Introducing our Judges for the Finals Oct 28th

Our "$ing Your Heart Out" contest finals is this Wed. Oct. 28th 8pm, at the beautiful Agave Bar & Grill in Angeles Nationals GC new clubhouse. We'd like to introduce to you our fabulous judges for the evening, all of which have donated their time to do this... because they are that passionate about the entertainment industry - discovering & helping new up & coming talent of all ages realize their dreams.

Meet our Professional Panel of Judges:

Dot Todman - Vocal Empowerment Coach

You may recognise Dot as one of the celebrity vocal coaches from American Idol. Dot’s genuine interest in each human soul, and natural intuitive ability to “tune in” has led her to achieve great success in helping people from all walks of life to discover the power and essence of their true voice in a safe and effective manner.

After overcoming a near-death experience in September of 2007, Dot's teaching gained a whole new level of awareness, expertise and depth. Currently, Dot enjoys teaching empowering lessons for the mind, soul and voice, to celebrities, record label artists and everyday people from all walks of life in and around Los Angeles.

Masahiko Kaneko - Music Recording Exec.
Masi- as he is affectionately known, is a truly successful entrepreneur. He's established many new, diverse, creative businesses starting with automobile design, international auto racing, to designing cardiovascular medical life saving devices.

Currently, he is concentrating on the music industry where Masahiko is the executive producer for a major record label. He always has his eyes and ears open, searching for new vocal talent, working with them to help develop their own unique sense of performance, sound & style...

True to his entrepreneurial nature...in 2007 Masi took on a partner & opened a clothing store on Hollywood Blvd., visit www.lallure.com

Jacues Castro

Owner of Uncut Casting, a premier Booking agency, Jacques Castro also owns a management company. He helps actors get their SAG status, as well as book them on speaking roles in feature films, commercials,etc.Projects he has worked on most recently:Meet the Parents 3 /Little Fockers; VH1, and Feature Film Other side of Shadow.

Jacques has been in casting for 7 years and has worked his way to have to one of the most exclusive booking agencies and Management Company in Los Angeles.

David Taylor - Photography

Photographing people has been a passion of David Taylor since the early '80s. He has photographed such luminaries as President George H.W. Bush, Governor Pete Wilson, President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and well-known musicians and business people.

Along with maintaining his photography business, Taylor is a motivational speaker. He has a passion to assist people toward understanding and feeling good about themselves every day in every way. Taylor weaves amusing stories of being a "have-car-lights-and-camera and will-travel" photographer, encouraging his audiences to live their lives with a more positive outlook with a focus on self-esteem & confidence, goal-setting, peer pressure and personal success. David enjoys playing the saxophone in his spare time.

On behalf of everyone here at TJ Entertainment Productions we'd like to say THANK YOU to all the awesome people that have helped judge in the past 4 weeks. It has been GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!