October 19th, 6pm
Wendy Waldman has always had a very diverse career in the music industry. She is a critically-acclaimed recording artist, as well as a writer of multi-platinum songs for other singers in musical genres ranging from country to pop, film, jazz, children’s music, and R&B. She is also a teacher, working musician, and one of the first distinguished female record producers.
Wendy is a Los Angeles native. Her father, Fred Steiner, was a composer who wrote, among other things, the famous Perry Mason theme. He also composed the music for episodes of Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and The Twilight Zone. Wendy’s grandfather, George Steiner, wrote music for the original Laurel and Hardy and animated features such as Betty Boop.
In the early 1970s, during the height of the innovative and exciting days of folk rock in Los Angeles, Wendy Waldman formed the band Bryndle with fellow artists Karla Bonoff, Andrew Gold, and Kenny Edwards. After an unreleased album for A&M Records, the members of Bryndle went their separate ways. However, the group proved to be a powerful springboard for all four partners, each of whom went on to highly successful careers as writers, artists, and record producers, appearing on many other artists’ records in various combinations. Ultimately, Wendy broke out on her own as a solo recording artist, hit songwriter, and a pioneer among female producers.