Phookcast producer Andrew 'AJ' Herkert is an emcee with dance-floor filling cross-genre catalogue and interests. In his tenure as a studio hand, Herkert apprenticed with with countless Grammy award-winning artists of national and global acts such as Kaskade, Amy Helm, Phil Lesh and Oteil Burbridge (The Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers Band), Mau5trap records, Outkast, Garbage, The Chosen Few DJ
s, and many more. Herkert is a classically trained guitarist and
certified AVID studio engineer. Selected PhookCast Events, Productions, Remixes and releases of note:
1999
AvB vs PvD Vinyl mix - "Voyage into Trance"
2001
Sandstorm - Darude (AJH x Volsqu Edit)
2003
Agency Charge & Service Agreement - United States Government Executive Branch (National Science Association)
2/20/03 - The Rosemont Horizon
2004-2005
Europe - Busker and Wayfarer (Italy, Malta, Turkey, Egypt)
10klf, Detroit Lakes, MN
Street Team / Promo
2006
Expeditionary Leadership Certificate [NASA]
Aug 1 thru Aug 30 [28-Day backcountry Research expedition. int'l team, 12 agency, government ops]
National Outdoor Leadership School, Expeditionary Co-Lead & Outdoor Education Certificate
Tour of Attica Region and Production Head for Delphi, Greece
Paestum, Italy and Ercolano, Pompeii - Expedition Lead
2008
SHC - Sound Team (Boom Operator)
National Science Foundation - Government Research & Fieldwork
Expedition and Sponsorship in and around Death Valley, California
(6 months)
2007-2009
Art & Lutherie Guitars - A&R (YT+)
Residency and studie of Andalusian Flamenco Guitar Form and Technique with Maestro Manolo Montes, Professor de Guitarra Flamenca, Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
(Seville, Spain)
2010
www.TruScribe.com (co-Founder)
Peace, Love & MSP Festival (Founder)
WhoIsn'tJohnGalt x Follow4Peace
Pharcyde x Jordan Looney / Nerd Hop Nation
Graduate Student Residency awarded for studies of Saltworks and sub-floor
2012
6 Months Agency Residency in Fürstenfeld, Austria for Erasmus Language Learning Grant and Iseum Media Operation Team Lead in Szombatheley, Hungary
2013
Prince Rupert, Work Channel and Extended Cascadia & Northwest Passage Tour
18 Month Residency x Microsoft Advertising & Brand Studio
JBLM x Olympia, WA x Bothell, WA
Association for Talent Development, Puget Sound
Director of Communications & PR
2014
The Business Marketing Association - Minnesota Society Vice President and Head of National SubCommittee for Strategic Scientific and Pyschological Communications
2015
"Mission Statement" - Weird Al Yankovic [SONY RECORDS]
2016
Above and Beyond - “Blue Sky Action (Ceti Alpha VII Remix)”
LVMBERJVCK - "LITM Herkert & Bentley's Future Trance Remix"
Observer, BUD/S Advancement (MC) - USMC
Camp Pendleton, Seal Beach, San Diego
Long Beach California
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
[NASA]
2017
Kaskade's Lush Gravel Mix x 4AM - Sunrise Set
(Om Records Promotional EP)
Vini Vici - Free TIbet (AJ's Late Late Vinyl Bootleg)
MOBY - "Are You Lost in the World Like Me? [AJ'S late nite acid mix]" (2017)
2018
The Slocan Ramblers, The Spotlight, Seattle WA
Co-Host , Tangled up In Blue (Bob Dylan Cover) - YT+
The Beryllium Mix - Marine Conservation Society (Soundcloud)
2019
Wintergrass Rhythm Guitar Workshop (Session Lead)
Artist in Residence, Peri's Pub, Fairfax, California
(12 Months Residence Jan2019 - Jan 2020)
Exertis Broadcast - East Coast Inside Sales Manager
(Media Technology Role of Sales Management)
2020
I Shall Not Be Moved (Mississippi John Hurt Cover) - YT+
2022
Monkadelic's, Irondale, Alabama
String Gathering, Session Lead - Baraboo WI
Hillberry Music Festival, Eureka Springs, AR
Private Event, Camp Abdaily, Washingtonia, Kuwait
(Special Thanks to Family offices of "Mr. Excitement!" ,
Media Personality and Investor, Hamza & Latifah al-Taqi and team)
Medina, Saudi Arabia
Mesjid anNabawi - Ziyarat min al-Rasool
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Honorable Guest of The King Abdulaziz National Center for Cultural Communications CEO and King Saud University Academic Dean of Informatics Dr. Mohammed al-Harthi
Honorable Guest of the Council of Riyadh, Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Official DOD Communications for Investor Visa Prospective Policy Project and Umrah Visitor Rep. to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Honorable Guest of the Ministry of Culture and
the al-Kayal Family Offies. Strings Ensemble: Studio Guitar Chair #1 for Beth Hoven Rotto's Old Time Scandinavian American Jamboree Rehearsals, and UW Artist in Residence, Rhythm Guitarist (String Ensemble)
UW Memorial Ballroom - Barn Dance, Middleton, WI (SOLD OUT!)
2023
Stoughton Opera House - Syttende Mai (SOLD OUT!)
Billy Strings - VIP MGMT and A&R
Promotion and Day of Show Support Catfish Fest, Stoughton WI
ScandiAmJam, Flatbed Truck Jam at Nordic Fest, Decorah, IA
Session Guitarist in The Pickin' Parlor
(C.F. Martin & Co, Nazareth, PA)
The Boogiedown, Yuba WI
Driftless Music Gardens (Founder, Camp Kinnippinnip)
People Fest Driftless Music Gardens, Yuba WI
( Aftermovie ft. Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, YMSB )
Bonnie's Driveway, ScandiAmJam, Lead Guitarist
(Make Madison Music Week 2023)
Soundbillies, Support Crew, Monona WI
(Make Madison Music Week 2023)
More coming soon... �
