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. *

 
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Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals


BRETT TUGGLE


Brett Tuggle has achieved the status as a top keyboardist, vocalist and guitarist, performing live...

 



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Guitar, Vocals


STEF BURNS


Born in Oakland, California, Stef Burns grew up in neighboring Walnut Creek. He started playing his...

 
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Experimental Rock Band


The Matches


The Matches are a band based in America. The band formed in Oakland, California, in 1997...

 
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Bass, Songwriter, Producer


TONY CLARKE


Tony Clarke played bass guitar and started his career as a songwriter. His tune "Our Song" was..

 
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Singer, Songwriter


ED ULIBARRI


Ed is originally from Denver Colorado where he started performing as a professional musician at the...

 
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Keyboard, Songwriter


STEVIE ROSEMAN


Stevie "Keys" Roseman is a veteran Bay Area keyboard player born in Oakland "Oaktown"...

 
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Guitar, Composer, Studio Owner/Operator


DENNIS TENNEY


Owned and operated Ideal Post Sound for many years. There grew company to a respectable size with a...

 
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Drums, Engineer


JOHN HERNANDEZ


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


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


David Zychek entered the recording industry in 1979 as a guitarist/singer/songwriter for the band...

 
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President of Renaissance Records


JOHN EDWARDS


John Edwars is currently the President of Renaissance Entertainment Group, Tucson, Arizona. REG...

 
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Guitarist


PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO


Peppino D'Agostino is a Renaissance man. This is not just because he was born in Italy. Everything...

 

Singer, Keyboard


JERRY CORBETTA


Former lead singer, keyboardist and founder of the melodically and lyrically oriented "Green-Eyed...

 

Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist


DENNY LAINE


Denny Laine, along with Mike Pinder, Ray Thomas, Graeme Edge and Clint Warwick, formed The ....

 

Piano, Clarinet


ALAN KOSHIYAMA


Award winning composer, Alan Koshiyama's debut into the world of film and television music began...

 

Producer, Songwriter, Drummer

NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN


Among a handful of the most innovative, original and influential artists of our ....

 

Keys,Guitar,Singer


DAVID KENT


A native of Akron, Ohio,  started his first working band at age 12, majored in music at Ithaca...

 
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Composer,Producer,Trumpet


MARCO D’AMBROSIO


MARCO  is a composer, music producer, trumpet player and all-around noise wrangler. A native of Florence....

 
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Keyboard


TIM GORMAN


Tim Gorman, the legendary session keyboardist, whose credits range from Duane Eddy to the Who and.......

 

Keyboard, Vocals, Composer


SHILOH HOBEL


Shiloh’s appreciation of music inspired her to pursue a career in both the artistic and business sides...

 
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Keyboard


ROGER SMITH


Roger Smith's exuberant spirit and extraordinary talent - matched with nimble, funky fingers - keep...

 
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Drummer, Producer


DAVID PRATER


Born in Ft.Worth, Texas, I'm known mostly as a record producer. I rarely work in the U.S. Originally ....

 
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Drummer, Guitar, Songwriter


DUANE SIGEL


Duane was raised in Illinois near Chicago and began his musical career as a

trumpet player ....

 
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Electronic Mixer, Engineer


IAN ULIBARRI


Ian Ulibarri is a Bay Area based elecrtronic music producer who is best known for releasing music on the 12"...

 
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Piano, Songwriter, Creative Director


SPENCER NILSEN


Spencer Nilsen, President and Creative Director at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA first displayed a passion for music...

 
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Singer, Producer


MICHAEL EARDLEY


Michael Eardley is President of Tanglewood Productions, Northern Nevada’s premier, multi-studio recording.....

 
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Engineer, Recording Academy President


STEPHEN HART


Recoding Academy President - San Francisco - central western states, Co-Chair P&E Wing 2006-09. Stephen is currently.....

 

Guitar, Piano, Vocals and Songwriter


ED RYAN


When Ed was 6 years old, his parents thought it was a good idea that he should take accordion lessons......

 
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Guitar, Vocals and Songwriter


Dave Jenkins


Thirty years ago, in 1975, Pablo Cruise released its first A&M album simply entitled Pablo Cruise. The album cover was shot......

 

Guitar, Songwriter


HARVEY MANDEL


Legendary guitar virtuoso Harvey Mandel, aka "The Snake," truly one of the most distinctive and...

 
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Bass, Singer (The Matches)


DYLAN ROWE


Although born in the San Francisco bay

area., Dylan has been raised in Nashville,TN

A.K.A “Music City”....

 
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Bass, Singer, Composer


Don Bassey


For over thirty years, Don Bassey has shared stages and studios with some of San Francisco’s finest rock, blues and alternative musicians.....

 
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Musician, Producer, Artist, Writer


Eric Chun


Multi faceted ERIC CHUN is a musician, producer, artist, writer, and the creative genius behind the Northern California-based.....

 
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Guitar,Bass,Keyboard,Saxophone


John Rowe


John Rowe, born in Oakland, CA started his musical career at age 7, playing clarinet.....

 

Composer


W.G. Snuffy Walden


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 ...

 
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