SuVi is an Indian Singer Songwriter and DJ based out of Los Angeles. She has over 13 years of experience spanning over 1000 concerts. Due to her extremely diverse approach towards music she has had the opportunity to perform in front of crowds in India, Sri Lanka, UAE, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Dominican Republic, USA and Canada. SuVi, born and raised in India, moved to California in 2011 to pursue a career in music bringing with it a blend of Hip Hop and Bollywood.

Even though she loves nothing more than writing music and lyrics she has rendered her voice for over a 100 Indian movie songs as a Playback Singer including, for the musical genius A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire). She wrote and recorded her original mixtape Delirium in 2014 which was a blend of South Asian beats with Hip Hop and Urban songwriting with producers from Los Angeles. She has a working relationship with Swagga Bob who has worked along side other South Asian artists including Jay Sean (Thinking About You). Her unique writing and vocal abilities also caught the attention of renowned Songwriter Greg Prestopino (Christina Aguilera, Matisyahu, Puff Daddy, Celine Dion), who invited her to join his writing crew. Being able to sing western and Indian style music along with her unique rapping abilities help put her on a different dimension of artistry. She recently opened for yet another talented Indian Artist Rajakumari who is also on the come up. Earlier this year she also opened for the well known Indian DJ Nuclei for his first ever Los Angeles concert. SuVi is an artist who can elevate music to a whole different level of fun and frolic due to her stage presence and dynamic personality. Her dream is to be someone that paves the way for more South Asian talents to shine on the international stage like MIA and Jay Sean by being uniquely multifaceted. After the hype her mixtape on Soundcloud created, she is back in the studio with Swagga Bob working on new songs.

Social Media Handle : @SuViMusic

A direct descendant of Henry E. Steinway, the founder of Steinway & Sons, Kate Steinway’s earliest musical memories are of her grandfather playing his original compositions on their family's 1946 Steinway piano. Formerly the youngest member of the Los Angeles Children’s Choir and a student of famed opera singer, Suzanna Guzmán, Steinway has been studying voice since she could speak.

In 2015, Steinway, a lifetime learner and lover of music, became involved with The Songwriting School of Los Angeles. It is there that she met her future singing and touring partners, Chloë Agnew (of Celtic Woman fame), Mary Bee and Danielle Carter. In May 2015, Steinway packed up her ukulele and embarked on an eight month backpacking tour of South America and Southeast Asia where she experienced world music firsthand.

In the Summer of 2016, along with Bee and Carter, Steinway co-headlined the “Blueprints” Tour: a seventeen show tour of New England. Steinway and Bee closed the tour with a sold out concert featuring Chloë Agnew.

In 2017, Steinway, along with Bee, kicked off the year with two performances at the famed Sundance Film Festival. She then embarked on a 50+ show tour of California’s wine country. In August she released her first single, “Hurricane,” and will release her debut EP in October. Steinway will spend September touring Hawaii with Bee & Carter and she is cooking up something truly special for the holiday season.

In 2018, Steinway will return to the Sundance Film Festival and expand her True North Tour.

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Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Matt Westerman writes upbeat acoustic pop songs with a positive, compassionate message meant to uplift and inspire listeners everywhere. His debut record, “Life Out Loud” (due out this fall), is a musical manifestation of the phrase “carpe diem,” that shines with all the inherent bravery needed to live life to the fullest. The EP showcases Matt’s ability to write powerful melodies, catchy hooks, and thoughtful lyrics. This, combined with his distinctively smooth vocal delivery and stand out rhythm guitar playing, makes “Life Out Loud” the perfect introduction to the world of Matt Westerman.

The EP is inspired by Matt’s unique background in music, education, and psychology. He’s spent the last few years working as a self-employed tutor which informed and impacted his songwriting. In addition, Matt’s degree in psychology has had an impact on his songwriting and lyrical subject matter with a focus on encouraging a clear and positive state of mind. Matt also applies this courageous message to himself, which has given him the strength to overcome his own challenges and set his sights on a career in music. In the last few years Westerman has been carving out his dreams on stage, with gigs all over the Southern California area – from clubs, to bars, to busking on the Santa Monica pier.

