Member Spotlight:
Lisa Brigantino

Lisa Brigantino grew up in the town of Katonah, just north of New York City and began her music training at an early age, starting piano lessons at 5 and violin at 8. In addition to being a trained vocalist, she also plays guitar, upright and electric bass, cello, mandolin, percussion, ukulele, accordion, harp, banjo and anything else she can get her hands on. She comes from a musical family and her relatives include the late Felix Pappalardi, producer of Cream and bass player and producer of Mountain and Michael Barbiero, an amazing producer, engineer and re-mixer who has worked with everyone from Madonna and Cinderella to Blues Traveler and Gov't Mule.

A trained composer with a Master of Music degree in music composition and theory from the School of Music at State University of New York at Fredonia, Lisa has written music for dance, theatre, TV and film, most recently scoring the music for the film "Taken". Her debut album "A Brooklyn Night" has received great reviews and international radio airplay. She has been requested to perform her original songs at showcases for BMI, Women In Music, The Uptown Songwriters Hang, The Marmalade Jam to name just a few. Lisa has been honored with a Citation of Merit from past Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden for her album A Brooklyn Night and her work as a Brooklyn-based musician and she is the recipient of honorable mentions in the past four consecutive Annual Billboard World Song Contests for her songs "Wallflower", "The Light Of Your Face", "Departure" and most recently, "Don't Say It At All".

Lisa is very proud to be a founding member of Lez Zeppelin, the all girl, all Zeppelin tribute band, playing bass, keys and mandolin. Check out their website and MySpace page, as they're probably playing a city near you soon - www.lezzeppelin.com and www.myspace.com/lezzeppelin. The band released their self-titled debut CD in July 2007 recorded and produced by Eddie Kramer and is touring nationally and internationally to support it.

Lisa performs in a crazy, self-contained musical comedy act with her sister Lori called "The Vickie and Nickie Show". Vickie and Nickie are two suburban housewife sisters from the hills of Minnesota that perform original and cover songs ranging from pop, rock, soul to rap and they play a variety of instruments as well. The act is interspersed with improvisation and audience participation. Visit their sites at www.vickieandnickie.com and www.myspace.com/vickieandnickie.

Lisa also performs with "In The Rough", a vocal trio including her sister Lori and friend Susan Haefner. The trio has been singing together since college and they have an extensive repertoire including Lisa's original tunes as well as folk, rock, pop, country and accapella favorites.
Lisa is a member of the BMI, The Songwriters Guild of America and is on the advisory board of Women In Music, Inc.

She recently co-wrote, recorded and produced a jingle with her husband Thomas Millioto for a National advertising campaign for Plato's Closet, an apparel store chain. Lisa's company Hidden Pond Productions provides clients with music/talent supervision, intellectual property licensing and custom music production and scoring. Lisa also continues to tour internationally with Lez Zeppelin. The band's debut CD just made the top 100 in Japan and contains two original songs co-written by Brigantino. You can find out more about Lisa at her myspace site, www.myspace.com/lisabrigantino.