“Sounds like” and/or Influences
Bill Conti, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Nikolai Kapustin

Artist Info
Ben is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter based in London, UK who has
released 20 (twenty) full-length albums. He writes vocal and instrumental
music with influences drawn from rock, folk, jazz and classical music.

Awards received in 2010 alone
* Finalist in the 2010 international songwriting contest “Expose Yourself”
* Semi-Finalist in the 2010 UK Songwriting Contest
* Artist Of The Month on the Italian Music magazine Anakina Musica
* Band Of The Week at Leaf Pile Radio
* Artist Pick Of The Week of NRG Theory Management blog
* Song of the Day on FM 102X radio
* Weekly Featured Artist in Music Now, Junior’s Cave online magazine

Contact
Ben Rusch
ben@benrusch.com
http://tv.benrusch.com

Hometown
London, UK

Ben Rusch – Piano Instrumental, Easy Listening, New Age, Ambient Music for Film and Television Licensing

STYLES
Light jazz, smooth melodies, uptempo themes & piano, popular, instrumental, joyful

SOUNDS LIKE
George Winston, Chuck Mangione, Gary Lamb, Unique Style

INFLUENCES
Moody Blues, James Taylor, John Sebastian, Michael McDonald, Keith Jarrett, Steve Reich, Carol King, Jimmy Durante, Randy Newman, Alexander Borodin, George Gershwin

CREDITS
Backgrounds for Audio Book “Breaking News”, University Taught Composer, Various Contempory Classical Compositions

CONTACT
Dave Chambers
davedeb1@ca.rr.com
562-420-3800

Dave Chambers – Light jazz, Easy Listening, Smooth Melodies, Uptempo themes & Piano, Popular, Instrumental, Joyful Music for Film & tv Music Licensing

Celesteis Lost Strings w/middle eastern drum

The Descendants Project Holocaust Survivor Piano

Ent Credits Orchestral Score Instrumental

SOUNDS LIKE
Thomas Newman, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann

CONTACT
Eric Goetz
310.564.6658
info@ericgoetz.com
www.ericgoetz.com

HOMETOWN
Seattle

ARTIST INFORMATION
Award-winning composer Eric Goetz prides himself on his diverse background and flexibility as a composer. Eric started composing at a very early age, writing video game music on his TI-99 computer in BASIC. Eric went on to receive a B.A. in Music from Western Washington University, where he studied classical piano with Jeffery Gilliam and jazz with Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio). After graduating, Eric moved to Seattle and studied film composition with Emmy-winning composer Hummie Mann, and accordion with jazz great Ken Olendorf.

Eric has scored several feature films and numerous shorts, including a collaboration with national Emmy-nominated filmmaker Amy Enser on her award-winning short *Seattle In Color*, which was featured in the Seattle International Film Festival. In 2009, Eric won *Best Musical Score* for his work on the 48-Hour film, *Greensleeves*. Eric also collaborated with director Tran Quoc Bao on the multiple award-winning, *Bookie* and scored Bao’s most recent film, *Black Coffee*, a Hitchcock-inspired noir short, produced as part of the invitation-only, Seattle International Film Festival Fly Film challenge. Eric’s most recent feature film project, *Beyond Greenaway* screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Culture and Cultures in Lempaut, Grand Rapids Film Fest, Tacoma Film Fest and Globians Docfest in Berlin and will be broadcast in 2010.

When not composing, Eric performs with Central Services, which recently received national attention for their CD for grade-schoolers, *Central Services Presents… The Board of Education* . Eric serves on the board of the Seattle Composers Alliance, an organization made up of professional composers and students, who’s mission includes expanding Seattle’s reputation as a center for musical creativity.

STYLES
Piano, Instrumental, Score, New Age, Easy Listening, Ambient, Classical

SOUNDS LIKE
Jim Brickman, George Winston, Yanni,

INFLUENCES
James Horner, Hans Zimmer, George Winston, Yanni, Jim Brickman, Michael W. Smith, Mannheim Steamroller

CONTACT
Eric Schrotenboer
eric@ericschrotenboer.com
616.283.0362
www.ericschrotenboer.com

ARTIST INFO
At a time when most of his peers were thinking about who they?d invite to prom, Eric Schrotenboer was busy promoting his first solo album. Now six albums, a feature length documentary, a national television pilot, and several episodic miniseries later, Eric’s list of accomplishments and awards speak for themselves.

Classically trained from the age of five, it was the hymns his grandmother taught him their melodies, their stories, their power that would come to shape the course of Eric’s life and art. Releasing his first album, Forever Faithful while still in high school, Eric proved an already accomplished pianist and songsmith. His ability to reinterpret classic hymns to appeal to modern audiences won him fans young and old, and opened the door to play in venues across the country.

