"It’s refreshing to see someone who is so humble towards their musical talents. Your presentation helped me to remember that; life is a gift, to live life to the fullest, to take risks while I still can, to love everyone and not to go through life having regrets."
Jillian – senior student, FGCU, Fort Myers, Florida
Antimo's lyrics and songs come from a genuine heart of love and a place of understanding and acceptance. His songs encourage you to see yourself without judgment and to view the world in the same light. He is shrewdly humorous, warm-hearted and tender, inspiring, absolutely true and supporting and guiding to all. Antimo knows that between our most sublime desires and the freedom from all desires there is a space that we all must cross. His music will take your heart to that place, but the crossing is your own. The song entitled, 'Seek and You Shall Find' shows you where to seek, but not what to seek.
Antimo's original music is like a mirror; the same mirror that shows you your own reflection will also show you the world as it truly is. Antimo's songs gently cleanse this mirror as they bring you closer to peace, serenity, and clarity. The message behind each of his songs is the polishing cloth and his meaning removes the last remnants of illusion. Its effect on you is not something that can be doubted unless you doubt your own existence.
If you've been looking for freedom from the false then you've found what you've been looking for in this artist. Truth is what you will have not because you are willing to die for it, but because you are willing to live for it.
The key to open any heart is found within, and once unlocked Love itself is the lover and the beloved. As you close your eyes and listen you will be found lost in his songs. He will guide you to seek no further than the notes of your own inner harmony.
Left to right: Heather Brooks, Mike Rodgers, Darrell Nutt, David C. Johnson, Ray Nesbit.
David C. Johnson - Composer, arranger, producer, bass, fretless bass, piano, and background vocals.
David, born in Detroit, Michigan, began studying piano at the age of seven. He then went on to take up the bass guitar on his own at the age of eleven. At an early age, David knew that music was his calling. He performed all over the Detroit Area until he took an offer to work with a band in S.W. Florida in 1989. Since that time, David has become one of S.W. Florida’s premier musicians, and a “first call” bassist. In the beginning of 2000, David was granted the opportunity to tour with the Grammy Award winning legends, The Neville Brothers. He is also a member of the Aaron Neville Quintet, with performances on David Letterman, Jay Leno, the Today Show and Craig Kilborn to his credit.
Darrell Nutt - Producer, drums, percussion, and audio mixer.
Darrell has been playing drums since the age of four and was hired for his first professional recording session at fourteen. Throughout the 1990's, Darrell toured across the USA, Canada and Europe performing with National Artists in different styles of music and appeared on national television music variety shows. Today, Darrell is a sought after session and live performance drummer. As a producer, he has written songs in many genres of music including jazz, house, chill/lounge, breakbeat, garage, Brazilian, nujazz, trance, downtempo, and latin. He has also written music for television and film. Darrell is dedicated to sharing the gift of music through recording, teaching, performing, and writing.
Ray Nesbit - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar and audio master.
Since 1983 Ray has been performing, producing, engineering and creating great music. In 1997 Ray joined The Shadows of Knight famous for the 1966 hit ‘Gloria’. Being a member of the Shadows for seven years gave Ray priceless experience as an opening act for household names such as: Jefferson Airplane, Vanilla Fudge, The Doobie Brothers, Loretta Lynn and many more. In Southwest Florida Ray has become a popular recording engineer, producer and performer. He is currently working in the recording studio, engineering, co- producing and performing on The Barefoot Geno Project featuring artists from The Dead, The Allman Brothers and members of The Derek Trucks Band.
Mike Rogers - Saxophone.
Mike is from a quiet town in New Mexico called Lovington and moved to Naples, Florida at the age of 8. He began playing alto saxophone at the age of 10 and by 11 also began playing the guitar and bass expanding his abilities to become a true multi instrumentalist. Mike has fronted 3 bands and released 4 albums to date. Throughout his career he has rocked many houses and toured extensively throughout the southeast and northeast as well as overseas. He Now lives in Naples, Florida and is working on a new album of original material as wells performing with Modulation, Phoenix Block, Soul Funk Unity.
Heather Brooks - Vocals.
Heather grew up climbing trees, reading books and listening to her parents' records in the small town of Moore Haven, Florida. In between headphone sessions with Steely Dan, Prince, Yes and Al Jarreau, she played piano for her church and fought with her two sisters. Moving to the 'big city' of Fort Myers when she was 14 of course, changed everything, and boys took up the time that ruminations on God and music didn't fill. After a brief spell of undedicated college enrollment, she waitressed and began writing particles of progressions on the piano about real-life stories and imagined endings. It was after a month long cross-country road trip with her best friend and a dense breakup that Heather decided to renig on her idea of music as an escape and pursue songwriting with the dedication and recklessness it deserves.
Bonnie Lacagnina- Manager, Executive Producer, Producer, Director, Designer, Art Director, Publicist, Videographer, Photographer, and Web Designer.
Bonnie, originally from New York, brings thirty plus years of extensive experience to Two Peas in a Pod Productions and IU Records. She graduated Cum Laude from Florida Gulf Coast University with her degree in Communication/Public Relations, has experience in the fields of; management, public relations, promotion, marketing, design, advertising, graphic art, photography, videography, editing, logistics and community relations. Bonnie has worked with The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida, The Ricky King Fund, The Miracle of Life Music, Florida Gulf Coast University, the Lee County Medical Society Alliance and many Southwest Florida local charities.
