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MISSION STATEMENT


Operation: Sound Off! (OSO) provides music recording and performing opportunities to active and veteran military personnel with musical aspirations they put on hold to serve their country.  We believe these efforts can help with rehabilitation, reintegration, and give them an opportunity to tell their stories through music.  OSO, lead by  producer/composer, Scotty Huff (The Mavericks, Keith Urban, Jake Owen), was created to help facilitate the musical dreams of these brave and talented individuals for the sacrifices they’ve made to protect our very freedom to dream.  We think they’ve earned it! This includes time in full-service recording facilities, with professional recording engineers, music producers, songwriters, and accompaniment by world-class musicians, all at no cost to them.  This will culminate in an ongoing series of “best of” albums, spanning all genres, digital downloads, concert tours, and an episodic television production.


ABOUT

Inspired by current events with our troops in harms way, we were driven to give back to our service men and women who continue to defend our way of life which encourages each of us to pursue our dreams. 

These are the very men and women who've defended my freedom and my right to dream, which has allowed me to achieve so much.” says Scotty.  Now it’s our turn to provide them the same opportunities."

Many of these brave individuals share the same musical dreams, but set them aside in order to serve our country. OSO wants to provides this unique opportunity for these heroes to express themselves and tell their stories through music. 

 It is our dream that the resulting music derived from this ongoing project will be an inspiration to other servicemen and servicewomen, and to the rest of the world.”

Whether this project provides these artists with a cathartic experience which helps them with issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or simply gives them a special moment to fulfill a lifelong dream, OSO wants to help make it happen.  After all, they've earned it.







SCOTTY HUFF
Scotty Huff's talents as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and arranger launched him quickly into the music scene in Nashville after arriving there in 1997. The Mavericks were one of the first major label artists to recognize Scotty's range of abilities and hired him to lead their horn section, The Havana Horns, playing lead trumpet, singing, and arranging. It was with The Mavericks that Scotty got some of his first experience with "master" recording sessions. He was chief arranger, lead trumpet player, and harmony singer on several recording projects for the group. Although he appeared with The Mavericks on their arena tours, at The Royal Albert Hall, and on television shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman, he was no stranger to working with international music artists. Scotty had appeared many times with such artists as Natalie Cole and The Manhattan Transfer. This was also when Scotty began his creative partnership with Robert Reynolds. Together they have written dozens of songs, produced and recorded many styles of music, and composed and produced the scores to over thirty films.

When The Mavericks took and extended hiatus in 2001, Scotty was recruited by CMA Award winning recording artist, Keith Urban, to play guitar, banjo, and sing backing vocals. This added more major touring experience including record breaking tours with Brooks & Dunn, and Kenny Chesney. It was also during this time Scotty was more closely involved with the inner workings of record labels, radio, television, video production, and recording. As Keith's career blossomed, the music industry began to take serious stock in the abilities of Scotty Huff, not only for his talent as a trumpet player, guitar player, or singer, but for his loyalty, integrity, and attention to detail. Since working with Keith, Scotty has been trusted with helping to launch the careers of many new recording artists by assisting them on radio tours, forming and leading bands as music director for the likes of RCA recording artist, Jake Owen. You’ll also hear Scotty’s contributions in the recordings of The Mavericks, Keith Urban, K.T. Oslin, and Toby Keith.

Currently, Scotty is touring less to focus on producing and film composing. He has also has a thriving artist development consulting company, Huff Creative Group (HuffCreative.com).