R.J. Bucaria / C.E.O.

Through his journey in the entertainment industry, Mr. Bucaria has held positions in A&R, Artist Management, Director and C-Level Executive positions. He has also had the pleasure of working with some of the music industry's top names such as MPL Communications, Sony Records, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, TVT Records, Universal Music, Warner Chapel, Russ DeSalvo, Moe., Crash Test Dummies, Vanessa Williams, Brian Doyle, Aerosmith, Wycleff Jean, Rob Kos, KRS-1, Naughty By Nature, Public Enemy, Chuck D, Curtis Blow, Suffocation, Sevendust, Ja Rule, The Dave Matthews Band, and Paul Vance.

Mr. Bucaria’s involvement in entertainment began when he started playing piano at 9 months old. By the time he was admitted to the prestigious Berklee College of Music at 17, Mr. Bucaria had already recorded 3 full length albums, performed Off Broadway, produced 3 benefit concerts, written/directed/scored 2 original plays, was the chief lighting designer for over 20 stage productions, and had added over 15 instruments to his performance repartee.

Using the same passions that caused him to succeed in the performance arena Mr. Bucaria began to venture into the business end of the industry. Having achieved early success as the Vice President of Viardo Promotions, Mr. Bucaria felt encouraged to pursue more and more knowledge across the gambit of the business world. During the time he spent working with George S May International, he had the pleasure consulting companies ranging from top Fortune 100 to local New York business's and learning from some of the most forward thinking minds at some of the most successful companies of our day such as Wal-Mart, Southwest Airlines, Harley Davidson, Indian Motorcycle, Microsoft, America Online and Sun Microsystems. He then returned his focus to entertainment, applying his business knowledge as a Talent Manager with 2G Management and its partner company Doyle/Kos Entertainment. From there Mr. Bucaria went on to become a President and Managing Partner for the Tribeca based multimedia company Edge1 Multimedia which consisted of a record label, talent management agency, booking agency, recording studio and a film/broadcast post production facility. Currently, Mr. Bucaria is the C.E.O. of the 7th Level Entertainment Group based in New York City which operates primarily as an International Event Production and Talent Management company with ownership interests in various synergistic entertainment entities.