Publishing

Robert Case  President. New Pants Publishing

In the last 15 yearsMr. Case has had extensive experience in artist management, marketing,scheduling tours, and distribution and film and TV music placement. Recently,Mr. Case's songwriters songs have appeared on TV shows One Life to live on theSoap Network and South Park on Comedy Central.

Paula Savastano Owner.Savastano, Schmel, & Associates

Savastano beganher career in the Opera Administration field working for such companies as WolfTrap Opera, Central City Opera and The Greater Miami Opera.  She movedinto the field of Copyright, Licensing and Royalties in 1994 when she was hiredat Broadcast Music, Inc. Since then she has held positions at severalpublishing and record companies including Turn up the Music, Rykomusic, andSpirit Music Group.

Matt Vucic EvenTone Music

Originally fromCarlisle, Pennsylvania, Matt Vucic has spent the last 13 years performing,recording, and producing. He was cofounder of the Yves Jean Band with which hetoured extensively and recorded drums on two of the bands albums - Been ManyDays Empty and Rise above Your Surroundings. Presently Matt is playing drumswith Americana band, The Wheels.

Gigging

Adam Kowalcyk

As the youngbrother of one of Rock n’ Roll’s most respected frontmen, he has toured stagesfrom local venues to sold out stadiums around the world playing rhythm guitarfor the rock group LIVE. Fronting his own band, Adam and the Weight, his debutCD ‘Looking Up from the Ground’ was nominated for ‘Independent Pop Album of theYear’ at the LA Music Awards. Currently, Adam continues touring for LIVE,producing indie talent and, enjoying time with his family.

Crazy John KereczOSH Radio

Crazy John playsbass for 7th Layer, an alt/industrial/hip hop band that tours the east coastand elsewhere. He is also an Entertainment Journalist that owns and managesOSHRadio.com & The Ragazine Music Magazine. OSHRadio.com was originallyfounded in South Central PA seven years ago to promote local independent music.

Gary Spencer BerksJazz Fest

Spencer is theProduction Manager for the Berks Jazz Fest. He started off as the Stage Managerthere in 1997. He helps organize such events as Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz,Rehoboth Beach Autumn Jazz Festival, Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, and FirstNight Wilmington/Millennium.  Gary Spencer is a member of the Berks JazzCouncil who hosts the Berks Jazz Festival every year.

Lee Carroll

Foryears, Carroll played keyboards and toured, both nationally andinternationally, with a number of major artists including Exile, The Judds,Emmylou Harris and more. He left the life as a successful musician and is nowPresident and Operating Partner of Circle C Corp, an independently owned andoperated franchise of Papa John's Pizza. He owns eight restaurants in theHarrisburg, Pennsylvania area.

Law

JohnT. Robertson, Jr., Esq. Robertson LLC

GrammyAward Winning Producer/Label Owner: Since 1992, Robertson has also owned,counseled and managed numerous entertainment businesses including his tenure asPresident/General Counsel of Tug McGraw's (former Philadelphia Phillies / NewYork Mets relief pitcher) sports/entertainment management and marketingcompany, McGraw and Company from 2001-2004.

MarcT. Levin Rhoads and Sinon LLP

Levin representsand counsels clients in the music industry on a variety of legal and businessmatters. As a part-time musician himself, Marc brings his personal experiencesgained through working within the regional community of artists, venues,entertainment companies, booking agents, managers and producers to his clients.

Engineers

Morgan Stambaugh AndersonAudio

Stambaugh, an LVCrecording technology graduate, works for Anderson Audio. Anderson Audio hasprovided systems and engineering for many high profile clients, travelingextensively throughout the United States and internationally.

Matt Edgcomb WhitakerCenter

Matt Edgecombe,also an LVC MRT graduate, has toured with Ben Lee, Slow Runner, Grammynominated The Duhks, and mixed for John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. Turningdown offers from major tours, he took on the job of managing all of the sound,stage, and lighting for the Whitaker Center.

Matty Longo LongoDrums

Longo beganplaying the drums in 1986 at the age of 12 and has been recording since 1988.In 2004 he graduated from the School of Audio Engineering, and has sincecompleted recordings of both local bands and singer/songwriters. Longo Drumsofficially opened in late 2005 but has been in operation since the early 90s.They build one-ply, steam-bent snare drums out of exotic and domestic wood.

Venue

Anthony Bavaria ChampionShip Records, Safari So Good

Asthe co-owner of the Central Pa Music Venue Champion Ship, Bavaria hostshundreds of shows a year of varying genres. As a member of the bands Safari SoGood and The Commercials, Bavaria has booked, and toured the U.S. over 15times, as well as Canada and the UK with bands such as Me Without You, Bayside,and Keepsake.

FrankPhobia

Vocalistfor the band Anthrophobia,  Phobia is currently booking independent showsat various Central PA venues. From writing and playing with 'Phobia to bookingclubs, to owning skate park/ club Wooden Waves/ Sound Waves, Frank has beenvery involved in the music business. Currently, he co-owns and runs DRPRecords.

MeredithRebar Owner, Cherry Darling Productions

CherryDarling Productions provides artist management with press kits, promotion, andtour management.. The company books shows throughout Central PA and has beenhosting shows in the State College area with some nationally recognizedartists, including The Briggs, Left Alone, Flatfoot 56, The Vibrators, AgentOrange, and Michale Graves (former singer for The Misfits).

Recording Drums

DarenMetz

A professionalpercussionist who is currently performing with the Philadelphia SymphonyOrchestra, Luther Vandross Tribute Concert Series, and the Roots to Rhythm DrumClinic Tour. He started Luka Digital Systems, which is a mobile Pro-Toolssystem for providing artists with Live Pro-tools sessions of their events aswell as home recording session.

State of theIndustry

Nan Warshaw BloodshotRecords

Nan Warshawestablished Bloodshot Records in 1994 (with Rob Miller) as an independentrecord label based in Chicago, Illinois. The label specializes inroots-inflected indie rock. Bloodshot helped launch the careers of Ryan Adamsand Neko Case. Today Nan sits on the advisory boards of The Future Of MusicCoalition, and the Chicago Music Coalition.

Pam Baldwin MVDEntertainment Group

Pam Baldwin isthe marketing associate of MVD Entertainment Group. MVD initially actedprimarily as a one-stop, buying all labels' music-related VHS releases andreselling to music and video stores. MVD Entertainment Group is currently acorporation consisting of three major divisions: MVD Visual, MVD Audio, and MVDDistribution.

Larry Ahearn SongGallery

In September of1966, Larry Ahearn landed at Villanova University and immediately began workingat the nearby Main Point in Bryn Mawr, PA. Between 1966 and 1976 he was anintegral part of all aspects of Main Point operations. As an artist, he hasshared the bill with artists like Tom Rush, Jimmy Buffett and, VelvetUnderground.

Doug Gould CEOWorship MD

Doug Gould beganhis own business, Worship MD, in 2009 to build strong relationships between proaudio/ musical instrument companies and the worship community. He teaches aboutthe use of technology in both colleges and churches.

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