He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer releasing music primarily under the monikers Kanude, LightBody Sound & Val Holler over the past 25 years. His music has been featured in HBO's "True Blood," ​as part of the original programming for the inaugural New York Fringe Festival (in which he composed and performed in a wild downtown rock opera, "One Arm Red: Gospel Truth Family Hour") and early on as the co-composer/music producer of Robert Rodriguez'​s critically acclaimed feature film debut "El Mariachi."​ He was a contributing songwriter/founder & performer with post-new wave NYC band Mind Over Matter & later has fronted and managed recording & live projects while based in Los Angeles, California; Berlin, Germany, Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Richmond, Virginia; and currently Nashville, Tennessee. His Lightstone Records catalog is distributed by Valid Music, The Orchard and Symphonic, pub admin via Sentric, and is repped for sync by SoStereo, Tunedge and others.

Kanude

He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer releasing music primarily under the monikers Kanude, LightBody Sound & Val Holler over the past 25 years. His music has been featured in HBO's "True Blood," ​as part of the original programming for the inaugural New York Fringe Festival (in which he composed and performed in a wild downtown rock opera, "One Arm Red: Gospel Truth Family Hour") and early on as the co-composer/music producer of Robert Rodriguez'​s critically acclaimed feature film debut "El Mariachi."​ He was a contributing songwriter/founder & performer with post-new wave NYC band Mind Over Matter & later has fronted and managed recording & live projects while based in Los Angeles, California; Berlin, Germany, Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Richmond, Virginia; and currently Nashville, Tennessee. His Lightstone Records catalog is distributed by Valid Music, The Orchard and Symphonic, pub admin via Sentric, and is repped for sync by SoStereo, Tunedge and others.

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He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer releasing music primarily under the monikers Kanude, LightBody Sound & Val Holler over the past 25 years. His music has been featured in HBO’s “True Blood,” ​as part of the original programming for the inaugural New York Fringe Festival (in which he composed and performed in a wild downtown rock opera, “One Arm Red: Gospel Truth Family Hour”) and early on as the co-composer/music producer of Robert Rodriguez’​s critically acclaimed feature film debut "El Mariachi."​

He was a contributing songwriter/founder & performer with post-new wave NYC band Mind Over Matter & later has fronted and managed recording & live projects while based in Los Angeles, California; Berlin, Germany, Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Richmond, Virginia; and currently Nashville, Tennessee.

His Lightstone Records catalog is distributed by Valid Music, The Orchard and Symphonic, pub admin via Sentric, and is repped for sync by SoStereo, Tunedge and others.

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Skills

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Hook
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Instrumental
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Lead Vocal
Logic Pro
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Master
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Language

English
Fluent
German
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Education

BA at University of Texas at Austin
August 1, 1989 - December 15, 1992
English / music

Qualifications

Certified Pro Tools Operator
April 1, 2009 - April 29, 2009

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
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    uniE613 Various album projects since 1997...
    Check my artist-owned label/pub Lightstone Records: https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE613 Various album projects since 1997...
    Check my artist-owned label/pub Lightstone Records: https://www.twine.net/signin
    uniE613 Various album projects since 1997...
    Check my artist-owned label/pub Lightstone Records: https://www.twine.net/signin