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Marcos 'Max' E. Vasquez
Maxx Vaxx Music (BMI)
7632 Topanga Canyon Blvd 215 Canoga Park, CA 91304 (818) 564-0999 e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.maxxvaxxmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/maxxvaxxmusic
Winner 2006 Best Jazz Album of the Year and Best Lounge Artist of the Year by The
Los Angeles Music Awards
Employment Experience/Exposure
Eye C U 2010 Jared Gerber, Entertainer // Duties: Music Producer/Composer/Arranger/Engineer, Business Consultant
Mark Isham, The Mark Isham Remix Score Contest 2010 http://www.isham.com // Winning entry- Duties: Composer; Music Editor
Atama U.S. Tour Production 2010, Andrew Ambrose, entertainer // Duties: Writer- business/marketing/tour plans; production
coordinator; liaison to Malaysian government Travel Bureau and U.S. Cultural Affairs, Library Of Congress for Atama & The Kings
Of Borneo
Social Media profiles Administrator for 7 clients: Patti Kelly / Kingston DuCoeur / Jeff Stetson / Atama / Alan Wilson / The
Encino Community Church / The Randy Van Horne Singers // Duties: Managing client social media profiles, adding network
contacts, rating, adding favorites, sending promo messages, outbound/inbound calls for bookings, improving Google ranking tags,
computer encoding and programming, etc. for their YouTube, Facebook and MySpace profiles
The Choraliers 4 Christmas benefits 2009/2010, Kathy Bates, Director // Duties: Tenor vocalist, featured performer
Johnny Mercer Cancer Research Foundation Benefit at UCLA 2009, Dari Lallou, Producer // Duties: Three musical stage
production segments for cancer benefit
Raul Ramos Book Opening at Vroman’s Pasadena 2009 Raul Ramos, Author // Duties: Live Performer, Book’s Theme Song
Composer; for “America Libre” book sales campaign, promoting book online
Patti Kelly 2009 (818)554-5937 Patti Kelli, Jazz Vocalist/Performer // Duties: Album & Video Producer, Publisher,
arranger/engineer and video Director/Editor for eleven songs (youtube.com/pattikellymusic), Marketing
Amanda Abizaid U.S. Tour Production 2009, Amanda Abizaid, entertainer // Duties: Writer- business/marketing/tour plans;
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Moontribe Performer for 16 year Anniversary Event in Mojave Desert with Treavor Walton
Encino Community Church 2008-Present Rev. Margie Ann Taylor-Black, Performer // Duties: Video Director/Producer/Editor,
for eleven songs (youtube.com/eccchoir), Tenor vocalist in the choir, frequent featured artist
The Randy Van Horne Singers 2008-present (818)590-9855 Alan Wilson, Director/Bandleader // Duties: First Tenor, second
chair vocalist, Social Media/Marketing Director/ Videographer
Jeff Stetson -“Cycle of Life” 2006-Present (626)449-6282 Jeff Stetson artist/client // Duties: Album Producer, Publisher, arranger,
manager, publicist, and sideman/ background vocalist for “Cycle Of Life” due out on Jan 4 2010; Video Director/Producer/Editor
for eight songs; Marketing and sales, Inbound/outbound sales calls
Link Music 2007-present (323)352-6352 Andrea Bari, CEO // Recently merged Maxx Vaxx Music with Link music as publishing
partners and licensing agents for each other's catalogs; Latest release: a multi-volume DVD9 box set of combined catalog for
music supervisors // Duties: Sales Representative, Administrator, Producer; Inbound/Outbound calls for licensing prospecting
The Music Shoppe 2007-2008 (626)905-8618 Joanne Ledesma, Host and co-producer // Duties: Producer/Marketing for internet
radio show about the music industry (Thursdays from 2-3p.m. PST on adviceradio.com); Managing Inbound calls from listeners
Georgie Donovan 2007-2008 (818)704-7310 Georgie, Performer // Duties: Producer for 3 songs
Irene Waters 2006 (818)231-0724 Performer // Duties: Producer for 2 songs
Maxx Vaxx Music (BMI), Los Angeles 1997- present (originally DBA as U.C.P.M 1994-1997) (310)867-0647 Owner and selfemployed publisher/producer, Consultant, A&R, artist/composer/arranger/film scoring & synching/musician,
engineer/editor/mastering, event producer (planner/promoter/director), etc., Business plan (with inventoried catalog of over 200
songs), reel and CDs available upon request), web designer for maxxvaxxmusic.com (with Danial Adamz)
Tribe Music, Santa Monica 1997-2005 (310)820-6864 Brett O'Brien, owner // Duties: Producer/Engineer/Mastering, A&R, and
