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Nick Gasmena is a professional audio engineer and music producer born in Southern California, and is currently living and working at Arizona Songwriters Circle in the Phoenix area. His passion for music started at an early age when he discovered his vocal ability and love for performing arts. His experience ranges from audio recording and mixing, to vocal coaching, music production, and mastering. After working in the technology field for several years after high school, he decided to change career paths and pursue a career in the music industry. Leveraging his experience in technology along with his musical abilities, Nick attended the audio recording & music production program at the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio. Since 2007, Nick has been committed to refining his craft by staying creatively engaged to music during his pursuit in building an indisputable reputation for his commitment to success, attention to detail, and unwillingness to settle for sub-standard fidelity.

Since his return to Phoenix in May 2010, he has had the pleasure of engineering and producing for several artist and band projects… Including but not limited to Captain Squeegee, Eric Brostrom, Kellen Hunt, Josh Griffith, Anthony Peso, Isle of Essence, Andi Silvas, Jim Pipkin, Annie Moscow, Jeremy Lee Perreira, Marie Fleur, Earl Ricker, 3rd & Maryland, Hourglass, Silver Line Trio, Sour Diesel Trainwreck, CasOne, Sadistik, EyeDea, KRISTOFF KRANE, Jay Jizzle, Young Buck, Bodi, Point Nine, & Esham -- among several others. Some notable corporate clients include Droste's Jewelers, Integrity Productions, Evansville School Corporation, Evansville Visitors Bureau, Vectren Power Company, and several others.

CJ Sorg (born Charles James Sorg: January 19, 1973 in Elgin, IL) is an eclectic singer/songwriter that writes acoustic-born songs with a unique, often subtly comedic, perspective.

Sorg grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, a musical child of the 1980’s. His major influences include The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Hall & Oates and Barenaked Ladies among a multitude of others. CJ grew up listening to artists that wrote their own songs. “There’s just something about hearing the lyrics directly from the person that
wrote them.”

Starting when Sorg was 8 years old, his parents purchased a piano and dutifully chauffeured him back and forth for weekly lessons until he was 13. It was then that he started writing his own songs on piano, and later, the acoustic guitar. After earning a degree in Criminal Justice and while pursuing his bachelor’s at The University of Illinois at Chicago, Sorg changed majors to Audio Technology, graduating from Indiana University in 1998. “I was originally going to follow in my father’s footsteps and be a police officer, but the only thing I was really interested in was recording audio. I was writing songs just to have something to record.” This led him to working as a recording studio technician at Westlake Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA.

Married since 1995, CJ and his wife, Julie; a school teacher, welcomed their son, George, into their family in 2001. In 2003, they moved from California and made their home near Nashville, TN. 

CJ enlisted the help of musician friends from both Los Angeles and Nashville in recording his latest album. The Brians of the Operation includes Pat Buchanan, Tony Harrell (both veteran Nashville session players) and Barry Lawson (a Hollywood sound remixer) along with others who joined forces to create a unique set of songs. Nashville engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Strano mixed and mastered the project. Sorg sums it up, “I know I did the best I could do, and with so many talented people helping me, this album is actually better than I can do.”

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