Michele Moreno is a composer, producer, actress and singer who has thrilled audiences around the world with her vocal talents. In 2002, she sang backup for the late great Ray Charles and in 1998 she traveled throughout Latin America and Europe singing backup for Spanish superstar Raphael. She has also sung on numerous film & TV scores including an episode of HBO's Six Feet Under.

Michele has worked as a production coordinator on several animated projects for kids including video games based on: the Japanese TV series Anpanman, the movie The Polar Express and the TV special Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies.

Her songwriting collaboration with her husband Alex began in 2003 while they were living in Australia -- Michele composes the music and Alex writes the lyrics. Audiences in the Brisbane/Gold Coast area loved their Latin-Jazz originals, which Michele performed as the character Birdie Mendoza - jazz singer from the rainforest of Guatemala. They also collaborated in the same fashion on Michele's chill-out EP Plastic Gardens, which blends her sensuous voice with organic and electronic music. Currently Alex and Michele are developing and producing an animated series for kids, which entertains and educates through music and amusing stories. Michele is also a budding actress, having played the director of a homeless-teens shelter in the indie flick Waiting for Tomorrow done by PHAT Network Films, and a corporate executive in a Bigfoot Entertainment TV/DVD series designed to teach English. Michele is currently acting and singing full-time, doing recording sessions and singing jazz and Latin standards throughout Los Angeles.

CONTACT Michele at 310.570.8663 or at treglamour@earthlink.net
For info on Michele as a jazz & Latin vocalist go to her Birdie Mendoza webpage
For Michele's acting bio go to: Michele's Bio

Alex is an artist, animator, writer, producer and director living in Venice, Ca. He has worked as a character animator and digital artist for more than 12 years on films such as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hollow Man, Stuart Little, Anaconda, Starship Troopers, and James and the Giant Peach. He has also animated and directed two independent films: Mummer and Thirteen, which have garnered numerous awards including 1st place in animation at the USA Film Festival for Mummer and the Jurors Award at the Black Maria Film Festival for Thirteen. Always interested in music, writing and storytelling, Alex began collaborating as a lyricist and music producer with his wife Michele. Currently they are developing a children's television series titled Adventures with Mama C. Alex is also developing an adult animated comedy series, and currently works as a freelance computer animator.

Alex has a B.F.A. in printmaking and graphic design from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. and an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Ca. His production skills range from concept to creation and include: character illustration, storyboarding, digital pipeline development, model creation, character setup and animation. He has taught animation at Oakwood Arts High School, in North Hollywood, and at UCLA Extension. He has also lectured on animation and digital production at Woosong University in Taejong, South Korea and the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, South Korea.

CONTACT: 310.391.1991 or asokoloff@earthlink.net

Tippy Canoe is a ukulele slinging, sweetly singing, guitar wrestling, occasionally jesting, teasingly romantic, but may tickle with an antic, modern day performer.

Miss Canoe claims to be the alter ego of Michele Kappel, drummer of Sympathy For the Record Industry's The Kirby Grips. She is also rumored to be a former member of the San Francisco Weekly Award nominated tin-pan alley troubadours The Frisky Frolics. This is somewhat suspect, but all reports appear to confirm this bold statement.

She earnestly puts forth sweet and sassy songs from the 1930's depression era all the way up to the 2004 depression era including timeless and catchy originals. You may find her strumming at her local Oakland, California speakeasy or at a tattoo parlor in Mexico or on a New York street corner, it doesn't matter- she knocks it out with equal abandon wherever she lands.

CONTACT Tippy Canoe at: www.tippycanoe.net
CONTACT Michele Kappel, a.k.a. TIPPY CANOE: mkappel@earthlink.net

William Grier - ASPIRING PRODUCER/COMPOSER

Northern California born and raised. Will's music style has evolved over his 23 years from mashing out tunes in diapers on a toy wooden piano to cutting edge Hip/Hop grooves on his digital piano.

Will received formal music training beginning at age 5. His style, however reflects self-teaching. His music style is influenced by Old School R&B Smooth Jazz, and Hip/Hop. Will currently collaborates with artists from the San Francisco Bay Area. His beats are very popular and in demand by other aspiring musicians. Will produces out of his Antioch, California home studio.

CONTACT Will at: 925.325.4436 or at Soulreal007@aol.com

Julien Painot was born in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. He grew up playing classical piano and writing compositions. At the age of 15 he began his studies of classical composition and orchestration at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. At 18 years old, he reached the virtuosity level in classical piano and was invited to New York to attend a classical piano festival. Shortly after, his conservatory graduation, he decided to pursue his studies and switched to Film Scoring at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. After two and a half years of studies, he earned a Bachelor's Degree with honors (Magna Cum Laude) in Film Scoring. He also won the film scoring achievement award given by the professional writing division department in recognition of outstanding musicianship.

Julien moved to Los Angeles during the fall of 2003. He immediately got work scoring USC and AFI student films and independent movies. During this time, he met composer Alex Wurman who was immediately impressed by Julien's talent. He began working with the esteemed composer by providing composition and arranging services as well as assist Mr. Wurman on feature films such as, Anchorman (Dreamworks, S.K.G) and Criminal (Warner Bros.) Shortly after, he scored his first feature, a war documentary for PBS and the History channel.

Since Julien arrived in Los Angeles, his musical career has continued to progress and he has been working non-stop. In one year he has scored more than ten films and produced songs and arrangements for professional singers and composers. He also produced and wrote for the Sonic Youth Tribute, published by Vitamin Records. These wealth of experience lead Julien to create his own music production company, n-harmonix productions, LLC. Recently, he had a two-page interview published in the national magazine, Brentwood. The journalist said: "Composer Julien Painot has music in his mind and in his heart".

David has been working as a professional actor and singer for more than 20 years. He trained with the legendary Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and performed in over 30 plays (many of them musical) before setting his sights mainly on voice acting and studio singing. David has played lead roles in over 120 episodes of television animation, including series leads in shows like Robocop Alpha Commando, Beast Wars, Spiderman Unlimited, and Sabrina The Animated Series.

Lately, David has been busy voicing roles for videogames, feature films, as well as for television, including work in Spiderman II, Advent Rising, Fantastic Four, Star Trek Enterprise, Teen Titans, the upcoming Hulk Ultimate Destruction and 50 Cent Bulletproof videogames, the Universal feature film Serenity, and 23 characters for the Sony Interactive videogame Everquest II

Here's a recent press clipping about David from The Wall Street Journal...
"Sobolov, one of the videogame industry's top voiceover artists... that voice - deep and resonant - is particularly well-suited for the gallery of villains (along with the occasional hero) that he plays"

And here's a quote from the section of David's website devoted to Music Time... "Music Time gave me a rare chance to do TWO things I love... work on a project I won't have to keep my five year old nephew from watching, and SING!"

You can contact David, hear samples of his work, and find out more about what he's been up to lately at www.sobolov.com