artist/performer // latest project: 2007 Final Mix & Mastering for 'Living The Blues' CD from the award winning film (shown at
Cannes Film Festival)
Spiritus Records, Riverside 1998-2005 [email protected], manager // Duties: Producer/Studio Chief of Operations, A&R,
website co-designer, Administrator (office and networking[4 PCs on Win2K/XP network]), Publicity & Art Director (Photoshop,
Illustrator, etc), recording artist and performer, composer/songwriter, engineer
Non-Music Work Experience
Interview with Latino Magazine 2009 http://nilkibenitez.blogspot.com/2009/11/max-vasquez-latinos-in-entertainment.html
Best Way Marketing A1 2009 Joe Walker, Owner // Duties: Marketing, Social Media Management, SEO Implementation, Content
Management
Road Runner Marketing, an SEO company Canoga Park 2009 (888)226-8196 // Assistant Administrative Manager, IT technician
Intuit Merchant Solutions 2008 //Duties: Merchant Solutions Account Executive
Irell & Manella, Elite Law Firm 1987-1991 (310)277-1010 Beverly Hills // Duties: Word Processing/Fax Department – processor,
incoming/outgoing fax delivery systems for over 500 lawyers
Releases & Shows
Ongoing: Producer for Artist clients' projects
2010 Production/Performance for The Randy Van Horne Singers
2009 Stage Production/Performance for Johnny Mercer Foundation Benefit
2009 Live Audio Recording and Video Production for Patti Kelly
2009 Video production work for Encino Community Church Easter Special Service
2009 Production on How Can I by Amanda Abizaid; Business/marketing plan writing
2009 Temp music Score for Paul Bock Film,
2006-2009 Production on "Cycle Of Life by Jeff Stetson
2008 Placed music materials on SBK Motorcycle Racing Video Game
2006-07 Two songs placed on Pay-Per-View special, and one on TV-1
2006- Entire catalog in the Nokia Ring Tones catalog and on over 100 download sites including iTunes
2005- My Name Is Earl on NBC- Song placed in pilot
2006- Sound For Shadows, While The City Sleeps, Beauty All Around, Return Of The Phoenix, Dawning of the Light Ages, The
Magnus Project, Jeff Stetson-Nowhere Street (all releases on MVMBMI), Campaign For Quiet, and Bassland albums released for
distribution
2005- Kingston DuCoeur-Then & Now (Black Bird Records), The Robbie Knievel Show(A&E), Latin Lifestyles (theme song)(UPN);
i-Tunes (& 108 others) song posting
1999-2005- Entertainers.com with Byron Allen (since 2000), WE Channel bumps (since 1999), Judging Amy(2001), Reading
Rainbow (2000), 1999 Super Bowl
1999- Psychedelic Lunchbox Creator/Host/DJ of the Central American hit radio show broadcast live from Panama
(simultaneously, Resident DJ for 3 major Panama nightclubs)
1998- Butterfly Garden (Maxx Vaxx Music), , October 22(Paramount Films) 1998- Transition Music Box Set(Transition Music)
Mastering of 14 CD Set 1997- Hell To Tha Heavens & Beyond(Tribe Music); Lord Runningclam - Fun For The Whole Family
(Moonshine Records)
1997-MTV performance on Abducted
1996- Pacific Rhythm(Harthouse Records)
1995- Luminescence(Priority Records)
1991-1993 Al Gori Latin Jazz Group (DMO Records)
1991-1993 Crystal (Venezuelan soap opera), Clutch Cargo (Slater Films) 1990- The Audition(Masters Productions)[submitted to
Sundance Festival]
Large Events (involved in production/promotion/coordinator/set const. /etc)
1999- We Are One '99(Panama Canal Exchange Celebration)
1993-1997- Moontribe Full Moon Gathering Monthly
1996-1998- No-I-To-Love & Beauty All Around, Area 51(near actual Area 51), Narnia, DADA
1995- We Are One (Hollywood at the El Capitan/Mason's Lodge)
1986-1990 Dodsworth's (Pasadena[live act 4 nights a week]),
1984-1985 JPL Cultural Festival
Arrangements
2009-Encino Community Church; 2008-Georgie Donovan; 2006-Kingston DuCoeur; 1993-Altadena Dance Academy (4
arrangements); 1989-Paula Abdul, 1985-Count Basie Orchestra; 1984-Manhattan Transfer; 1982-1994- Water Colours
Internship
Group IV Recording, Hollywood 1988-1992 Angel Corderero, owner // Duties: Intern 2nd assistant recording engineer, studio
assistant; worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Abyss, Back To The Future III, The War of the Roses, Grammy nominated
albums by Will Smith, Joe Pass, Jon Hassell, Ray Brown, etc, and several TV shows including Tracy Ulman (incl. some of the first
'The Simpsons') and Mission Impossible
Education
San Gabriel & Temple City High Schools 1979-82: diploma (top 1% of class in language/writing)
Pasadena City College 1982-1984: A.A. Courses: music, Gen. Ed.
