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Sergio Ponzo - BIO

Sergio Ponzo - Biography

BIO (short version)


• music production expert with over 20 years experience based in Los Angeles
• award-winning music producer, musician, mixing engineer, mastering engineer and music business professional
• has worked on the production of over 2000 recordings
• two Grammy nominations, eight Platinum and Gold Record Awards
• has worked with the industry’s top recording artists including Grammy winners Destiny's Child, Van Halen, Slash, Usher, Kelly Rowland, and Grammy nominees Bettye LaVette, Beverly Crawford and Timothy Britten
• provides services to many major clients including Universal, Sony, Disney, Warner, Paramount, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube and Google
• Bachelor of Music Degree, McGill University (Honours, High Distinction, Dean’s Honour List)
• many projects worked on have reached #1 on national and international radio and sales charts
• projects worked on have received worldwide recognition and appeared in major publications such as Billboard, LA Times, NY Times, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Entertainment Tonight, CBS, NBC, ABC and many more.
• fluent in 4 languages (English, Italian, French, and Spanish) and experienced in international business

 


BIO (long version)


Sergio Ponzo is an award-winning music producer, musician, guitar player,
mixing engineer, mastering engineer and music consultant. With over 20 years of professional experience he is recognized as one of the top music production experts in the industry. Sergio built his distinguished reputation by combining natural talents with a very high work ethic and a solid educational background. Through the successful results of his work, he has demonstrated a rare level of achievement and excellence as both a creative and technical music professional. Many of the recordings he has worked on have gone on to win multiple Grammy Awards and Nominations, received Multi-Platinum and Gold Record Awards and reached #1 on national and international radio and sales charts. In addition, they have appeared in major publications such as Billboard, LA Times, NY Times, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Entertainment Tonight, CBS, NBC, ABC and many more.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Sergio Ponzo’s expertise has allowed him to establish one of the top music production and recording companies in Los Angeles. As the founder and current president of Righteous Rebel Music LLC, Sergio continues to lead the prominent company in developing tomorrow’s stars and providing specialized services to many major clients including
Universal, Sony, Disney, Warner, Paramount, Apple, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube and Google among many others. He has personally worked on over 2000 recordings and provided employment for hundreds of music professionals. In addition, a fluency in 4 languages (English, Italian, French and Spanish) has allowed him to expand the company's activity into international markets including Canada, England, Japan, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Australia. He is a voting member of the Grammys.
 
Sergio actively performs a critical role in the company’s growth and development and most recently created and realized the innovative browser-based music distribution system at the company’s online music store “rrebel.com”.  In the midst of a very challenging time for the music industry, he has developed a new business model and global distribution system which enables artists to sell products directly to fans anywhere in the world. The unique e-commerce system provides music-driven products in both digital and hard copy formats including digital downloads, sheet music, wallpapers, CD’s, posters and concert tickets. In addition to his active leadership role in Righteous Rebel Music, he continues to work on the creative side of music projects as well.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

As a musician, Sergio Ponzo has worked with the industry’s top recording artists including
Grammy winners Destiny's Child, Van Halen, Slash, Usher, Kelly Rowland, and Grammy nominees Bettye LaVette, Beverly Crawford and Timothy Britten. Some highlights of Sergio’s work can be heard through his featured guitar performance on 3 time Grammy winners Destiny's Child's international hit single "Emotion" (radio version). The track’s worldwide success helped record sales reach over 12 million units worldwide and win a BMI Pop Music Award for most performed song in the US with over 3 million broadcast performances. Sergio received a Multi-Platinum record award for his collaborative role in the recording. The success continued with his guitar work on Grammy winner Kelly Rowland's "Simply Deep" album for which Ponzo received a Gold Record Award for his role as a musician.

Sergio Ponzo’s multiple roles as the mixing engineer, editor and guitarist helped the gospel success “Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus” by Timothy Britten receive a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Gospel Choir Album. The album was featured in Billboard magazine and Sergio received a Grammy Nomination Certificate for his important roles on the album. More recently he served as recording engineer on “Bishop Charles E. Blake Presents... No Limit” by the nationally renowned West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir which received a Grammy Nomination in 2008 for Best Traditional Gospel Choir Album and a Stellar Award Nomination (Gospel music’s equivalent to the Grammy’s) in 2009. Sergio Ponzo received his second Grammy Nomination Certificate for his role as recording engineer.

