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EXPERTS
FameCast often offers mentorships and critiques from our roster of industry experts—a who's-who of leading entertainment writers, talent managers, Grammy and Emmy-winning musicians and producers, and A&R reps. Here are just a few of the pros who've worked with our artists.
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Chris "Tweaker" Vrenna: Electronic
Chris is a Grammy Award-winning original member of Nine Inch Nails, touring keyboardist for Marilyn Manson, touring drummer for Gnarls Barkley and solo electronic artist/producer.
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Paul Korzilius: Rock
Paul Korzilius is a partner in the music, game and film industries. Since 1992, he has managed the career of the super-star rock group Bon Jovi. He has also managed the touring careers of Cher, Queen, Skid Row, The Alarm, Scorpions, Billy Squier, Debbie Gibson and Cheap Trick.
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Trey Bruce: Country
Nashville-based Bruce is a successful musician, songwriter and producer who has had more than 50 of his songs recorded by Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Reba McEntire and many more of country music’s top stars. Bruce has five #1 singles to his credit, as well as numerous Top 5 and Top 10 singles and a 2001 Emmy.
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Jana Crandal: Pop
Jana Crandal is an A&R representative for Suretone Records (The Cure, The Black Angels, Shwayze), where she reviews and oversees artist submissions for new up and coming acts.
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Aaron Burgess: Rock
Aaron Burgess is a regular contributor to SPIN, The Onion AV Club, Alternative Press, Revolver and Harp, for which he's written more than 2,000 pieces on everything from indie pop to death metal. Now based in Austin, Texas, he is the former editorial director of Alternative Press and was instrumental in launching the magazine's "AP&R" feature, which has led dozens of unsigned bands to national recognition.
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Soren Baker: Hip Hop
Soren Baker is an executive editor of The Source magazine and the author of The Music Library: The History of Rap and Hip-Hop. He also writes for the Los Angeles Times, among others, and has had more than 2,000 articles published, the overwhelming majority of them focusing on Hip-Hop Culture.
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Gary Graff: Rock
Gary is an award-winning music journalist who contributes regularly to outlets like UPI, the New York Times Features Syndicate, Billboard and Revolver. He is also the series editor of the MusicHound Essential Album Guide books and the author of The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen A to E to Z.
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Mariana Diaz: Latin
Mariana is an on-air personality and creative director at Los Angeles’ Super Estrella 107.1, one of the country’s top Spanish-language radio stations.
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Francis Preve: Electronic
Producer extraordinaire Francis Preve was the producer of six #1 Billboard remixes in 2007.
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Doug Van Pelt: Christian
Van Pelt is the founder, editor and publisher of HM Magazine, one of the most widely read and well-known publications covering the Christian Rock scene for the past 15 years.
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Erik Stein: Pop, Hip Hop
Currently a Scoop Marketing Associate, Erik has worked for over a decade at Universal Music Group (MCA and Geffen Records), where he handled pop/rock media and artist relations.
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JS Clayden: Electronic
Los Angeles-based British ex-pat Jon “JS” Clayden is a core founding member of UK alt-rock band Pitchshifter. Clayden also currently owns and operates PSI Records, and is Manager of Industry Outreach at the Los Angeles Recording School, where he teaches Music Business Communications.
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Steve Hochman: Rock, Pop
Steve Hochman has written the Los Angeles Times for more than 20 years and is the author of its Times' Pop Eye music news column. He currently writes the AOL Spinner.com global music column Around the World and is the pop music critic for radio news magazine the California Report.
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Melinda Newman: Pop, Country
Melinda Newman is a Los Angeles-based freelance entertainment journalist who writes for the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Associated Press. She was previously West Coast Bureau Chief and Deputy Editor for Billboard Magazine.