Garek Najita
North Hollywood,CA
Summary
Dynamic trumpet player with extensive performance experience at Phat Cat Swinger, excelling in improvisation and commercial settings. Proven ability to enhance audience engagement and create lasting impressions. Skilled in musical arrangement and project management, consistently delivering high-quality performances across diverse genres.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Trumpet Player, Admin
Phat Cat Swinger
11.2021 - Current
- Rehearse and Perform in a high-energy swing band for performances around the United States, maintaining excellent sound quality for up to 90-min per set and up to 3 sets per performance.
- Encourage audience participation by driving interaction with the crowd, leading to improved audience experiences.
- Assist with merchandising sales.
- Coordinate with venues, buyers, and staff, to ensure compliance with the contracted performances.
- Create organization systems to track invoices, deposits, contracts, contractor information, and more, to increase the quantity and quality of operations internally.
- Draft contracts to be used for performance engagement agreements.
- Employ project management techniques to manage multiple performance engagements simultaneously.
Trumpet Player
Freelance Musician
08.2014 - Current
- Collaborate with accomplished artists and bands, such as Blake Lewis, Gloria Estefan, Phat Cat Swinger, Wayne Bergeron, and Urban Renewal Project, while contributing musical talent to enhance live performances and studio recordings.
- Successfully adapt to different genres, showcasing versatility and ability to contribute to the overall success of the performance.
- Perform in live entertainment and private recording settings to meet the needs, and exceed the expectations, of the project at hand.
- Mentor and educate young musicians to foster a passion for music and the performing arts.
Administrative Assistant
A Matter of Music
02.2024 - Current
- Conduct research on emerging projects and anticipate their deadlines and musical needs.
- Present research findings in weekly meetings to collaboratively create music playlists and pitching strategies.
- Discover and predict trends in the music industry in regards to production style, genre, and otherwise.
- Review songs/artists and add them to our signed music library, attaching metadata to the files as necessary.
- Lead interns by assigning tasks and reviewing their work.
- Create and maintain an organizational system in Google Drive and Airtable to track, and expedite, internal processes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Jazz Studies
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA12-2017
Skills
- Improvisation
- Sight reading music
- Group collaborations
- Musical arrangement
- Studio recording experience
- Music theory
- Multitasking Abilities
- Extensive performance background
- Live performance
- Background singing
Timeline
Administrative Assistant
A Matter of Music
02.2024 - Current
Trumpet Player, Admin
Phat Cat Swinger
11.2021 - Current
Trumpet Player
Freelance Musician
08.2014 - Current
Bachelor of Arts - Jazz Studies
California State University, Northridge