VNSSA is an American DJ and producer from Los Angeles, California, who performs house, tech house, bass house, acid house, and techno music. VNSSA was raised in Newport Beach, California, and she began her musical career playing the drums in local indie and rock bands. This led to her beginning to DJ and perform at local clubs and parties. VNSSA... read full bio
The Chats is an Australian punk rock band from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, that consists of members Eamon Sandwith, Josh Price and Matt Boggis. The Chats all met while taking a music class at St. Teresa’s Catholic College in Noosa, Queensland. From there, they formed The Chats and went on to release their self-titled debut EP which was featured on... read full bio
Kyle Watson is a South African house and tech house DJ from Johannesburg, South Africa. Watson is known for being one of the biggest DJs to come out of South Africa. His music has become popular all over the United States and also in Brazil. He has released music through record labels such as Ultra, Atlantic, Dirtybird and This Ain’t... read full bio
Amyl and the Sniffers are an Australian pub rock and punk band from Melbourne, Australia, that consists of members Amy Taylor, Bryce Wilson, Dec Martens and Gus Romer. The band was formed by Taylor, Wilson, Martens and former member Calum Wilson where they first wrote, record, and released their debut EP, “Giddy Up”, which was all done within a span... read full bio
Beach Bunny is an indie-pop band from Chicago, Illinois, which is a project and stage name for Lili Trifilio and consists of members Trifilio, Matt Henkels, Jon Alvarado, and Anthony Vaccaro. The group formed when Trifilio recorded her first song, “6 Weeks”, which led to her recruiting members for the band and from there, she released her first EP, “Animalism”.... read full bio
Erick Morillo is a Colombian-American DJ, music producer, and record label owner who has performed under numerous names such as The Dronez, RAW, Ministers de la Funk, Deep Soul, and more. He is best known for his work in house music and for the hit “I Like to Move It” which he produced under the name Reel 2 Real. Morillo... read full bio
Frances West is the former Chief Accessibility Officer at IBM, is the Founder of FrancesWestCo, and is an author. West has been the first female technologist to speak on digital inclusion at the United Nations and even testified to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She is the author of “Authentic Inclusion Drives Disruptive Innovation”, which was featured at SXSW... read full bio
Stewart Liff is an American author and management consultant who is best known for his work in Human Resources Management, Performance Management, Visual Management and team development. Liff was born in Rego Park, New York, and he began his career as a personnel specialist with the Department of Defense. This led to Liff working as a Chief of Employee and... read full bio
Mark Aesch is the author of “Driving Excellence” and is the former CEO of the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. During his time with the RGRTA, deficits were replaced with surpluses, taxpayer subsidies were reduced, demand for service increased, and the fare was lowered. Since then, Aesch has gone on to be a thought leader for the Boston Consulting Group... read full bio
Klyn Elsbury is a speaker, corporate trainer, and coach from San Diego, California. During her presentations, Elsbury uses neuroscience for coaching programs to create positive change, unleash energy, reignite passion and improve performance. Elsbury has studied at Iowa State Universities’ College of Business. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Master Practitioner NLP from The... read full bio
The Wild! is a rock ‘n’ roll band from Kelowna, British Columbia, that consists of members Dylan Villain, The Kid, Lucas “Boozus” and Crash Anderson. The band began without a booking agent or record label and they still released their debut single, “Roadhouse”, which was featured on rock radio stations in Canada. This led The Wild! to gaining an agent... read full bio
Wide Mouth Mason is a Canadian blues rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that consists of the duo Shaun Verreault and Safwan Javed. Wide Mouth Mason began their career after self-releasing their debut studio album, “The Nazarene”. They followed this with their self-titled album which was released through Warner Music Canada, peaked at number 90 on the Canadian charts, and earned... read full bio
The Watchmen are a Canadian alternative rock band that consists of members Daniel Greaves, Joey Serlin, Ken Tizzard and Sammy Kohn. The band rose to fame in the late 80’s and performed together till the early 2000’s before taking some time off. The Watchmen released their debut single, “Cracked”, which peaked at number 87 on the Canadian Billboard charts. That... read full bio
Derik John Baker, better known as his stage name Virginia to Vegas, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who was born in Virginia, United States and raised in Guelph, Ontario. Currently, Baker is based out of Toronto and he gained attention through YouTube where he was discovered by label executive Jamie Appleby. This led Baker to releasing his debut single, “We Are... read full bio
The Static Shift is a rock trio based out of Calgary, Alberta, that consists of members Mitchell Brady, Keone Friesen and Isaiah Stonehouse. The three met while in junior high and began performing together locally in Canada. This led to them releasing their debut full length album, “Windsor Street”, which was produced by Christian Stonehouse. The following year, The Static... read full bio
Skydiggers is a Canadian roots rock band from Toronto, Ontario, that consists of members Andy Maize, Josh Finlayson, Ron Macey, Michael Johnston, Noel Webb and Jessy Bell Smith. The band was originally formed by Maize and Finlayson as a duo entitled West Montrose. They later added more members to the band and began performing regularly at Acoustic Meltdown and renamed... read full bio
Ron Hawkins is a musician from Toronto who is best known for being a member of the band Lowest of the Low, which has been inducted into the Canadian Indie Rock Hall of Fame. As a solo artist, Hawkins has released his own music and has also been the leader of the bands Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails and... read full bio
Rita Claire Mike-Murphy, better known as her stage name, Riit, is a Canadian Inuk musician and television personality from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Her music is a mixture of electronic and pop and she mixes in her deep lyrics and vocals to create a sound that is uniquely hers. Riit has released one album so far, “ataatagga”. Some of her most popular... read full bio
The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which consists of members Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Don Schmid and Kevin Kane. The band began their career releasing two independently-released EPs, “The Northern Pikes” and “Scene in North America”. Shortly after, they released their debut single “Teenland” which peaked at number 29 on the Canadian charts. With the... read full bio
Marcus Hahnemann is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played for the United States national team as well as for several other teams. Hahnemann was born in Seattle, Washington, and he began playing soccer in high school before going on to play college soccer at Seattle Pacific University where he helped lead the team to the NCAA Division II National... read full bio
