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Kool's Bazaar

Performing Arts

Kool’s Bazaar (Kb) is the brainchild of young musical visionary, Richard Trotman and was formed in June of ’08. Kb is an extension of the jazz/fusion semi-cover band, Acoustic Red (aR) and was created out of a need for Trotman to exercise his musical freedom and break away from the constraints and limitations of solely instrumental music. As a creative artistic collective, Kb plays original, stylized fusion music with influences from jazz, blues, neo-soul, hip hop, trip hop, electronica, & acid jazz. Kb is a band that expresses and encompasses the theoretical, emotional, and aesthetic qualities of music, while staying true to its form. Conceptually, Kool’s Bazaar (Kb) is just like any other band. There is a lead vocalist, a keyboardist, bassist, and drummer that makes up its core. However, when you peel back the layers, you find a mix of complex artist(s) who are thoughtful and intentional about the ways in which they create and think about music. Imagine, one unified machine on the outside and when you pry the machine open, you see an abundance of knobs, wires, cords, sockets, and gears all controlled by tiny entities that work in harmony to produce the sound that you hear. Kb engineers sound in such a way that propels the social messages (present in the songs) to a place that can be felt and internalized by the audience. During Kb’s live performances, they work to captivate mesmerize, and enchant the audience. They want to leave them walking away repeating lyrics to songs that fill them with purpose, challenge t

Whitney Coleman

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts, Radio/Television, Vocal

Vickie Daniel

Multi Arts; Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Crafts, Multi Arts, Music, Performance Art, Performing Arts, Spoken Word, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal; Visual Arts: Crafts, Performance Art

Vickie Daniel Artist Biography A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Vickie Daniel, a nationally acclaimed performance/song artist, gives lecture-performances using music, jazz-poetry, books and film. Vickie Daniel is a renaissance woman with her gifts and talents to empower. As a song stylist, actress, writer, director, creativity coach, youth empowerment specialist and health and wellness advocate (a registered nurse), she is prepared to give service to the world with a fresh and unique style that is all her own. Vickie Daniel’s preparation and performance experience are indicative of her professional aspirations as an international performer. Vickie has performed for Patti LaBelle, Terrance Blanchard, and Slide Hampton. Vickie has shared the stage with Shirley Ceasar, The Larry Leggett Big Band, The Carl Hines Trio, Vickie Winan, Albertina Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, Brooke Shields, Julie Andrews, Lisa Ling, Victoria Rowell, Sonia Sanchez, Roy Ayers and Iyanla Vanzant. Vickie performs and lectures in concert halls, theatres, museums, libraries, public and private schools, colleges and universities, café’s, business and professional luncheons, churches and social clubs. Vickie is an Indiana Jazz Legend, the official Madam C. J. Walker Reenactress, the proud recipient of ‘A Breakthrough Woman’ Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Inc. and the Achievement in Arts/Music/Theatre Award from the Center for Leadership Development. Vickie has appeared on the Tom Joyner Morning Show and is featured in the book Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream, by Anita Bunkley. Vickie Daniel believes “We are more than we have become and life deserves more of what we can be.” She believes “Art Must Empower!”

Doris Davis

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Doris J. Davis, Jazz Vocalist And still I sing! Oh, we have a new singer in town! Where did she come from? Why haven’t I heard of her before? When and where can I hear her sing again? Some of the more mature jazz lovers, acquainted with the early Indiana jazz scenes on Indiana Avenue, 16th and Northwestern (before Dave’s), North Meridian Street, and the Barrington area know that this is her second go-round. She still has the ability to drive an up tempo song, and confidently relay the soul of a ballad. She is currently working on production of a new CD of songs from the Great American Songbook. Chuck Workman, local Jazz announcer and columnist gave her a very favorable review in the September 7-14, 2005 issue of Nuvo Newsweekly after hearing her perform in the famous Walker Ballroom. She began singing under the tutelage of David Baker, Professor of Music, Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, who at that time was a jazz trombone player / music coach. The summers of 2008 and 2009 she has attened the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops at the University of Louisville. In the early years she sang with such music notables as Jimmy Coe, Earl “Fox” Walker, Les Taylor, Claude Bartee, Buddy Parker, Albert Walton, Paul Parker, Tiny Adams and many others. She has performed in the most popular Indiana venues of the day, including The Barrington Lounge, The Place to Play, and the Pink Poodle, occasionally she performed outside Indiana in Oklahoma City,<

Dianna Davis

Multi Arts; Performing Arts: Dance, Jewelry, Multi Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Dance, Jewelry, Multi Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts; Instrument repair and creation.

