Marc Solomon 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. |
While not technically a teacher at Zounds Sounds (although she could be persuaded with cash), Mary is the co-owner of the school/studio. Mary is a proud graduate of The New School University in New York City. She has a BA in liberal arts. Recently dubbed “the spiritual mascot” of the place, she helps run things and keeps things in working order. She has lived in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Holland. Believing in “blooming where you were planted” she moved back to Dallas in 2000. After a five year stint as a high school English & Creative Writing teacher she helped launch Zounds Sounds with her husband, Marc. Mary is a singer/songwriter that can play guitar. She has played bass in Penny Whistle Park and with Sara Radle, and is currently writing her first record. She has also founded Way Into Writing, a group that meets monthly to workshop and discuss writing that each member is attempting. She is a yoga teacher in training and looks forward to helping people feel better not only through music but through movement too. |
Wade is a musician of rare talent and skill. He began playing guitar at age 8, saxophone at 11 and drums at 14. By the ripe old age of 15 he was recording professionally for television and radio. He moved back to Dallas after attending the Berklee School of Music in Boston. As a testament to his range and versatility this multi-instrumentalist, was a founding member of the beloved funk/hip hop super group, Strangelove as well as the country-esque Homespun Remedies. In addition to his lively schedule (guitar, drums, bass and vocals) at Zounds, Wade keeps busy with many musical projects. He is currently playing just about every instrument imaginable in Homespun Remedies, is the bassist for Rose County Fair (2007 DOMA nominees for Best Indie Rock & Best Country Act), the drummer in The True Achiever and is playing with Marc Solomon and Trey Johnson . |
Adam started his musical life playing piano at age ten and bass guitar at fourteen. His first band was Trinidad ‘Y Tobago which eventually morphed into a band called The Miracle Triad. They were signed to Chicago’s , somewhat ironically named Naiveté Records. CDs ensued. Adam Studied Music and Journalism at People’s Music School and at Truman & Eastfield Colleges respectively. A talented writer, Adam is currently playing music in The True Achiever, and is looking forward to future projects A.C. Slater, The Bro’s and Donahue. He teaches bass, piano and guitar at Zounds. He is consistently described as “freakin’ hilarious” by students and their parents alike. We like Adam.
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Dallas-based singer/songwriter/musician Chris Holt has been writing and recording his own music for more than a decade. Beginning with his passion for playing guitar while in his teens, Holt spent his 20’s becoming an in demand multi-instrumentalist, and working with a wide variety of regionally successful bands, including Walter Mitty, Hard Night’s Day, and Olospo. In 2007, Holt began a new musical chapter by forming The Slack, a rock band based around his constantly evolving songwriting. The Slack’s debut album, Wishful Sinking, was released in August 2007. Holt and the band spent the better half of a year gigging to promote it, and they are currently in the studio producing their second record, to be released in the fall of 2008. Holt has shared the stage with everyone from Bob Schneider to The Gourds to The Flaming Lips, and has been featured in several prominent music festivals, including the prestigious Austin City Limits Music Festival, and Xingolati – The Groove Cruise Of The Pacific. He currently plays with a variety of musical projects, including The Slack, Sorta, Salim Nourallah, and Johnny Lloyd Rollins. He also moonlights as a session musician and works during the day as a music teacher for the Zounds Sounds School of Rock. |
An Arts Magnet High School graduate, Gerald Iragorri attended Berklee College of Music in Boston to study Jazz. Gerald has been playing in the Dallas Metro area professionally since 1987 with groups varying stylistically from Rock, Reggae, Pop, Funk, Blues, Acoustic and Electric Jazz, to Country, Latin, and Klezmer Music. As a teacher, he emphasizes the variety of styles that a modern working drummer will find in the field, imparting in his students the value of versatility and the focus of specialization. |
graduated North Texas music major, English minor. |
Ace began playing guitar at the tender age of five. By the time he was eleven, he had played his first professional gig. By age 13, he was playing the bass and the drums as well. A well diversified player, his past projects include stints in Houston’s Necropolis, Deaf Experience, Hollow Point, W.H.A.T?, Denton’s The Gravity Plan, Gebo, Abby Norml, Feed The Animals and numerous other Dallas bands. Ace has toured the US several times and is currently playing in Little Big Horn (nominees for Dallas Observer’s Best Metal & Best Hard Rock acts 2007), Grant Jones & The Pistol Grip Lassos, Used Rugs & The Double Downs. His training has included attendance in the Houston Community College For Audio Recording & University of North Texas. Ace was nominated as Best Producer in the DOMA’s 2007. Ace teaches guitar, bass, drums, music theory and coolness in general. |
Corey Rozzoni aka Rizzo is a guitarist/songwriter who moved to the Dallas area from Illinois in the mid-90's. Corey has toured the country many times over with Clumsy (with Marc) and, in recent years, with the Burden Brothers. He also performed on 2 nationally released CD's with the Burden Brothers ("Buried In Your Black Heart" and "Mercy"). Corey lives in Dallas, teaches at Zounds and is a stellar human being. |
Mike has been with the Zounds Sounds music family since it’s official inception in 2005. One the school’s most popular teachers (and most booked!), Mike teaches guitar, bass, keyboard and vocals. He is the proud father of two little girls, Vivid & Eleanor and a full time musician and teacher. This singer/songwriter is the keyboard player in Solly as well as being a founding member (along with Wade Cofer) of Homespun Remedies. Their highly anticipated debut CD is set for release in summer 2008. He had taken a total of 100 hours of credit in college before deciding to surrender to the inevitable music theory and composition major. His students, & fans are glad he did. |
Rob has been playing drums for 17 years, and has a been professional drummer for 10 of them. He is currently drumming for Ghoultown, Sawed Off Sick as well as Rose County Fair. He has played with Slick 57 (Dallas Observer’s Best Roots /Rockabilly 2006), 1100 Springs, Boys Named Sue (Dallas Observers Best Country Act 3 Years Running) The Riverboat Gamblers, Little Big Horn, Lucy Loves Schroeder (and the Sara Radle Band with Mary A.). Rob got started by playing in the marching band for 4 years & 2 years of jazz training. He has recorded with Grammy award winning producers Jon Congleton & Stuart Sykes. He is a regular performer at The House of Blues, Granada Theater, Curtain Club & The Doublewide. Rob has taught at Zounds for 2 years. This popular teacher’s drumming philosophy : “Know more, use less.” |
Chad grew up in Terrell TX and has been playing the piano for 27 years. After attending the University of North Texas Music program, he officially made Dallas his home. Chad has been playing professionally for 13 years in such bands as The Sons of Sound, Budapest One (Beatville Records) & Sara Radle And Her Band. He is currently entertaining crowds in local favorites (Quick Award Nominees) The King Bucks & (2006 DOMA nominees) The Drams. Chad was nominated DOMA 2007 Best Instrumentalist and has toured the U.S. as well as Europe. A seasoned session player, Chad has recorded with Jon Congleton, Solly, Stuart Sykes, Shibboleth, R&B legend Bobby Patterson & many more. You can see him play around town in such venues as the Granada, The Sons of Hermann & Adair’s Saloon. He teaches keyboard, guitar and vocals. His teaching philosophy : “No Muss, No Fuss”. |
Mary Armstrong-Solomon
Wade Cofer 
Adam Cole 
Christ Holt
Gerald Iragorri
Trey Johnson 
Ace McNeely
Corey Rozzoni
Mike Saunders
Rob Schumacher
Chad Stockslager 
