Honey & the 45s

 

Who's who?

 

 

KRISTINA COTTONE

VOCALS/ GUITAR / PRIMARY LYRICIST 



Kristina Cottone, "Teeny," has been writing songs for as long as she can remember. Her sixth-grade song notebook is filled with hilarious lyrics. These lyrics will never be made available for public viewing. Not in a million years. Kristina has grown tremendously as a songwriter over the years and people are beginning to take notice. She first picked up the guitar right before her junior year of college, and has been in love ever since. Kristina released her solo EP " The Meadows" in 2010 which is available for purchase on Itunes and Amazon. Pursuing many artistic endeavors, Kristina is also an actress, painter and a writer. She is a company member of Organic Theater Company, and has performed all over Chicago with both music and theatre.  She also recently took on the role of the Director of Marketing for Organic. Check out her Organic Theater Bio here!



 

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KIM  KOZEL

VOCALS/ VIOLIN/ SAX


 

Beginning lessons as a child, Kim gigged around town as one part of "The Fiddlin' Duo," receiving acclaim for their rendition of the song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Having matured, Kim's love of music blossomed into different pathways, and she enjoys singing, performing, and playing sax and violin with Honey. She has performed and collaborated in many musical groups, from singing R&B to harmonizing with various barbershops. Aside from music, Kim's interests lie in political activism and helping forward progress for women and of course...world peace :)

 

 

 

 



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CHRIS KUSEK

 VOCALS/ DRUMS


Chris banged on his first snare drum at the age of three, but officially picked up the instrument at the age of ten. Since then he has played in a dozen or so bands and one orchestra ( with fellow bandmate Kim Kozel). Chris spends most of his time away from the kit focusing on other music-centric activities, such as live sound engineering, recording, audio system design, and theatre sound design. You can check out some of his extracurriculars at www.kuseksound.com


 

 

 


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Sean Tatum

Bass

 


 

Sean Tatum began playing music at the age of 10. He began with the saxophone and continued to hone his saxophone skills throughout school. He picked up the bass at age 18 and has since played bass exclusively. Mostly self taught, Sean has a wide and varying taste in music and feel. He has always been fortunate to be surrounded by talent that far exceeded his own, forcing him to attain the next level of ability. After a short stay at Northern Illinois University School of Music he began playing with local Chicago acts. Sean currently splits his time between music and independent journalism. 

 

 

 

 

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Jon Gould

LEAD GUITAR


Jon began playing the guitar at age 11 and hasn't put it down since. Since being infatuated with the sounds of Motown, Jazz, Blues and Rock, Jon has been driven to write, perform and keep music as a major part of his life from an early age. He has performed with a number of groups over the years while being lucky enough to play at some of the most historic and popular venues all over the Chicagoland area.  Jon is currently studying music at Roosevelt University and is a guitar teacher for the Breaking Grounds Music School in Arlington Heights, IL.  Outside of music Jon loves spending time with his friends, traveling and a good zombie movie.