Served as musical director for The Johnny "Vatos" Tributes to Halloween in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. He arranged, orchestrated and conducted the hits of
Oingo Boingo as well as songs from
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) for an 18-piece band, which included Oingo Boingo alums
Steve Bartek,
John Avila,
Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez and
Sam Phipps. He also played keyboards, accordion and sang at the events, that took place at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, The House of Blues Sunset Strip, The House of Blues Anaheim and The Grove of Anaheim.