With “Life Out Loud” slated for a Fall release, Matt Westerman is taking the chance of a lifetime, a chance that he hopes will inspire others to take a leap, reach for a dream, and actualize their own potential.

Every once in a blue moon an album comes along that feels as if it fell from the sky that opened and dropped it on a thirsty blue planet as an offering of love and hope. Singer – Songwriter Phillip Brandon The Story Begins is that gift.

Springing forth following eight years of tours as “Narrator” with platinum selling rock band Trans Siberian Orchestra to a feature role in the life story of Gospel legend BeBe Winans, Born For This:The Musical,” singer-songwriter Phillip Brandon is making good on the promise of his purposed and abundant gifts to share songs of love and optimism all his own via his powerful debut album, The Story Begins - a warm wraparound throwback of soul-stirring Contemporary Jazz, R&B and Pop (release date - October 20th).

The ten songs produced by prolific songwriter Preston Glass (Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Kenny G) as well as DrFord dynamically range from originals such as Phillip’s epic wedding song “ The Promise” (inspired by many of his friends getting married coupled with his parents’ marriage of 37 years), the uplifting “Chocolate Child” (channeling Sammy Davis, Jr. and Gregory Porter) and the luscious piano ballad “A Funny Thing Happened (On the Way to Goodbye)” to the tender Tropicana of the Stevie Wonder-esque “Looking For You (In Somebody Else’s Eyes)” and an emotional cover of the late, great Luther Vandross’ “Wait For Love.” The album also includes the beautiful jazz piece “Stay in the Moment” that features Phillip’s mother Brenda Davis, a one-time backing singer for the immortal Ray Charles as a ‘Raelette.’

Preston praises tenor/baritone Phillip thusly: “What sets him apart from others who possess similar richness (Will Downing) is his theatrical experience which he draws from liberally in his interpretation of a lyric.”

Los Angeles native and Venice High School / Morehouse College graduate Phillip states, “I create songs from the heart and a spiritual space of hope.

Reflecting that all-inclusive melting pot, Phillip will tour in support of The Story Begins with his international band of drummer Victor Á. Carracedo from Spain, guitarist Eugene Gorskiy from Ukraine, keyboardist Stan Loken from America, and bassist Carlitos Cuba from Cuba. Prepare for scintillating experiences all when you surrender to the spells of Phillip Brandon> on record and in concert!

MICHELLE LEWIS

SINGER/SONGWRITER/ADVOCATE

Michelle Lewis is a fierce New Yorker now based in LA, where she is a singer, songwriter, composer, and music creators’ rights advocate. From her early career as a recording artist signed to Irving Azoff’s Giant Records, to her first radio hit, Cher’s “A Different Kind of Love Song” in 2002, to the 2014 worldwide #1 single “Wings” by the British girl group, Little Mix, Ms. Lewis brings authenticity, grit, and heart to a diverse array of music projects.

For the last decade, Ms. Lewis has branched out into the world of songwriting for TV and film projects, most notably as a Peabody Award-winning composer of all original music for Disney Jr’s hit show, “Doc McStuffins,“ now beginning production of its 5th season. She also received her first Emmy nomination in 2016 for her work as a composer on the Nickelodeon show, “Bubble Guppies,” and has composed the theme songs to many other beloved animated series.

In 2014, Ms. Lewis co-founded the non-profit advocacy organization, Songwriters Of North America (SONA). As Executive Director of SONA, she is deeply connected to the music creator community and is committed to growing the number of informed songwriters and composers able to advocate on their own behalves. She regularly communicates with leaders from Silicon Valley to Washington DC, fighting for the protection of songwriters and the value of musical works in the digital age. She is not afraid of taking action - SONA is the songwriter organization that sued the Department of Justice over its 100% licensing ruling last fall: billboard.com/articles/business/7510259/songwriters-group-sona-dept-justice-op-ed-consent-decrees.

Ms. Lewis lives in Los Angeles with her husband, music producer Dan Petty and their 9 year-old son, Jackson.

400 YEARS AFTER THE EXTINCTION OF THE HUMAN RACE, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The aliens claim they want to restore the human species, but the “reborn” humans uncover new dangers, hidden agendas and powerful secrets that challenge that claim and threaten to annihilate the human race all over again.

