Jimmy Hotz - Producer, Engineer, Musician, Inventor, Musical Instrument Designer, Director, Author and Consultant with broad experience in a vast range of skills covering the entertainment and technical fields.

Entertainment Professionals Jimmy Hotz has worked with in one or more of the above capacities include Fleetwood Mac, B.B. King, Yes, NSYNC, Justin Timberlake, John Laraio aka Mobius 8, Dave Mason, Leon Russell, Jon Anderson, Kitaro, Steve Winwood, Chicago, Bill Champlin, Danny Seraphine, Tris Imboden, Doane Perry (Jethro Tull),

Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Rait, Gary Wright, Phoebe Snow, Terry Reid, Kim Basinger, Dan Aykroyd, Les Paul, Donny Osmond, Patty Loveless, Paul Haslinger (Tangerine Dream), Becky Hobbs, Mike Lawler (The Allman Brothers, James Brown), Jerry Williams,

Ray Kennedy, the Association, ArkAngel, Kemper Crabb, Petra, the Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson, Billy Lee Riley, Mountain Smoke, Hal Clifford, Vince Gill, Maya, Speedy West Jr., David Powell, Terry Rose, Golden Speer, Rusty Golden, Chris Golden, Mason Williams, the Smothers Brothers, Roger McGuinn, Emmy Lou Harris,

John Hendrix, Shock Therapy, Giant Killer, Pete Tyler, Joe Savage, Bill Tillman, Memphis, Herschel Berry and the Natives, Palamino, Dove, Vision, Alex Acuña, Chris Hicks, Anita White, ScottGershin, Noize Suppressor, Haven, Veronika Sandor, Gregg Giuffria, Kevin Gilroy, Jim Krueger, Dan Haggerty, Richard Dashut, Greg Ladanyi, John Jones, Piers Plaskitt, John Morales,

Jonathan David Brown, Brian Ross, Jack Kellman, Brett Leonard, Dan Mapes, David Clark, Frank Foster, Pat Davis, Ryan Donowho, Wade Robson, Mark Tindle, Kevin Tancharoen, Ted Curtis, Drew Barlow, Reese Gray, and many others. Guest performers while working with Leon Russell also included Eric Clapton, Edgar Winter, Gary Busey, Gregg Allman and Willie Nelson.

Some of the major companies that have sought Jimmy's technical advice include Microsoft, Intel, Electronic Arts, Atari, Laserium, Sid and Marty Kroft, Sunn, JBL and many others.

Countless musicians have used products that Hotz helped create and/or build from his early days at JBL onward.

Jimmy was the Chief Visionary behind the Zuma 3D Graphics software, which won the 2001 Computer Graphics World Innovation Award. It was first debut at a Yes Concert in Los Angeles and then featured on the NSync Pop Odessy tour.

The Honor Medal - Jimmy Hotz is a recipient of the The Honor Medal, which was presented by the Boy Scouts of America, for saving the life of another at the risk of his own life.

Hotz started playing guitar at the age of 7. His band won their first major talent contest when he was 11. At age 12 he was inventing electronic devices and designing sound systems. When he was just 16, Jimmy's band shared the stage with a major international recording group "The Guess Who" (American Woman, These Eyes, No Time, etc.)

At age 17 Jimmy joined the band "The Blessed Hope" from Houston and later Dove, both pioneering bands in the early years of Contemporary Christian Music. During this time Jimmy's bands played at major Christian Music Festivals and Concerts, as both headliners and sharing the stage with other pioneering Christian Artists such as "Love Song", "Andre Crouch", "Gary McSpadden" and "Larry Norman".

When just 19 years old Jimmy began working for JBL (the well known maker of loudspeakers, electronics, sound reinforcement systems and studio monitors.) Within 9 months Jimmy had become the Leadman in charge of Electronic Production.

Jimmy Hotz has done sessions in many well-known studios including Ocean Way, The Complex, Conway, Record One, Studio 55, Larrabee Sound Studios, Sound City, The Village Recorder, Capitol Records, A&M, MCA Whitney, Rumbo, Westlake, Skyline, Amigo, Rivendell, Westoaks Recorders, Cherokee, The Grand, Bullet, Woodland, The Castle, Fireside, Studio 7, Bensons, Associated Artists, Producers Workshop, Art Laboe's, Granny's House and others, as well as the private studios of Leon Russell, Dave Mason, B.B. King, Gary Wright, Doanne Perry, Jerry Williams and Jon Anderson, to name a few...

Through his inventions and projects, Hotz has met with hundreds of additional entertainment professionals, including Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Motley Crew, Donny Osmond, The Scorpions, Eddie Van Halen, Keith Emerson, Mike Pinder(the Moody Blues), Patrick Moraz, Gregg Giuffria, Jerry Lee Lewis, Herbie Hancock, Dickey Betts, Kenny Loggins, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Mickey Hart(The Grateful Dead), Eddie Money, DJ Lethal, Billy Thorpe, Maurice White(Earth, Wind and Fire), Marvin Gaye, Barry McGuire, B. J. Thomas,

Larry Norman, Andre Crouch, Love Song, Chuck Girard, Debby Boone, Gary McSpadden, The Imperials, Mary Wilson(The Supremes), The Beach Boys, Mike Rutherford, (Genesis), Chester Thompson, David Arkenstone, Lee Greenwood, The Oak Ridge Boys, Naomi Judd, Reba McEntire, Larry Gatlin, Mickey Gilley, Greg Ladanyi, Phil Ramone, Ken Caillat, David Foster, Allen Sides, Trevor Rabin, Jimmy Bowen, Chuck Woolery, Dan Haggerty, Ryan Donowho, Kevin Tancharoen, Wade Robson, Jim Varney, Sinbad, Franz Harary, and others.