Tony Gral - President

Mr. Gral hails from the Milwaukee area where he has spent his life.  Thus, what better place to open his store than right here in the middle of downtown Milwaukee?  Growing up on a strict diet of Depeche Mode, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys and all things synthetic, it was a cinch that he would find a way to surround himself by stacks of synths. (He now has stacks...and stacks...and stacks of synths around him!)  Music fan, musician and gear-lover are what he looks for in his employees too. Except in an accountant!

Mike Contardi - Accounting

Thankfully, Mike actually went to college AND received a degree! This is how you know he is not a musician.  Mike is able to quote movies at length and cracks dry, witty remarks making the work day easier. If someone needs "accounts receivables" - that's Mike. If you call and ask for "accounts payable" - that's a dial tone you hear.

Chris Weerts - Web Master

Mr. Weerts makes the site "do what it do". Chris also manages 808 Multimedia, a web hosting and design company. If you like the layout and interface of our site, Chris makes it all happen. If you don't, don't tell Chris. We must warn you; he has a black belt in Judo and Aikido.

Not just a computer geek (mind you) Chris is the guitarist, programmer and vocalist with Ghost in the Machine - a local favorite.

Suzy Bouxa-Gral - Operations Manager

Folks have a lot of sympathy for Suzy - being married to Tony and all!  Suzy makes sure we run a tight ship. Lucky for us she has book learnin' too. 

Somehow Suzy found her way from New Jersey to Milwaukee. (Must not be cold enough in New Jersey for some.) Regardless, we are lucky to have her maintaining order with all of these musicians around.

Eric Olsen - Manager, Sales, Support, Ads, & Graphics

Seen our cool looking ads and graphics? That would be the product of Eric. This is the man with the layout sense and artistic touch around here. Eric spends his time at Nova making sure the site looks good and helping out customers with products. When he's not at Nova, he spends most of his time writing electronic music and DJing around Milwaukee. Eric brings an extensive knowledge to Nova about Production Software, Computer Interfaces/Controllers, Software Instruments and Plug Ins, Synthesizers, Filters, and anything to do with DJing.

Matt Caton - Manager, Purchasing, Sales, Support

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Evan Lisowski - eBay Manager, Sales and Support

Evan runs the Ebay department at Nova Musik, and is responsible for creating and maintaining the long list of products we advertise on Ebay, as well as phone sales and support.

Having a fascination with new music technology and anything futuristic sounding, Evan became a synthesizer / sampler enthusiast in the early '90's and has been producing electronic music ever since. Evan brings his experience and knowledge of hardware synths, MIDI programming and audio recording to the Nova Musik team.

Chuck Coakley - Sales, Returns and Support

Chuck runs our returns department. If something is wrong with one of your orders he is the guy that will take care of you. He is lucky that we pay him to test equipment all day long. He is another one of our staff who has had book learning and a degree.

Chuck works here at Nova during the day and works as a sound and lighting engineer at nightclubs in Milwaukee and Chicago at night. He designs and builds sound and lighting systems and dj booths for nightclubs. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the EDM scene over the years and he is approaching his 2750^th show.

Mike Collins - Sales, Support, Web Admin

Known infamously as “Collins” in the office, Mike spends most of his time diligently updating the amazing deals on our website. He is a great asset to the Nova Musik team with his vast knowledge of analog and digital recording hardware and software, synthesizers, drum machines, microphones, DJ equipment, and MIDI protocol. When he's not in the office he spends most of his time recording at his home studio or DJ-ing around the Milwaukee/Chicago area.

Gwynne Chaplock - Graphic Design, Web Admin, Sales Support

Being one of the only women any of us know that can put up with all of us at the same time, Gwynne helps out around Nova with the Graphics and Sales Support. Gwynne spends most of her time making banners, ads and taking pictures around the store, and helping out answering the phones.

Joseph Genett - Returns, Sales and Support

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Brian W. - Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory

Brye is one of the guys responsible for making sure the correct gear you ordered is picked off our shelves and sent safely to you. Aside from his ultra accurate shipping prowess, Brye brings to the table knowledge and experience of all that is VJ and visual projection. For over five years “vjBrye” has tickled the retinas of many a punter in the Midwest club and underground music scene, having twisted pixels for both local talent and superstar DJs alike.

George G. - Shipping, Receiving and Inventory

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Marty Petroviak - Shipping, Receiving and Inventory

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Jason Samonik - Consulting

Jason is extremely passionate about electronic music production. Completely submersed in the field for over 17 years, he has had the privilege of owning and extensively working with every major piece of gear used in music technology and recording production. Jason is the current studio owner of The Shell Studio in Milwaukee (http://www.theshellstudio.com). For the past 6 years he has been the gear & production consultant for Nova Musik.

Jason is efficient, great under pressure, and very easy to work with and he makes learning complex technology enjoyable and fun.