Musician Dianna Davis began her career as a classical pianist and clarinetist but has since expanded into styles such as folk, Eastern European, jazz, and improvisation. After experiencing a gypsy band thrill an audience and move them to dance wildly to music, she knew that that’s the kind of music she wanted to play.

The Deltacoustics

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

With a simple yet sophisticated sound echoing across the landscape of Americana, The Deltacoustics have a style all their own. With everything from background music to dance favorites, from weddings to conventions to house parties, The Deltacoustics have something in their repertoire for everyone. With a personable approach to entertaining, they’re sure to make your event a hit!

Richard Dole

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts, Radio/Television

Richard Dole is an active tenor/bass trombonist and educator in Indianapolis and the surrounding region. He has toured or performed with Aretha Franklin, Johnny Mathis, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Steve Lawrence/Edie Gormé, Barry Manilow, the Hollywood Concert Orchestra China tour, and in 2008 traveled with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra to Egypt for a US State Department Tour. He performs with several regional orchestras including Carmel Symphony, Sinfonia da Camera Orchestra in Champaign/Urbana Illinois, The Illinois Symphony, Danville Symphony, and the Anderson Symphony Orchestra. He has earned a Bachelor and Masters degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he studied with M. Dee Stewart, Ed Anderson, and Dr. David N. Baker. He is currently the jazz trombone instructor at Butler University and teaches a small dedicated number of students out of his home. He can be heard each Wednesday at 9pm on WICR 88.7 as co-host of the radio show ‘Have You Heard’. The podcast of the radio show is online at: haveyouheardjazz.com. Mr. Dole resides in Indianapolis with his wife Stacy and their two beautiful children, Griffin and Ellington.

Brandon Douthitt

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana at the age of 11, Brandon Douthitt picked up a saxophone for the first time, beginning his musical journey. Now based in Queens, NY, Brandon has performed at festivals and venues throughout the United States such as the Indy Jazz Fest, CUNY Jazz Festival, AFROPUNK, Radio City Music Hall, City Winery NYC, The Jazz Kitchen, the Vogue, the Chatterbox, National Sawdust, Groove NYC, Silvana, Shrine, Highline Ballroom, and Williamsburg Music Center. He has been able to share the stage with musical talents like Jeff Coffin, Solange Knowles, Bill Cunliffe, Melvin Rhyne, and Michael Philip Mossman. A recent graduate of Queens College with a Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance, Brandon studied under the tutelage of Antonio Hart and Tim Armacost. He also had the pleasure of learning from Michael Mossman, David Berkman, Jeb Patton, and Dennis Mackrel. While at Queens College, he collaborated with a considerable amount of his colleagues in different configurations and situations. Upon his graduation, Brandon was awarded the prestigious Jimmy Heath Award. He began his undergraduate studies at Butler University in 2011, where he studied saxophone with Dr. Matt Pivec and Nick Brightman. Brandon also studied clarinet with Shawn Goodman and piano with Gary Walters. He performed with the Clifford Ratliff Big Band, Butler Saxophone Quartet, Wind Ensemble and served as lead alto saxophone of the Butler Jazz Ensemble. Brandon was also selected to be a “Music and More” student ambassador. During his final year he was honored with an Indianapolis Jazz Foundation scholarship. In 2015, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Following his graduation, he matriculated to Queens College to further his studies. As a high school senior, Brandon was selected as the lead alto saxophone for the Indiana All State Big Band and received the Frank “Tooth” Mantooth Outstanding Musician award at the Larry McWilliams Dimensions in Jazz Festival at Ball State University. In addition to performing, Brandon currently maintains a studio of students at Keiko Studios and has been teaching at the Butler University Summer Jazz Camp since 2011.

