Today we’d like to introduce you to Zachary Johnson.
Hi Zachary, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
ZEB Productions LLC was first established on July 7th, 2020. I started playing music at the age of eight, and later received a music scholarship from Del Mar College, in Corpus Christi, TX. It was during my enrollment process that I noticed an opportunity to take an audio engineering course; thus beginning my interest in the art of recording music.
Eventually, I dropped out of college to join the United States Navy, where I served three years. Life-changing events during my time in the service led to me being diagnosed with PTSD; which made it difficult for me to maintain normal employment. During the struggle of transitioning back to civilian life, I went back to college full time, and began recording artists in my free time.
I was in the top 5% of my class until my second semester. Sadly, many students (including myself) were negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and our grades dropped below passing. This resulted in me dropping out of school once more, and making the decision to run a music studio full time. I legalized the company via LLC, and begin the assembly of the “ZEB PRO” team.
During the remainder of our time in Corpus Christi, the team successfully published and distributed multiple EPs and Albums for our first six signed artists. In October of 2021, the team began to search for better opportunities and more resources. After extensive research, we decided that Houston, TX would be the perfect location to begin our next chapter. Against all odds, we finally made the move to Houston in October of 2022.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
It has been a struggle to maintain a successful company during the covid-19 era. We had to adapt to the quarantine period, and the restrictions that came along with it, including major price drops. Not to mention the egos and dramatical stress that come with dealing with creative individuals; whether they be executives, team members, artists, or musicians. The personal life of each individual can easily affect the team. Finances are a main stress factor, granted the company was built out of the pockets of our team.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about ZEB Productions?
ZEB Productions is a music production company. We specialize in audio recording, mixing, and mastering. We also sign artists, publish, and distribute their music. We have a strong media team in RG Media, which provides ZEB Productions with the finest video and photography services, including album cover designs.
What sets us apart from other music companies is our professionalism, and willingness to go above and beyond for every client; following our company motto, “Making Dreams a Reality”.
We at ZEB Productions are most proud of our work of giving back to the community via backpack drives, and student mentoring.
Where we are in life is often partly because of others. Who/what else deserves credit for how your story turned out?
Rene Garcia: Rene G (RG Media) is the company’s Media Executive, and a major part of our team. He handles all day-to-day media operations, and is in charge of running all media projects. He provides content for the company’s Youtube channel, schedules and directs shoots (video/photo) for our signed artists, manages the company’s social media accounts, and has even created our new design for the company website. Rene is one of the hardest-working members of the team, and the company wouldn’t be where it is now without him.
Philip Charles Cheatham II: Philip is the company’s COO (Chief Operating Officer). His expertise helps the company and team to complete their long-term goals. He has been an important factor in finding our new company location up here in the Houston area. He’s also been in the music industry for over twenty years, and knows how to interact with various types of artists and labels.
Chuck Diamond: Chuck is the company CFO (Chief Financial Officer), and helps run the company finances. He provides the company with funding, and helps the team to establish budgets for their departments. Outside of CFO, Chuck is also one of our first signed artists. His work ethic and business mindset have helped keep the company running during difficult times.
DJ Inex: Inex is the company’s Music Executive, and is in charge of managing our distribution and publishing services, He is an incredible DJ, and a much-needed mediator to have during stressful times. He helps to keep the peace between artists, team members, and executives when conflicts begin to arise.
Luis Rodriguez: Luis is our Audio Engineer. This Houston native is a TAMUCC University graduate, with a degree in audio engineering. Luis is in charge of all studio operations for ZEB Productions.
Barisha Dorsey: Barisha is an amazing personal hairstylist, and a hairstylist for the media team. Outside of media, Barisha also provides the team with warm meals everyday. And is always ready to help with day-to-day operations.
Mystro: Mystro is ZEB’s mentor. He teaches ZEB various mixing/mastering techniques, and continues to support the company through creative input and investments. He also mentors ZEB on how to handle tense situations.
We would like to express our gratitude to Dwight & Deborah Johnson for believing in, and investing in the team.
We also would like to express our gratitude to all of our signed artists for their hard work and contribution to ZEB Productions.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.zebpllc.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeb_pro/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zebprollc
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ZEBPRODUCTIONS
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/zebproductions
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeb_pro
Image Credits:
Rene G (RG Media) | ZEB Productions
