Ismael Ledesma's VisualCV

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Ish Ledesma

United States

I am looking to expand my creative output into fields that I have always dreamed about being in but have not been involved in as of yet. Mainly, Movie Script Writing and Stage Musicals and The Advertising Industry. Because of the original and as of yet, unpublished nature of my Movie and Musical scripts and Television Commercial ideas, I am not featuring them here and would prefer to be contacted for presentations, CD's, DVD's and scripts of my unpublished work. As far as my credentials, they are listed below and I continue to be active and employed in all the fields mentioned.

Ish Ledesma

United States

Jan 1971 - Present

Independent Contractor

Companies I have produced recordings for:

Warner Brothers Records

CBS Records

Island Records

EMI Records

Sony Music

EMI U.K.

Warner Music Latina

Atlantic Records

Relativity Records

T.K. Records

Network Marketing Companies I have produced promotional videos and audio for:

Hotsystem

Ambit Energy

Energy 526

Empexis

Exired

Amway

Other:

The Pose Method of Running by Nicolas Romanov.

Regarded by some as the premiere running instructional video.

Starring The United States Olympic Triathlon Team, Nicolas Romanov, and others.

Featured in Runner's World and Running magazines. Endorsed by The United States Triathlon Team.

My involvement: Producer, Director, Cameraman, Editor, Musical Source and Narrator.

I have been working in the music industry, video production industry and Network Marketing Media and Event Production for the past 38 years as an independent contractor. At the present time, I work for Hotsystem. We are the provider of instructional media for Ambit Energy in Dallas,TX. Ambit is currently established in Texas, New York and Illinois and will expand into new markets as they become de-regulated.

Music recording / Video Production

United States

Jan 1971 - Present

Record Production, Music recording/performing & Video production

My education has come from "Hands On" experience which started at T.K. Records in Miami, FL and continued on through all the recording studios I worked at as a recording artist, record producer and sound engineer.

Studios:

T.K. Studios (Miami)

Criteria (Miami)

Audio Vision (Miami)

Record Plant (New York, Los Angeles)

Lion's Share (Los Angeles)

New River (Ft. Lauderdale)

Greene Street Recording (New York)

And countless others.

My video education again has come from "Hands On" field experience when I began working for Exired S.A. in Mexico City as the event producer / director in 1992. I have continued to produce videos, events and media for the same owner since then, to date.

Video editing

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

I am the Media Creator for Ambit Energy, Hotsystem and Energy526.

I write, light, shoot, direct, edit and create the musical background for these companies. These are Industrial Videos. The 3 companies are .com's, so you may see any content you wish and countless of video work on the sites.

Musician

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

I am a Singer / Songwriter, Record Producer / Recording Engineer.

Musical genres:

Pop, R&B, Rap, Jazz, Dance and Latin.

Instruments:

Guitar, Bass, Keyboards.

Other musical abilities:

Programming and arranging.

These have been my musical groups. Below them you will find a complete list of all the artists I have worked with.

Ish Ledesma

First big group:

Foxy. “Get Off” & “Hot Number”: CBS / T.K Records

Foxy had numerous hits on the dance charts prior to becoming a national group featured on American Bandstand.

Foxy toured with The Jackson 5, Rick James, Natalie Cole, & Sister Sledge During their two years with hit records.

Group #2

Oxo: Geffen Records

L.A. based “Boy” group on Geffen Records.

Hit “Whirly Girl”

Oxo toured as opening act with Hall & Oates

Group #3

Company B: Atlantic Records

“Fascinated” & “Full Circle”

I have performed on record with artists ranging from ABBA to Gloria Estefan to Krayzie Bone ( Bone, Thugs & Harmony )

Abba, Gloria Estefan, Apollonia, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Krayzie Bone, Mo Thug Family, Sergio Mendes, New Order, Ronnie Wood, Ringo Starr, Miami Sound Machine, Terry Nunn (Berlin), John Robie, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Puff Daddy, Betty Wright, Timmy Thomas, 2 Live Crew, Fred Schneider (B 52's), The Dazz Band, KC and The Sunshine Band, Rick Finch, Foxy, Company B, Oxo, Blue Modern, Sandy Barber, Louis Martinee, Wizzzard, The Birdwatchers, Blowfly, Michelle Goulet, The Gutter Boys, Gwendolyn, Ilse, Benny Latimore, Little Beaver, Gwen McCrea, George McCrea, Laurie Miller, Noel, Tiger Moon, Promise Circle, Damian Rivero, Juan Gabriel Turbay, Santa Esmeralda, 305, Junior Walker, Bracaccini, Cali Aleman and many more. With all these artist I played some instrument, sang, composed and produced recordings.

My groups Foxy and Oxo have been the opening acts for such legendary performers as:

Ray Charles, B.B. King, The Jacksons, Hall & Oates, Kool and The Gang, Rick James, Bill Cosby,

Natalie Cole and Manhattan Transfer.

I have written 12 #1 Dance songs, 2 #1 R&B’s, 3 Top Ten Pop’s and numerous R&B and Pop top 20 hits.

