PACO HIGDON

OWNER/FOUNDER

Tuxedo Avenue Recording Studios | The Metro Detroit Recording Studio | Paco Higdon

TALENTED MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER, ARRANGER, AND ARTIST BORN AND RAISED IN THE DETROIT MUSIC SCENE.  HE CULTIVATED HIS CREATIVE SKILLS WHILE LIVING IN BOSTON AND GRADUATED FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC WITH A DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL MUSIC, BEFORE COMING BACK HOME TO MICHIGAN.  HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS ECCENTRIC SONGWRITING AND TECHNICAL PROWESS, SHOWCASED IN PERFORMANCES WITH HIS GROUP THE PACO HIGDON BAND.  HE HAS PRODUCED MANY DETROIT SONGWRITERS, IS A SEASONED SESSION MUSICIAN, PERFORMED IN NUMEROUS THEATER PRODUCTIONS, AND IS A FIRM SUPPORTER OF ALL FORMS OF ART, AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL.  PACO’S GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE UP-AND-COMING MUSICIANS AND BANDS, HELPING THEM TO SHINE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

JACOB REGO

Audio ENGINEER/MANAGER

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AN ACCOMPLISHED AUDIO ENGINEER, PRODUCER, AND STUDIO MANAGER RAISED IN CONNECTICUT.  HE GRADUATED FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN 2014 Starting as a Trumpet performance major and finishing with a degree in Music production & Engineering. He SPENT SEVERAL YEARS AS AN A&R Representative and audio engineer AT A record label in new hampshire, then As a Manager and Audio ENGINEER at Gravity STUDIOs IN CHICAGO BEFORE JOINING THE TUXEDO AVE TEAM.  HE SPECIALIZES IN WORKING WITH AND PRODUCING SINGER SONGWRITERS, BUT ENJOYS RECORDING MUSIC OF ALL STYLES.  JACOB takes engineering to its truest sense, AND IS A MASTER OF BUILDING AND FIXING AUDIO EQUIPMENT. WHEN IT COMES TO RECORDING WITH CLIENTS, JACOB IS PATIENT AND PRECISE, AND Is Always ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION.

 
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 JOSH KARPOWICZ

AUDIO ENGINEER / PRODUCER

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An Audio ENGINEER AND PRODUCER who has been working IN THE DETROIT AREA FOR OVER TEN YEARS AND SPECIALIZES IN PRODUCING ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP MUSIC. HE HAS WORKED AT MULTIPLE STUDIOS OVER THE YEARS, MOST NOTABLY PEARL SOUND STUDIOS.  HE HAS HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH SOUNDGARDEN, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, VOLBEAT, TRUST COMPANY, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, THE DAYTON FAMILY, DISNEY MUSIC, ELP AND MANY OTHER NATIONAL ACTS, AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF INDEPENDENT ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. In addition, JOSH HAS OVER SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN POST AUDIO FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS ART VAN FURNITURE, FORD, AND CHEVROLET.  HE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED DRUMMER AND PERCUSSIONIST OF OVER TWENTY YEARS, AND HAS PERFORMED WITH THE INDOOR DRUM CORP GROUP MOTOR CITY PERCUSSION.  JOSH IS PASSIONATE WHEN IT COMES TO HIS WORK AND IS ALWAYS READY TO BURN THE MIDNIGHT OIL AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MEET HIS CLIENT’S NEEDS.

 TOM PHILLIPS

MUSICIAN/PRODUCER

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A BASSIST, PERFORMER, ARRANGER, AND SONGWRITER BASED OUT OF ROYAL OAK, MI. ORIGINALLY FROM NEW JERSEY, HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ELECTRIC BASS PERFORMANCE FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN 2014, AND RELOCATED TO THE DETROIT AREA IN 2017 TO HELP GET TUXEDO AVE OFF THE GROUND.  OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS PERFORMED INTERNATIONALLY, RECORDED ON HUNDREDS OF SONGS IN A VARIETY OF GENRES, AND RECENTLY RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM WITH HIS BAND WHITE FLASH.  HE IS CURRENTLY GIGGING AND TOURING NATIONALLY WITH A VARIETY OF DETROIT ARTISTS, AS WELL AS TEACHING LOCALLY.  WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING AND RECORDING MUSIC, HE PREFERS WORKING WITH INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE ROCK GROUPS.  IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DELIVER TIGHT, NUANCED GROOVES, TASTEFUL ARRANGEMENTS, AND THOUGHTFUL PRODUCTION TO HELP BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE, TOM PHILLIPS IS YOUR MAN.

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