Originally
from California, Bing Futch ("Mr. Dark") has been producing
multimedia entertainment for over twenty years, starting in 1986 as
a founding member of Christian techno-punk band Crazed Bunnyz
and morphing through to the release of
his documentary "On The Front Line: The Quantum Leap Weekend"
(1992), shot in cooperation with the show's producers.
Moving to Florida in 1993, he began writing a portion of the attraction
score for The Castle Of Miracles at Give
Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, Florida. and also
recorded an instrumental album entitled 70mm that received
airplay on WMFE 90.7 FM and National Public Radio. On the video front,
the eight-episode series "Toastin'" became one
of cable's first reality shows in 1994 with its depiction of three
friends and the changes they encounter over a four year span. In 1997,
he served as composer and music director for the Stage Left
Theater production "The Jungle Book: A Musical Adaptation"
which ran for 66 shows. Later that year, he produced a multimedia
art installation for The Orlando Museum Of Art called
Teknodawn.
About this time, Bing began writing for a number of local and national
magazines in support of independent original music. The thousands
of CDs he received became part of the programming for his M4
Radio show "The 7th Day." It was during one
such show that he met his future wife, Jae, when
she requested some blues music. It was not long after this that the
pair produced their first project, a five-minute dark comedy entitled
"Meds"
(2002), which was selected as one of 16 semi-finalists in a festival
competition sponsored by the Entertainment Industry Incubator in Miami.
His indie music column "Starvin'" is featured monthly
in Connections Magazine and he also serves as a
writer for the EPpy-award winning OrlandoCityBeat.com.
In June of 2005, Bing began producing the first (and still
the only) weekly podcast dedicated to Florida-state unsigned bands,
AFI
Radio-All Florida Indies.
Back in 1999, while on a cross-country promotional tour, the vision
for Mohave,
a dulcimer-driven Americana band, came to light. Today, the group
plays regular shows at festivals, county fairs and venues throughout
the state of Florida. Bing also tours solo and performs at events
around the country. Bing and Jae Futch live in the heart of Orlando
where they own and operate J.O.B.
Entertainment Inc., continuing a life-long practice of
creating music, words and images.
--Dean
Rezzen