While earning music and communications degrees at Hope College and studying at Interlochen, Eric recorded and released four additional albums, Bethlehem, Fruits of the Spirit, Still Waters, and Psalms and Spiritual Songs. Eric also scored a successful rock musical, and composed a classical ballet. His just released 6th solo piano album, Prayers, is a collection of well loved hymns sure to please his growing fan base.

Eric built his own music production business, ReCreation Studios, while serving as a worship leader. His music has now been featured in more than 40 films and commercials. Eric’s experiences as a recording artist (solo projects and numerous appearances as a session musician), and his time at the audio production helm have helped him transition smoothly into the film industry.

Working as the staff composer, creative producer, and 1st AD for Grooters Productions, Eric has led film teams literally around the world (Egypt, Israel, Turkey, England, Switzerland, and throughout the US). Tasked with overseeing the audio department, Eric understands the dynamic relationship between picture and sound. The camera instructs the eye, but music instructs the emotions; Eric?s music and production have garnered him five Telly Awards and four Communicator Awards and has been paired with the voice talents of James Earl Jones. Eric’s music is carried by music libraries out of Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Vienna, Austria, and Sweden.

Some of Eric’s award winning work can be heard and seen on Mike Ramsdell’s, The Anatomy of Hate, a full length feature documentary; Focus on the Family’s That the World May Know, a teaching series shot on location throughout the middle east comprising over 30 half hour episodes; AIG’s, The Creation Museum, for which Eric produced and scored nearly all of the music for the museum’s 54 short films.

Eric’s original score can also be heard on the hour-long sailing documentary, American Sailors, which aired on WGN America across the nation this summer. Other ministries that Eric has had the privilege to compose music for are Compassion International, Voice of the Martyrs, International Bible Society and Zondervan Publishing.

Because of his vast experience as a composer and recording artist, film producer and AD, and his international experience and exposure, Eric has the capacity to elevate every project he touches. He is deeply dedicated to his craft and to exceeding all expectations.

Eric Schrotenboer – Piano, Instrumental, Score, New Age, Easy Listening, Ambient, Classical Music for Film & TV Music Licensing

Blues in G Blues Piano, Jazz Upbeat

Blues for George Duke Jazz Funk

Blues for Horace Jazz

Blues for Silk (B) Blues Piano Slow Mid Tempo

Dutch Henry Canyon Piano

Etrofon Ambient

Fachada Blues Latin Jazz

SOUNDS LIKE
Jazz: Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderly, Oscar Peterson, Chick Corea

Ambient (Montre Echo): Brian Eno, Sigur Ros, Imogen Heap, Squarepusher

CONTACT
Geoffrey Keezer
geoffreykeezer@gmail.com
646-270-9946
www.geoffreykeezer.com
www.montreecho.com

HOMETOWN
San Diego, CA

ARTIST INFORMATION
Geoffrey Keezer was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA on November 20, 1970. Born into a musical family, with both parents teaching music, he began studying piano at the age of three. In 1989, at the age of 18, after completing his first year at the Berklee College of Music, Geoffrey joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Since then, Geoffrey has worked with virtually all of the living legends of jazz and has appeared on countless recordings both as a leader and as an accompanist.

His professional career has spanned many projects and genres. In 1992 Geoffrey performed Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue” with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under the direction of John Mauceri. In addition to his 11 solo releases and constant touring, Geoffrey has also had compositions commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Saint Joseph Ballet, Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, the Zeltsman Marimba Festival, and was a recipient of Chamber Music America’s 2007 New Works grant. He has also played bass in a rock band and contributed artwork to David Mack’s comic “Kabuki”.

Geoffrey continues to work in partnership with world class musicians from all genres. His 1998 release, “Turn Up The Quiet”, featured Grammy winning vocalist Diana Krall along with Joshua Redman and Christian McBride. His partnership with world renowned classical artist Barbara Hendricks as musical director and arranger produced “It’s Wonderful — A Tribute to George Gershwin” with subsequent touring in Europe and Japan. His two releases in 2003, “Falling Up” and “Sublime: Honoring the Music of Hank Jones”, were both collaborative efforts. “Sublime” is an ambitious set of piano duets with Kenny Barron, Chick Corea, Benny Green and Mulgrew Miller. “Falling Up” features several pieces where Geoffrey worked in tandem with the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitarist, Keola Beamer. His 2005 release, “Wildcrafted”, captures the fire and raw energy of Geoffrey’s trio live in concert at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. And in 2006, Geoffrey teamed up with traditional Okinawan singer Yasukatsu Oshima for a groundbreaking album of duets.

Geoffrey’s latest musical adventure, ÁUREA, is a multinational Afro-Peruvian/jazz recording project featuring some of today’s hottest players from New York City and Lima, Peru. Please visit www.geoffreykeezer.com for more information.