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Matthew Stonewell
Matthew Stonewell has been an all around artist and business consultant who holds a strong passion for creating music and media for over 20 years. His main areas of endeavor lie in multimedia production, audio/visual design, music performance, public relations, seo optimization and business consulting.
Matt has a very diverse background in several creative and business arenas. He has worked in business management and technical positions for McGraw-Hill New Media Division and Bosch Professional Audio division. Matt has had the unique opportunity of being able to work with some of the finest professional audio manufacturers such as Electrovoice, Midas, Klark Teknik, Telex, KRK Systems, B.L.U.E. Microphones and more.
As a musician and producer, Matt holds production credits on 20 albums, dozens of educational video productions and is a certified audio design consultant. Matt has co-produced or performed countless events throughout the United States for over 20+ years.
Matt’s ultimate mission is to live “off the grid” by building a completely self sustaining living space / recording facility known as an “Earthship”, integrating grey water systems, indoor, organic food forests and photovoltaic systems. He has a strong passion for organic gardening known as “Permaculture” which vastly increases biodiversity and helps balance our ecosystems through natures own perfection. In addition, he holds a very strong interest in bio fuels and hybrid technology.
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David Vignola
Working as a local musician, guitar teacher, producer and audio engineer, David Vignola has been a part of the Connecticut music scene for over 15 years. He is the founder of the original rock band VISION and owner of VISION Recording Studios in Naugatuck Connecticut. David is also the production engineer and host of NetworkingMusicianRadio.com.
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Ray Santovasi
Educator, Performer, Studio Musician, Transcriptionist and Clinician for several instrument companies.
Ray offers live and session drum work and music transcription services.
Ray and I have worked together on and off for almost 20 years. If there’s one drummer I have total chemistry with, It’s Ray. We got together in December, 2008 as our old Band 4 Peace after not playing together for about six years. We unanimously agreed, it was like we never stopped playing. There are very few players in the area as seasoned as Ray. He has done transcription work for some very serious player like Will Calhoun, Richie Morales and Billy Kilson. Ray is currently in process of developing his own instructional series. Keep an eye out in the near future for this work.
Ray has endorsed the following music manufacturers as a clinician.
Attack DrumHeads
The Boehning Co.
May Miking Systems
Regal Tip Sticks and Mallets
Moon-Gel Sound Dampeners
Spaun Drums
Cannon Percussion
Firchie Snare Drum Co
Ray’s Bio:
*Currently working on the transcriptions for the film and book for the new DVD from renown drummer Billy Kilson (Chris Botti, Sting etc.)
* Ray was also the author of the text and transcriptions to accompany the educational video “Hitting The Groove” for Backstage Pass International Videos featuring Richie Morales of Spyro Gyra, Mike Stern and one of my favorites Boz Scaggs.
* Performance Degree from the Berklee College of Music where he was a Scholarship Recipient for Musical Achievements!!
* Completeded the program in 2.5 years with 3.38 GPA
* Ray has performed or recorded with :
The Angels, August, Breaking the Silence, The Blues Machine, Boston Celtics, The Vin Avallon Project, The Belmonts, Bobby Lewis, Debbie Davies, The Drifters, Earthbound Newbreed, Feast of Fusion, FourPeace, Last Call, Mugsy’s Back, Ross and Rose, 2nd Nature, Speak-Easy, Stingray, The Time Machine, The Uniquity Band, The Watervillians, Wellspeak, Dr. Z and Chris Tofield.
* Author of monthly drum column “Gaining Independance” in Mixx magazine.
* Ray has studied with : Jim Chapin, Joe Morrello, Adam Nussbaum, Richie Morales, Joel Rosenblatt, Skip Hadden, John Hazilla, Joe Hunt, Bill Rottella, John Ramsey, Bob Tomagni, Victor Mendoza and Steve Wilkes.
* He has taught drumset at the college level, in public and private schools and private instruction as well.
* Previous clinics have included:
The Berklee Percussion Festival also featuring Gregg Bissonette and Dennis Chambers!
East Coast Music Mall w/Greg Bissonette
National Guitar Workshops
Center for the Arts
The Connecticut Jazz Explosion
Family Music Cntrs
Boston Conservatory
Mach One Music
Zinno Music
Where Ray can be found:
http://raysantovasi.com
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Les Robertson
Guitarist, Percussionist, Photographer, Computer Design Geek.
Les offers session guitar and percussion work, band photography and custom computer design.
In short - Les is highly creative and technically adept. Plus he’s an all around great guy who will give you the shirt off his back. If it wasn’t for Les, I would have never become the electric guitarist that I am today. Les graciously let me take over his smokin Marshall rig and a custom Strat. I recorded all my electric parts on “Just Cool Music” with that rig. To that indulgence, I quickly became addicted once again to the roar of distortion and burning solos complete with sweet, harmonic feedback. Thanks Les!!! - Your Pal Matt.
Les’ Bio
Born in Mystic Connecticut in 1964, Les began playing the Trumpet at the age of 9. At the age of 13, he decided that girls were cool, and that he would befriend more if he were playing trumpet less, and guitar more. Les jammed with friends and such, and eventually found himself in a Punk band called “The Elastic Waste Band”.
Jump ahead a few years, Les joined an 80’s new wave band called “PLASTICA“, while at the same time, in a 70’s tribute band , That 70’s Band!.Currently Les is writing original music with his latest band “Fat Grip”. They can be heard every afternoon on WCCC’s Picozzi Holden and Klonk radio show as the show sound track.
Artist Statement:
“One thing I’ve come to realize, is that every band im in, my bandmates affect me in a very deep way, and I’ll always feel an odd “bond” with them. While I have worked in the restaurant field, forestry and software development, nothing will ever make me feel as passionate as I do when Im making music”.
Les Robertson Photography
Where Les Can Be Found:
http://fatgripband.com
http://www.myspace.com/lesrobertson
http://www.myspace.com/fatgrip
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Rich Conway
Production Director of Sold Out Tour and National Radio Inventory has worked full-time in the radio and production industry for 23 years. Rich has done everything from being a prime-time on air radio personality to doing national voice over work and production. Rich has done the national CD release commercials for Godsmack, Hatebreed, Flaw and more.
Rich has also been the imaging voice for major market Rock Stations. He has produced and written comedy for the American Comedy Network heard on hundreds of radio stations and more. Rich can make your band or business "sound like a million bucks".
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Gena Dry
20 Year music veteran and marketing entrepreneur, Gena Dry has joined up with us as our U.K. Consultant. Gena has a very well versed background in vocal coaching, performance, writing and is an insanely powerful networker. She's got talent, skills and the chops to back it up.
Gena has toured throughout the United Kingdom and United States as a performer but what's taken her to wherever she's ventured is, her ability to make connections and build strong, lasting relationships. Stonewell Media Group is certainly happy to have Gena on board as our U.K. correspondent!
We've got several of her sites in the works as of this writing and we'll be adding them in soon as their completed. But if you'd like to learn a little more about her talent, check her out at http://GenaDry.com .
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