Richard Putnam, music producer and composer, has been a session player in the southeast for the last 30 years. He is a pianist, keyboardist and arranger who is comfortable with all musical styles.

An Emmy nominee, for film scoring, Richard also writes commercial music for TV and radio. As a songwriter, Richard's "Too Good to Turn Back Now" reached the Billboard Top 100.

Alison Weiner is an improvising musician. She earns her keep performing, teaching, facilitating, and coaching.  She is the creator and caretaker of mahaloArts. After earning degrees in architecture and music and working for years in these fields, Alison moved full time into improvisational work after graduating from Music for People's Musician and Leadership Program musicforpeople.org. Her full-time teaching began in NY, then NC, Hawaii, and Florida.  She is now a happy citizen of Saxapahaw, a fabulous little community smack in between the Triangle and Triad regions of NC.