The songwriters, musicians arrangers
and engineers of Tinker House Studios
My Very Own Music! is the flagship CD produced by the folks at Tinker House Studios. This personalized album has sold 300,000 copies and is produced in three languages. The team went on to produce personalized music for Marvel (you can hear that album here) as well as an album of personalized love songs. The Tinker House team includes award-winning songwriters and consummate professional music producers and musicians.
KEITH L. JARVIS
Producer, Arranger, Keyboards, Penny
Whistle, Drums, Background Vocals
Keith is a multi-instrumentalist as well as a singer/songwriter. He grew up in a musical family and would often fall asleep listening to his mother playing "Claire De Lune" and other classical music at the piano. Keith began performing professionally when he was 12, was awarded the "Loius Armstrong Jazz Award" in high school and eventually ended up in Los Angeles performing solo piano at various clubs and venues. Keith is the producer of the personalized Marvel album "The Fantastic Four" as well as "My Very Own Music! Vol. 1", a best-selling personalized childrens CD which has sold over 300,000 copies. You can find his music in EuroDisney among other locations worldwide. As a multi-instrumentalist Keith formed a band called Kaedmon and plays whistle, bohdran, harmonica, accordian, drumset and boxdrum in that band.
KRIS GARRETT
Lead Vocalist
Kris is a lead vocalist as well as a songwriter. She started out singing in her church choir and quickly became a sensation across Southern California.
Kris has been the lead singer for several country bands including "High Noon", "Clear County Line" and "Five Wheel Drive." Most recently, she was the lead vocalist for the band "Kaedmon." And you can hear Kris singing on "My Very Own Music!" as well as several other personalized albums including "Love Songs For You."
DALE LADUKE
Songwriter, Asst. Producer, Accordian
Dale LaDuke was born in Grosse Pointe Michigan. He began singing in church choirs when he was 8 years old and was a principle soloist and president of his high school choir, as well as a trumpet player in the high school band. He went on to sing with the Michigan State Honors Choir and the Michigan State Fair Choir.
He was one of the founders of the popular Southern California country band “Five Wheel Drive.” Dale is a prinicipal writer on a popular childrens CD "My Very Own Music!" He currently lives and plays music in Los Angeles with the wonderful folk/americana/celtic band “Kaedmon.”
GREG KRUEGER
Guitar, Mandolin
Greg Krueger began his professional career as a guitarist/bandleader in Detroit, Michigan. Best known for his work with Disney where he has recorded and mixed sound for every Disney Theme Park in the World, he has also produced, engineered and performed on hundreds of independent music and film projects.
JEANNIE WILLETS
Songwriter
Jeannie Willets has been captivating audiences for more than two decades now with her memorable compositions, velvet-smooth voice, and her extraordinary guitar-playing. Based in the Los Angeles area, Jeannie gives "live" performances often, both "solo" and with her band. Writing music since the young age of 15, Jeannie has created quite a style all her own that many have said possesses both a "sophisticated yet simple" quality, with a very soothing effect. Jeannie has written in many different styles of music including: jazz, folk, rock, pop, children's, holiday and comedy.
HARRIET SCHOCK
Songwriter
Harriet Schock wrote the words and music to the Grammy-nominated #1 hit for Helen Reddy, "Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady" plus many songs for other artists including Nancy Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Lee Greenwood, Carl Anderson, Gloria Loring, Manfred Mann and the Little Mermaid. Her songs have been featured in numerous films and TV shows, including “The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking, ” “Matters of the Heart,” “Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon,” “Baby Geniuses II,” “Delta Force II,” and the animated “Secret Garden.” Currently she has a PBS Emmy-winning series theme song, "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks" playing weekly and two cuts on the new Jeannie Kendall album All The Girls I Am, one of which was nominated for hot AC single of the year by New Music Weekly.
DEEDEE O’MALLEY
Songwriter
This Award winning Singer/Songwriter/Producer has opened for Glen Campbell, Chris Cagle, Stephen Bishop, Al Stewart, Ambrosia and shared the stage with LeAnn Rimes, Willie Nelson and Kenny Rogers just to name a few!
“THERE IS NOONE BETTER WHO CAN WRITE A MELODY SO EASY TO REMEMBER AND A LYRIC SO HARD TO FORGET” -RUSS REGAN (DISCOVERED ELTON JOHN, NEIL DIAMOND AND THE BEACH BOYS)
“O’MALLEY’S LYRICS ARE MASTERFULLY WRITTEN.”
-NOHO NEWS