Lidia Dubicki

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

The Indianapolis Municipal Band (IMB) began in 1949 as an employee activity of for the members of the Allison Division of General Motors. The Allison Military Band, as it was then known, contained about fifteen to twenty members and rehearsed at the Allison Plant in Speedway. In 1972, the Allison Band was seeking a new Music Director. Edgar Axsom, then the band director at Westlane Middle School in Washington Township, was selected. In the early 1980’s, Allison decided to phase out its sponsored employee activities and the Allison Band had reached a turning point. The band, its leadership and members decided to become an independent band. Transitionally, it became the Circle City Concert Band then quickly evolved into the IMB. The IMB was incorporated in 1983 and has operated under the governance of a Board of Directors elected by the members of the band since that time.

Lori Ecker

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Music, Performing Arts, Theatre, Vocal; Cabaret

LORI ECKER was most recently seen as Edith Harnham in After The Fair at Buck Creek Players in January & February of 2019. During 2018, she was seen as Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir (Myers Dinner Theatre and Indy Fringe Theatre) and Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County (Footlite Musicals). Other favorite musical roles include Johanna in Sweeney Todd (Footlite Musicals), Laurey in Oklahoma! (Monomoy Theatre – Chatham, MA), Yutka in The Golem of Havana (Phoenix Theatre) and Fosca in Passion (Theatre on the Square). Favorite non-musical roles include Becca in Rabbit Hole (Theatre Non Nobis), Mrs. Manningham in Angel Street (Monomoy Theatre – Chatham, MA) and Lizzie in The Rainmaker (Warren Performing Arts Center). She has also worked with the Indianapolis Opera and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and received her MFA in acting from Ohio University.

Vandi Enzor

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Crafts, Dance, Film, Music, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Photography, Radio/Television, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal; Visual Arts: Actor/Actress, Crafts, Dance, Film, Music, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Photography, Radio/Television, Storytelling, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal

Vandi Enzor recently moved to the Indianapolis area after graduating with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Akron. Prior to pursuing a graduate degree with a focus on opera, Vandi attended Shorter College and graduated with a BFA in Musical Theater and minored in theater and piano. Vandi has performed professionally as a classically trained opera singer, in church and sacred music, as a jazz musician, in musical theater and straight theater, and as a stage combatant. She has done some film, and hopes to continue exploring film more in the future. Vandi has narrated over 40 audiobooks and currently teaches private voice and piano lessons at Meridian Music School in Carmel, Indiana. Vandi enjoys working with sound, lighting, hair and makeup design, in PR, stage managing, and many other technical aspects of live theater. She has been Artistic Director for M3 Theater Camp for the past two years and has written 3 plays. Some of Vandi’s favorite roles have been Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel, Bastienne in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienne, Gaby in Romberg and Eysler’s The Blue Paradise, Jill in Bradshaw’s The Worst One Ever, and Penelope in the short film Penelope’s Revenge. Vandi also greatly enjoyed performing at the Vianden International Music Festival in Luxembourg in 2016, at the Crittenden Opera Workshop in Washington DC in 2017, and singing in the world premier of the ballet Snow White and the Magic Mirror. Vandi hopes to continue growing as an artist and performer in the future; her greatest passion is a collaboration of all aspects of the arts and sharing something with the world that connects with people and creates a lasting impact.

F!ghting Words an'NEM

Performing Arts: Performing Arts, Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Performing Arts, Visual Arts

F!GHT!NG WORDS an’Nem is a collective of spirited poets and musicians merging the soul of gospel with the passion of R&B and adding a dash of urban beat boxing creating an all-ages, all-ethnicities experience.

Shawn Goodman

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Musician, educator, and clinician, Shawn Goodman, is an Associate Instructor of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she is also completing coursework towards a PhD in Music Education with a minor in Jazz Pedagogy. She is also an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), and previously served as Clarinet Professor at the Butler University School of Music and as a University Supervisor for Butler University’s College of Education. Shawn Goodman is the Conductor of the Symphonic Youth Orchestra of Greater Indianapolis (www.syogi.org). Shawn served as All-State Jazz Coordinator for the Indiana Jazz Educators Association (IJEA) 2013-15. She was the clarinet clinician for the Music for All (MFA) National Festival presented by Yamaha in 2015 and 2017, and for MFA’s Summer Symposium in 2015. Shawn placed runner-up in the Sisters-in-Jazz International Collegiate Competition in 2000. She presents clarinet and jazz workshops regularly to educators and students at music educator conferences, high schools, middle schools, and universities as a Yamaha Performing Artist and Vandoren Regional Artist. Her first solo album, Not Benny’s Goodman, was released in September 2013, receiving outstanding reviews internationally. Shawn is a featured soloist on albums by Peter Terry and the City Prophets and the Wave Mechanics Union. Shawn holds a BM in Education with a concentration in Jazz Studies from the University of Indianapolis and a MM in Clarinet Performance from the Butler University School of Music. Shawn maintains an active career performing jazz and chamber music. Shawn plays Yamaha clarinets and saxophones exclusively. For more information about her, visit www.shawngoodmanjazz.com.

