Vintrix Entertainment is a 360 degree Boutique Entertainment Company, managing the recording, production, publishing, touring, marketing, business affairs and career development of artists. With a background in media technology over the past 10 years, Vintrix remains an innovative, edgy, pioneering company.
Vintrix Entertainment adopts a Blue Ocean Marketing Strategy in balancing the requirements of the Artist and the Business. Having represented Australia at the elite level as sports coaches, athletes and managers, when it comes to artist development, Vintrix employs a High Performance Sports Management Approach; an holistic approach, focusing on the business, the music, the body, the mind and the soul - a strategy designed for endurance and longevity.
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months & years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character. T. Alan Armstrong
Jo Hogan ~ Vintrix Director
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Anita Prime (New Zealand)
Anita Prime has been mesmerizing her homeland of New Zealand with her solid and powerful Pop-Soul sounds influenced by Divas such as Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Anita Baker, and Randy Crawford. So When Anita’s captivating songwriting combines with New York based Grammy star, Ron "Blondie Boy" Thaler, it is Destiny. Anita joined forces with Ron in New York to record her latest album - Destiny. Anita caught the eye of Grammy award winner, Ron Thaler (see below) while doing a tour in New Zealand. He was amazed by her voice and offered to produce her single “La La La.”
Over the years she has developed her sound, songwriting and has now truly come into her own. She takes her creative inspiration from all walks of her life, which translates into great authenticity and powerful execution, both live and recorded. Her engagement with her fans leaves one feeling like there is no-one else in the arena. Her humble, self-reliant attitude is manifest in her passion, assertiveness, individuality and zest for life.
Trained in music theory, singing and performance at The Trinity College of London, Anita is an accomplished business woman with her own successful singing school, based in Wellington, NZ. Anita has refined the vocal chords of many a New Zealand, Idol finalist, along with working with Australian chart toppers, Evermore, whose 'Real Life" album went double platinum in Australia. Anita also assisted in the establishment of New Zealand’s “Team Xtreme” foundation, an organisation which inspires and empowers young people through the arts and extreme sports.
To purchase Destiny & the single La La La, click on CD Cover below.
Ron Thaler (USA)
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Grammy Award winning, Ron Thaler, a.k.a. Blondie Boy, blazes trails around the world. With a career spanning a wide range of styles and disciplines, Ron has performed and recorded with many of the world’s finest artists including Dweezil Zappa, DJ Logic, Tess, Sarah McLachlan, The Led Zep Project, Alicia Keys, Rob Thomas, Sophie B. Hawkins, Moev, Mae Moore, Taj Mahal, Debra (Debbie) Gibson, Jason Yudoff, Kelly Saint Patrick, Simaku, Ashley Simpson, Kacie Sheik, Mercedes Ferrer, Lizzy Mercier, Taylor Dayne, Al DiMeola, Mike Stern, Hiram Bullock, Rufus Reid, Will Lee, Chip Jackson and Ray Anderson.
As one of the world's most in-demand drum clinicians, Ron has delivered a dizzying number of clinics and workshops throughout Europe, North America, South America and the South Pacific and continues to be invited to perform at many of the world’s largest drum festivals. Most recently, Ron has broadened his career to include work as a soundtrack composer for films and TV, both independent and other. His recent soundtrack for X-Files/Starstruck Films “Tilt” has garnered him a Leo nomination (BCFIA) for best film music.
Ron’s production work on artist Jason Yudoff’s 2007 release, “Tragic Hero”, garnered four 2008 Grammy nominations, for “Album of The Year”, “Best New Artist”, “Record of The Year” (for his single “Personal Addict”), and for “Producer of the Year”. Ron won a 2008 Grammy for his drumming/sampling work on Alicia Keys top-10 international hit, “No One”. In 2009, Kelly Saint Patrick’s alt-pop-country album “In The Margins” appeared on the Official Grammy Ballot in 4 categories: “Record of the Year” for her pop-country chart topping single “Shame On You” (co-written with Ron), “Best New Artist”, “Best Female Pop Vocal”, and another nod to Ron’s production touch with a nomination for “Producer of The Year”.
You could also see and hear Ron on NBC TV’s hit series “Lipstick Jungle” alongside actors, Brooke Shields and Andrew McCarty. Ron has a recurring on-camera role as part of (Sony/BMG) artists Project Grand Slam, whose album “Let’s Play” Ron produced, and whose music & performances are featured throughout the series.
Aaron Akins (USA)
Aaron Akins is one of the most versatile vocalists and song writers in the music business.
Aaron Akins created the concept and was the inspiration for the Nat "King" Cole's "Re:Generations" (King Cole Partners, EMI/Capitol, 2009) recent release CD, that the Cole family, led by Natalie and the late Carole Cole. Artists on the album include as Will.i.am, Cee-Lo Green, Nas, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Stephen Marley, Natalie Cole and TV on the Radio, among others.
His background includes the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1997 along with Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock and Eric Clapton, as well as opening for Bob Hope and recording with Henry Nemo (the legendary songwriter of Tis Autumn, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart and Don't Take Your Love From Me, recorded by artists like Frank Sinatra, Art Tatum, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Mildred Bailey, Lena Horn and especially Duke Ellington).
Aaron's collaborations include working with Darryl Phinnessee (who had already worked with Michael Jackson and Quincey Jones, ''Frasier'', “Kids Say The Darnest Things” for The Cosby Show and “Dancing with the Stars”), Darryl Swann (Macy Gray), Anthony Hamilton, Bill Steinway (Natalie Cole), Michael Thompson (Don Henley), Lance Morrison (Alanis Morissette), James Allen (Stevie Wonder) and Angie Stone.
He performed for the Pope on Christmas Day (2000), during the Great Jubilee, as well as "House of Blues" (June 9, 2005), American Society of Young Musicians, honoring Lisa-Marie Presley, Solomon Burke, Common, Josh Groban, The Goo Goo Dolls, Ben Harper and Dwight Yoakam.
Currently the song God Made Women Beautiful, written and recorded by Aaron Akins for his CD Love is All Around, is being played on over 250 internet radio stations on Live365.com for an audience of over 2,000,000 listeners.
Listen out for Aaron's track God Made Women Beautiful.
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Maria Tecce (Ireland)
"Elegant, cool, seductive......if Audrey hepburn had ever learned to sing, she would have become Maria Tecce". The Prague Post
Boston born, jazz chanteuse, Maria Tecce is creating a strong presence in the European jazz scene. Her live performances have packed venues in Ireland, UK, Europe and USA. Maria is considered Ireland's most respected female vocalist and Jazz performer, having performed with international artists such as Dionne Warwick. Maria, now based in Dublin, Ireland, continues to move from strength to strength, performing to ever widening audiences and garnering universal praise from both audiences and critics alike.
Acting runs in tandem with music in this versatile performer's life and Maria is regularly invited to work in Irish and UK theatre, television and film. Multi-talented, Maria also presents her own radio program on RTE Radio 1 (Ireland) and comperes Artist Nights at Hennessey Cognac. 2008 saw her performing in Dubrovnik, Prague, Belfast, Boston and New York with rave reviews.