Cory Jacobs:
Founder and CEO
Cory's talents excel
in Songwriting, Production, Engineering and Arrangements.
He has the unique ability to anticipate problems before
they occur and to bring out the best of and to inspire
others to achieve their potential. He is not only a
talented musician but also an astute businessman. Cory
oversees all operations of the company.
Cory's roots go back
to the early stages of Rock & Roll where he was
involved one way or another with the Music Business
since he was born. Being raised in a family whose father,
Gene Jacobs, managed, produced or worked in some capacity
with such talents as; Cory Wells & Danny Hutton
of Three Dog Night, Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney, Bonnie
& Friends, Cub Coda of Brownsville Station, "Smokin'
in the Boy's Room" and Jimmy Ralston “Tina
Turner's Guitarist/Songwriter to name a few, Cory learned
many facets of the music industry from his father. Cory
has logged thousands of hours in the recording studio
as a musician and producer to go along with his many
live performances as an entertainer… As a musician,
Cory performed on music tracks for the Filmways “CBS
Movie of the Week, “Return Of the Rebels, starring,
Barbara Eden & Jamie Farr and logged many hours
in the studio as a musician, performing with such notable
artists as Jay Lacy and Rex and Robbie Robinson of “The
Four Seasons fame. He would later form several Rock
bands.
Cory's business experience
spans from 1980’s to the 2000’s when he
founded or CO-founded several businesses both in Tampa,
Florida and in New York. He founded Auto-Tech (Information
Center) during the 1990’s and was a Vice President
and CO-founder of Cook-by-Cassette Ltd in New York during
the 1980’s. He attended North Hollywood Community
College while in Los Angeles before embarking full time
on his true love, “Music".
Shinji
Moroi Founder/Director Music Operations
As Director of Music
Operations for SAB Records, Shinji oversees and directs
all of the creative aspects of product development and
artist repertoire.
Shinji, a native of Osaka
Japan, excels in Audio Restoration, Midi Production,
Music Composition, Musical Arrangement & Transcription,
Live Recording, Production, Engineering, Mixing and
Mastering. He has the ability to take a project from
concept to radio ready by working with talent throughout
the life cycle of a project; including strategic creative
consulting while managing complex development recording
schedules and production tasks.
Shinji came to the United
States in pursuit of his boyhood dream, a music career
through higher learning. He attended Palm Beach Community
College from 1999-2002 and majored in music. He received
several awards while attending PBCC including; Best
Non Traditional Student Award (2002)…. Music Club
President (2000)…1st Place in Piano (2000 &
1999)…. Presidents Honor (1999)
Shinji went on to graduate
from the University of South Florida where he received
his Bachelors of Music degree in Music Composition Cum
Laude.
A classically trained
pianist from age eight Shinji has been performing as
a musician in public for the last sixteen years.
While in Florida, Shinji
freelanced as a pianist for private functions in such
places as the Ritz Carlton and Four Seasons Hotels in
Palm Beach.
From 2001-2003, Shinji
interned at PURE TONE PRODUCTIONS INC. in Tampa, Florida
where he worked with and mastered various recording
software such as; Cubase VST/SX, Nuendo, Wavelab, Sound
Forge, Reason, ProTools, Vegas Video, Premiere, Windows,
Mac OS. Shinji worked numerous concerts at various nightclubs
in the Tampa area, engineering live sound for many local
and national acts.
Upon completing his studies
in the United States, Shinji returned to Japan to establish
the SAB Records facility in Okinawa, where ring-tones
are transcribed into English and created for major Japanese
Multi Media Publishers.
Michael
Lustan - Director of A&R
Mike is uniquely qualified
as head of the A&R department. His experience spans
over 40 years and extends from live music and radio
to television and movies.
A native New Yorker,
his experience in music goes back to the early days
of Rock & Roll when he was the guitarist for the
first long hair Rock group in Los Angeles “The
Enemys. “The Enemys featured lead singer Cory
Wells who would later go on to super stardom as a lead
singer of ‘Three Dog Night.
The group was signed
to Valiant Records by Barry Divorzon who wrote “Nadia’s
song the theme from the soap “The Young &
the Restless. “The Enemys would later be signed
by MGM Records and they would record their hit song
“Hey Joe. They performed at many private parties
for such notable stars as Dean Martin, Peter Lawford,
Judy Garland and Janet Leigh to name a few.
The Enemys were one of
the hottest acts in Los Angeles and from June 65 to
Feb 67 they were the house band at The Whisky A-Go-Go.
(Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention often played
the Enemys off nights.)
While in LA, Mike appeared
with many notable artists. Including such great artists
as “Brian Jones and The Rolling Stones at ‘The
Action Club and with “The Ike & Tina Turner
Review at ‘Ciro’s Lounge.
The Enemys toured with
“Sonny & Cher and performed with “Paul
Revere & the Raiders at ‘The Pussycat A-GO-GO
in Las Vegas.
Mikes experience was
not exclusive to concerts but also included TV and the
movies appearing in TV shows “The Beverley Hillbillies
and “Burkes Law and the movie “Riot On Sunset
Strip.
Returning to New York
in 1970, Mike Co. founded the first 16 track recording
studio. “StarTrak Studios where Rick James and
Spyro-Gyra would later record their first hit albums.
Frank
Teti - Director of Operations
A valued member of SAB
Records, Frank handles the day to day operations of
the company. Frank's experience in the music business
spans over 30 years. He began his career in the early
70’s in Western New York where he learned the
music business from the ground up as a protégé
of Gene Jacobs who managed, produced or worked in some
capacity with such talents as; Cory Wells & Danny
Hutton of Three Dog Night, Bonnie Bramlett of “Delaney,
Bonnie & Friends, Cub Coda of Brownsville Station
"Smokin' in the Boy's Room" and Jimmy Ralston
“Tina Turner's Guitarist and many others. Frank
logged thousands of hours on numerous recording projects
at recording studios in the U.S. and Canada while learning
Production.
In 1979, Frank managed
the Buffalo R&B group “Topaz (who’s
three lead singers, were the back up singers for Rick
James). He would later CO-manage the Buffalo rock group
“The Beez, whose songs would be used in a Filmways,
CBS Movie of the Week. In the early 80’s he relocated
to Los Angeles where he worked as a CO-Producer with
Gene Jacobs for various artists in the “Screen
Music West and “Gazelle studios.
Frank returned to Western
New York in the late 80’s and CO-founded and developed
Cook-By-Cassette “The World's First Talking Cookbook
where he was instrumental in the daily operations of
the company. Frank's interest extended to writing and
production and in the early 90’s he formed Tempany,
a production company specializing in commercial jingles.
He worked with and produced recordings of various styles
from Rock&Roll and R&B to adult contemporary.
Frank worked in Artist
management, Artist repertoire and production. His strengths
lie in business operations and creative writing.
Send all demo submissions first class to:
Attn: A&R Dept.
SAB Records
PO Box 340706
Tampa, FL 33694-0706
Contact:
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