Jojo is the boisterous and colorful store greeter at Blues Angel Music in Pensacola, Florida. He takes his position very seriously. When people start arriving at the store in the morning,...
Dana Daniel played drums for his father’s big band when he was young. Being exposed to not just the musical side of performances from a young age, Dana became interested in the production...
Donny Monk is the owner of Allen Organs of the Emerald Coast in Cantonment, Florida. His love of music and the organ began as a child where music seemed to be everywhere he went. He studi...
Michele Clark attended college in Columbus, Mississippi, where she visited DC Music one day to find a case for her guitar. There she met her future spouse, Dana. The two soon discovered t...
Dana Clark grew up singing and playing with her family in church. She was just three when she started performing and within ten years she was already providing music lessons to others. Re...
French Forbes III. of course took piano lessons as a child, after all his great-grandfather established EE Forbes & Sons Piano Company in 1889. While he grew up surrounded by pianos, ...
Clay Bailey recalls his father’s early career included producing local country music ho-downs while establishing a radio repair shop, which turned into an appliance store called the Radio...
Loretta Pritchard is a songwriter and composer who has had several of her works published, including those written for young students. She wrote her first piece when she was four years ol...
David Lambert was boyhood friends with David Ellis’ sons. Mr. Ellis is the founder of Ellis Pianos in Birmingham, Alabama, who built a baseball training facility on the top floor of his s...
Jason Ellis played baseball all throughout school along with his brothers, which might be the reason their father built a baseball training facility in the family’s piano store! His fathe...
David Ellis is the founder of Ellis Piano in Birmingham, Alabama. The store’s staff includes his sons who are proudly following in their father’s footsteps in providing high-quality piano...
Clyde Morris’ mother loved and appreciated music and ensured her three children were exposed to a wide range of music. She took them to symphonies quite often and by the time he was in th...
Damian “Mix” Harris is the production manager and audio engineer for Sound Production Services, based out of South Texas. His passion for music really took off when he was in high school ...
Dary Burns remembers the big switch in audio when digital boards replaced analog equipment. There was a steep learning curve and yet one he was eager to embrace. While Dary sometimes stil...
Seanta Clark has many fond memories of her father bringing her to concert halls as the roadies set up for the evening performance. While her father worked as an A&R man for Motown, yo...
Donnita Hathaway is the founder of the Donny Hathaway Legacy Project, which is dedicated to the memory of her father, soul singer and songwriter Donny Hathaway. The organization provides ...
Bridgett Powell saw a need in the Live Sound industry to create a list of professional freelancers she could assemble to fit the needs of special events both big and small. In 2019 she la...
Lorin White is a noted audio and monitor engineer whose career began as a musician, while always taking an interest in the production needs of the bands he played in. As his musical skill...
David “Ranger” Adams was playing drums in his high school marching band when he realized they had a need for better lighting. With peach cans he created a system that worked so well he wa...
Shae Usher was just a teenager when she was asked to help Chris Tucker arrange his birthday party. Chris requested that Usher perform (the artist, no relation to Shae) so she called Usher...
Terry (TJ) Jackson served as audio engineer for live events with such artists as Michael Jackson, Earth Wind & Fire, BB King and Anita Baker. TJ befriended the members of Tony! Toni! ...
Martin Thomas is a sought-after Pro Lighting Director and Production Manager whose career began as a production assistant. In 1979 in New York City, Martin began touring with local bands ...
Jim Digby has been involved with the arts since childhood. In fact, he often cites his first exposure to the industry as a tech and master of ceremonies for a May Day Parade when he was i...
Todd Spencer is passionate about the people of the Live Sound industry to the point of focusing on their safety and well-being. Todd is the president of the Entertainment Services and Tec...
Darnell Atcherson has always enjoyed helping others and making people happy, which is why he is ideally suited as a production assistant for Live Sound events. He began his career working...
Herman Ward is known for his creative technical work and programming for Live Sound tours with the likes of Usher, Zapp & Roger and Klymaxx. As a producer, Mr. Ward has worked with su...
Stuart Gray landed his first job in Live Sound as a roadie when he was a teenager. He was living close to the Apollo Theater in New York and thanks to his Godfather, Benjamin Ashburn, was...
Dennis Anderson always had a great deal of respect for his uncle, Joe Shaffner. Joe pioneered several processes and policies used today in Live Sound touring. Covering several Motown acts...
Stephen Maples began his long and successful career in Live Entertainment as a truck driver for Deep Purple back in 1974. He has witnessed many changes over the years and has developed sk...
Abby Cole III grew up in the same St. Louis, Missouri, neighborhood as future artist Nelly. As a close family friend, Abby was close by as Nelly’s career developed. Whenever needed, Abby ...
