RAFY OLMEDA BIOGRAPHY
The son of a musician, Rafael “Rafy” Olmeda picked up his first guitar at age six and immediately fell in love with playing it. By the time he was twelve years old, he knew that making music would be his life. Fast forward a few years and Olmeda found himself working in residence at Orlando’s fabled TransContinental Studios, laying down tracks with artists as diverse as Kesha, Brenda K. Starr, and Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Rafy toured internationally, performing on "Univision InStudios" with Luis Enrique, at Walt Disney World with Sheila E. for a live video concert, performing with LFO, as well as with Luis Fonsi and Salsa singer Tito Nieve.
Olmeda found himself in the O-Town Band for the MTV/ABC reality show “Making the Band”, elevating his musical journey to new heights. International touring followed, including a live concert recording (O-Town Live from New York) along with an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America, playing live in front of an audience of millions of viewers. Rafy credits these experiences in developing his sense of musicianship, performance skills, and professionalism as well as giving him a window into how the top levels of the music business work. After touring and continuing to expand his musical journey, Olmeda decided that his natural evolution after being a working musician was to become a musical director of his own band.
Inspired by late-night TV musical directors like David Letterman’s bandleader, Paul Schaefer, and the Tonight Show’s Amir “Questlove” Thompson, Rafy formed CNERGY Music, uniting himself with multi-talented musicians and singers. Olmeda serves as musical director as well as band leader, but most importantly, he’s the visionary behind the music and performances that make clients happy and audiences smile.
DEBBIE CLAVELL BIOGRAPHY
From an early age, Debbie was a music fan. When she met Rafy, he was just beginning to assemble the band and had landed nine contracts to play at weddings and events. Being detail-oriented and helpful, with good business instincts, Debbie began working out the business details between the band and their clients to make sure that the events went off without a hitch. Working with musicians and clients both proved to be a natural way for Debbie to apply her outlook and talents in both the music and business worlds.
Years into her career, Debbie found herself working in the corporate world, working in sales, and then graduating into management as an Underwriting Performance Analyst in the mortgage industry. In this role, Debbie went through the Six Sigma Program, a set of techniques and tools for process improvement, the goal of which is to achieve the highest possible level of quality. The lessons she learned about applying the Six Sigma tenants to her work had a profound impact on her business skills and outlook.
After honing her skills in the corporate world for more than twenty years, Debbie left her corporate position to join CNERGY Music full-time as an operations and logistics manager. Her experience in the corporate world has brought an entirely new energy and outlook to the company. Debbie brings a vision for the potential of the company, and respect to everyone involved from the band to the clients by serving as the visionary manager of CNERGY Music.