RICK DEBELLA was born in New York City and got into music and show business at a very young age, largely because of a talent contest he won for singing. This began his career in acting and singing, participating in over 100 TV shows, two Broadway shows, and more than a dozen TV commercials. At
PAM-E WILLIAMS, vocalist and keyboardist, was raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and now resides in Las Vegas. She is a national and international performer with a musical background that includes winning many cross-country National singing competitions. Her genre of music is jazz, R&B and classical. As a sultry songstress, Pam-e has performed on Broadway and has
TONY DRAKE, guitarist, is one of soul music’s most respected session and touring guitarists, having worked with some of the genre’s top artists. At the age of 14, along with a “permission slip” from his mother, Tony started playing professionally at clubs and parties in the Los Angeles area. He grew up in Compton, California,
JENEANE MARIE, vocalist, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and was encouraged by both her mother and father to be in show business. First came dancing, then acting, and modeling. With some extra influence from her choir teacher in the 7th grade, her passion for singing began. She began performing professionally at the age of 15.
BILLY BILGER, drummer, is originally from Philadelphia and started playing drums at the age of nine. He studied jazz, be-bop, and big band drumming with Dave Levin and studied percussion at The Philadelphia Musical Academy in his home town. His influences include Buddy Rich, Louis Bellson, Dave Black, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams with
JEFF DAVIS, an acoustic and electric bassist, hails from the Midwest but grew up in Germany where he first started playing the bass and at age 14 was already experienced playing professionally at Teen Clubs, NCO and Officer's Clubs, and local venues in the central Germany area. His playing was influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Charlie
So much has happened this past year that it would be impossible to mention everything and everyone that has touched the Midnight Muse project in one way or another. Therefore, I will just give you some sound bites of the internal makings of this project as we blog along in the next few months. We
Art Vargas, vocalist, grew up in Detroit, Michigan with its musical history influencing him as a young performer where he developed a passion for nostalgia, emulating singers of the ’50s and ’60s. He was performing by the age of eighteen and through nightclub, television, and radio performances he further developed and refined his craft. He
TOSCHA COMEAUX, vocalist, got her start by singing in her church choir in her home town of Hartford, Connecticut. She graduated from Weaver High School and Bethume-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Trained classically, Toscha has performed and traveled with the Connecticut Opera in their productions of "Porgy and Bess" and "Rigoletto", and she also
MO SCARAZZO, string bass, was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He started out playing the tuba in the high school marching band, and later got into music playing in the local Italian band. He played the bass horn prior to the string bass playing one night gigs with big bands. He was influenced by Ray Brown and