Randy Hediema

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts, Radio/Television

If you want Solo Piano, Pianist/Singer, or all out Entertainer I will meet whatever your needs require. I am an extremely versatile pianist and singer whether it’s Pop. Jazz, Country, Classical, etc. I have over 25 years experience and have performed all over the world as a live entertainer, songwriter, arranger, and educator. I now call Indianapolis my home. I am true professional and easy to work with. I will assure you great live music for your venue.

Rod Hodnett

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

My name is Rod Hodnett, bandleader for both the Starlighters 17 piece big Band, and the Twilite Nites 10 piece little Big Band, which I formed in 2008. I have been playing trumpet for 50 years, and am also an arranger, and composer. I have started numerous groups, and am proud to claim these two as my ultimate successes, with many performances and followers. My groups have performed around the state, as far away as the Chicago area. We are a “band for hire”, and welcome any opportunities where a Big Band playing traditional Big Band music, OR pop tunes as well, is needed for your particular situation or venue.

Hot Horns

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Hot Horns – “New Orleans” inspired Horn Band is a vibrant, award winning, internationally acclaimed, professional touring ensemble. Hot Horns regularly travels the United States presenting concerts, interactive educational concerts and master-classes in concert halls, theatres, and at primary and secondary schools, and universities. Led by trumpeter, Glen Johnson, Hot Horns is the premiere educational ensemble of its kind. Unique to Hot Horns is its all-inclusive instrumentation and its burnin’ arrangements. Hot Horns incorporates its trademark combinations of various brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, all performed by six friendly, enthusiastic musicians with backgrounds in education. The group performs various genres of music from classical to jazz, rock to pop and more, thanks to the talents of various arrangers. Hot Horns is launching into a new and exciting musical journey, forging an innovative, entertaining way to perform all music. Hot Horns is raising the bar to a superior level by performing brass quintet music ranging from “Bach to Rock” with the addition of non-traditional brass quintet instruments. Hot Horns ambition is to change “Sound” through instrumentation so the audience will have a unique and different from the normal aural experience, while preserving the quality, complexity, and excitement of all music. Hot Horns is affiliated with many different Arts Councils from coast to coast. Hot Horns in keeping with the traditional brass quintet format, can now take the student / teacher educational interactive experience to a higher level. Hot Horns can now utilize and demonstrate to the student’s woodwind instruments and how they are used in conjunction with the brass instruments, and percussion. These new elements when joined together enable Hot Horns to extend their reach to additional students and expand their teaching capabilities through master classes and educational performances. Hot Horns mission, is to preserve and perform to the highest level, all varieties of music ranging from “Bach to Rock.” Hot Horns professionalism, musicianship, technical virtuosity, entertainment, integrity, and education are unmatched and unchallenged. Hot Horns performances will leave you astonished and amazed, keeping Hot Horns a formidable force in the music world. The ensemble was originally founded in 1995. Since that time, Hot Horns has toured all lower 48 states and has toured Korea (1999), received first prize at the New York Brass Conference – International Brass Quintet Competition (2003).

Devon Kondaki

Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Graphic Arts, Literary Arts, Music, Performing Arts, Storytelling

Devon Kondaki is an author/illustrator of picture books.

