Groove Gravy: Music Production House; Record Label; Artist Haven.

Groove Gravy founder Roy Shakked’s music career started out in Boston where he worked as a bar pianist while studying at Berklee College of Music. He then moved to NYC, working as a composer. A project he managed for a client, Delta Entertainment in Los Angeles, ended with Shakked moving to L.A. and becoming Producer and Director of Repertoire for Delta's assorted labels including the Yamaha Artist Series.

By 1997, Shakked was tired of focusing strictly on the business end of things and started scoring music for industrial videos, producing and arranging music for local artists and lending his piano and voice skills to several projects. By 2000, music production became his full-time gig, leading to the inception of Groove Gravy Records in March of 2002. His first album release, Fresh Goods by The Tao of Groove, hit the street the end of May. Passing up on multiple label offers to release it he put it out himself." It's paid off. Fresh Goods received phenomenal reviews, meaningful airplay, and tracks off of the album are continually being licensed for Television, Film and album compilations.

Roy has gone on to produce dozens of other tracks with an eclectic scope, ranging from nu-jazz remixes of Sarah Vaughan and McCoy Tyner to his own acclaimed Beatles-esque solo project Holmes. With a combination of licenses from fellow artists and producers Groove Gravy has gone on to release music that's smart and infectious, with a focus on promotion to radio, Television and film production and a strong relationship with music supervisors.

"This is not a direct aim at any particular musical niche, and certainly not the pop market" says Shakked "but rather a collection of my own creations and other music I personally connect with. The styles and moods vary. Groove Gravy’s attempt is to move you around musically."