ABOUT

Hailing from Fargo, North Dakota is Tyler Lenertz. Before music, Tyler was a medic in the Army and was, and still is, a huge science nerd who wanted to go to medical school, but falling in love with the drums put a hard stop to those plans. Tyler played with a variety of local bands in North Dakota and ultimately joined the Minneapolis based cover band Shirts and Skins in 2020, playing anywhere from clubs, festivals, to extravagant weddings. In late 2022, Tyler moved to Los Angeles to pursue an education in music at the Musicians Institute where he gathered the founding members of The Hit List.

Originally from Illinois, Dan moved to Calgary, Alberta Canada after high school and eventually found his way to SoCal. Career highlights include: Touring Europe as a singer/accompanist with the Greater Chicago Youth Chorale, attending the Young Canadian School of Performing Arts in Calgary, performing in the Calgary Stampede Grandstand show nightly in front of 10,000+ people, touring the world as Onboard Music Director for Holland America Cruise Line, Talent Agent at PM Gigs Inc. in Calgary, and Director of Music at Christ Lutheran Church in Chino, California. Dan is currently attending the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA after graduating from Grant Macewan University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Originally from Cary, Illinois, Monica is a multi-faceted creative with specialties in music, dance, acting, film, photography, social media, fitness and yoga! She's been singing ever since she could speak and has professional experience in musical theatre and modern dance. Monica is also a voice actor for video games and has recorded children's songs for Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and commercial jingles in Brazil. She currently performs with two bands, she also performs, markets and choreographs for local theatrical productions involving music, dance and aerial dance, burlesque, drag, and more.

Ridge is a guitarist and singer songwriter in the Los Angeles area. He is currently getting a bachelors degree in guitar performance from the musicians institute in Hollywood. He grew up in Reno, NV and began playing guitar at the age of 11. After graduating highschool, he attended a year of traditional college but realized it wasn’t for him and decided to pursue a career in music. He now writes and performs his own music around the Hollywood area. In terms of guitar playing, he takes influence from many different genres including jazz, pop, and shred. This creates a very unique style of playing.

Ting Han Lin, born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, grew up immersed in music at his Chinese church. Starting on piano, he discovered his true passion when filling in as the church bassist—a role that quickly became his calling. In Taiwan, Ting Han played with original bands across genres, releasing EPs and building a following through YouTube covers. He’s toured Taiwan, performed in China, and even appeared as an artist at the 2019 NAMM Show in the U.S. Since moving to California in 2022, Ting Han has performed at renowned venues like Whisky a Go Go and The Viper Room, making his mark on the local music scene. When not grooving on stage, he’s pondering how bass perfectly ties rhythm, harmony, and heart into one.