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Industry observers have dubbed multiple award winning Steve Dorff an enigma who has evolved into a gifted composer in every musical field. There is no way to capture the diversity he regularly displays scoring major motion pictures, television, theater, or via an array of # 1 hit songs. In addition to winning the NSAI Songwriter of the Year award, Dorff has also been honored with more than 40 BMI, and 11 Billboard #1 awards.
Three-time Grammy nominee and a fixture on the nation's charts, his dossier includes nine #1 film songs and 15 Top 10 hits, including the Kenny Rogers's classic "Through The Years", a BMI 3 million performance song, as well as "I Just Fall In Love Again", the Anne Murray record that captured Billboard's #1 Song Of The Year honors. His many songs have been sung by some of the greatest artists of our time - Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, George Strait, Vanessa Williams and countless others.
Emmy Nominee for five television compositions, his credits are exemplary and include such stalwarts as “Murphy Brown" and "Murder She Wrote". You'll also find his name on evergreens like "Growing Pains",
"Alien Nation","Spenser: for Hire", "Major Dad", "Columbo", "Reba" and the ABC hit "Rodney".
His many TV and cable movie credits include the Emmy nominated CBS mini-series "Elvis", the Hallmark Hall of Fame "Rose Hill", the animated Christmas classic "Annabelle's Wish", "Babe Ruth", "The Quick and The Dead", "Moonshine Highway" and "The Defiant Ones" Dorff’s many movie songs and scores have been featured in "Bronco Billy", "Blast From The Past", "Rocky IV", "Pure Country", "Tin Cup", Michael", "Dudley Do-Right", "Dancer, Texas", "The Last Boy Scout", "Curly Sue" and "Honky Tonk Man".
Brett Boyett has made a living as a music editor and/or assistant composer on several award winning television shows and films including, My Name is Earl, Everybody Loves Raymond, Yes Dear, Center of the Universe, Reba, Kirby, Tremors, Odyssey 5, Steven Speilberg's "Taken," and several others.
While Living in Nashville, New York, and Los Angeles Brett honed his craft under the supervision of such amazing artists, writers, musicians, and producers as Steve Dorff, Vernon Rust, Mark Collie, Waddy Wachtel, Jack Smalley, Laura Karpman, Ralph Shuckette, David Wolfert, Hasel Tekel, The BecketteBrothers, TJ Seals, and Rick Marotta. Brett decided to move to NYC to front a popular club band until 2001. It was then that Brett received a call from Steve Dorff to move to LA to begin apprenticing with him. that was when he realized he needed to fulfill his artistic hunger and create a record that the country rock world would not forget. Brett decided to stylize and rock country music by taking a hard right turn towards Nashville, and by making an aggressive shift into overdrive with grooves, soulful vocals, rockin' guitar riffs, and memorable songs, heading back full circle...to his roots.
Deborah Wagnon, CEO, PORTIA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC is one of America most influential entertainment attorneys. Deborah has worked with an international roster of many of the leading entertainment industry recording artists, producers, screenwriters, authors, filmmakers, and songwriter/composers. Included among them are artists such as Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada, Olivia Newton-John, Reba McEntire, Travis Tritt, Lorrie Morgan, Randy Travis, John Berry, Deanna Carter, and Robert Earl Keen, as well as a number of new artists, including Crescent Moon/Sony artist Shalim (Executive-produced by Emilio Estefan), Russian country group Bering Strait (Universal), Miami-based pop artist Dani Mendez (Elektra), Australian pop artist Cosima DeVito as well as multi-platinum
songwriter Susan Gibson (Dixie Chicks) and award-winning Canadian acts Michelle Wright (BMG), Colin Linden (Sony/Canada), Sue Foley (Shenachie) and Colin James (Warner/Canada) . Deborah also represents film and television projects, including the 2001 release "The Journey"with a musical soundtrack by major recording artists including Atlantic Records artist Edwin McCain, Indigo Girls, Hootie & The Blowfish and many others; Emmy-winning producer & director Nina Seavey's 2002 documentary "Ballad of Bering Strait" shot in Russia and the U.S., and London-based Principal Films currently producing a television documentary for initial broadcast in the U.S. Deborah further represents the fast-growing NWFL as league counsel for all entertainment matters, including television and corporate sponsorships. Deborah also handles the book publishing and related literary rights on behalf of several entertainment clients. Deborah has served as a consultant to Virgin Asia Ltd. for its U.S. entertainment activities, and was a member of the 2001 negotiation team which successfully concluded the major distribution deal between Universal and Univision, the largest U.S. Spanish language cable network.
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Steve Dorff
America’s legendary Film &
Music Songwriter/Composer
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Brett Boyett
www.brettboyett.com
Deborah Wagnon
CEO, Portia Entertainment Group, LLC
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Steve Murphy
Executive Producer & Host
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