Alexandria Powell

Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Ceramics, Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Functional and/or Decorative, Glasswork, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Jewelry, Literary Arts, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Photography, Political Artist, Printmaking, Sculpture, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Textiles, Visual Arts, Visual Arts Instructor; Political Artist; Visual Arts: Actor/Actress, Ceramics, Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Functional and/or Decorative, Glasswork, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Jewelry, Literary Arts, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Photography, Political Artist, Printmaking, Sculpture, Spoken Word, Storytelling, Textiles, Visual Arts, Visual Arts Instructor; Soft Sculpture, Fibers

Currently, I am a MAAT student at SMWC. This a several leaps and decades from my BFA in 3D Computer Animation at SCAD. I have tapdanced in musicals, sang in jazz clubs, programmed in Houdini, instructed art in public and private schools in the US and Italy, run a party planning business, and done freelance with some interesting companies. Currently, I run three blogs and an online art group via Zoom. I have a husband, two small dogs, and a 13-year-old daughter. I also do stand up. Like you didn’t know…

Heather Ramsey

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Music, Performing Arts

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Scotty Randolph

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Country Music singer/songwriter born and raised in the Midwest with family roots in West Virginia…”I have fallen back on music more times than I can count in my life. I feel blessed to be able to use my talents to bring joy to people.” I love playing for a crowd of 10, or 10,000!

June Rochelle

Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Film, Music, New Media/Technology, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Radio/Television, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal; Visual Arts: Actor/Actress, Film, Music, New Media/Technology, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Performing Arts, Radio/Television, Theatre, Visual Arts, Vocal

June Rochelle is a music and media enthusiast. Her powerful vocal range is soprano and alto. June is a songwriter, and PR and media professional. Her music has been on the ballot for a Grammy and charted on Billboard’s radio hot gospel charts. Currently, her music can be heard and purchased on multiple digital outlets. She is the first minority female to headline both the pre-show and live show for ABC/RTV6 Circle of Lights in Indiana. She has stood on stage and sang with Diana Ross, Celine Dione and opened for Yolanda Adams once. She has graced stages all across America. She has been recognized by several national media and print publications, including educational institutions such as IVY Tech College, and Bethune-Cookman College. She has toured in musical stage plays and produced and appeared in the independent film. In addition to music, her passion is creating diverse entertainment media content. In her media discipline, she is an On-Air host for WCLJ TV 42. She was the first journalist to interview 2nd Lady KarenPence, where she has hosted since 2006. If you ever hear her sing, you will never forget. She bridges three ranges, (soprano, alto, and tenor) with passion and sincerity, creating an atmosphere of music lovers paradise. More information about me can be found on Google or at www.junerochellemedia.com. One of her dreams is to sing along with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. She loves vintage singers such as Aretha Franklin, Dione Warwick, Barbara Streisand, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Nancy Wilson, George Benson and George

Yuriria Rodriguez

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts, Vocal

Yuriria Rodríguez Bio Costa Rican soprano Yuriria Rodríguez holds the rare privilege of being able to sing in both classical and popular styles with great professionalism, expression, and accuracy of style. Reviews have praised Ms. Rodríguez as a singer “with a beautiful voice which recalls a force of nature” (Herald Times, Bloomington, IN), and as “The real deal” (Fanfare , November 2011, USA). In 2006, she sang the role of Maria in the tango-operita by A. Piazzolla and H.Ferrer, Maria de Buenos Aires, at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, receiving a standing ovation in a sold out performance. In the classical realm, Ms. Rodríguez also successfully performed known roles such as Despina in W.A. Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte (Costa Rica) and Mimí in Puccini’s La Bohème (Costa Rica), as well as new opera roles, such as Chanfalla in G. Diriés Puppeteer’s String, and One of the Three Rosales sisters in Indiana University’s collegiate premiere of Oswaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, conducted by Carmen Helena Téllez. Ms. Rodríguez holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music from Indiana University—Jacobs School of Music, where she studied with Teresa Kubiak and Carlos Montané and Mary Ann Hart. As a member of El Taller, at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music, she had the opportunity to share the stage with prominent guest musicians and Jacobs School of Music faculty, such as Grammy Award Winners Pablo Ziegler, Pablo Aslan, Michael Spiro, Gonzalo Grau and Sylvia McNair among many others. She has been a winner at the National Society of Arts and Letters voice competition, in Bloomington, Indiana, and a winner of the 9th Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America, which allowed her to tour the United States as an artist sponsored by the Embassy of Spain, giving recitals of Zarzuela and Latin American/Spanish Art Song. Among other honors received while in school, she was awarded the Olimpia Barbera scholarship from the Latin American Music Center at IU to pursue studies in voice at the level of Master in Music. Other solo performances include the Mozart’s Requiem conducted by Richard Tang Yuk at Indiana University. She debuted at the Indiana Opera program as Suor Osmina in the 2011 production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and was casted again that summer to sing for the new opera The Tales of Lady Thi Kihn, by P. Q. Phan. In 2011 she sang the Soprano II role in Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor with the Philharmonic of Kalamazoo in the Bach Festival in Kalamazoo, MI, conducted by Prof. James Turner. Recently, Yuriria sang the role of Sombra, in the world premiere and +30 performances of Gabriela Ortiz’s Ana y su Sombra, commissioned by Reimagining Opera for Kids, a local Opera Company that Yuriria is proudly part of, and that performs all year round. Last year, Yuriria was called to be the cover for the role of Mimi in Costa Rica’s National Lyric Opera Production of La Bohème. Currently, Yuriria works as Associate Director of Hispanic Music at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, where she conducts the Coro Latinoamericano and develops a bilingual choral program for early music learners. Occasionally, she can be heard singing as a guest soloist for the Choir of Men and Choristers of Christ Church. Because of her achievements, artistry and work in both Popular and Classical singing in the American Mid-West, last year, the United States granted her the E11 Visa for Individuals of Extraordinary Ability in the Field of the Arts.

