Dee Martinez is the Account Executive for Video Audio Live and works closely with clients, musical directors, and community event managers. Dee’s strengths include excellent communication skills that are essential to the growth and expansion of Video Audio Live. Dee is a well-rounded individual and is responsible for developing new business opportunities with new and existing clients.
Our Team
Gustavo Martinez is our Head Sound Engineer managing years of experience working with young artists and local artists, his tenacity and patience resulted in countless successful concerts. Gustavo managed to work tirelessly for local communities and festivals ensuring the sound is at its peak, he also works well under pressure especially when there are conditions that we all take for granted, unpredictable storms, technical surprises, and working with bands from 5 to 12 members. Gustavo proved to be an overall professional audio engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in Media Technology.
Our collaboration with Mark Campayno, director of Musicians Inc., provided us with multiple opportunities to showcase talented and gifted young musicians throughout our concert series at Toll Brothers Loudoun Valley Community. Mark Campayno is also the Youth Entertainment Coordinator for the acclaimed Loudoun YouthFest that is held every year featuring many of his students and other national acts.
Tom Graham is our freelance engineer. He received his Bachelor of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory in Music Production and Recording Technology in the Spring of 2012. Tom was the head sound engineer at Empire concert venue in Springfield, VA and he also runs his own recording studio, Summation Audio where he offers full multitrack recording services, mixing, mastering, as well as video editing services. Tom is also a member of the band Don’t Look Down which plays regularly throughout the region and has recently released their first full length album.
Stephanie McKendrick is our head band photographer. Recently she photographed our live performances at the Toll Brothers Live Concert Series. Stephanie has extensive experience in photographing bands including Kid Rock, The Devil Wears Prada, Steve Aoki and LMFAO! Stephanie also offers video services, including shooting and editing. Stephanie is also in collaboration with Summation Audio to provide high quality live performance video paired with live multitrack recording for the ultimate live performance media. She is currently in pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in photography from George Mason University. Her latest work can be seen at www.stephmckphoto.com.
Erick Martinez is the lead technical crew with over 5 years of experience supporting all aspects of stage and instrument management. Erick is a song writer and performs regularly with his band in the Northern Virginia area.
Testimonials
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"Gustavo & VALive provided and ran the sound at a recent show of ours. The club is a tough room for sound based on the large size, stage location and boomy acoustics. We were greeted with warm smiles and real professionalism from Gustavo and his team. Our band as well as the audience were pleasantly surprised at the crisp, clear and well balanced sound that VALive was able to dial in. Highly skilled engineering, quality equipment and outstanding personal attention are what we received and we very much look forward to working with Video Audio Live again in the future."
Keith
NOCODA
"Everything went so well with the sound, lights and stage set up for the bands – Great job!"
Roberta Kruse-Fordham
General Manager
Ashburn Villagefest
"Thank you! I can't say enough about the level of professionalism you provided - it was a big "whew" off my plate!"
Jennifer Horvath
Ashburn Villagefest
"Many – many thanks to you and your crew for the great evening on Saturday. We were very thankful for that you guys were keep playing when the sky opened. Our Stone Ridge teens had an absolutely wonderful time. We are looking forward to work with you some other time in the future."
Edit Sherry
Events Coordinator
Stone Ridge Association, Inc.
"Deniele Martinez and Gustavo Martinez and crew did an amazing job with the sound in what was very shady conditions. The sound was great and actually I don't remember even one instance of feedback through the pa system!"
Mark Campayno
Music Director
Musicians Inc.
"Thank you so much! Your company is very professional and we were all very happy with the setup and the mix . I hope to work you all again!"
Mike Leverone
THE FUZZ
"We wanted to thank you guys for last night. You all were such a pleasure to deal with and we hope we can do it again next year. We all made it thru the storm!"
Jeff Finn
Half Step Down