and Flying Lotus, he has staked his claim amongst the most innovative music creat...
NUDE is a techno music project that was founded in January of 1995 by Marcelo Gallo...
Our vision as a group is to elevate the status of digital music-making to new artistic heights...
Music has been a part of Renato's family life since he was a child...
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Keyboard Tech/Programmer (The Cure, Bjork, Tears for Fears, Annie Lennox)
Percussionist/Producer (Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Black Eyed Peas)
Fito Páez, one of the most emblematic figures of Argentinean rock music, began his career playing with Charly García...
Keyboardist (Jane's Addiction, Liz Phair, Gwen Stefani)
Producer/Arranger/Performer (SNL Band, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Marvin Gaye)
Vermont-bred and California-based artist, Morgan Page, continues to gain notoriety for being able to maximize technology to create unique and innovative music. Morgan embodies all the essentials of a great music artist but also encompasses the value ...
Perimeter Sound Arts was founded on the premise of acoustic experimentation and electronic manipulation.
Rennie Pilgrem is the godfather of Nu Skool Breaks. With the release of 'A Place Called Acid' in 1995 and the birth of London club night 'Friction' with Adam Freeland, Tayo and Ian Williams ...
Rique Pantoja has a solid track record as composer/arranger, singer, keyboardist, producer and song writer. His solo career made him internationally known as a prolific writer in many styles. His CDs have been released in the U.S., Brazil, Japan, Aus...
Born in 1982 and frequently compared to such music greats as Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, this prodigious Brazilian musician has had a vertiginous career...
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Producer/Mixer/Recording Artist (Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Paul Oakenfold)
Producer/Engineer (Natalie Cole, Toto, George Benson, The Black Crows)
Producer/Engineer (Sting, Janet Jackson, TLC, Earth Wind & Fire)
Erik Rico has produced music for a variety of artists like Tupac Shakur, Jurassic 5 and Ladybug Mecca
Keyboardist/Songwriter/Arranger (Oleta Adams, Ronnie Laws, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
Composer (2008 Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Mission: Impossible II, Black Hawk Down)
M-Powered artist John Robinson has become the most recorded drummer in history.
Drummer/producer (George Benson, Natalie Cole, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind and Fire)
Michael Ramos' life has always been defined by the music surrounding him. "Some of my earliest memories are of riding in the car with my family listening to the current pop hits of the day on the radio...
If security is a kind of death, as Tennessee Williams wrote, then Rilo Kiley are doing their damndest to elude mortality...
Born in Los Angeles, schooled in Hawai'i, travelin’ this world with a voice and a guitar.
Satnam Ramgotra si the latest addition to the Asian Underground movement making waves into pop culture. Collaborating with jazz artist Rodney Lee, Satnam has brought new light to the modern day piano by infusing elements of Indian Classical tabla.
Aleks Syntek’s career as composer, musician, arranger, and solo artist spans more than 20 years...
Bassist (David Lee Roth, Mr. Big)
Singer/Songwriter
He began piano studies at age 7, in 1965, and joined the Conservatory Mario de Andrade, in Sao Paulo in 1977...
French-bred and Los Angeles-based, Mathieu Schreyer aka Mr. French, has earned a reputation for his eclectic and diverse music experience. An alumnus DJ of KCRW, Mathieu currently holds down a residency at Bar Marmont, has produced projects with nota...
There are DJs who turn up, play records and make people dance. And there are producers who make the dancefloor-igniting records those DJs will kill for. There are very few people in dance music who can do both and Sasha is the leader of the pack.
With an instinctive talent for adopting various music technologies, Trevor McFedries aka DJ Skeet Skeet, has carved out his unique place amongst the hipster DJ scene… from spinning at the hottest clubs in the world, to playing to huge concert crowds ...
Slam is Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle. Synonymous with Glasgowís underground house and techno scene...
Internationally renowned rock band Steriogram tours the world with M-Audio gear
Jamaican-bred but Miami-based, Stryke has been topping the electronic dance charts with his unique intricate sounds for years. Multi-talented as a recording artist, producer and DJ, Stryke brings a unique wealthy musical background for creating inspi...
From funk to soul to hip-hop, Suprema has always been ahead of the DJ game from her days mixing on KIIS-FM, to her club tours around the world. This Los Angeles-based DJ encompasses a unique blend of fashion and music.
The Supreme Beings of Leisure’s unique sound was created almost by accident; while recording a rap demo, Rick Torres, Kiran Shahani, and Ramin Sakurai asked Geri Soriano-Lightwood to try her hand at writing and...
Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, musical director and saxophonist. He has twenty-five solo recordings to his credit and for these efforts has earned twelve Grammy nominations and two Grammy...
Guitar Technician (Trisha Yearwood, The Mavericks, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Roy Parnell, Aerosmith)
Drummer (Genesis, Frank Zappa, Phil Collins)
Singer/Songwriter/Composer (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Malcolm in the Middle, Desperate Housewives)
Steve Tavaglione has worked on various films and television shows, including Bridge to Terabithia, Smokin’ Aces and CSI: NY
Eclectic, down-tempo DJ/producer, Take, has had his music described by fellow electronic musician Daedelus as "diamonds in the raw, coal yet compressed, and quite the same, people will be unearthing it for years to come.
In the four years since The Crystal Method released its debut album, Vegas, the members of the Los Angeles electronic music duo have barely had time to come up for air. Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan spent two years...
Tim Lee was born in January 1970 and, as far as his taste in erotica and facial hair is concerned, has not progressed much further. However when it comes to music Tim is not so stuck in his ways...
Known as one of Turkey’s most influential DJs, Murat Uncuoglu has traveled all over Europe, bringing his love of music and technology to the international stage.
Composer Will Urban’s credits include television shows House Doctor, T.R.A.X. and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse
Keyboardist (Lucybell, Los MIsmos)
Piano player, composer, arranger and a pioneer in the music and technology industry, areas in which he’s a professional as a user and an educator.
Grammy Award-Winning Producer (Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z)
Bassist (Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Hancock, Carmen McRae)
Guitarist (The Exies, Black Cherry)
Songwriter/Producer/Composer (Was (Was Not), Bob Dylan, Rickie Lee Jones)
Years ago, guitar player Lyle Workman’s unique talent propelled him from his humble beginnings in San Jose, California, launched him into the international spotlight...
Multi-talented RD White has done sound design for various film and television productions including Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and The Omen movie web trailers
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Drummer (Suzanne Vega, Duncan Sheik)
This internationally known percussionist, an Mexican-American of Los Angeles, has been keeping pretty busy these past few years...He was nominated Best Percussionist of the Year...
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