SUMMARY

Magna Cum Laude Berklee College of Music graduate with diverse music industry experience. Creative and versatile bassist, performer, producer, musical director, composer, arranger, vocalist, and instructor. Acoustic, electric, fretted, fretless, four-string, and five-string basses. Solid professional experience in diverse musical genres: hip-hop to bebop. Particular expertise in major-label publicity and promotion, radio, retail, and booking. Ivan uses Warrior Basses, Hartke Amplification, DR Strings, Digitech and Line 6 Signal Processors..

Black 47 (auditioned, didn’t make it)

Stanley Clarke (auditioned, didn’t make it)

Larry Coryell (said he would call, but didn’t)

Al DiMeola (auditioned, didn’t make it)

Ernie K. Doe (swore on a TV show we were both on that I had played with him. I never had.)

Joan Jett (wouldn’t audition me: too tall)

Little Anthony & the Imperials (called, but I was booked)

Little Eva (was booked with, but another gig preempted it)

Little Peggy March (was booked with, but another gig preempted it)

New York Dolls (wouldn’t audition me because of schedule conflicts)

Wilson Pickett (learned the set and was “in the wings” but never got the call)

Keith Richards (never got schedule synchronized with producer)

Santana (I did 3 studio tracks for “Supernatural” CD. All were eventually scrapped.)

Ronnie Spector (called, but I was booked)

Rod Stewart (contractor couldn’t find my number in time)

Hubert Sumlin (was booked on a record date with him that got cancelled last minute)

Tower of Power (were given my number when Rocco was sick, never called)

Pat Travers (called, but I was booked)

Johnny Winter (keeps threatening to call)