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Tony D. Ortega

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Introduction

Tony D. Ortega is a multi-talented artist working in several mediums including music and film. He founded and currently operates Prescott Family Records (co-founder), a localized arts collective turned boutique indie record label, and Heartlights Studios (animation company) and Piacaso Pictures (film production company).

Early Life and Education

Tony got an early start in the music scene playing trumpet in The Littlest Man Band (members of Reel Big Fish and PAL). He also played in several bands including Legacy of Luna, a local indie rock band for which he was the lead lyricist, guitarist, and singer. In 2004, he began releasing handmade lo-fi CD-R albums, which led to the formal creation of the Prescott Family moniker as a defacto label which doubled as a booking, marketing, and development collective of sorts. Shortly after, other artists in the collective began producing their own indie releases under the Prescott Family name. Musical Career

Musical Career

Tony joined the Littlest Man Band in 2004 after being introduced to the members through a mutual friend. The band toured nationally and internationally for two years and played multiple festivals and large-capacity venues during that time. In 2008, he moved to Portland, Oregon with the other members of The Righteous and Harmonious Fists. The Fists toured the West Coast and members volunteered as interns with Marriage Records, who later commissioned the Fists to do a never-released split single with label babes, White Fang. After moving back to California in 2011, Tony began to develop as a songwriter and in 2014, he began releasing music under his own name, as a solo artist. Tony also produces (mostly) instrumental hip-hop, House, and ambient music.

Film and Animation

Tony began experimenting with animation during his time in Portland, and in 2016 he began posting indie animated shorts on YouTube. In 2021, he officially launched Heartlights Studios and later that year posted the first animated feature, Siqdawg (2021), on the Heartlights YouTube channel. In 2022, Heartlights released 2 feature films: Siqdawg 2 (sequel) and Thunder On Jupiter (Heartlights Studios' first attempt at anime). In 2024, Heartlights released the first season of Siqdawg and Friends, seven 12-minute episodes of animated shorts and parodies featuring characters from the Siqdawg universe, as well as occasionally featuring pilot-like shorts introducing new characters and spin-offs. In 2024, Heartlights began production on the first season of McDoogles, with a goal of delivering 12, 22-minute animated episodes.

External Links

Prescott Family Records website:

Http://prescottfamily.org

Tony Ortega on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LiKCUyitlbstVMaj8CaXQ?si=yAjkbJE7SnWURIMq2Fgt8g

Wwiidobe on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2BTCPE4y7WCTUQTXSW1SdY?si=4UtWs_qtTiKeTj8sIU7UzA

Orem The Sink on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pnXkrfMislMykM9gfCCcu?si=MdVL2-7dTf6_THVb6YBbAA

Heartlights Studios' Website

http://heartlights.wordpress.com