In 2007 Sergio Ponzo served as musical director and vocal arranger for the performance of the “National Anthem” sung by Brianna Haynes at Dodger Stadium during a nationally televised (FOX) baseball game in front of a live audience of over 50,000 people. Sergio worked on Grammy nominee Beverly Crawford’s highly successful “Live In Los Angeles” album and single “He’s Done Enough” which hit #1 on the national radio charts while becoming the most heavily played new song in the country. On it he performed the critical role of recording editor which involved meticulously assembling, cleaning up and polishing the raw tracks into a commercially viable finished record. The album went on to win a Stellar Award and receive 3 Stellar Award Nominations in 2009. As a follow up, Sergio served as mixing engineer on Beverly Crawford’s second album “Live In Los Angeles Vol. 2” whose debut single “It’s About Time For A Miracle” became the #1 most added song at radio upon its release in 2010. In 2012, Sergio served as the mastering engineer for the radio single "Whoa to Wow" by Renee Spearman & DJ Rogers which became "Billboard's #1 Most Added Song" & "#1 Most Increased Airplay Song" upon its release. In 2014, Sergio provided his skills as mastering engineer for the radio single "Rejoice With Me" by Bobby Jones featuring Faith Evans whose album debuted at #5 on Billboard's Gospel Album Chart.

Sergio Ponzo’s recording expertise is also highly sought in Hollywood circles where he is known to be among the most trusted with recording voices of movie stars and celebrities. He was chosen to record the actors’ voices on the Paramount Pictures/ Universal Pictures animated feature film “Sian Ka’an” which starred Salma Hayek, Michelle Rodriguez, Ruben Blades, Carlos Ponce, Alfred Molina, Cheech Marin, Plácido Domingo and many others.

Sergio Ponzo’s more recent work displays his high level of artistic and technical talents. On the self-titled debut album by Brianna Haynes he worked as the producer, songwriter, arranger, recording engineer, mixing engineer and musician performing most of the instruments on the album. His work on the record demonstrates a level of accomplishment which is very uncommon among music professionals and shows why many describe him as a gifted individual.

The Brianna Haynes album demonstrates a high quality audiophile production with its recording precision, intricate musical arrangements, solid musicianship, a world-class singer and well-written commercially accessible songs. One can easily hear the great amount of work, talent, skill and creativity needed to make a world class pop album with such high production value and artistic achievement. “Our goal was to create something unique that would have both artistic and commercial merit while being able to stand the test of time,” Ponzo says, “We weren’t concerned with following what everybody else was doing and we pushed ourselves to take chances to break the mold and create something new.”


FORMATIVE YEARS

Sergio Ponzo’s solid musical and artistic background can be traced back to his formative years in Montreal, Canada. Born with “perfect pitch” Sergio was already writing, performing and recording music by age 11. He eventually acquired formal studies by attending the world renown McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours in Composition, High Distinction, Dean’s Honour List) and won numerous prestigious awards for excellence in performance and composition (Eric Award, Levain and Viner Award, Bernard Issenman Award, Frank Mills Scholarship ).

He continued his development by working professionally as a live and studio musician and quickly built a reputation as a virtuoso guitarist because of his exceptional performance skills. Spending countless hours in the studio as a musician eventually allowed him to develop his skills on the other side of the studio glass as a producer and engineer. The wide range of his musical and artistic influences is as diverse as he is and includes Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Paganini, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Chick Corea, gypsy jazz, flamenco music and many more.

CLOSING REMARKS
While continuing to work with the world’s top recording artists, his present activities include developing up and coming artist projects with the goal of making valuable and notable contributions to the music industry and society. “Among all the musical chaos out there, there is a lot of talent that unfortunately never gets the chance to be heard,” Ponzo says, “I hope to make an effort in helping those artists get their chance in the world.”  He stresses the importance of music in schools and society and states, “Music saves lives and it helps people get through the day. Can you imagine a day without music? I can’t.”

As a uniquely talented musician with a record of excellence in many fields, we can accurately say that there is no other like him in today’s music industry. A strong musical and professional background combined with a risk-taking spirit and deep-rooted passion for music have allowed him to become a highly respected and in demand music professional. Sergio Ponzo inspires and encourages artists to fearlessly pursue their goals and aspirations and says, “There is no secret on how to be successful.  It takes determination, self-discipline, focus, fearlessness and most importantly a lot of hard work.” Sergio sums it up in his own words, "Why waste time dreaming when you could use the same energy building your dreams. Everyday is a building block towards the life you want. Just go for it."

 


Righteous Rebel Music, LLC
3500 W. Olive Ave., Suite 300
Burbank, California 91505 USA
Tel: (818) 238-9246
email: contact@rrebel.com
website: rrebelmusic.com

 



    




 

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