Jimmy Wilgus
Production, Engineering, Backing vocals, Tambourine

Jimmy Wilgus, owner of International Creative Entertainment Inc., and The Den recording studio has been involved in all facets of the music industry for over 25 years. From a young age, Jimmy studied many instruments before ultimately settling on drums. He took these skills on the road, performing in a number of successful groups including The People, progressive metal group 4Front, and later recording a series of solo albums. Jimmy ultimately decided to pursue his love of music production, co-founding The Den studio with former bandmate Zak Rizvi, eventually taking over the operation. Jimmy has produced over thirty albums spanning a variety of genres and brings a diverse breadth of experience and creativity to the Flaud Logic project.

Joe Bergamini
Percussion

Joe Bergamini maintains a diverse career as a drumming performer and educator. Enjoying various styles of playing, he is most well-known for his progressive rock drumming in the bands Happy the Man and 4Front. Joe is very active as a drummer for Broadway shows. He performed in both the New York and national tour productions of the Billy Joel musical Movin' Out, and now plays at In The Heights, The Lion King, and Jersey Boys. For 11 years Joe was the drummer in the popular New York City area band Power Windows, and has performed with many other artists including Dennis DeYoung and Deborah Gibson.

Recognized internationally as an educator, Joe has given hundreds of drum clinics in schools, retail stores, and conventions over the past 15 years. He has appeared at the Ultimate Drummers Weekend (Melbourne, Australia), The Cape Breton Drum Festival (Nova Scotia, Canada), KOSA (Vermont USA), and the Sonny Emory Drumset Camp (Atlanta GA, USA). He also maintains a busy private teaching schedule at his studio in New Jersey.

Joe's interest in writing and education has led to him becoming very active in the music publishing world. He is the Senior Drum Editor for Hudson Music, and a contributing writer for Modern Drummer magazine. An active author, Joe has won three Modern Drummer Readers Poll awards and one Drum! Magazine "Drummy" for his drum books. He is the author of Turn It Up & Lay It Down, MD Classic Tracks, It's Your Move (with Dom Famularo), Drum Techniques of Led Zeppelin, Operation: Rockenfield – The Drumming of Queensryche, Drumming Out Of The Shadows – The Drumming of Jason Bittner and Shadows Fall, and Polyrhythmic Potential (with Chris Pennie). He has worked on various promotional and R&D projects for Tama drums in addition to being engaged as a spokesperson / artist clinician for their Starclassic Bubinga Omnitune drums.

Rich Haddad
Bass

Rich Haddad has spent the past 15 years working in various studios, serving as producer, engineer, arranger, technical consultant, artist, artist liaison, and combination thereof. As a performer, he has shared the stage with artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Kansas and Dada. Since 2005, Rich has served as Chief Audio Engineer for the DCT broadband concert series, and is responsible for all aspects of audio recording, mixing, mastering and post-production. He currently records and performs with The Audibles and Friday's Child, and is the owner of Handcrafted Sonic Identity, which provides customized audio solutions for albums, singles, radio ads, jingles, voiceovers and films.

Eric Kvortek
Engineer –Percussion

An engineer with over 20 years experience, Eric currently works at the Legendary Trax East recording studio in New Brunswick, NJ, where bands such as Symphony X, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mindfunk, Atreyu, Hatebreed, Phantom's Opera have recorded. Eric has worked with and recorded over 300 bands including God Forbid, Black Daliah Murder, The Red Chord, Dead To Fall, Zao, Twelve Tribes, Sinai Beach, Full Blown Chaos, Looking Forward, Nora, Human Abstract, The Banner, War of Ages, Spitfire, Anchors For Arms, Symphony in Peril, Don the Reader, Death Star, Atomic Bitchwax, Solace, Mush Mouth, The Fins, Break Away, A Life Once Lost, Overlorde, The Noviach, Drive Faster, Delian League, Operatika, Trash Maverics, Annunaki, Last Perfection, Geoff Baker, The Bitter Life Typecast, Sekond Skyn, Love Gas, and Normaljoy.

Scott Thomas Ferreira
Guitars

Scott Thomas Ferreira has been playing guitar for 17 years and has been performing for 10 years in various bands and styles. In that time he has worked with many talented musicians as both a performer, and an arranger/producer. Markeisha Ensley, Big Ben Hillman "The Professor of Funk", Christina Gaudet, Robbi Kumalo, and hip-hop soul band The Last Broadcast are some of the artists Scott has played with most recently. His newest and most ambitious endeavor yet is "Got A Match?", a tribute to the legendary jazz/fusion musician Chick Corea.

Throughout his career, Scott has also worked in various performing situations including original bands, pit band orchestras, classical guitar recitals, jazz/fusion combos and his own singer/songwriter project.

