Claude Zdanow | |
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Origin | Long Island, New York |
Genres | Pop, hip hop, rhythm and blues, rock |
Occupation(s) | CEO, record producer, audio engineer, musician, composer, angel investor |
Instruments | Guitar, bass, piano |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Stadiumred Music |
Associated acts | Patent Pending |
Website | StadiumRed.com |
Notable instruments | |
Bass |
Claude Zdanow (born Long Island, New York) is an American musician, composer, engineer and entrepreneur. Active in the music industry since 2005, he toured with pop punk band Patent Pending as a bassist in 2006, and is best known for founding Stadiumred in 2007, a music and entertainment group in Harlem, New York City. As CEO of Stadiumred he oversees its five companies, which include music recording and production, events, marketing, artist development, music publishing, and technology. The recording studio company, Stadiumred Studios, currently has producers such as Omen and Just Blaze on staff, and is associated with over twelve Grammy Award-winning projects including Steven Mackey’s Dreamhouse (2010 Best Engineered Album, Classical). Clients have included Eminem, Drake, and Jeremy Carr among others.
Zdanow is a periodic angel investor, advising and funding companies such as Quirky and DJZ. He has been invited to speak as an industry expert at events such as Winter Music Conference,Organization of American States,Amsterdam Dance Event, and ASCAP I Create Music Expo, and has appeared in media outlets such as Rolling Stone, MarketWatch, Bloomberg TV, and MSN.
Claude Zdanow was born in the United States and raised in Long Island, New York. He began attending Portledge School in 1992, in Locust Valley, New York. By his teens he was a songwriter and musician, learning instruments such as bassguitar, piano, as well as audio engineering.