“It Takes a Village”… and here’s ours!

Daniel Houze (producer)

Daniel Houze is a leading musical director, concert producer and lover of all things tech & social media.  His recent projects involve creating and integrating New Media for churches and non-profits,  in addition to developing A/V solutions (live streaming, audio/video archival, content creation) for various companies.

As a musician, Dan has played piano/keys on stage with many orchestras across the United States, including the Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Utah Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed and/or contracted instrumentals & vocals for such names as: Barry Manilow, Avenged Sevenfold, Warner Bros. “Bugs Bunny on Broadway”, Russell Watson, Grammy-award winning arranger Victor Vanacore, Leanna Brand, David Low, Christopher Ward, and Catholic composers/artists John Angotti, Bob Hurd, Ed Archer and John Flaherty.

As a Concert Producer, Dan was Managing Producer of the world famous Ojai Music Festival in 2006, featuring Dawn Upshaw & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. He has also produced concerts for the 2009 & 2010 LA Religious Education Congress, John Angotti’s West Coast & Ireland tours and many churches across Southern California.

E. dan@randomhouze.com | P. (310) 564-6711
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JOHN VOGT (video director & editor)

As a director, John Vogt is one of the most versatile in the industry, specializing in multi-camera television production with experience that includes live special events, music, sports, talk shows, game shows, drama and comedy/variety shows. National credits include the game shows “Lingo” and “Extreme Gong” for GSN and numerous other programs for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, USA, Discovery and MTV. For the internet, John has directed live benefit performances from the House of Blues, webcasts for various foundations, produced motorsport features for Toyota Motorsports and “Behind the Scenes” features for MGA Entertainment.

As a producer and producer/editor, John is involved with many “live” motorsports events, including the “Champ Car World Series”, the “Toyota Pro-Celebrity Race” and “The Monterey Historics” airing on multiple networks, including Speed and ESPN. Most of these broadcasts utilize over 25 cameras and the industry’s top announcers and crew. John has also been involved for years with the “live” citywide coverage of the “Los Angeles Marathon” as a producer and director and has directed several “live” telethons and benefits. As an experienced director/cameraman and producer/editor, the credit list expands to presentations, feature pieces, documentaries and volunteer productions for churches, schools and other non-profit organizations.

During his directing career John has garnered three Emmys, five Emmy nominations, a Worldfest Houston Gold Award, an Aurora Award, four Addy awards and several Videographer awards.

E. jtv@att.net | M. (310) 489-9469
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SARA HILLNER (video editor)

Sara specializes in video editing for reality T.V. and documentaries.  Her most recent work as lead editor can be seen on MTV’s hit The Buried Life, ABC’s Secret Millionaire and OWN’s Carson Nation.

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JONJON SAN JUAN (encoding/streaming technician)

JonJon is an expert on video and audio encoding, compression, network storage solutions and compatibility. As a consultant with Digital Rapids, our choice encoder provider, he has worked with many fortune 500 companies, and a few of his Christian Church clients include Lakewood Church (Houston, TX) and Saddleback Church (Irvine, CA).

A great memory of JonJon’s was leading the team who provided web streaming for the debate between John McCain and President Barack Obama at Saddleback Church w/Pastor Ric Warren.

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KOKOPELLI WEST (live audio, ADR, mix, master)

Located in Encino, CA, Kokopelli West Studios has been a leading live-event audio system provider for the Catholic church community in Southern California.  Through planning and precise attention to detail, these guys know the “church thing” really well and can easily anticipate needs then implement solutions quickly on-site. A great attitude and commitment to the project.

E. brett@kokopelliwest.com| P. (818) 445-7171

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ALEX VENEGAS (talent coord/voice-overs/narration/writer/bilingual expert)

Alex’s wonderful command of both the English & Spanish language has helped pave the way for various opportunities as a narrator, writer, translator, voice-over specialist and interviewer.  An active cantor and worship leader for the hispanic community and El Sembrador Ministries, he has vast experience with television interviews, production and the specialized needs of our Catholic hispanic community.

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