Our Team
Joe Yazbeck Founder, Senior Coach
Joe founded Heartbeat Productions for the purpose of creating a productive and ethical company that guides performing artists to succeed in a rapidly-changing industry and also to become the premier one-stop-shop for artists to prepare for career success. Joe has enjoyed over 30 years of talent and career coaching including vocal, performance, stage presence and movement training, assisting with planning and guiding them through the necessary steps of their careers. He has also produced many of his own live performance and recording projects as a popular jazz and club singer. Review his albums at www.streetsofyourheart.com Joe is also Founder of Prestige Leader Development, serving many industry professionals in leadership, dynamic speaking and media coaching. Visit www.prestigeleader.com for more information.
Margie Rosenstein Custom Web. Graphic and Photo Design
Your website will be one of the first impressions of you as an artist. A truly professional website is a blend of technology and creativity. Our custom web development will help you impress your visitors, increase awareness, and expand your abilities to attract the right music industry professionals and get work. We create websites that captivate any viewer’s interest. Our emphasis on creativity helps our artists get noticed, and attract potential promoters and bookers hear and see the essence of the talent you truly are.
Tony Rockliff Record Producer
Tony has decades of experience as a record producer, recording engineer, composer and writer. He worked with many popular and well known recording artists during his many years in the music business.
David Pomeranz Songwriting Coaching – Music & Theater Consulting
David is a Universal Recording Artist/Songwriter with 22 platinum and 18 gold albums to his credit. David’s songs and performances have been featured in contless movies such as Big, starring Tom Hanks, and numerous TV series and specials including Will & Grace, American Idol, Perfect Strangers, Midnight Caller, and many more. His compositions have been recorded and performed by a diverse range of artists including Barry Manilow (Trying to Get the Feeling Again, The Old Songs), Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Freddie Mercury, Richie Sambora (of Bon Jovi), Lou Rawls, and Missy Elliot.
Norman Thalheimer Book Writing, Lyric Writing, Theatrical Song Composition, Basic Piano and Jazz Instruction.
Norman was the composer / lyracist for the Broadway Musical, “Marilyn: An American Fable” that ran at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City and starred Scott Bakula and Alyson Reed. He wrote music and lyrics for the L.A. acclaimed Sci-Fi Musical, “It Came From Beyond”, which received 6 L.A. Ovation Award nominations in 2006 and is presently being produced as a motion picture. Norman is also the composer, lyricist and book writer of “Naked City Blues” a.k.a. “Wicked City Blues”, a Film Noir Jazz Musical that premiered at Weber’s Allred Theatre in Utah, 2005.
Tony Yazbeck Acting, Song & Dance, Auditioning, Career Planning, Director of Heartbeat’s Broadway Bootcamp.
Veteran Broadway actor, singer and dancer and has starred in numerous shows on Broadway including Phil Davis (the Danny Kaye role in the film) in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. He recently completed his run as “Tulsa” in Patti Lu Pone’s Gypsy on Broadway receiving an Outer Critics Circle nomination for his performance. He also recently starred as “Gabey” in “On the Town” at City Center Encores! Other Broadway credits include “Al” in the revival of “A Chorus Line”, “Never Gonna Dance”, “Oklahoma”, and “Gypsy” with Tyne Daily. Tony is available to mentor aspiring musical theater performers for a Broadway career.
