About

Anisa is an award-winning international recording artist, song-writer, businesswoman, philanthropist, wife and mother. She has been the lead singer of The Supertones Band—USA’s most-toured international Chutney Soca band—since 1999. She now also performs with pop/rock band Latitude28.

Anisa is known for her hit single “Tek Sunita (Nadia’s Reply),” winner of the 2011 West Indian Music Awards Video of the Year. She was named “Female Performer of the Year” for the same awards two years later and last year was a finalist in the 18th Annual Deland Original Music Festival for “Most Unique Sound” and “Song of the Year” for her latest single, “Warrior.”

Anisa’s music has taken her around the world to perform in front of thousands of enthusiastic fans. Mastering performance in musical genres ranging from pop, dance, and rock to freestyle, Soca, and reggae has enabled her to collaborate with top bands and artists in the Caribbean music industry. She crossed into mainstream pop with her release of the single “Warrior” in 2018 and is looking forward to what this new journey has in store.

Heavy, a.k.a. Heavymetal Trvp, is Latitude28 Band’s newest vocalist. Already an established artist, Heavy enjoys combining heavy metal and hip-hop “trap” music on his solo shows and projects.

Heavy was born in Richmond, VA, and later moved to Florida, where he has rapped in recording studios since age 12.

Heavy fell in love with dance in high school; this pursuit led him to compete on America’s Got Talent. He also joined his high school chorus, which propelled him onto TV news and qualified him for district competitions.

After graduation, Heavy turned to music as a full-time career. He worked to gain proficiency in production, engineering, writing, artistry development, performance, and recording technique. Through his studies, he was fortunate to be able to collaborate with several household names in the music industry.

Heavy has two projects on Spotify and a solo album in the works. His desire is to become a household name in his own right. He enjoys being a part of Latitude28 Band, bringing his own flavor and energy to the group, and also contributing through song-writing and production.

Born in New York, Katie Metal moved to Florida when she was very small and has called the Sunshine State home ever since. Like the other members of Latitude28 band, Katie Metal is single-minded in her love for music. At age five, she started singing in school and church choirs and music groups and continued that involvement through the years. She added marching band in high school and was a member of a team that actively promoted music events.

As an up-and-coming central Florida artist and performer, Katie Metal has worked to develop her own musical style, even as she has enjoyed collaborating with other local artists on and off stage. She tirelessly promotes her fellow performers in the Orlando music scene.

Music is Katie Metal’s first love and she is excited to share this passion with Latitude28.

Ryan Viafora is an artist in the central Florida area with 20 years’ experience in entertainment. After moving to Florida from New Jersey at age 5, Ryan immersed himself in art through his drawings. Dabbling in choir and drumming brought to light his true passion—the guitar—at age 17. Years of playing in a variety of bands led to the creation of his own one-man show, a unique production in which Ryan creates tracks on the spot. The tracks include loop pedals, guitars, bass, midi keyboard, and theremin, plus Ryan’s vocals over top. The result is a full live-band sound.

With degrees in Sound Technology and Audio Engineering, Ryan is proficient in the studio and in his profession as a stage technician (he is a fulltime stage technician at Disney’s Epcot Center in Orlando). Ryan is also a songwriter, DJ, karaoke host, and internationally traveling Battle Rapper.

Ryan approaches all his artistic endeavors with a sense of fun and humor that resonates with his audience.

Avinash Singh is a passionate musician, businessman, success coach, and published author. He entered the music world at age 7, following in the footsteps of his father, who was a very popular professional singer and musician in the Caribbean. The first time Avinash touched a keyboard, he fell in love with music and never looked back.

Avinash has produced music across multiple genres for more than 20 years. He has composed masterpieces for artists, including dozens of chart-topping hits, and shared the stage with many popular performers, including Kevin Lyttle, Sean Paul, and Beenie Man. Currently, he acts as Band Manager of The Supertones Band and Latitude28, playing keyboards and directing the music.
A strong believer in the Law of Attraction, Avinash credits many of his achievements to this law at work. He also stresses the importance of gratitude and its effect on everything one sets out to achieve in life.

Creighton Underwood is a veteran with decades of music performance experience under his belt. He grew up playing trombone in high school band before switching to bass guitar. It was the bass that gave him his ticket out of town, when after his high school graduation, he left home for life on the road with a touring band.

A man with an insatiable desire for learning, Creighton throws himself into all opportunities that come his way. He became Director of Technology for HarperCollins/NewsCorp in New York and London, a driving instructor specializing in the Porsche 911/GT2, and a successful freelance educational software writer. He since has made his home in central Florida, pursuing opportunities in music.

Although regularly sought out by other bands for his caliber of playing and the professionalism he brings to his craft, he has chosen, with joy and gratitude, to devote himself full-time to the people and the music of Latitude28.

Gregory Zigon moved to central Florida as a child, and although his work and music have taken him all over the world, he still calls Florida home.

Gregory has avidly pursued music since he was ten years old, interested in all forms of musical expression but focusing study on percussion, voice, baritone, and viola. He pursued education in percussion performance at the University of Central Florida and enjoyed performing with the Florida Ambassadors of Music for audiences in five European countries.

