Joey Rubenstein
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| name = Joey Rubenstein
| image = Joey Rubenstein Sound Check.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|08|04}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Musician, Internet entrepreneur
| notableworks = Casting Frontier (Website), Flourscein (Band), 60 Cycle (Band)
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| website = {{URL|http://www.castingfrontier.com}}
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Joey Rubenstein (born August 4, 1968) is an American internet entrepreneur, composer, touring and recording artist.{{Cite web|url = https://www.inc.com/michael-rovner/10-ways-to-bootstrap-your-tech-company.html |title= 10 Ways to Bootstrap Your Tech Company | publisher = inc.com}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-17-ca-40034-story.html |title= Fluorescein Revels in the Dark Side | work = Los Angeles Times|date= 17 April 1998 }}{{Cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E0DC143BF937A25757C0A9679D8B63 | title = Bar Crawling From Boutique to Boutique | work = The New York Times| date = 13 April 2011 | last1 = Rovner | first1 = Michael }} He is the founder and chief executive officer of Casting Frontier, a digital talent casting platform for the entertainment industry{{Cite web|url = https://www.backstage.com/news/the-final-frontier_2/ | title= The Final Frontier? | publisher = backstage.com}} and was the lead guitarist in the American rock band Flourscein.{{Cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-06-ca-35460-story.html | title= Tale of Two Faves | work = Los Angeles Times| date= 6 March 1997 }}{{Cite web|url = http://www.audiobeat.ru/release-album/num/dbgggee/High-Contrast-Comedown | title = High Contrast Comedown release | publisher = audiobeat.ru}}
Rubenstein went to high school at Kibbutz Cabri, Western Galilee, and received a scholarship to study economics from the University of Essex in England.
Music career
He formed his first professional touring and recording band, 60 Cycle, in 1993 with Troy Van Leeuwin of Queens of the Stoneage. 60 Cycle released their first single, Pretender, in 1995 a year before the release of their first self-titled record which was produced by Josh Abraham (Pink, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Kelly Clarkson). The song Strapper can be heard on the soundtrack of the 1998 film Boogie Boy starring Joan Jett and Traci Lords. After 60 Cycle, Joey's next band, Flourscein was eventually signed to David Geffen's DGC Records who re-issued their first record, "High Contrast Comedown",{{Cite web|url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/reviews-of-recently-released-cds/article_ef04f9fa-f307-5737-a615-e5f1fe363e16.html | title = Reviews of Recently Released CDs | date = 17 April 1998 | publisher = tulsaworld.com}} in January 1998.{{Cite web|url = http://www.billboard.com/artist/302260/fluorescein/biography | title = Artist/Fluorescein | publisher = billboard.com}} The album produced the radio single entitled, "Cathy's On Crank!".{{Cite web|url = http://www.allmusic.com/song/cathys-on-crank!-mt0005713240 | title = Fluorescein Cathy's on Crank! | publisher = allmusic.com}} Flourscein spent years on the road touring with acts like Weezer and The Cult{{Cite web|url = https://www.wolfgangs.com/weezer/posters/poster/F279.html | title = Weezer Poster | publisher = wolfgangs.com}} before Rubenstein tired of the touring lifestyle and began composing jingles for companies like Sky TV, Smarties Candee, Coke, American Express, Mattel.{{Cite web|url = http://www.articlebiz.com/article/1051511232-1-finally-someone-comes-to-the-rescue-of-directors-to-make-tv-auditions-simpler/ | title = Finally, Someone Comes to the Rescue of Directors to Make TV auditions Simpler | publisher = articlebiz.com}}File:Joey Rubenstein Sound Check.jpg
Casting Frontier
Joey Rubenstein developed the initial concept for Casting Frontier and its original coding software that enabled producers, talent and casting agents to effectively identify talent through "virtual" castings, live feeds and video submissions while he was working in the casting industry in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url = https://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/commercials/online-electronic-submission-services/ | title = Online Electronic Submission Services | publisher = backstage.com}} His automation software, called iSession, is used throughout all areas of talent casting - from both talent submissions and people who solicit talent for representations and projects - in the United States and Canada and his database of talent is over 800,000 users.{{Cite web|url = https://www.chase.com/news/040816-3economic-trends | title = Here Are Three Economic Trends Business Owners Should Know About | publisher = chase.com}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.barbizoninsider.com/trusted-casting-websites/ | title = Trusted Casting Websites | date = 14 July 2016 | publisher = barbizoninsider.com}}
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Category:Musicians from Los Angeles
Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Category:21st-century American composers
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