Meet the Jury

The Jury is headed by Felipe Torres drummer, bass guitarist and music teacher who has featured in many famous bands and worked with many famous musicians like The Monkees, David Cassidy, Chubby Checker, the Davy Jones Band, Gene Cornish of The Rascals, Reagan Youth, and Popa Chubby. We have a multi faceted panel composed of famous musicians and music teachers. You can view their Creative Xchange profile by clicking on their pictures.

ENTER CONTEST

Felipe Torres

Felipe has toured with OURS, The Monkees, David Cassidy, Chubby Checker, the Davy Jones Band, Gene Cornish of The Rascals, Reagan Youth, and Popa Chubby. As an instructor and clinician, Felipe has been teaching drums, guitar and bass guitar for over 20 years.

Wolfe Glass

By the time he turned 13, he was studying piano and electric guitar and writing his own songs. His taste in music had evolved from Rock and Punk to a wider range including Reggae and African. Wolfe has had the honor of sharing the stage with Steve Earle, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega and many other phenomenal artists.

Hazel Rose

Hazel Rose is a multi-genre creator from San Francisco. She is a songwriter signed with Ultra Music Publishing, and her music has been featured on TV Shows like "Tales of the City" (Netflix), "Pitch" (FOX), "Workin Moms" (Netflix). She recently released singles featuring Remixes by Disco Fries and Fabich, and collaborations with Tassia Reis on their quarantine DIY music video "Passion Fruit." She has performed at festivals like Toyota Sessions LA, SXSW, and Mothership LA. She is a Producer and Curator, most recently producing the Bedroom Music Festival Online Concert Series and Theater of Change's virtual theater productions.

Lynn Fanelli

Lynn was born in Manhattan, New York. She made her stage debut at five years old when her father, Vince Fanelli, asked her to sit in with his band. Lynn has recorded and/or appeared with Kenny Loggins (Footloose), Connie Stevens (television and movie actress and singer), Spencer Davis (Gimme Some Lovin'), Jon Bon Jovi (You Give Love a Bad Name), Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), and Bobby Kimball (Toto) to name just a few.

NEEL

NEEL is an R&B/Pop, Bollywood-influenced singer, songwriter and producer based in New York. Born and raised in New Jersey. Vocally trained in Eastern and Western classical music, NEEL is versatile in many genres especially Urban Desi. NEEL is a performer at heart and has opened up many well-known artists such as Jay Sean, Mickey Singh, Arjun, Raghav and Vishal-Shekhar in popular arenas. Neel was one of the finalists of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in USA.

Lionel Lodge

Born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and currently residing in Vienna, Austria, Lionel Lodge is a Folk/Rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Lionel toured extensively throughout the world with heavy concentration in the UK and Europe. Lionel is now the CEO of https://synclodge.com/.

Francesco Silva

Francesco Silva is a singer/songwriter from Argentina and is on top of the charts on Spotify Argentina and Youtube, Fran Silva sings variety of genres of music and writes his own originals with many collaborating artists.

Leah Finkelstein

Leah Finkelstein is the daughter of noted late jazz vocalist, Claudia Finkelstein of the band, Joy Spring. She is currently a singer/songwriter in Los Angeles and has written and recorded 3 original albums. She was a founding member of the comedy/music group called "The Boobé Sisters" (seen on The Gong Show and America's Got Talent), where she began to collaborate with Heather Stewart. Leah and Heather have since formed a composing/scoring/performing duo. In 2019, Heather and Leah scored their first feature film, which then led to the scoring of a short film, a comedy series, and then subsequently two shows that premiered on Caffeine.tv (co-owned by Fox), for which they also wrote the main titles. They continue to write for tv, film, and new media under Stewart and Finkelstein and you can check out their scoring work at www.stewartandfinkelstein.com

Bindu Subramaniam

Bindu Subramaniam is a singer/songwriter, entrepreneur, music educator, and Co-Founder and CEO of SaPa - Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts. Bindu has been described as a "third generation prodigy" by the Hindustan Times, "a Bangalore woman changing the way children learn" by Femina Karnataka magazine and an "assured young soprano" by the Times of India. In 2012, she appeared on the list of 12 gen-next achievers in Verve Magazine. In 2021, she was listed as GQ Magazine's 25 most influential young Indians.