Ben Laski

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Bestselling author and music lover Nick Hornby wrote that everyone needs a music enthusiast to continuously tip them off and serve as a matchmaker between them and new music. Ben Laski is such a music enthusiast and matchmaker. Mr. Laski can remember the first tape recorder his parents bought for him when he was 4 years old. "I used to tape songs off the radio and make my own mix tapes," he recalls.

Ben Laski continued to make tapes for his friends as a teenager and was eventually offered a DJ spot at one of the biggest clubs in Israel. It didn't take long before he was spinning at clubs, private parties and eventually at various clubs in London. He would fly to London every two months to spin taking only a carry-on but returning with two suitcases full of records. Now Mr. Laski can be found most nights enjoying live music around Los Angeles and prefers small intimate venues over stadium rock shows. When he's not drinking up the local music scene he spends time at home with his wife Jenna organizing his ever expanding CD collection and taking care of their 4 year old girl.

After advising and counseling various clients in the entertainment industry from 1996 to 2003 at the law firms Baker & Hostetler LLP, Keats McFarland & Wilson LLP, and Alschuler Grossman Stein and Kahan, LLP, Mr. Laski left the corporate law firm world to form the Law Offices of Benjamin Laski in June 2003. He currently represents music, motion picture, television, and internet clients in all aspects of the entertainment industry. Mr. Laski also teaches at Boston University's Los Angeles campus.

Mr. Laski recognized early on that while he does not have the vocal chops or axe abilities for tasty guitar licks, he does have the ear to recognize such talent long before others do. That is why in addition to his law firm Mr. Laski formed Sonic Managment where his passion for music found a home in managing and assisting talented musicians in their careers.

Ben Laski continues to make mix CDs for his close friends but now these CDs also include artists that he represents and hopes will be household names one day… a music matchmaker for life!!!