Derek Lefholz

Embark Music
Music Composer, Music Supervisor, Post-Production Supervisor, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Voice Artist and Voice Designer

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
June 2012

Last online:
> 2 weeks ago

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About Derek

A member of the Recording Academy, Derek Lefholz, aka DegreeZero is an licensing guru, artist, marketing consultant and label owner. He helps thousands of musicians, artists and bands with agreements, licensing and copyright issues. As music producer with writer and publisher credits on over 300 tracks, in many genres, he is keenly aware of the current trends and the fluxing state of the music industry.
Soon after he earned a Bachelors Degree in Business and Public Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from the University of Missouri, Derek became a forward thinker in the industry working for and mentored by some landmarks of the industry including: Columbia Records recording artists Ken Shepherd (Ozark Mountain Daredevils) , Garth Brooks’ manager, Pam Lewis, Grammy Award winning artist Burning Spear and many other talented and successful Independent and Major Label musicians, producers and managers. He has licensed thousands of songs to retail, film, television and media global markets and is also a certified Engineer and Producer.

Unique traits: Mixing | Mastering | Production | Post AV Production

Gender:
Male

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Blonde

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Hotchfeld (2012)
Film by Barry Kneller (Action) Music department Hotchfeld is the head collector for Salvatore Vorrato, one of the largest bookies in Los Angeles. Hotchfeld is masterful in the art of collection and practices with a distaste for the gambling junkie. Vorrato instructs Hotchfeld to take his nephew out on the job to prepare him for the business, but his disgruntled number one employee, Joe, has plans of his own. HOTCHFELD is a film about deceit, leaving the message, People can be lucky, but luck always ends. For everybody. Written by Anonymous
Life of Lemon (2011)
Film by Randy Kent (Drama) Music department a blue collar man, inspired by his homeless friend, sets out to better his life by pursuing a more meaningful job going against his father's wishes. On his journey he discovers how important it is to believe in himself and with having hope and ambition magical things happen. Written by Barry Kneller