Alan Quandt :: General Manager, Lead Developer

Username: Al Quandt
Birthday: 1981-02-14
Workplace: Fort Wayne Digital Media Production Group LLC
Hobbies: Web Develoment, Piano, Percussion, Art
Email: al@fwdmp.com
Website: www.fwdmp.com


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I am a Fort Wayne native, born on Valentines Day of 1981 in what is now, a park (old Lutheran Hospital). I have been playing a combination of piano, drums, and various guitar forms since 5th grade.  I also run a small production studio out of my home.

My days consist of watching my girls (Madison - 3 years old and Dinah 6 years old), scolding our Dachshund named "Buddy" and running my business until the wee hours.

I have been an active part of the music community for almost a decade now, and continue to promote music via my efforts on this site and other like ventures while performing in a handful of local bands (Melbourne Drive and That Crafty Devil).

Please enjoy this site, as we continue to bring you as much local entertainment related content and resources!

Chris Wallace :: Founder

Username: cwallace
Birthday: 1972-09-14
Workplace: PC Technician (Financial industry)
Hobbies: Computers, Music...(hence this website!)
Email: admin@fortwaynemusic.com
Website: http://www.FortWayneMusic.com


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From radio to restaurant and back to music. I have a passion for music, especially the local scene, after spending a year on the air with local alternative station 96.3 The Edge as 'Danger Boy' with Doug St.John in the afternoon I left to pursue my dream of owning a restaurant. Shortly after opening the restaurant I felt the need to be in touch with radio, local music, and everything I loved about this 'scene', but with long hours and early mornings it was tough to make it out to shows like I had in the past. A solution was brewing.

My other passion in life is computers and had recently had high speed DSL installed in my home. One night while working on some things in my office an interesting idea came to me...internet radio on a local level. I immediately began researching and digging on the web. A few hours later I had figured out some simple web hosting and using Shoutcast was able to stream a copy of a local CD that I had. The next steps and the ones that bring us here are reserving the name 'FortWayneMusic.com' from an online registrar and building a simple website that people could use to access my large collection of local music. Suddenly I was back in radio and loving every minute of it. Many years of hard work, outages, up and downs, months of stagnation, and many many staff members later...here we are.

This site is a vision. A resource, on a local level, for hardworking musicians that have entertained me countless times. A way to pay them back for everything they have given me. Enjoy...

Brad Jones :: Moderator

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Brad Jones joined the fortwaynemusic.com staff in 2007 after being an active member of the site for 5 plus years. Brad is an active local musician, having played bass guitar for several local performers and bands and is currently a member of White Hot Noise, a Fort Wayne funk/rock jam band. He is married with one child and enjoys playing fetch with his boxer-mix dog, Molly. He is a member of Fellowship Missionary Church where he also plays bass guitar on the worship team. Brad is also passionate about motorcycles and hopes to begin riding again soon. He enjoys discussing all things political and religious in nature.

Brad is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and a minor in Music Performance. He is currently searching for new employment in his field. Brad teaches bass guitar lessons and may be reached at (260) 602-5448, bradjones_bass@yahoo.com, or visit him at www.bradjonesbass.com.

Daniel Koepke :: Staff Writer

Username: deek
Birthday: 1976-02-26
Workplace: Lincoln Financial Group
Hobbies: Books, Typewriting, Photography & Gaming
Email: deek@deeksworld.com
Website: http://www.deeksworld.com


Biography

I moved to Fort Wayne back in 1979 when I was three years old (so technically, it was my folks doing the moving, I had no choice in the matter).  I lived here through high school and am a proud River Rat.  After failing to make it through college at Valparaiso and IU, I moved back "home" to make something out of myself.

Lot of good that did!  I got into playing guitar and bounced around a couple different local bands.  My gigging career, shortlived at just under two years, ended when my bandmates/roommates all went their separate ways.  I chose a girl (that lasted another two years) and gave up my music career dreams.  They weren't very big anyways.

I have since settled down, finished my degree, married and am fathering a couple of great kids.  I'm not much into the local music scene these days, but the contacts I've made in the past are still friends.  My contributions to the FWM community now comes by way of chiming in on the message boards and doing what I can to write fun and useful technical articles.

Brandon McGinnis :: Moderator

Username: BrandonOnBass
Birthday: 1986-12-04
Workplace: IT Professional
Hobbies: New Ideas, Enjoying life, Cars, Soccer
Email: brandon@skeptikalmedia.com
Website: www.skeptikalmedia.com


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Josh Spall :: Moderator

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Seve Sullivan-Doyle :: Moderator

Username: sevesd93
Birthday: 1983-05-28
Workplace: Sales Engineer / Pro Seal & Plastics
Hobbies: Drums, Music, Computers, Guns
Email: ssullivan.doyle@gmail.com
Website: www.facebook.com/sevesd


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Dan :: Moderator

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