Kaydean Phillips

The driving force behind some of the most innovative musical projects, Kaydean has consistently delivered progressive creativity and groundbreaking innovation in an outstanding career that has spanned over two decades.

An award-winning industry veteran, Kaydean has distinguished himself as a composer, pianist, producer, songwriter, engineer, record label executive, artist manager, photographer and more recently, film director and radio show host.

He signed his first production deal at the age of 16 and over the years he has produced, remixed and performed with some of the worlds greatest talents including Janet Jackson, Marc Anthony, Laura Pausini, Cucco Pena, Cheo Feliciano, Arthur Hanlon, Natalia Jimenez, Bernie Williams, Janid, Maxi Priest, Robyn, Man Parish, Raekwon, Ky-Mani Marley, Frankie Cutlass, Nocera, Lovari, Rietsa and many others. While juggling more than a handful of other endeavors including scoring television series and commercials, Kaydean has also managed to work on solo projects, releasing five independent, cross-genre albums spanning New Age, Adult Contemporary, Rock, Ambient, Techno and Trance.

Kaydean has received significant recognition for his musical contributions including mPulse.com's "Top 10 Artist" award and "Top 10 Song" award for "All The bi***es in the House", and recognition from the Recording Academy. He also held the #1 Dance Artist position for over 6 months and his debut CD, "A New Dawn", was nominated for NAV Music Awards "Album of the Year".

Kaydean is currently the President of Zonisphere Music Group and 7Thirty Management, where he manages the careers of a few select artists including Voguing and Posing legend Benny Ninja and Electronica singer-songwriter Janid. He is also the creator of Mixdownguru.com, an online service that provides premium mixdown and mastering to independent musicians and home studios.

As an advocate of independent music and the New York underground subcultures, Kaydean's most recent efforts to support these communities include the Blog Talk Radio show Indie Artist v2.0 and the video podcast series 8Hours.