Hektoen hits "em where they ain't MICHAEL Hektoea is 2 fan of history. He particu- larly admires U.S. General Douglas MacArthur. Hiektoen’s ficld of battle is the music industry. At 49, he has spent most of his lite in the business, putting the general’ 's win- ning approach to work for him. Hektoen intends to put one of MacArthur's proven war strategies to work right here in the Vancouver area where he is looking fora multiple-room recording studio. “Flis philosophy was hit “em where they ain’t. So he would bypass the strongholds and go to the areas that he knew he could take his resources and be effective.” The same concept applies to the busi- ness of music. “Right now there’s ani opportunity here and no one ain’r taking advantage of it. Let’s sce if we can orga- nize something.” Music wasn’t Hektoen’s first focus. ’ He wanted to be a professional baseball player as a boy growing up in Indiana during the!950s. He made it to Tripic A MicHacL Becker MUSIC REVIEWS One day everything changed. “T saw the Beatles on television and started to get tears in my cyes.” What moved him so profoundly? “Their spirit. ‘That somebody could come in and create chat kind of emotion. I always felt that I was going to be in New York. And it was taking place in New York and it was the Ed Sullivan Theatre.” A few years later he had an office at 1650 Broadway, kitty comer from the theatre. . Although he now lives and : works in West Vancouver his New York office, : Hektoen/NYBC Inc., remains based on Broadway. "© In the carly days Hektoen played guitar with several rock ‘n’ roll bands in his homie state of Indiana during the 1960s. Onc greup, The Jordans played from 1967.to 1969. His stint with the group ended when Hektoen suffered a head injury after a tour bus crashed in Ohio. In the 1970s he turned his hand to the marketing side of the industry. During the 1960s he had ‘earned that creative people in the music business needed strong resentation.on the dolless-and-cents side cf the equation. “I was a musician and Acw what it is to not get your $5. first 6g was I got $5 for playing around the picnic table at a local ham- ; burger join that opened up in 1964 in Black Oak, Indiana. Four guys (the which became 77) ‘en Takers) for a whole afternoon’s worth of work f wee five bucks. They v weren’t going to give us our pay so we threatened to picket (the hamburger joint).” Hektoen and pals played real basic rock ‘n’ roll stuff — “Money, Louie Lovie, Hanky Panky, What I Say. He sang background and played ‘guitar. They pat out their own record and got per up to number ber five in Chicago. They . went on the Dick Clark tour with groups like the Young . :, “All of these guys who were my. heroes in the ’60s I Seon on did production ‘deals with them when I was the studio owner and the roles reversed.” He would close production deals with the likes of Tommy James and Kool and the Gang. Hektoen ended up managing | Kool and the Gang and gor their career back on “track in ‘the late 1970s. company :shared an office suite with movie producers. Alan Alda was next Pacino was in the same office suite. “We handled their financial affairs. wasn’t why-I got into the entertainment business, i was more going out if and getting things done,” he said. Photo submitted / NEWS photc Paul McGrath (right) MICHAEL Hektoen, right, shows some of the many awards he’s collected. That’s him {above) with the snazzy guitar and shades. In the 1980s, as president of New York City based Domino Media Inc., Hektoen played a pivotal role in defining emerging multimedia corpo- rate reality, The Domino multimedia produc- tion company Was svt up as 2 network of wholly owned subsidiaries with fin- gers in everything from music to film, ‘TV and video production. A 1984 Casi: Box article likened ‘Hektven to “a guppy in a shark tank.” The tank was New York City. hints guppy” was a guy with a game an. He established Domino in 1983 with a public stock offering and the purchase of MediaSound Studios. At the time MediaSound was one of the top recording facilities in the country. Situated in the heart of the city, the studio was massive — . 16,000 square fect of space and four state-of-the-art 24-track recording studius. "The big fish recorded there: Elton John, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, KISS, Kool and the Gang, Paul Simon, Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, David Bowie. Domino subsidiary MediaMax, the artistic ‘development and album: production wing, would bring in'the fresh fish. There was no major label that Domino did not work with, and at least five to six high-profile artists from each label recorded ar , Se Music page 19 - Sbi years ago, Mike Glugosh — _was a hostage to his own fears © § ‘and depressidn. Constantly : Worred about his health and his “own state of mind, he found imself wanting -to avoid 7 tions that made him feel a xiOUS such as being alone, going to work and sociatizing. In ;time Mike realized te was not :. FFatone in his suffering. Anxiety ‘g. disorder is the number one emotional problem in our country Ry today. . ; Mike will share the story of his ‘recovery and provide coping “gkills at a seminar open to the public in your area. 5 Symptoms for anxiety, panic ‘and depression include heart tpatpttations, chest pains, dizzinezs, stomach problems, ‘pewiidored & spaced cut confusion, shortness Of breath, seary thoughts, trembling or shaking, ang nervous or panicky feelings, fealing helpizss and honeless, lose of appetite, excessively tired, and easily prone io guilt. Generally people fear what Mike calls, “losing control”, having a heart attack, embarrassing themselves, or losing their minds. Tha Midwest Center For Stress and Anxiety, with whom Mike | works, has done stress and ff anxiety seminars for companies such as Chrysler, AT&T, and & McDonald's. They have also been @ featured on OPRAH, REGIS and KATHY LEE and many other well known programs. tf you cannot attend, please § call 1-890-318-7766 for § information. 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