Mentors-Staff

Mentor Lineup subject to change

RONAN CHRIS MURPHY

Ronan Chris Murphy has diverse credits ranging from Prog-Rock legends King Crimson to YouTube sensation Tay Zonday to shock rockers GWAR and everything in between, including Aurora, Tony Levin, Steve Morse,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Terry Bozzio, Alexia, Martin Sexton, Dave Nachmanoff (with Al Stewart), Ulver, Jamie Walters, Steve Stevens, Chucho Valdes y Groupo Irakere, and Nels Cline. His productions have charted as far away as Iceland, Greece and Malaysia. He also works on music for non-album projects including the hit Norwegian film Uno and video games Mafia III, Yoku’s Island Express and Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. He is the founder of Recording Boot Camp, which helped pioneer the recording intensive concept and has launched an online training series.

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DAVE NACHMANOFF

When you hear about the music of a guitar virtuoso with a doctorate in philosophy, who cut his musical teeth performing and collaborating with singer-songwriter Al Stewart (“Year of the Cat”), you know you will be getting something different. In a career that has spanned a dozen albums and thousands of shows ranging from living room concerts to the Royal Albert Hall, Dave Nachmanoff has built a loyal fan base and a unique niche as a performer and songwriter.

Touring, accompanying, and recording with his songwriting hero, Al Stewart, for over 15 years gave Dave the chance to get his own music out in front of tens of thousands of people and gained him international exposure and recognition. Over the years, he has shared the stage with a long list of legends of the folk and rock music worlds, including the likes of Alison Krauss, Steve Forbert, Firefall, John Wesley Harding, and blues legend Libba “Freight Train” Cotten (when he was ten years old). Dave continues to record and tour, playing well over a hundred shows a year in listening rooms, private house concerts, and at other events.

When not on tour, Dave Nachmanoff is busy producing for other artists, teaching master classes around the US and working in his unique niche of writing and recording custom songs. davenach.com

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TRACY & VANCE MARINO

Wife-and-husband music writing team Tracey Marino and Vance Marino are songwriters, composers, musicians, and producers with more than 3,000 songs in their BMI catalog. They specialize in happy, positive music. Their music is heard daily around the world and has been featured in TV shows “The Voice,” “Saturday Night Live,” “Today Show,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” and has been placed in countless trailers, video games, Hallmark Channel movies, Disney promos, and feature films such as “The Last Song” starring Miley Cyrus (Touchstone Pictures). ​National commercials include L.L. Bean, Clorox, Cabela’s, Bass Pro Shops, and several “infomercials” for the beginning of “The Late Show,” with Stephen Colbert. The Marinos’ new book, “Hey! That’s My Song! A Guide to Getting Music Placements in Film, TV, and Media,” published by Backbeat Books

Tracy and Vance are experts at both writing and producing tracks for placement. They will be sharing their knowledge in both areas at Cacapehon.

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JESSE GIMBEL

Since the very beginning of the retreats, DIYRE (DIY Recording Equipment) has been a partner helping bring the joy of DIY gear building to attendees of the retreat. After working with the DIYRE programs at the retreat for several years, Jesse Gimbel is the new head of our DIY program, and will be working with us to develop the program for both beginners and advanced builders. He has worked for DIYRE for 8 years, starting from packing kits, working through the ranks being involved in soldering workshops, up to designing the G Bus stereo VCA compressor.

Outside of DIYRE, he is an audio engineer and musician, who also has expertise in graphic design, photography, and videography. Connect with Jesse on Instagram and his Youtube channel.

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STEVEN MEMEL

Steven Memel is an internationally acclaimed voice & performance coach, is creator of “The Science of Switching On” – the first fully integrated vocal technique and performance system. Clients are some of the biggest names in today’s music and film industry and have won Academy Awards, Grammys, Emmys and Golden Globe awards. Included among them are Adam Levine (Maroon 5), Sara Bareilles, Halsey, Justin Long, Drew Barrymore, Brie Larsen, Taryn Manning, Jesse McCartney and more. He is also an award-winning actor, singer and director in his own right.

More recently, Steven’s work has expanded into the research and exploration of fundamental creativity. Through his new program, Capturing Creativity, he teaches participants how to gain the awareness, behaviors and actions for tapping into their greatest and often hidden resources of imagination and genius.

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