His varied career has included percussion instruction at three Orlando-area high schools, work as a Disney performer, and five years with the United States Marine Corps.

Today Gregory is a businessowner with a brick-and-mortar store as well as a sound engineer, producer, and composer. He is excited about the opportunities to contribute this skillset to Latitude28 band.

Aaron Class is a multi-instrumentalist and composer living in Central Florida.

From humble beginnings banging on pans with wooden spoons, to majoring in percussion studies and music business at California State University, Northridge, Aaron has displayed passion for rhythm his entire life. He began assisting composers like Nathan Whitehead and Steve Jablonsky in 2012 out of college and has written and performed music for the last two decades.

Today, Aaron is Latitude28’s drummer (and occasional audio engineer), accompanying the band on its domestic and international shows. He also manages Latitude28 Records and is an editor for the reality show, “Making It With Latitude28.”

Outside of the band, Aaron enjoys song writing, working on a startup tech company he co-founded in Los Angeles, and taking road-trips across the US with his partner and their two dogs.

Eric has been mixing and production managing a wide variety of bands and events for the last 20 years. He and his company, Bunt Backline Event Services, have provided production for artists such as DJ Khalid, T Pain, The Drifters, The Temptations, Fantasia, Ziggy Marley, and many more.

Eric’s mixing is heavily R&B influenced, but he enjoys an eclectic mix of music and mixing all styles. He and his team joined Latitude28 Band as audio engineers and production managers in 2019.

Eric loves being behind the console and in the crowd, curating what sounds come from the stage. He enjoys working to get audiences hyped through great sound and production. 

Edgar Lopez serves Latitude28 Band in the many-faceted role of Band Tour Manager, liaising with venue decision-makers to schedule shows, craft contracts, and handle on-site performance-day details.

Edgar’s experience, education, and personality uniquely suit him for this contribution to Latitude28 Band. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Human Communication, with a minor in Film, from the University of Central Florida. He has appeared in 11 films and TV shows and in many television commercials for major clients. He has also served as director, producer, writer, and director of photography on several projects.

Edgar’s experience in marketing and optics was birthed in his work as a promo model and brand ambassador. He has represented an extensive range of brands including Paul Mitchell, Nike, Maserati of Central Florida, Florida Hospital, Visa, and INC 5000.

Edgar is excited to represent the Latitude28 brand as it takes on the domestic and international music scene.

Kim is Latitude28 Band’s tour coordinator and content writer.

Born in California, Kim was raised in the South Pacific country of Papua New Guinea and returned to the United States when she was 18. She graduated from California State University Long Beach with a BA degree in Magazine Journalism and worked as a writer for many years.

Kim joined the Latitude28 band family in August 2018. She writes content for the Latitude28 companies and handles a range of other responsibilities in her role as tour coordinator, from logistics to merchandise management to show support.

Central Florida native and Army veteran Garrett Casto has been a key member of Latitude28 Band’s videography team since December 2018. He has been on most of the band’s domestic and international trips, including to Spain, the Netherlands, Costa Rica, Suriname, and Belize, video camera in hand, to catch footage for use in promo pieces, tour highlight reels, and reality show episodes. Back home, he edits the filmed assets into final deliverables.

Garrett’s company specializes in music performance videography and real estate promotional media.

When not behind a camera, Garrett enjoys building cars and guns, hunting, shooting, researching, and playing video games.

Miranda Richardson has been a videographer for Latitude28 Band since December 2018. She has been interested in photography since middle school, when she submitted her photos in county fair 4-H exhibits.

Miranda branched into videography when she joined Garrett Casto as his assistant shooting music shows, real estate projects, and weddings. She now travels with Latitude28 Band to most of its domestic and international shows.

When she’s not on location videoing the band, Miranda provides sales support and account management and communication services for a specialty pharmacy. In her free time, she loves to go off-roading, fishing, shooting, and adventuring.

Since graduating from University of Florida in 2012, Matt Elliot has become one of North Florida’s most in-demand mix engineers. His style is eclectic.

The music that Matt mixes runs the gamut from oldies to hip hop and praise and worship to rock. He’s worked with artists like Young Thug, Frankie Avalon, Sean Curran, X Ambassadors, Sister Hazel, and Sean Kingston (to name a few).

Matt is equally at home mixing an early morning church service or a late-night heavy metal show. He has been engineering with Bunt Backline Event Services since 2016.

Bruno Ufret, who hails from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, is an established musician with 25 years of drumming experience under his belt. As a pro drummer for the past twelve years, he has toured nationally with performing acts such as Jon Gazi, Beebs and Her Money Makers, Resinated, and Beebs (solo) on the Warped Tour 2016.

Bruno also enjoys contributing as an instrument technician for Blue Man Group Orlando.Having been on the cover circuit for ten years, Bruno brings experience and excellence to all his roles on stage and in the studio.

Bruno is pleased to be stand-in drummer for Latitude28 to ensure top show quality at any and all venues.