Meet the Judges

Meet the Judges

Here is a list of the JUDGES PANEL lead by Mike Pinder. For the complete bio of each judge please click on photo.* The following celebrity judges will be used pending their availability. *
Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Brett Tuggle has achieved the status as a top keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist, performing live...
Guitar, Vocals
Born in Oakland, California, Stef Burns grew up in neighboring Walnut Creek. He started playing his...
Experimental Rock Band
The Matches are a band based in America. The band formed in Oakland, California, in 1997...
Bass, Songwriter, Producer
Tony Clarke played bass guitar and started his career as a songwriter. His tune "Our Song" was..
Singer, Songwriter
Ed is originally from Denver Colorado where he started performing as a professional musician at the...
Keyboard, Songwriter
Stevie "Keys" Roseman is a veteran Bay Area keyboard player born in Oakland "Oaktown"...
Guitar, Composer, Studio Owner/Operator
Owned and operated Ideal Post Sound for many years. There grew company to a respectable size with a...
Drums, Engineer
John has been a professional musician since 1976 and was in the fore front of electronic music since...
Player, Arranger, Producer, and Director
Pat Caddick has been involved in the LA and Las Vegas music scene for more than 25 years as a...
Guitar, Bass, Keys, Producer
David Zychek entered the recording industry in 1979 as a guitarist/singer/songwriter for the band...
President of Renaissance Records
John Edwars is currently the President of Renaissance Entertainment Group, Tucson, Arizona. REG...
Guitarist
Peppino D'Agostino is a Renaissance man. This is not just because he was born in Italy. Everything...
Singer, Keyboard
Former lead singer, keyboardist and founder of the melodically and lyrically oriented "Green-Eyed...
Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
Denny Laine, along with Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge and Clint Warwick, formed The ....
Piano, Clarinet
Award winning composer, Alan Koshiyama's debut into the world of film and television music began...
Producer, Songwriter, Drummer
Among a handful of the most innovative, original and influential artists of our ....
Keys,Guitar,Singer
A native of Akron, Ohio, started his first working band at age 12, majored in music at Ithaca...
Composer,Producer,Trumpet
MARCO is a composer, music producer, trumpet player and all-around noise wrangler. A native of Florence....
Keyboard
Tim Gorman, the legendary session keyboardist, whose credits range from Duane Eddy to the Who and.......
Judges Quick List
Please click on name to be taken directly to Judge Bio.
Keyboard, Vocals, Composer
Shiloh’s appreciation of music inspired her to pursue a career in both the artistic and business sides...
Keyboard
Roger Smith's exuberant spirit and extraordinary talent - matched with nimble, funky fingers - keep...
Drummer, Producer
Born in Ft.Worth, Texas, I'm known mostly as a record producer. I rarely work in the U.S. Originally ....
Drummer, Guitar, Songwriter
Duane was raised in Illinois near Chicago and began his musical career as a
trumpet player ....
Electronic Mixer, Engineer
Ian Ulibarri is a Bay Area based elecrtronic music producer who is best known for releasing music on the 12"...
Piano, Songwriter, Creative Director
Spencer Nilsen, President and Creative Director at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA first displayed a passion for music...
Singer, Producer
Michael Eardley is President of Tanglewood Productions, Northern Nevada’s premier, multi-studio recording.....
Engineer, Recording Academy President
Recoding Academy President - San Francisco - central western states, Co-Chair P&E Wing 2006-09. Stephen is currently.....
Guitar, Piano, Vocals and Songwriter
When Ed was 6 years old, his parents thought it was a good idea that he should take accordion lessons......
Guitar, Vocals and Songwriter
Thirty years ago, in 1975, Pablo Cruise released its first A&M album simply entitled Pablo Cruise. The album cover was shot......
Guitar, Songwriter
Legendary guitar virtuoso Harvey Mandel, aka "The Snake," truly one of the most distinctive and...
Bass, Singer (The Matches)
Although born in the San Francisco bay
area., Dylan has been raised in Nashville,TN
A.K.A “Music City”....
Bass, Singer, Composer
For over thirty years, Don Bassey has shared stages and studios with some of San Francisco’s finest rock, blues and alternative musicians.....
Musician, Producer, Artist, Writer
Multi faceted ERIC CHUN is a musician, producer, artist, writer, and the creative genius behind the Northern California-based.....
Guitar,Bass,Keyboard,Saxophone
John Rowe, born in Oakland, CA started his musical career at age 7, playing clarinet.....
Composer
It was during this period that a couple of film and television agents heard Snuffy playing guitar during regular monthly gigs at a Santa Monica nightclub. "When they asked ...