Ed Cohen

In 1974, Ed encountered Dave Biro and his invention, The Birotron- widely recognized as the rarest instrument in rock music history. Ed arranged a meeting with Rick Wakeman, keyboardist of YES, while in search of an endorsement to raise funds to build the instrument. Wakeman instead suggested a partnership with manufacturing being carried out at his factory in High Wickham, UK. However, only 17 units were produced. Even so, the Birotron was used on recordings by YES, Wakeman, Tangerine Dream and extensively on the road.

In 1980, Ed left the music scene with the emergence of disco. No one could pay him enough to play or even listen to that.

When Ed moved to Southern California in 2008, he started hearing the music that he loved Rock. At a chance meeting poolside at a Palm Springs resort he met Robin McCauley, the lead singer of Survivor (now with the Michael Schenker Group). After a two-hour conversation, Robin said something that gave Ed pause for thought. Robin said, "You know what Im most grateful about in life? That, at my age, Im still privileged to perform and entertain audiences." Ed reflected on the great sounds of the 60s and 70s with the tight bass and drums, screaming guitars and incredible vocal harmonies, and realized that with all of the Rockers aging, this valuable musical legacy could be lost forever. Moreover, he believed that there had been no incentive in years for young bands to spend alot of time writing music - what with clubs making them pay-to-play and people stealing the bands original songs when they did get them out into the public.

Ed decided that his first task was to revive and restore the 200 plus tapes from the groups he had worked with in Connecticut, and save them to digital media. He dubbed this effort Rock Garden Conspiracy an effort to bring back those great sounds of yesteryear in a modern format for todays fans. While learning recording techniques at Guitar Center, he met Rick Tucker, a prolific songwriter (1000 + songs to his credit) and a veteran film producer. They hit it off immediately and Ed started to manage Ricks music career. They soon agreed that the best arrangement for their respective music careers would be to create an all-encompassing music conglomerate covering management, a music label, publishing and music placement.