Marc Solomon is a Dallas musician. After graduating from the famous Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas, and gigging in clubs around town , he did what any self respecting Dallas musician would do, he moved to Austin. During several recording and touring projects in Austin, Los Angeles, and New York, Mr. Solomon penned somewhere close to three hundred songs. He has worked with musicians as diverse as Tommy Stinson (Perfect & The Replacements, Guns & Roses) to Puff Daddy (Marc played the infamous guitar hook on “All About The Benjamin’s.” Upon his return to Dallas in 1999 he formed Clumsy, releasing “Center Of Attention Deficit Disorder”. (Idol Records) Songs from that record appeared everywhere from Comedy Central to Degrassi High. In 2005, his current band, Solly, recorded "Get It Wrong It’s Alright". This record was chosen by Performing Songwriter magazine as one of the years top ten DIY releases. Solly has had songs featured in television programs such as Lost, The Ghost Whisperer, and Beverly Hills 90210. He is also the founder and director of Zounds Sounds, a music education and training project that was the subject of a Dallas Observer feature article in 2005. Marc was nominated by the Dallas Observer as Musician of the Year in 2007. A man with many facets, he was featured in the Dallas Business Journal and appeared in the Onion in 2007. Recording for the new Solly LP has wrapped and it should be available in the summer of 2008. He also has a wife, two cats, and a vegetable garden. |
Our Amy hails from an incredibly musical family. Her father James, a noted composer of symphonic, wind & brass music, and her mother, an accomplished artist, encouraged Amy from an early age (family legend has it at 18 months!) in her singing, and her piano playing. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Amy was extremely active in various church & school choirs, as well as performing in many musicals. She went on to earn her BA in Vocal Performance at Asbury College, while working with legendary producers Charlie Peacock & Dave Barrack. She then went on to earn her Masters of Music in Vocal Performance at the University of Kentucky. After graduating, Amy moved to Little Rock, Arkansas to teach for a year at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Community School of the Arts, and to perform with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. She also recorded commercial jingles, and put together an early professional demo. It was this demo that garnered her a national McDonald’s radio ad after she moved to Dallas in 2001. (Go ahead; ask her to sing it…) She was the lead singer of cult fave, Shanghai 5 (winner Best Jazz Band by the Dallas Observer Music Award in 2007), and was nominated Best Female Vocalist in both 2007 & 2008. During her four years in Shanghai 5, Amy worked with such production luminaries as Matt Pence, Tim O’Hare (Frank Black & Franz Ferdinand) Todd & Toby Pipes & Earl Harvin. Amy is currently pursuing acting & modeling, in addition to voice over work. She is currently singing in a band with Zounds’ Marc Solomon & Gerald Iragorri, and has been doing recording session work with Trey Johnson, Danny Balis, PPT & Stuart Sikes. Amy enjoys teaching her students to find their own individual voices. As a yoga practitioner, she believes in exploring the breath as a support system for not only singing, but for life. |
Dave Hineman, one of Buddy Magazine's "Texas Tornados of Guitar" of 2001, began learning the guitar around age 10. He has been a favorite guitar slinger for many Dallas bands, including Solinger and Tres Hombres. A featured performer at the Dallas Guitar Show and Musicfest since 1994, Dave currently performs with the bands The Flavours, Dream On, Metal Shop, Suburban Legend and "Comes Alive!" - a Peter Frampton tribute act. Dave's influences range from B.B. King to Steve Vai. "My first guitar hero was Peter Frampton, My second hero was Ace Frehley. Then I just went after anybody who played great lead guitar." Dave also attended UNT for two years as a Jazz Studies Major. "I didn't really want a Jazz degree, but they didn't have a 'School of Rock' back then." Dave will be teaching in our new Plano, Texas facility opening in September 2008. |
Marc Solomon
Amy Curnow
