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 Gary
Lynn Floyd
The son of an
architect and a homemaker, Gary was born in Houston, TX.
By the ripe old age of five, he was picking out melodies on the
piano, and at seven, he played the pivotal role of the Good Samaritan
in his church choir musical, The critics were agog.
Before long,
the “boy-wonder” won first place in a national talent
competition and recorded his first album, Sixteen and Counting,
which quickly established him as a popular singer/songwriter in
churches and festivals across the country. By popular demand,
two albums followed: Singing A Love Song and See
The Change. Both projects began to showcase Gary’s
insightful songwriting ability.
Grammy-award
winning producer Chris Christian recognized this rare talent,
and signed Gary as a songwriter in the late-80s. During his
years at Home Sweet Home Music, Gary wrote several chart
topping Contemporary Christian hits, including Steve Archer’s
No.1 hit, If You Were The Only One and Mike Eldred’s
rousing rendition of Come To Me.
Gary attended
Baylor University, and after graduation, he made a departure from
gospel music, and joined forces with the critically acclaimed vocal
trio, Wiseguys. Gary toured internationally with the
group, and appeared at Carnegie Hall, 1993 Presidential Inaugural
Celebration, the White House, as well as sold-out Performances in
London, Sydney, and New York.
The desire to
express himself through his own music grew, and Gary returned to a
solo career and moved to Venice Beach, CA. where he recorded three
more solo projects, and became a sought-after studio musician and
demo singer for songwriters all over Southern California. He
also toured as lead singer for the country-rock band, The Shoppe,
and opened for LeAnn Rimes, Wynnona, and Terri Clark.
After a short
stay in Nashville, pounding the pavement and knocking on doors, Gary
returned to Texas and was cast in the hit musical Pump Boys
& Dinettes, for which he was awarded the Leon Rabin Award
for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. Many
critically acclaimed roles followed, including The Full Monty,
King David, Aida, Merrily We Roll Along,
and The Big Bang. He has also received several
acting awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum.
Gary also
recently co-founded the organization, Together We Can, with
his longtime friend, Denise Lee.
Together We
Can raises funds and awareness for organizations across the country,
and this year is teaming with GINA
for Missing Persons for the finale of the Squeaky Wheel
Tour™ in Dallas in November.
Singer,
songwriter, actor, recording artist, philanthropist, and now a member
of the new, progressive-country band, Clementine. Gary
continues to raise his voice and talent to change the world in
whatever way he can, with a message of hope for the new millenium.
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 Jannel
Rap
Jannel Rap
has five solo CDs that have received national airplay. She has shared
the stage with John Waite, Sophie B Hawkins, Stevie Wonder,
Sandi Patty, The Yardbirds, Nickel Creek, Eddie
Money, Rick Springfield's band The Squirts, Susan
Gibson (Dixie Chicks), Lowen and Navarro, Loudon
Wainright III, James Valentine of Maroon 5, Tyrone
Wells, and Ronnie Cox. She founded GINA
for Missing Persons FOUNDation after the disappearance of
her sister, Gina, in 2000. GINA was featured in the 2003 and
2006 Grammy Awards Program along with Jannel and numerous
contributing artists, including Meatloaf, Michael C Ross,
Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Carlton, Little Feat,
and Sheila E. Her music has been featured in the television
shows America Lost and FOUND, and Elimidate,
in Karen Black's 2007 play Missouri Waltz, the
2006 Henry Jaglom film Going Shopping, and the
2007 documentary, 800 CDs. Numerous artists have
recorded her songs. She is honored alongside Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey
as distinguished alumni. She was the host of America Lost and FOUND
and co-hosted the CRN's Live from Studio C Street.
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 Dana
Woods
Dana Woods was
formerly in the duo Carte Blanche with Shmat Records, and the
band December Stars. She has opened and/or shared the stage
with Sophie B Hawkins, Giant Drag, Wonderlove, Don
McLean,
Nickel Creek, Jannel Rap, The Yardbirds, Eddie
Money, Dirty Little Secret, Midnight Movies, Lucinda
Williams and Silverson Pickups.
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 Jeffrey
Wayne
Jeffrey Wayne
was born in Tucson, Arizona (a hot, sticky, miserable ghost town of a
city). Hiding under the covers with a transistor radio at midnight,
he was obsessed with all things pop. His father would put the
doorknob through the wall one more time as he interrupted his
rhythmic son listening to He's a Real Nowhere Man one more
time after his bedtime.
After
attending Grand Canyon College on a music scholarship he joined the
band RHEMA which eventually would sign with Curb/MCA.
After years of honing his rudimentary skill, he was reduced to
playing against drum machine parts that a producer programmed. Not
very creative, but it sure got his time together. As the band
recorded their debut album, he began getting calls to play on
national commercials produced by Frank Zappa keyboardist Allen
Zavod.
After the rock
aliens disintegrated in a maze of unrealized rock star fantasies,
Jeffrey and one of the aliens relocated to LA and a life of day jobs
and schmoozing. Thus was born Nomad Production and the
production team would go on to to work with Phillip Bailey, Richard
Marx and International Star Search winner Banig.
Jeffrey would also write and produce songs for legendary R&B
artists The Whispers and Stephanie Mills as well as
working directly with music publishing company Famous Music
for several television shows. And to answer your questions, he spent
more time programming drums then playing drums. Around this time
Jeffrey and his alien production partner, Marc Jackson, hooked
up with Michael Jackson guitarist Jon Clark and
Trevor Rabin drummer Lou Molina and formed the original
project Hungry For Power.
The alien team
from Nomad parted company and Jeffrey began working with legendary
record maverick Nik Venet. This is that period in many
drummers careers where they have gotten so far away from their first
love that they travel to the dark side of the force and become a
RECORD EXECUTIVE. A SUIT with drumsticks. It wasn't long before
Jeffrey was abusing struggling artists just like he had been abused
as the VP of A&R for Nik Venet's company, Evening Star Records.
After Nik Venet's death, Jeffrey was elected the new President of
the company and he ran Evening Star for several years before leaving
to accept another job as President of Hautlab Records
in New York. He made the pre-Grammy ballot as Producer of
the Year in 1998 and again in 2005 for his work as
producer on Jannel Rap's Sea of Red and Kaleidoscope albums.
In early 2003
Jeffrey formed the Chimera Production Group with ex-Lonesome
Romeos front man, Robert Parlee, and Grammy nominated
singer-songwriter Jannel Rap. Based in Nashville as a
publishing company, their song Must Have Been the Water
has been on hold by several major country artists including Keith Urban,
Gary Moore and Blake Shelton.
Jeffrey has
also returned to his first love and is now playing on session for
many indie releases and recently has worked with world-class bass
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