Upon discovering the guitar at age 12 Scott realized he had found the instrument through which he wanted to express himself. Through private lessons with Jim Cyran, Steve Silverman, and Mark Marino, he established a strong foundation of technique and sight reading. Those years also helped him become fluent in many styles including Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, and Fusion. In addition he developed a strong knowledge of improvisation in all styles.

Scott began his college years in a classical setting where he studied theory, harmony, and classical guitar with Long Island greats Steve Leonard and Bill Zito. He went on to earn his BFA in music from the City College of New York in 2003. There, he studied jazz theory with legendary musicians including Ron Carter and John Patitucci. He continued His studies with some of the top modern guitar players including Wayne Krantz, David Gilmore, and Kenny Wessel. He is currently studying voice with Ron Meixsell and ear training with his son Ethan Meixsell.

Kurt Goedel
Guitars

After faking his death in 1978, Kurt Goedel took up guitar. He quit in 1981 (damn barre chords!) Two years later, Goedel felt incomplete, even with a daily diet of sci-fi-inspired prog-metal. So, one day, after playing Dungeons & Dragons alone (don't ask), Goedel was drawn to the closet wherein was his guitar. Reportedly, he hadn't been so excited since the publication of Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der "Principia Mathematica" und verwandter Systeme, some fifty years before!

Goedel became a metalhead, pop aficianado, wannabe jazzbo, and opportunistic folkster. He studied with jazz guitarist Francis Varrichio. These ingredients first mixed in The Evelyn Situation, where Goedel worked with Andrew Durkin, now ringleader of The Industrial Jazz Group.

In 2000, he completed his first CD, Itch. Co-produced with Zak Rizvi, the album explored territory between naturalistic and technological, with songs about instinct, Evil, and seasonal allergies. In 2003, Goedel finished The Luna Stereo Theater. This "immersive headphone experience" has also been described as "sound art" and "a tribute to Frank Zappa."

A guitar teacher since high school, Goedel is currently writing several guitar books. For more on Goedel, see this blog.

Amy Ward
Female Lead Vocals

Amy Ward delivers her music with a Pop/Rock/Soul sound. With her prolific song writing skills, Ward has had hundreds of songs air in feature films and various TV shows in the United States, Canada, and Europe on CBS, ABC, FOX, The WB, and Lifetime As a Singer/Songwriter- Producer-Pianist, her talent is like no other; full of energy and edge, yet at times, calm with a piano-based feel.

A Native Indiana resident, Amy moved to Boston, MA, where she attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Now, a graduate and a resident of the NYC area, Amy has been involved in many musical projects, and has shared the stage with such celebrities as: Richie Cannata (Billy Joel, Beach Boys), Gerardo Valez (Jimi Hendrix, Spyro Gyra), Chick Corea, Andre Crouch, The Flock of Seagulls, Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Angie Stone, Joe, Billy Cliff (The Gap Band, Kool and the Gang), and Haley Eisenberg (Pepsi, Remember the Titans).

Ward opened 3 shows for the Dave Matthews Band in Indiana and Massachusetts (side stage). She has also performed at such famous venues as Shea Stadium, for the NY Mets and Madison Square Garden for various sporting events. Other venues include The Bitter End, The Baggot Inn, CBGB's, Club 101, CODA, The Elbow Room, The Red Lion, Le Bar Bat, Guastivino's, Le Cirque, and Session 73 in NYC. Ward has also toured at various venues in Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, and Florida.

Amy has been honored at the Songwriter's Hall of Fame 43rd and 46th Songwriter Showcase in NYC.

Ty Blue
Backing Vocal Solos

Native New Yorker Ty Blue is a sexy Pop/R&B singer, songwriter, and performer. The exotic beauty is best known to her fans for her powerful 5.5 octave vocal range and her keen sexy driven lyrics and grooves. Her voice easily matches the style and demands of different types of songs. Ty Blue's voice can be as soft and sultry as Diana Ross or as high and powerful as Mariah Carey and Chaka Khan. Ty Blue is a classically-trained singer, who studied opera for 4 years.

Benny Lackner
Rhodes Solo

Born in Berlin, Benny Lackner, moved to California at the age of 13. He received his BFA from the California Institute of the Arts under the direction of Charlie Haden and David Roitstein. From 1997 - 1998 he studied privately with his mentor, pianist Brad Mehldau. He has performed at numerous jazz festivals including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux and Monterey. He has worked with artists such as the late Billy Higgins, Marc Ribot, Brad Shepik, Pheeroan akLaff and is now residing in NYC and Berlin where is working with his internationally touring trio and as a sideman and Composer.

Learn more at Benny's Website.