Berklee School of Music 1981: cert of completion: composition/arranging
Sonny Phillips Jazz Workshop 1983-'85: performance/composition
Dick Grove School of Music 1985-1987: performance/engineering/production
Platt College 2000-2002: Associate of Science: IT/Networking/general education
Berklee School of Music 2006 cert: Music Publishing / Aspects of Entertainment Law
Private studies with: Robert Rithaller (L.A. Philharmonic), Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hassell, Gary Foster, Clare Fischer, Bobby
Bradford and George Belle (protégé of The Beatles' George Martin and Chicago's Roy Halley)
Skills & Certifications
Computer & Programs: A Certified Computer Technician; Microsoft trained for network administration in Windows 2000 Pro &
Advanced Server, XP Pro, NT; networking experience in Linux 7.0, Novell NetWare 5.0, Mac OS X; skilled in MS Word, Excel,
Access, Power Point; graphics and video Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop, Premiere; internet security configuration and
implementation; web design experience in Front page, Flash; Cisco routers; firewall implementation;
Audio Editing & Engineering: DAE expert in ProTools, Nuendo, Wavelab, CuBase, Ableton Live, Reason, Sonar, Cool Edit Pro
as well as digital boards(ProTools, Yamaha O2R96v2.1, Roland & Mackie), analog gear(Nieve, SSL, Soundcraft mixing boards
and Studer 24-track tape machines), digital mastering(Waves Diamond), encoding(mp3, wav, various downloadable formats);
Video Editing: on Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Platinum Pro
Instruments: Voice, brass (trumpet/trombone), piano & synths (incl. MIDI programming ), guitar, bass, percussion, etc.;
composition/arranging/orchestration/lyricist/producing/computers (PC/MAC)
Languages: Spanish(speak/read/write fluently), French(speak/read passably), Italian(read/speak minim.)
Organizations (affiliations): BMI member since 1991, NARAS, NALIP, DADA
1996-1997(Downtown Artists Development Assoc. [Board member]); Colors United
1992-1993(teacher); SMPTE 1988(Society of Motion Picture Technicians & Engineers),
Kanrisha Yosei Gakko 1991(certified in Japanese Business Management Trainers' Course), registered composer with the Library
of Congress since 1984;
Work associations: Kingston DuCoeur(Seabiscuit), Poncho Sanchez, Jean Claude Toran, Sly & Robbie(Bob Marley), John Avila
& Johnny Vatos(Oingo Boingo), Styx Hooper & Joe Sample(Jazz Crusaders), Alan Broadbent & Greg Field(Frank Sinatra, Woody
Herman), Electric Skychurch, Dimitri(Dee-Lite), Mel E Mel & Whip L Whip(Grand Master Flash), Paula Abdul, Will Smith, etc.
References and Websites
Link Music Andreas Bari (323) 352-6352
Michael Dobson Transition Music [co-publisher] (323) 860-7074
Kingston DuCoeur [Client] (818) 242-6425
Danial Adamz [IT Admin] 6087 417379 Malaysia Division
Cheryl Kilcheski [Business Consultant] (619) 218-3293
http://www.maxxvaxxmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/maxxvaxxmusic
http://www.twitter.com/maxvasquez
http://www.youtube.com/maxvasquez
http://www.facebook.com/maxvasquez
http://www.myspace.com/themagnusproject
http://www.imdbPro.com (search Max Vasquez)
http://www.ourstage.com/epk/maxvasquez
http://www.garageband.com/artist/maxvasquez
http://www.emgdj.com go to middenrecords section
http://www.tribemusic.com
http://www.mystarlinks.com/members/maxvasquez
http://www.stickam.com/profile/maxxvaxxmusic
http://www.maxxvaxxmusic.blogspot.com
http://www.famecast.com/maxvasquez
http://www.tribehollywood.com/Motor_DisplayProfile?id=-1091420200
© 2010 Maxx Vaxx Music Publishing Company (BMI)
Online store
Max Vasquez Works
Return Of The Phoenix by Max Vasquez - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigitalmusic&field-keywords=Return+Of+The+Phoenix&x=0&y=0
Beauty All Around by Max Vasquez - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigitalmusic&field-keywords=Beauty+All+Around&x=0&y=0
Sound For Shadows by Max Vasquez - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigitalmusic&field-keywords=Sound+For+Shadows&x=0&y=0
While The City Sleeps by Max Vasquez - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/While-The-CitySleeps/dp/B000US3C2K/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1259442199&sr=301-1
Butterfly Garden by Max Vasquez - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigitalmusic&field-keywords=butterfly+garden+Max+&x=0&y=0
Dawning Of The Light Ages by Max Vasquez & Carl Anthony - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/Dawning-Of-TheLight-Ages/dp/B000UTTD9A/ref=sr_shvl_album_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1259443237&sr=301-2
Vintage Vibrations by The Magnus Project - $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigitalmusic&field-keywords=Vintage+Vibrations+Maxx+Vaxx+Music&x=0&y=0
Cycle Of Life by Jeff Stetson – $15.00 http://tinyurl.com/CycleOfLifeBuyLink
Infinite Bliss by Manach - $10.00 TBA – BRAND NEW release on Nov 23