Welcome to Extinct, a new, original, sci-fi series written exclusively for BYUtv by Ender’s Game author and science-fiction legend Orson Scott Card and The New York Times bestselling author Aaron Johnston. Premiering on BYUtv on October 1, 2017, the series is about second chances, everlasting love, family, and commitment to doing the right thing even under difficult and life-threatening conditions.

In Extinct, a colony of revived humans, the Reborns, attempt to understand and trust a group of mysterious, peaceful and highly advanced aliens known as the Originators who brought them back to life following the extinction of humankind by evil aliens called The Kariks. The Reborns are guided by Drones who are the face and voice of The Originators and help to guide and protect the Reborns throughout their fight against both the Kariks and the parasitic Skin Riders who take control of a “host” or person’s cognitive abilities, to restore the human race and end the alien threat that drove mankind to extinction.

This 10-episode, action-packed series stars Chad Michael Collins (Sniper: Reloaded, Legacy and Ghost Shooter), Victoria Atkins (Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate), Yorke Fryer (How to Get Away with Murder), Matthew Bellows (Grimm, Fuller House), Jack DePew (Mad Men, The Fosters), Jaclyn Hales (Unicorn City), and Jake Stormoen (Mythica: The Godslayer, The Iron Crown, The Necromancer, The Dark Spore and A Quest for Heroes).

Extinct is a co-production between Taleswapper, Go Films, and BYUtv. The series is directed by Ryan Little (Saints and Soldiers, Outlaw Trail) and produced by Adam Abel (Forever Strong, Freetown).

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Rachel Oto's Saloon Rock style defiantly toes the line between sweet sensuality and determined ferocity. Her raw, edgy vocals, no-nonsense, balls-to-the-wall, acoustic rock style, and sophisticated, visual storytelling make her the type of Americana artist rock music has only dreamed of.

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Paul Zollo is an author, journalist, songwriter and photographer. Presently he is the Senior Editor of American Songwriter magazine, and Chief Editor and Photographer for Bluerailroad.

A native of Chicago, he’s the author of several books, including Songwriters On Songwriting, Expanded Edition (which has been called “the songwriter’s bible” and features in-depth interviews with more than sixty of the world’s greatest songwriters, including Frank Zappa, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Townes Van Zandt, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman), its sequel, More Songwriters On Songwriting, as well as Conversations with Tom Petty (featuring a full year of discussions between Petty & Zollo), The Schirmer Rhyming Dictionary, Hollywood Remembered (an oral and narrative history of Hollywood), The Beginning Songwriter’s Answer Book (a manual on the art and craft of songwriting), and Sunset & Cahuenga, a novel. He’s currently working on books with Matisyahu, and the legendary photographer Henry Diltz.

The recipient of the NAS John Bettis Fellowship Award for service in the songwriting community, Zollo is former editor of SongTalk magazine, and Managing Editor of Performing Songwriter. He has written for numerous publications, including Variety, Billboard, Oxford American, Sing Out!, Grammy Magazine, Playback, Boulevard, Acoustic Guitar and others.

The lead singer-songwriter for the LA band The Ghosters for many years, he released one self-titled album with the band, and two solo albums: Orange Avenue (2000), (which features his famous duet with Art Garfunkel on the song “Being In This World”) and Universal Cure (2014), which has a duet with Terre Roche of the Roches called “Maggie.”

As a songwriter he’s collaborated with many great writers, including the late Steve Allen, as well as Dan Bern, Severin Browne, Bob Malone, James Coberly Smith and others. With Darryl Purpose, he’s written many songs, including all included on Darryl’s most recent album, Still The Birds.

As a photographer, Zollo has photographed many musicians and performers, such as Aimee Mann, Peter Case and Leiber & Stoller, and his photos have been displayed in galleries in L.A. and published in American Songwriter and elsewhere. He is presently at work completing his first book of photos, Angeleno.

