17 Influencer Chaz Smith

17 Influencer Chaz Smith

Chaz Smith made his way to Los Angeles making Vine videos, but his career has exploded into so much more. Always positive and always funny, Chaz creates videos that bring joy to the world. In this episode, studio intern Connor Hadden interviews Chaz Smith about his life and career in Los Angeles.

16 Singer Dennis Lamar and Songwriter Dale Becker

Singer Dennis Lamar and his friend Dale Becker make quite the pair. Dale has penned the lyrics to a number of songs that Dennis Lamar has brought to life through his powerful performances.

Most recently, Dale wrote "Simple" that Dennis performed as the title track of Honor Project Documentary, a film featuring 20 diverse Los Angeles Dads. In this interview, Idle Tuesdays Recording Studio interns Randi Simonette and Kayla Pulver discover the key to this unique singer/songwriter friendship.

15 Daniela Morales: producer, podcaster, singer

Daniela Morales is a singer and performer hailing from Guatemala City. She brings her culture and faith to the world through her music.

She trained as a singer in Paris and as an actor in Los Angeles, and is best known as the host, writer, and producer of the kids musical show “Ice Cream Musical.”

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14 Amina Bolden, Azusa Pacific University summer intern

Each summer, we welcome interns from local colleges, universities, and music schools to join us in the studio and get some hands on experience with real projects. This summer, Amina Holden, a soon-to-be-senior at Azusa Pacific University, is joining us.

To kick off her 120-hour summer internship, we thought we'd put her in the hot seat and interview her here on the Music Industry Insiders podcast.

Amina Bolden has a bright future, and if you listen to the end, you might just get to hear the creamy strong voice that will get her there.

13 Steve Amerson: America’s Tenor

Steve Amerson has established a reputation as a superior tenor with a vocal flexibility that allows him to feel at home in both popular/contemporary music and classical literature. With the wealth and depth of his performance experience, he is known as America’s Tenor.

Steve has been a featured soloist with scores of orchestras throughout the United States and abroad including performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale with performances at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Hollywood Bowl. In 2006, he made his Carnegie Hall debut.

Steve was chosen to prepare demonstration recordings used by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras in preparation for "The 3 Tenors" performances throughout the world.

Presently, much of Steve’s time is dedicated in presenting concerts based on his Front Row Center project, which is a collection of inspiring songs from the Broadway stage and screen, as well as Amazed by America patriotic presentations. Steve is thrilled to sing for countless Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and Society events throughout the United States. He was the 2009 recipient of the Bob Hope Award for Excellence in Entertainment from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

Along with his concert schedule, which includes 50-60 Christmas, Broadway, patriotic and sacred concerts each year, Steve does studio singing for various recording projects, movies, commercials and television shows. His voice can be heard on over 175 feature films.

Projects on which Steve’s voice is heard include La La Land, Star Wars: Rogue One, Bridge of Spies, Jurassic World, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Despicable Me 2, Pacific Rim, Mars Needs Moms, Seven Pounds, Evan Almighty, Get Smart, Meet the Robinsons, King Kong, Fantastic Four, Matrix Revolutions, Matrix Reloaded, Men In Black II, Jurassic Park 3, A.I., Touched By An Angel, Contact, Men In Black, Wild Wild West, Amistad, Empire of the Sun, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Hunt For Red October, Glory, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Beauty & The Beast, Aladdin, Hercules, Hook, Batman Returns, the Abyss, Three Musketeers, Picket Fences, Cheers, Suddenly Susan, Highway To Heaven, Designing Women, St. Elsewhere, The Flintstones, The Santa Clause, The 1990 & 1991 Academy Awards Shows and commercials for IBM, Honda, Lexus, Nissan, Toyota, the Marines, U. S. Sprint, Kibbles & Bits, Texaco, Ford Trucks, Coco's Restaurants, Diet Coke and Delta Air Lines.

Steve and his wife, Kristine, live in Granada Hills, California and have two adult children and three grandchildren.