![[Mr.Keys '04]](./keys2003.jpg) WHO?George "Keys" Izquierdo, that's me! At least that's what my resume said last time I saw it. Anyway... I maintain this website, unless you don't like it, then we'll find someone else for you to talk to! Zymondo is also the name of my new Zymondo Studio ... 24tracks of digital to hard disk on a Mac G4 with 128tracks of midi! This baby sings! Did I mention the mastering? Thats "DDD" babeee!!! The original Zymondo Studio was mid-sized, mid-priced, MIDI sequencing, multi-track (analog) recording facility (where I finally cut my first CD). I play keyboards & sing (see 'gig' further down this page), write music, commercials, industrial music, I was the audio engineer at a local tv station (WLAE-TV '95 thru '98), have taught 'Music Technology Classes', still wheel and deal some used equipment on the side, and other things too numerous to mention like Website Director at an Internet Service Provider in cybertown called MayberryUSA... (click resume for more info). Only need to book 15 minutes in the studio 'cause you know it won't take any longer than that? Talk to my buddy John at Rabadash Records! He's a great guy and maybe he can explain it to you!
ZYMO, from the Greek, meaning "to
brew or ferment" and Mondo, an underground expression for
"the best of", hence... Zymo + Mondo = ZYMONDO... to make
the best of! Have a Zymondo Day! and that's what this site is all about.
Making the best of (the other) New Orleans. And letting
YOU know about it!
On a personal note, because cyber-space can be pretty cold,
Keys is just my stage name on the gig
'cause who the hell can pronounce Izquierdo !?
I was born and raised in New Orleans, left to travel the country
in '73 with some insane road bands and came back to stay in '81.
After seeing Europe & the Caribbean a few times in the last several
years there is one thing I've learned... Dorothy was right,
"There's no place like home!"
WHY?
New Orleans is, without any doubt in
my mind, unlike any place else
I've known. Sure we have the sights and sounds like so many other
cities, but we are unbelievably rich in historical and cultural
diversity, and oh, did I mention the food? It's the greatest!
...I'll have the grilled shrimp poboy dressed wit' swiss, light
on da'mayo, large order
of onion rings, bowl of Gumbo, a cold Barq's rootbeer and a slice of
that pecan pie, hold the ice cream I'm watchin' ma'weight,
and I need a large beans and rice to go. Oops!
Zymondo New Orleans Resource doesn't represent large business or corporate interest here - just some of my New Orleans friends offering their best to you through the wonderful World Wide Web. The fine folks on this website would like to bring to you the REAL NEW ORLEANS (the true local flavor), so when you come to visit, be for business or pleasure, you'll know how to find more of the REAL us, and not some synthesized extract by way of hype and over-priced, biased advertising. ok? O.K.! By the way, in case you were wondering...
Oh! The stories I could tell...
That year I also had the 'late-shift' gig at a place
out at Westend Park on the lakefront... LATE: as in Friday
and Saturday nite 1am-5pm which is technically Saturday and Sunday
morning! Six weekends of that and you can stick a fork in me...
I'M DONE!
From May'95 thru April'98 I worked with
Sharon Foster (a.k.a. Sha'on & Success with the New Orleans Express
Band) and her sisters group E.L.S. (Elaine Foster) playing mostly
weekends. They're both 'Mowtown' review/showband that usually work
outta' town. We (Sharon Foster) also played Sao Paulo,
Brazil for 3 weeks in April'97. They're basically the same type group
so the musical transition was minimal. I've had to leave that whole
scene 'cause they both get 'funny-wit-da-money', if you know what I
mean! Musicians should check out my latest additions to zymondo.com
about Ripoffs... at the very least, it
should be entertaining and maybe even save you some money if ya' heed
the warnings!
Somewhere around the turn of the century I hooked up with Mr. Mirko Fistravic of Gronnigen Holland,
a European booking agent, and
started playing thru Europe alot... mostly as a solo act and it's great! Check the
Gigs Page for more informations... and, as always, if you're
anywhere near... please stop in and say "Hey ya'll !"
Have you heard the CD? CHECK IT OUT!
It's my solo act on the PC88mx
Kurzweil Digital Piano, and my trusty SR16 Alesis Drum Machine and me singing my
you-know-what off! Considering
the limits of the technology, it ROCKS! Lot's of New Orleans flavor ya'll!
I have added a GIGs page at the request of Z-visitors so ya'll check it out for updates and DO stop by when you actually visit New Orleans. I love to meet fellow netizens! Keep checkin' back!
In the meantime, the best place to find me these days? Cyberspace...
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In the early part of 1995 (actually off & on from early '93)
I 'was' working with Mr. Jimmy "ain't it funny how
time slips away" Elledge (does anybody remember his 'hit'
in '62/'63... oh well it wasn't very important)...
Nice gig & very nice atmosphere, Jimmy played the grand
piano and I played synthesized
orchestration... "like a mini-concert" as the regulars
would say. But alas... I knew it well. After 6 months on that
gig I got a call from the G.M., Mr. Al said my services were no longer
needed and they were changing the venue. Jimmy was
supposed to give me 2 weeks notice...
2 week ago! Ol'Jimmy boy gets
the 
ZYMONDO!
