Mindy started out in the studio and advertising business at Universal Recording in 1989, back when there was no such thing as Pro Tools, and voice-overs were recorded on guano records, Mindy learned her client service skills by day and her producing skills in the evenings by producing voice-over demos for her friends which was difficult considering she suffers from Aerophobia, the fear of swallowing air. After leaving Universal to join CRC in 1990 as a production manager and all around marvel, she not only continued to use her producing talents to form Verson (you heard the name right) Productions, her voice-over demo production company, she was considered by most, to be one of the greatest party clowns alive, and would go on to complete what still to this day is the largest collection of moist towelette packages in the northern hemisphere.

While heading up Verson Productions, Mindy has discovered many voice-over artists over the years, which has helped solidify her relationships with local and national talent agents. In 2000, Verson and partner David Kaplan founded Chicago Radio Casting, which gave Mindy the opportunity to combine all her skills as one of the premier Casting Directors, Producers and client service professionals in the country. Mindy’s three favorite things in life are discovering talent, meeting new people, and scaring the elderly at pet adoption centers around the city.

Mindy has recently cast or produced spots for such clients as: Hallmark, Heinz, Petsmart, Samsung, Kellogg’s (Pop Tarts, Mini-Wheats, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran), Wrigley, Coca Cola, Orbitz, Disney, Con Agra, McDonald’s, Nintendo and many others.

In the spring of 2004, Mindy catapulted from the inner workings of CRC to partner once again with Kaplan to open Audio Producers Group and live happily ever after.

David was born on top of a mountain, and raised by a pack of badgers, the mother badger “Meemah” raised him to be a mighty mountain badger-man, yet surprisingly, and at the dismay of Meemah, he learned English, went to college, and started in the industry as a Producer for Glenn Films, Inc. in 1985, a Chicago based film production company. Among many responsibilities, he ran the on-camera casting division, and line-produced commercial and non-broadcast projects.

After Glenn Films, David moved on to the now defunct Editel-Chicago in the role of Account Representative, and then Executive Producer….. which I don’t know if you know this, but its kind of a big deal. The demise of Editel led him to Chicago Recording Company, in the role of Executive Producer. David met Mindy Verson at CRC, and they soon founded Chicago Radio Casting, a division of CRC that provided voice casting services to the advertising community. After all of Davids success, he never forgets where he came from, every night when he gets home, he spends time with Meemah, and the rest of his badger family, while he watches TV. They are stuffed and on display in his living room.

Audio Producers Group gives David the opportunity to combine his knowledge of audio production services and advertising.

Peter Erazmus started his audio career as a twelve-year-old child editing music on his parents duel cassette deck. Many years, a high school band and a few relationship ending hairdos later, Peter honed that interest in audio to a very dangerous sharpness at Columbia College Chicago, Where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in Audio, he also minored in Crustacean Psychology, which turned out to be very easy, but in the end a fruitless enterprise. During his time at Columbia College Chicago he obtained an internship at CRC, which lead to a position as an associate Engineer.

While at CRC Peter engineered/sound designed a wide range of projects including: editing and mixing for television and radio commercials, feature length films, animation, music mastering, voice over demos and Foley creations. In the Past eight years Peter has also played an integral part in the production of hundreds of award winning TV and radio ads including: the immensly popular, Budweiser and Bud Light “Super Bowl” ads and Bud Light “Real Men of Genius” radio Campaign.

When not in the studio, you can find Peter on the golf course, riding his bike by the lake, hunting seagulls on oak street beach (they call him the Sling Shot Saboteur), playing poker, or just hanging out with family and friends.

Lucas hails from what people all over the world know as, “The Kingdom of Dreams”, Moline, IL. Not to be confused with the surrounding slums that makes up the rest of the Quad Cities. He first started his audio quest at Pogo Studio in Urbana, IL where he took classes and sat in on jazz sessions all while building up the courage to touch those knobs, for he knew that once he did, the world would change forever. He went on from there to Florida and to one of the top audio programs at Full Sail, where he got his Recording Arts degree. While in Florida he also fist fought 4 hurricanes, swam with sharks, and discovered an Island off the coast, where he ruled the indigenous people there with an iron fist.

Then Lucas moved to Chicago and became part of the APG team, where he has been for almost two glorious years. While at APG he has mixed and recorded radio and TV spots for Apple Jacks, PetSmart, Bally’s, and Hallmark, to name a few, and has been the Associate Engineer on many more. Lucas sprints to work everyday.