Limelight Staff Bios
Alex Holz
Job: Client Relations
Favorite Cover Song: (tie) Self "What a Fool Believes", a cover of The Doobie Brothers wonderful original; Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah" (cover of Leonard Cohen)
Instrument: Keys, Guitar, Vocals (bass), and Ukulele
Former/Current Bands: That Fleeting World ("current" a.k.a. minimal online presence)
Listening Device: Some badass Logitech 5.1 speakers courtesy of my fellow RightsFlow gang
Favorite Genres: Indie rock, 80s pop, old school hip-hop
Favorite Song Lyric: "Show a little faith, there's magic in the night / You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright / Oh and that's alright with me." - Bruce Springsteen ("Thunder Road")
First Album Bought: (That I'll say) "The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers" (The truth) "To the Extreme" by Vanilla Ice
Guilty Pleasure: Karaoke => The Foundations "Build Me Up Buttercup", Snow "Informer"
Now Playing: Apollo Run, Sam Cooke, Drunken Barn Dance, Wrens
Musical Doppelganger: A tall, lanky redhead with a penchant for bow-ties? Prince obviously. ;)
Patrick Sullivan
Job: Executive Team - President & CEO
Favorite Cover Song: "Wonderwall" (Ryan Adams performed originally by Oasis)
Instrument: Guitar
Former/Current Bands: Every 1 Eye - way in the past
Listening Device: Sansa Mini
Favorite Genres: power pop, 80's singer-songwriters, swingin' standards
First Album: Rush, "Moving Pictures" - 1981
Guilty Pleasure: Margaritas
Ben Cockerham
Job: Executive Team - CFO and Chief Strategy Officer
Favorite Cover Song: St James Infirmary (Louis Armstrong); by Cab Calloway, King Oliver, etc.
Instrument: Guitar/Piano
Former/Current Bands: Sublunar Minds (current)
Listening Device: Laptop/Blackberry
Favorite Genres: Jazz, Funk, Soul, Rock
Favorite Song Lyric: “....” (from “so what” miles davis)
First Album Bought: Beatles, Past Masters Vol 2
Guilty Pleasure: The Doobies
Now Playing: “Gaslighting Abbie” Steely Dan
Musical Doppelganger: Mark Knopfler
Bushra Ahmed
Job: Licensing & Royalties
Favorite Cover Song: Romeo and Juliet by the killers
Instrument: Virus TI
Former/Current Bands: Labyrinth (Former) - D.J
Listening Device: Yamaha MSP 10
Favorite Genres: Psychedelic Trance / House / Trip hop
Favorite Song Lyric: Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
First Album Bought: Michael Jackson & Kylie Minogue
Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate!
Now Playing: Costi & Lamba – High / That’s My Name - Akcent
Musical Doppelganger: Stella Nutella - Rhino records
Chris Potter
Job: Marketing
Favorite Cover Song: "Flim" as recorded by The Bad Plus (original: Aphex Twin) and "Life On Mars" as recorded by Seu Jorge (original: David Bowie)
Instrument: Piano, Guitar, Vocals, Synth and ... Tuba (don't be jealous).
Former/Current Bands: Potter, The Fades, The Usual
Listening Device: I will plug my headphones into just about anything.
Favorite Genres: Indie rock, cine-electronic, film scores.
Favorite Song Lyric: "I was afraid I'd eat your brains. 'Cause I'm evil." - The National, Conversation 16
First Album Bought: Led Zeppelin II
Guilty Pleasure: Tori Amos. But I would loudly and publicly defend her honor in a millisecond.
Now Playing: James Blake, Elbow, Marco Benevento, Rubblebucket, anything that helps to stave off the depression of being between The National albums
Musical Doppelganger: Brandon Flowers with a much bigger head. Non-musical runner up: B.J. Novak (Ryan from The Office).
Michael Kauffman
Job: Executive Team - SVP of Sales and Marketing
Favorite Cover Song: "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bobby Womack or Astrud Gilberto or maybe even the Diana Krall version)
Instrument: Trumpet, Vocals (karaoke)
Former/Current Bands: Temple University Diamond Marching Band, Temple Owls Pep Band (former)
Listening Device: vinyl on my 1954 AMI Jukebox (sadly not currently functioning)
Fave Genres: power pop, 80's singer-songwriters, swingin' standards
Fave Song Lyric: "Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused." - Costello First Album: Billy Joel "The Stranger"
Guilty Pleasure: Yacht Rock stylings of Christopher Cross, The Doobie Brothers and Kenny Loggins
Now Playing: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings "I Learned the Hard Way", Karen Elson "The Ghost Who Walks"
Gideon Kalischer
Job: Product Development
Favorite Cover Song: “Pressure Drop” – The Clash (Original by Toots and the Maytals), “Billy Jean” Caeteno Veloso (Original by Michael Jackson).
Instrument: Numark NS7
Former/Current Bands: None
Listening Device: iphone, Technics 1200
Favorite Genres: synth pop, techno, 80s American indie, afrobeat, tropicala, fusion jazz
Favorite Song Lyric: "When I look in the mirror, I can't believe what I see Tell me, who's that funky dude, staring back at me?" -Weezer
First Album Bought: Green Day Dookie?
Guilty Pleasure: Lady Gaga
Now Playing: Four Tet- “Love Cry”
Musical Doppelganger: Ian Mcculloch of Echo and the Bunnymen (courtesy of Duncan).
Michael Gavigan
Job: Licensing and Royalties
Favorite Cover Song: Since You’ve Been Gone done by A Day To Remember (originally Kelly Clarkson) or Between The Buried & Me – Bicycle Race (originally Queen)
Instrument: Bass Guitar
Former/Current Bands: Idala (former) and From The Pawn (current)
Listening Device: iPod, never go anywhere without it
Favorite Genres: Hardcore, Hip-Hop, any form of Metal, Punk, Folk
Favorite Song Lyric: “there’s no such thing as rock stars, there’s just people who play music”
First Album Bought: Space Jam Soundtrack (OH YEAAA!)
Guilty Pleasure: Ke$ha…..hey she’s awesome
Now Playing: Frank Turner
Musical Doppelganger: not sure, but if I could be any musician it would be Frank Turner
J Scott Hinkley
Job: Licensing and Royalties
Favorite Cover Song: "Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley
Instrument: Guitar & La Voce
Listening Device: iPhone
Favorite Genres: Hard Rock/Metal/Alt. Rock and anything by Susan Boyle
Favorite Song Lyric: "Said I loved you but I lied 'Cause this is more than love I feel inside Said I loved you but I was wrong 'Cause love could never ever feel so strong" - Michael Bolton (and his mullet)
First Album Bought: Appetite for Destruction
Guilty Pleasure: Tennis racket, mirror, Metallica's "One", and the stereo volume to 11
Now Playing: The Urgency
Musical Doppelganger: Chris Daughtry (or any other handsome bald gentleman)