Well-Known Musician Who Has Played for the Greats Becomes Inspirational Writer

Well-Known Musician Who Has Played for the
Greats Becomes Inspirational Writer

The San Fernando Valley Branch of the California Writers Club (serving Los Angeles and Ventura counties), which meets within the comfortable confines of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, Saban Center, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills (just off the 101 Freeway), has the distinct pleasure of welcoming Ken Mazur as the keynote in-person and Zoom speaker on Saturday, January 3 at 1 p.m. His inspiring presentation, “Go for It,” is about his story as a musician and a newly minted writer and how he overcame certain obstacles to reach the pinnacles of success.

Becoming an arranger, building a studio, adapting to the advent of the computer age in the 80s, playing jazz, writing jingles, scoring, writing his novels and Reedsy, are among the topics Mazur will discuss.

Even some of the top musicians tend to fade away over time. Not Mazur, lead guitarist for the Robert Palmer band. He’s still at the top of his game after four decades working in the recording industry and is continuing to grow as an artist. And his best is yet to come. He is writing a detective science fiction series, the first book of which is titled “Harvesting the Immortal.”

Mazur has recorded with other musical greats including INXS, Tina Turner, Paul Winter, The O'Jays, Musique Eddie Kendrix, Mink Deville and Herbie Mann. On top of running Proxima Records in L.A., he wrote and produced jingles for major clients such as Chevy Trucks, Purina, Honda, Nintendo, and McDonalds. He continues to produce artists, while composing for “Steppin’ Out” for PBS. He has scored a wide array of TV series including the multiple Emmy Award winning “Travelscope” for PBS, VH1’s “Behind the Music,” Discovery Channel's “Biker Build Off,” and FX’s “Lost and Found.”

And that’s not all. Mazur has written articles for Musician Magazine and his poetry has been published in two CWC anthologies, “Smalls” and “One Day.”

“We are all creatives—in the many fields often associated with the term ‘the arts,’
but also other fields not associated in that way,” Mazur said. “Being creative is a way of life, a journey, not a destination. There are great moments, rewards, disappointments, victories, as it were.

“My choice has always been to take the journey for its own sake. The wonderful thing about the arts is one can never ‘get there.’ It’s the going there that counts—something to be at your side always with new vistas.”

To learn more about Mazur, visit kenmazurcomposer.com and make sure to have your questions ready for the Q & A after the talk.

In-person Attendees:
Mingle with other writers in the Saban Center at Motion Picture & Television Fund, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, California. In-person attendees do not need to register in advance. Members free. Guests pay $10 at the door. First visit free. Please arrive a few minutes early. 

Zoom Attendees:
All members of the CWC-SFV will receive a Zoom invitation to this presentation. Members of other CWC branches should contact Zoom host, Anat Wenick, by noon on January 2 at SFV.CWC@gmail.com for an invitation to register. Zoom guests may purchase admission at www.cwc-sfv.org by noon on January 2. After purchasing admission, guests will receive a Zoom invitation. Late requests cannot be accommodated.