TALENTED MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, PRODUCER, ARRANGER, AND ARTIST BORN AND RAISED IN THE DETROIT MUSIC SCENE.  HE CULTIVATED HIS CREATIVE SKILLS WHILE LIVING IN BOSTON AND GRADUATED FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC WITH A DEGREE IN PROFESSIONAL MUSIC, BEFORE COMING BACK HOME TO MICHIGAN.  HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS ECCENTRIC SONGWRITING AND TECHNICAL PROWESS, SHOWCASED IN PERFORMANCES WITH HIS GROUP THE PACO HIGDON BAND.  HE HAS PRODUCED MANY DETROIT SONGWRITERS, IS A SEASONED SESSION MUSICIAN, PERFORMED IN NUMEROUS THEATER PRODUCTIONS, AND IS A FIRM SUPPORTER OF ALL FORMS OF ART, AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL.  PACO’S GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE UP-AND-COMING MUSICIANS AND BANDS,  HELPING THEM TO SHINE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.

A BASSIST, PERFORMER, ARRANGER, AND SONGWRITER BASED OUT OF ROYAL OAK, MI. ORIGINALLY FROM NEW JERSEY, HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN ELECTRIC BASS PERFORMANCE FROM BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN 2014, AND RELOCATED TO THE DETROIT AREA IN 2017 TO HELP GET TUXEDO AVE OFF THE GROUND.  OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS PERFORMED INTERNATIONALLY, RECORDED ON HUNDREDS OF SONGS IN A VARIETY OF GENRES, AND RECENTLY RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM WITH HIS BAND WHITE FLASH.  HE IS CURRENTLY GIGGING AND TOURING NATIONALLY WITH A VARIETY OF DETROIT ARTISTS, AS WELL AS TEACHING LOCALLY.  WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING AND RECORDING MUSIC, HE PREFERS WORKING WITH INDIE AND ALTERNATIVE ROCK GROUPS.  IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DELIVER TIGHT, NUANCED GROOVES, TASTEFUL ARRANGEMENTS, AND THOUGHTFUL PRODUCTION TO HELP BRING YOUR SONGS TO LIFE, TOM PHILLIPS IS YOUR MAN.