Joel Nelson Productions: Bay Area Event Planning, DJs and Live Music

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Louie Moon

To me music is powerful magic, opening windows into our hearts and souls. Performing music has given me the chance to interact with people locally, and travel the world to experience the magic in other cultures...

Manolo Vargas

Manolo Vargas began his artistic career as a young child in Sevilla, Spain. When his teachers realized he had perfect pitch and could memorize a song after hearing it just once, the Jesuit priests at his school knew he had talent...

Mark Holzinger

My performances have included concerts, festivals, major music venues, weddings, bars and restaurants, church, T.V., radio, music videos, musicals, LP's and CDs...

Mark Kaye

Mark is a wonderful piano player who brings a wealth of experience and talent to weddings and special events around the Bay Area and the country...

Steven Gary

Steven started playing guitar at age 6 – and was singing before he could talk! His ability to remember and perform music gained him a reputation as the man of a thousand songs – a number he actually surpassed years ago...

Tom Rigney

The son of baseball great, Bill Rigney, Tom is a native of the Bay Area. His musical career began after he finished his graduate studies at Harvard University, where he received a Masters degree in Fine Arts...

Victoria Hughes

Because of her skills as an instrumental arranger, Victoria is one of the few harpists that can actually take requests. She believes in playing music that people know and recognize, whether it is a classical piece, or a current pop hit...

William Taylor Prichard

William Taylor Prichard is an experienced, dynamic, and personable wedding guitar master. His fluidity transverses countless styles and genres of music...

Rick Heizman

Rick is an exceptionally diverse musician who is equally adept as a solist or in a combo...

Rick Schaefer

At present, he resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where he plays at all the top hotels for weddings, corporate special events and for the major cruise line whose yachts tour the Bay...