About Paul Sedkowski (“Dr CigZag”)
Paul Sedkowski (a.k.a. “Dr CigZag”) is a songwriter/producer, as well as the co-founder of Meer Music International (and MMI Studios) and SIMA (Sotogrande International Music Academy). He’s also currently setting up his label Explosure Records (https://explosurerecords.com).
MMI was a music production company, which later, for a time, morphed into a radio production company whose radio show “Fame Games Radio” has been syndicated across the States with ABC Radio Networks between 2006 and 2009. This pioneering show had an audience of over 6,000,000 listeners at its peak, and its goal was the discovery, rating and promotion of exciting, unsigned (independent, or “indie”) artists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fame_Games_Radio).
Over the years, Paul has developed a vast repertoire of original compositions and productions in virtually all genres and styles of popular music. From his jazz-rock fusion/prog-rock roots to dance, pop and R&B – and everything in-between. He has worked with and/or developed dozens of artists and groups, and has created a massive catalog of original songs in a wide variety of contemporary styles. He’s mainly a keyboardist, but also has decent working knowledge of many other popular instruments, including guitar, bass, drums, brass, woodwinds, etc. He is also an expert programmer of popular DAW’s such as Cubase, Logic, etc.
Among the record labels, publishers and other music companies Paul’s worked with are Seabreeze Music, JCPS Songs, JCA Management, Kon Tiki Music, LongLegs Records, Frontier Music, DJL Music, Sony/ATV, Ostereo Publishing, High Fashion Music, Warner/Chappell, SoundzGood (Holland) or Voodoo (Germany), eTraxx, ToCo International, Universal, Blanco Y Negro etc.
His past and present entertainment and music business collaborations, affiliations, contacts and friendships include many well-known and accomplished professionals, including long-time partner Hollywood TV director Mary Jane Trokel (Tonight Show, Entertainment Tonight, Solid Gold, Superbowl, etc), long-time partner, manager John Coletta, RIP, (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Madonna), partner producer Derek Lawrence, RIP, (Wishbone Ash, Deep Purple, Hot Chocolate, Milk & Sugar), writing partner Grammy-winning songwriter Rob Davis (Spiller’s Groove Jet, Kylie Minogue, Fragma, Mud, Darts), writing partner Andy Tumi (Point Break, Sugababes, Fishbowl, Supafly), long-time partner Don Wasley (world class music PR guru for KISS, Cher, Lynyrd Skynrd, Donna Summer, etc), songwriter/producer Andy Hayman (All Saints, Appleton), long-time friend and collaborator Dave van Dyke (VP at ABC Radio Networks, CEO Bridge Ratings), manager Miguel Melendez (Mariah Carey, BoyzIIMen, Toni Braxton, Brandy), vocal coach Gary Katona (Babyface, Mariah Carey, Seal, Paula Abdul), artist/songwriter Robin Thicke (Solo work, Jordan Knight), TV Director Dennis Kirkland (Benny Hill, Freddy Starr), composer and former member of Paul’s band, Alma Tadema, Marcello de Francisci (increasingly influential Hollywood music score writer, Burning Man, Predator, Samsara, Hitman Diaries, etc), James Doman (Ministry of Sound, Vanessa Amorissi), Tosh Darg (Joe), Stefan Mannouris (Honeyz, Brownstone), Kevin Petrie (Des’ree), Martin Hayles (Sade, Lighhouse Family), Grammy-winners Fionn Lucas & Paul Harris (BoyZone, All Saints), Tony Cowell (Simon’s brother, author, commentator), Menshee (DJ, producer) and many others.
Among Paul’s artists and past projects are Prince Scandal (#1 airplay hit in 1984 with “September Song”), Alma Tadema (voted one of top 6 new age bands in the world, by Spain’s Radio III, whose album “Blinded By Passion” also provided music for all the televised promotions of the Barcelona Olympics ’92 as well as feature music for World Offshore Championships 1992), Kimera (multi-million selling opera-disco star and a genuine Korean princess), and a large roster of up-and-coming development artists, releasing around 30 singles over the past 3-4 years, some of which have charted and included collaborations with many current top DJs and producers.
Apart from music, Paul has worked in computers for many years as a programmer and later IT manager for a major multinational company. He has also co-founded a computer company in Spain in the late 80’s, which was later bought out by a Swedish computer giant. As for Paul’s educational background, Paul had an all-too-restless (almost 12-year-long) university-hopping experience, where he studied Theoretical Physics, English Philology, English Literature, Economics, Music and Sociology. His hobbies and interests (apart from music and IT) include economics, science, politics, alternative medicine, alternative archeology, and psychology among others. Paul was also once the managing editor of Sunday Sun (an English-language weekly in the South of Spain in the 90’s) and is also a budding author. He’s also a TaeKwonDo black belt, just to round things off nicely. Today, Paul is a classical liberal (in parts libertarian) since nothing else makes more logical sense. Contact: webmaster@meermusic.com
DISCOGRAPHY:
https://drcigzag.com/pauls-discography/