member profiles

Tinamarie Passantino is a multi-award-winning business manager with 30+ business awards, as well as a published honoree of the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals. She holds a B.S. in Business Management and an Associates degree in Child Development. Tinamarie has created million-dollar business locations for some of the largest companies in the USA, and she is responsible for the brand building and management of The Josie Network of eleven brands.

Tissa Rahim, the "Persian Powerhouse," is a West Coast musician with a 40-city North American tour under her belt. Tissa freely explores a Soul/R&B sound, infusing it with the traditional Persian music that her family has made for generations. Since 2019, Rahim has built up an extensive catalog as a solo artist, consisting of digital releases, videos and collaborations with artists in Vancouver and beyond. Fresh off of a West Coast tour, Tissa is back in the studio recording original music.

Born in Mbigou, in the heart of Gabon’s southern forests, Tita Nzebi took her first steps on stage in 1997 with the group Ngumi. In 1998, she moved to France for her studies and, in 2006, chose to devote herself entirely to music. With her 2008 debut maxi single "MBISS MITI," she introduced a distinctive musical universe that blends traditional African rhythms with contemporary sounds.

Tito Da. Fire is an Afro-fusion singer, producer, and songwriter, recently inducted as a voting member of the Grammy® Recording Academy. His music is a blend of Afrobeats, World music, Reggae, Pop, and R&B fused with African percussions. He was a member of popular Nigerian Duo Gent2Men of “Majekaja” fame. He started performing at high school gigs and was earlier influenced by Pop, R&B reggae, and Disco music played by his mother while growing up in Ganta.

From the cornfields and small towns in Iowa great songs are being written about those very things along with Midwestern values. These songs come from the soul of Todd Apfel, a singer/songwriter who takes what happens in the world around him and weaves them into some of the most memorable songs you’ve heard in a long time. “Apfel's new LP “Right Where I Belong” is full of great surprises from the high impact title tract to the soulful “When I Look In Your Eyes". This LP is a must listen and buy!” ~J. Pasinski, Record-Journal Newspaper Publishing Co.