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Tom Cavalier’s Background

Tom Cavalier has spent decades shaping music careers, from radio promotion at major labels to guiding artists through recording, touring, and live performance. A University of New Haven Music Industry graduate, he grew up immersed in his family's business, Trod Nossel Productions & Recording Studios (est 1966), one of the nation’s longest-running facilities. In the 1970s, the famed "Trod Nossel Concert Series" - 25 major shows simultaneously broadcast on radio airwaves - featured icons like Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf, and Chick Corea; young Tom was there, old enough to recognize the spark that ignited his lifelong passion. He launched his career servicing radio for labels like Arista Records while pushing Trod Nossel’s in-house releases. Alongside brother Rob, sister Darlene, and under the auspices of his renowned father and Trod Nossel's founder, Doc Cavalier, Tom co-ran the studio, delivering hands-on guidance to artists and musicians on career paths and recording. He scouted and signed acts to Trod Nossel Artists Management, later fueling their projects (often producing or executive producing), development, and national tours.

The Trod Nossel Artists roster featured acts such as Cub Koda of Brownsville Station, creator of the hit “Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room,” later revived by Mötley Crüe, and Saturday Night Live Band veterans including G.E. Smith, the guitar virtuoso who led the band from 1985 to 1995. Most notably, for nearly three decades, Tom has represented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike DelGuidice, a core long-time member of Billy Joel’s global touring band. 

In addition to these career-defining partnerships, Tom has guided the careers of countless other artists over the years.  Among them: he booked major dates and extensive regional/national touring for RCA/CBS country-rock band Silverado following their late-’70s/’80s run of three albums and multiple Billboard chart placements, continuing to place them alongside the era’s biggest names; and he represented 1950s crooner Tommy Mara (Managed by Harry Sessa) during his celebrated resurgence, steering the acclaimed release of The Lost Crooner, a triumphant Lincoln Center performance with the Joe Battaglia Big Band, and renewed national engagements that rekindled Mara’s legacy with audiences across the country.

Beyond the studio, he turned Humphrey’s in New Haven into an essential stop for regional and national acts. Through the Miracle Middle Division, he showcased then-rising stars like Ellen DeGeneres, The Spin Doctors, and Gilbert Gottfried alongside icons such as The Beach Boys and Kool & The Gang, then hit the road with Miracle Concerts, producing and booking shows regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Drawing from Trod Nossel’s 2,000-song legacy catalog, he’s also a musician and songwriter whose tracks have landed on small podcasts to major streams, including Warner Brothers Pictures productions in the U.S. and abroad. 

With deep roots on both creative and business sides, Tom is recognized for his ear for talent, decades of experience, and dedication to elevating artists and live music.