Molly Sender

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

I have played clarinet for 11 years, and while I’m looking to go into an arts administration field, I’d like to continue to play in an orchestra or small-group setting. I also play alto saxophone and have been in a few jazz ensembles.

Joshua Silbert

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

Because of love of all kinds of music, I have always enjoyed being the Swiss army knife of whatever creative project I am involved in. -I compose customized music for independent films or commercial projects. -I regularly perform with a wide variety of bands (event bands, original pop/rock projects, jazz combos, etc). -I am a Music Director for various events and fundraisers around the Indianapolis area. -I am a songwriter utilizing numerous influences and technology. -I have arranged and recorded hundreds of songs, in both the independent and commercial world. -I work on “both sides of the board” at numerous recording studios around the Midwest. -I am fluent with Finale, Reason, Abelton Live, Final Draft, a student of Pro Tools -I am also a screenwriter

Tony Styxx

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts, Radio/Television, Spoken Word

“…they only consume what we put out……” –Tony Styxx The radio bores me. Can’t remember the last time I saw performance from a mainstream artist live or televised that moved me. Cd’s don’t get bought anymore. And YouTube has made everyone a star. The value of one’s progress and hard work equals leaks. The standard for “classics” has been set to the qualifications of tweet topics and ringtones. And the term legend applies to anyone in the game for more than 2 mix tapes and onstage performances. Whose fault is this? It’s the Artist fault. I can point the finger at the consumer all day but it won’t change the fact that, the reason they buy into lack lust performances, mediocre production, and less than par capability to keep the idea that “classics” aren’t born, they are created out of dedication and integrity no matter how much “shine” is thrown at you, is because artist like myself who have the ability to keep true art alive aren’t doing our job. WE MUST DO BETTER. ART is an expression of self. True. But once tainted by carbon copy habits, those of us truly pouring our lives through pen and pad are considered “trendy”, or “bitters.” Hi. I’m Tony Styxx. I do Hip-Hop, Spoken Word Poetry, and Human Beat boxing. I practice 3 hrs a day, 7 days a week. I refuse to let a day go by where I don’t write at least 2 pieces, good or not. I perform with the idea that I could die before I hit the stage, on stage, off stage. I perform with the intent on being remembered not for my clothes, catchy hooks, fame or twitter followers. I perform so that the very next time my name is brought up a young boy will go nuts like I did back in high schools when cats asked “whose better Nas or Jay-Z?” I perform so that the very next time you feel like quitting, my voice echoes through out you heart, soul, mind….and you don’t hear the words…you hear the intangible and overwhelming motivation to be more and push forward. THAT’S what art is supposed to do. Music is equivalent to water. There’s life and death in water. WE as ARTIST are responsible for what we allow our supporters to consume. T. Styxx

Janese Truver

Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts

I have entertained at special events for over thirty years. Some of those include the Indianapolis 500, The Indiana State Fair, United States Auto Club, 13 years in the VIP lounge at the Men’s National Tennis Championships, Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, PGA Tour, Eli Lilly, The Children’s Museum, Civic Theater, Indianapolis Monthly Dream Homes, Decorator Showhouses and many, many more!

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