The Big Cheese | Various Venues | 2018-Present
JZTV Livestream | Jan 2021
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
The 105 | Feb 2020
Live @ Mozart Park | Sept 2020
The 105 | Feb 2020
The Fallout | Jan 2020
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
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Million Yen Studios | Nov 2019
The Pilsen Art House | Nov 2019
Million Yen Studios | Nov 2019
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The 105 | Oct 2019
The 105 | Oct 2019
The 105 | Oct 2019
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The 105 | Jul 2019
The 105 | Oct 2019
The 105 | Oct 2019
The 105 | Apr 2019
The 105 | Oct 2019
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Dec 2018
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Dec 2018
Q-Bar | Nov 2018
The Waiting Room | Mar 2019
The Waiting Room | Dec 2018
Constant Buzz | Various Venues | Jun 2019 - Jan 2020
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Solo Performance | Black Box Theater | Nov 2019
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RIP Tom | Bottom Lounge | Dec & Jul 2018
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RIP Tom | Martyr's | Oct 2018
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RIP Tom | House Of Vans | Feb 2018
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RIP Tom | Q-Bar | Dec 2017
Teen Open Mic Night | Old Town School of Music | Nov 2017
School of Rock | Green Music Fest | Jun 2017
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SOR Open Mic | La Principal | May 2017
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SOR | Subterranean & Wild Hare | Feb 2017
SOR | Uncommon Ground | Dec 2016
SOR | 210 Live | Aug 2016
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Resume
Music Business
- Maintain The Big Cheese band website & @TheBigCheese.Chicago Instagram; handle all band correspondence through dedicated Office365 email account. Currently researching expanding into TikTok.
- Create digital posters for all upcoming band shows.
- Book all-age shows for The Big Cheese through talent buyers at various well-known and DIY venues.
- Copyright Owner & Publisher of The Big Cheese songs; entered into a Record Label Publishing Agreement with CD Baby.
- Songwriter Member, BMI
- Listed songs on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, & BandCamp.
- Communicated our vision for album covers with various artists for high-end, professional designs that encapsulate our image.
- Maintain a separate business checking account for The Big Cheese Chicago.
- Manage digital distribution sales and licensing royalties for The Big Cheese; collect & distribute earned revenue thru digital sales.
- Create, distribute & sell band merchandise including cd’s, patches, t-shirts, & stickers.
- Put profits back into the band to keep the business moving forward & distribute earned revenues to band members accordingly.
- Repaid original investors and currently making a profit.
- Using donations for paper & ink, I anonymously write 'Local Government Magazine', a 'pocket-zeen' I distribute at all of our shows, plus any shows I attend, as a way to promote individual musicians & local bands, and report the latest DIY-venue news. I also write my take on music genres and their audiences.
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Credits
The Band: Music, Lyrics, Guitar, Back-up Vocals, Booking, Brand & Social Media Manager: Anthony Roman; Lead Singer: Logan Pretzer; Drums: Vincent Roman; Bass: Nico Lepore
EP: They're Not Kids, They're Midgets Audio Engineer: Dan Tinkler; Recording Studio: Million Yen Studios; Album Cover Art: Peyton Flores; Audio Clip: Filthy Drug Peddling Midgets, Family Guy: "The Thin White Line"
ALBUM: Sell Anarchy Audio Engineer: Dan Tinkler; Recording Studio: Million Yen Studios; Album Cover Art: Oliver Moon Visuals; Cover Song: New Amphetamine Shriek by The Fugs.
The Band: Music, Lyrics, Lead Singer, Guitar, Bookings: Antoinette Vandenbroucke; Guitar, Vocals, Songwriter, Bookings: Anthony Roman; Drums: Johnathon Perkins; Bass & Drums: Liam Brigden;
Albums: RIP Tom & Chemical Reactions Recording Engineer: Steve Albini, Electrical Audio (pictured); Cover Art: Antoinette Vandenbroucke & Anthony Roman.
The Band: Music, Guitar: Nico Lepore; Lyrics, Lead Singer: Tristan Wolf; Drums: Anthony Roman; Bass: Jeff McGovern.
EP: War & Stuff! Audio Engineer: Sound Summit; Cover Art: Peyton Flores
BASEMENT JAZZ GROUP
The Band: Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Guitar: Anthony Roman; Drums: Vincent Roman
Bass: Nic Vera
SCHOOL OF ROCK (SOR), Evanston
Band: Performance Band
MUSIC VIDEO
Over And Over: Music, Lyrics, Guitar, Production Direction: Anthony Roman; Producer/Videographer: Oliver Moon Visuals
PICS
Photographers: Brian Santostefano Photography, The Big Cheese @ The 105; Oliver Moon Visuals, RIP Tom @ House of Vans (color) & Martyr's: Daniel Boczarski, RIP Tom @ House of Vans (B&W).