He produced and hosted events for the Aspen Writer’s Foundation’s Lyrically Speaking Program, and hosts many songwriter tributes such as the annual Bobfest in L.A. a tribute to Bob Dylan. He produced NAS’ Salute To Songwriters for many years, has contributed to NARAS’ Living Histories video project, and for the past 16 years has written about the Best Song nominees for the annual Grammy program book.

He also hosts the live web-series “Songwriters On Songwriting Live,” which is filmed and webcast every month from The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, where his guests have included Neil Sedaka, Stephen Bishop, Mike Love, Rumer, Dave Stewart and more.

There was a moment in 2016 when singer/songwriter Chuck Murphy realized people were listening. After spending three weeks in the hospital with a stomach ailment, Murphy returned home to find he had three million SoundCloud listens to his song “Falling Star.”

When Murphy’s album, Peace Be With You, hit No.3 on Billboard’s Folk Americana chart in the Fall of 2016, it was proof the artist was coming into his own.

From his earliest days in Minnesota as a 10-year-old with the electric guitar and amp his father received in barter, Murphy found that music was his way to express himself. “The neighbor kids and I would go from house to house carrying our stuff,” Murphy recalls. “I think that was my first tour.”

As the youngest of four children, music helped him navigate his turbulent home life where his father ruled with an iron hand. As the youngest, he was often the brunt of his father’s aggression and songwriting became therapeutic, giving Murphy a means of expression.

Murphy formed Big Coyote in 2010 to perform and record his vision. At the same time, he began One West Media to support the band through visual media and One West Records for his projects.

The artist doesn’t just talk the talk; he walks the walk! He believes in giving back. He has formed a nonprofit, Music and Kids, to organize his efforts to help young people learn about the music industry, develop their talents, and pursue careers in music. Through Music and Kids, Murphy and other artists and industry professionals will visit schools to educate students about the music industry and how to develop as an artist. Music and Kids will also identify gifted young people and assist their efforts with scholarships to various artist development programs designed to develop their talents and help them pursue a career in music. In the first year of giving back, Murphy and Music and Kids have sponsored kids, other nonprofits for kids, and nonprofit events with over $150,000 in support.

Murphy’s objective is to use his platform to help change his environment, his community, and whatever portion of the world he can reach to make a difference.

For years, Murphy has performed at the Almond Blossom Festival in Quartz Hill, CA. This year after dinner break, Murphy returned thinking he was going to participate in giving out an award. Instead, he was awarded Person of the Year from the Chamber of Commerce.

“Every day I wake up and ask for the strength to be the best I can be -- the strength, the wisdom and courage to deal with today the best I can.

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ADAM C. STONE

President of Entertainment / Phenomenon

A fourteen year veteran of the entertainment industry, Adam Stone joined Phenomenon in November of 2015 as the President of Entertainment. Phenomenon has a First Look Overhead Deal at Warner Brothers for both Film and Television. The film and television production company was designed to capitalize on Phenomenon’s research, analytics and cultural insights generated by the parent company, an innovations agency.

Prior to joining Phenomenon, Stone spent several years as President of Production for Vertigo Entertainment, a premier film and television production company also with a First Look Overhead Deal at Warner Brothers.

During Stone’s time with Vertigo they were one of the most active production companies in Los Angeles– releasing five pictures (OLD BOY, RUN ALL NIGHT, THE LEGO MOVIE, POLTERGEIST, and THE VOICES) and taking “Bates Motel” through the first three seasons. During this period Vertigo also put the next two franchise installments of International, animated event film, THE LEGO MOVIE into production, made THE BOY with Lakeshore and STX, SLEEPLESS NIGHT starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan, which Stone produced, BLAIR WITCH expansion THE WOODS directed by Adam Wingard, THE RING 3 for Paramount. and secured a greenlight for subversive YA mega property, DEATH NOTE, for Netflix.

In addition to the aforementioned productions, Vertigo sold twenty three feature film projects and five television shows during Stone’s tenure.

Stone is currently in production on the animated film NIMONA at Fox Animation, directed by the Oscar winning filmmaker, Patrick Osbourne and written by the Oscar nominated writer Marc Haimes. NIMONA is based on Noelle Stevenson’s National Book Award Candidate, NYT Bestselling, critically acclaimed graphic novel of the same title.