#1 Songs Written:

Get Off (Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard

Hot Number ( Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard

Get Off Your Ahh And Dance (Foxy) #1 Dance Billboard

The Way You Do The Things You Do ( Foxy) #1 Dance Billboard

Rrrrrrock (Foxy) #1 R&B Billboard

Fascinated (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard (Dance Song of the Year 1988)

Full Circle (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard

Perfect Lover (Company B) #1 Dance Billboard

Out Of Time (Noel) #1 Dance Billboard

Since I Fell For You (Apollonia) #1 Dance Billboard

All Good (Mo Thug Family) #1 R&B Billboard

Be Mine Tonight (Promise Circle) #1 Dance Billboard

Something Tells Me (Tiger Moon) #1 Dance Billboard

I have written and produced countless other records that have charted Top Twenty on the Billboard Dance, R&B and Pop Charts.

I have also worked on countless other #1 hit recordings all the way from ABBA's Voulez Vouz to Krayzie Bone's Thug Mentality albums in the capacity of being hired as guitarist to multi-instrumentalist.

Music on film:

Get Off ( Set It Off)

Something Tells Me ( Frantic w Harrison Ford)

Get Off (Celtic Pride)

Sticky Fingers (Sticky Fingers)

Get Off (Rollerbounce)

Whirly Girl (Just The Way You Are)

Hot Number (Perfect People)

Bad Boy (Three Men and a Baby)

Music on Television:

HBO Comedy Specials

Late Night With David Letterman

Entertainment Tonight

Freaks And Geeks

Alvin and The Chipmunks

All My Children

As The World Turns

VH1

MTV

My own albums as an artist::

Foxy "Foxy"

Foxy "Get Off"

Foxy "Hot Numbers"

Ish "Ish"

Foxy "Party Boys"

Foxy "Live"

OXO "OXO"

Ish "On This Corner"

Company B "Company B"

Company B "Gotta Dance"

The Gutter Boys "The Sun Is Going Down Over The Bay"

Ish "Ishology"

Appearances on Television:

American Bandstand

Top Of The Pops (UK)

Miami Vice (criminal)

MTV

VH-1

The Merv Griffin Show

The Midnight Special

The Dinah Shore Show

Solid Gold

Pop Rocker

Dance Fever

Field Skills

(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

30 years experience as a sound engineer, producer and recording artist.

Recipient of over 20 RIAA Gold and Platinum Awards in the music recording field.

20 years experience as head event producer/director for live industrial events ranging from 2,500 to 70,000 in attendance.

Exired, Empexis, Life Power, Hotsystem, Ambit Energy. 1993-present.

Lighting design/director

Sound design/engineer

Responsible for seeking and securing venues

Contracting all companies for stage sound, lighting and video equipment

Set designer

Contracting all live entertainment

Sound equipment experience

MCI, SSL, Trident, Sony, Eventide, Lexicon, Yamaha, M-Audio

All midi based keyboards, sequencers, samplers and computers.

Pro Tools, Logic.

Video and film

Final Cut, Media 100 and Avid

All digicams

Languages

(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Screen and Commercial Writing.

(Advanced)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used <1 year ago)

I have written 3 musicals, 2 movie scripts and various demo commercials which I am now trying to get produced.

I do not want to post these here but would rather be contacted and requested for the material because of it's original nature. I will be happy to provide copies of the scripts along with the demo CD's and DVD's that accompany them.

To be fulfilled with what I'm doing. To do what I really want to do. To be absolutely passionate about the work that lies ahead. To be absolutely creative and concise. In other words, "To see the dream become a reality"

New and old Technology in music, video and film.

RIAA

(RIAA)

20 Gold and Platinum RIAA certified awards.

Ambit Energy Overview

My latest Ambit Energy video which I lit, shot, edited, composed graphics for and composed music for.

Featuring Carlos & Ceci Marin.

This is a good example of the industrial videos I create.

Ambit Energy Compensation Video

VisualCV Video

This is one of the videos I have created for Ambit Energy / Hotsystem.

It is basically a "One Man" crew on this type of clip.

I shoot them, direct them, edit them and put music to them.

These are basic presentations using standard Final Cut templates and company graphs.

We usually do two per week dealing with different pertinent subjects. To see them all, go to:

hotsystem.com

Their basic function is to inform the general public that may be interested in taking advantage of the business opportunity. Hundreds of thousands of people have joined after watching these videos.

Cast:

Carlos Marin

Of these types of videos, I have created hundreds.

Lo Hare Todo Para Ti

VisualCV Video

Music Video editing example.

Director:

Monte Johnson

Editor:

Ish Ledesma

Artist:

Ish Ledesma

Ambit Energy Business Plan P.1

VisualCV Video

This is another example of the industrial videos I create.

This one is more about the company itself so it is slightly more colorful and entertaining.

Shot, directed, edited and musicalized by Ish Ledesma.

Their basic function is to inform the general public that may be interested in taking advantage of the business opportunity. Hundreds of thousands of people have joined after watching these videos.

Cast:

Carlos Marin

Cecy Marin

Krayzie Bone "All Good"

A hit song I co-wrote and co-produced with Krazie Bone from Bone, Thugs & Harmony. I compare Krayzie to Paul SImon as a lyricist although this song does not reflect that. This is a simple Pop / R&B, Sing / Rap song but check out Krayzie's work. It is stellar stuff. Click to watch and hear "All Good".