entertainment type private company industry concert tours event production party promotion founded 2006 headquarters florida united states key people sebastian solano paul campbell lukasz tracz patryk tracz owner sfx entertainment parent life in color website lifeincolor.com the committee is an edm event production group founded in 2006 as committee entertainment by sebastian solano paul campbell lukasz tracz and patryk tracz . at the time all four founders were friends and college students in florida and they originally started the committee as an informal party promotion team . since then committee entertainment has founded the dayglow tour series and life in color an international edm concert company . after jointly selling dayglow life in color to sfx entertainment in 2012 all four members remained partners and as of 2015 they continue to operate both life in color and committee entertainment . on january 5 2015 forbes included life in color ceo solano on their annual list of 30 under 30 in music for 2015 . 1 2 contents 1 founder backgrounds 1.1 sebastian solano 1.2 lukasz tracz 1.3 paul campbell 1.4 patryk tracz 2 history 2.1 2006 party promotion 2.2 2007 dayglow tour series 2.3 2012 present life in color 3 further reading 4 references 5 external links founder backgrounds edit sebastian solano edit sebastian solano is a colombian american business executive best known as co founder ceo and president of life in color . 3 when the committee was formed solano was in charge of event negotiations later becoming president . 4 after the acquisition by sfx solano stayed on as ceo and president . 5 6 as president and ceo of dayglow he oversaw the company s international expansion as well as dayglow s buyout by sfx entertainment in 2012 . the merger led to dayglow changing into life in color with solano remaining president and ceo of both committee entertainment and life in color . solano has been interviewed in media outlets such as pollstar and in january 2015 forbes named him one of their 30 under 30 in music for 2015 . 1 in november 2015 solano was appointed the new of id & t north america made event by sfx entertainment . 7 lukasz tracz edit main article lukasz tracz lukasz tracz and his twin brother patryk tracz directing their new life in color unleash tour commercial in miami florida january 2014 lukasz tracz born april 4 1985 is an entrepreneur and a businessman who currently lives in miami beach florida . involved with several ventures he is best known as the co founder of life in color . 8 in 2013 lukasz and his business partners hosted their 1st life in color festival in miami . committed to blending genres the committee faced criticism when they added 2 chainz to the event with lukasz defending the inclusion of hip hop . 2 chainz was eventually added to the lineup . 9 paul campbell edit paul campbell is an american entrepreneur and businessman best known as an owner and managing partner of life in color as well as a co founder and co organizer of the life in color festival . 3 campbell was born and raised in the united states and after high school he began attending florida state university fsu . 10 when he co founded committee entertainment in 2006 campbell was living at an apartment on the fsu campus . 11 as the franchise grew campbell dropped out of fsu during his final semester to focus on dayglow . 12 in 2010 dayglow 11 continued to tour with campbell and the other founders driving around the country to put on events . 10 after the acquisition by sfx campbell remained a partner at dayglow 6 and since then had been involved with various projects including co producing the halftime show for the guinness international champions cup final . 13 as of 2014 campbell lives in fort lauderdale florida . 14 patryk tracz edit patryk tracz born april 4 1985 is a polish american marketing executive best known as the vice president and event director of life in color . 15 born in ziebize poland to krystyna janowski and dariusz tracz when tracz was nine years old he moved with his family from poland to boca raton florida in search of financial stability . citation needed in florida tracz and his twin brother lukasz tracz attended spanish river high school . 11 starting in 2004 tracz began studying marketing and business at florida atlantic university fau . 15 while still attending fau by 2006 tracz was living with his brother and several housemates at an apartment on the florida state university campus . 11 when he co founded committee entertainment tracz began handling marketing and later would become vice president . 15 in january 2008 he began working at marketing at the company mdvip where he worked until april 2009 . 15 he also continued to work with dayglow 16 and earned his degree from florida atlantic university in 2010 having extended his education to focus on the company . 15 after the acquisition by sfx and renaming into life in color tracz remained vice president . 6 as of 2014 tracz was based in west palm beach florida . 15 history edit 2006 party promotion edit life in color was founded as dayglow by four students living in florida in 2006 . sebastian solano paul campbell lukasz tracz and patryk tracz all were housemates at an apartment on the florida state university fsu 10 campus . 11 that year all four 12 began throwing themed 12 super extravagant house parties on a monthly basis bringing in dj climax for the music . 17 reinvesting the monthly profits often at a loss eventually they began renting half a nightclub at a time with bottle and limousine service then bringing the party back to their house afterwards . 12 as the parties grew in size and popularity the four founders named themselves committee entertainment planning events as partners . 12 all founders were avid fans of house music and took different roles . 4 clubs soon began paying the small company to bring their parties and according to solano they were some of the few local promoters at the time to focus on edm . 12 2007 dayglow tour series edit soon a friend introduced solano to an informal party series called dayglow a fraternity and sorority tradition at fsu that involved hundreds of college students in white shirts throwing non toxic paint on one another . 12 solano who was a fan of the sensation events in europe was inspired by the idea of a traveling dayglow tour . 12 he and committee entertainment registered trademarks for dayglow 12 and in 2007 their first dayglow event was held in a miami nightclub called allure with close to 600 attendees . 12 the company then contacted other florida cities such as orlando tampa and gainesville and began pitching the dayglow parties . 12 eventually they decided to rent out the ucf arena though solano stated that at the time they had no idea how to do a real concert . 12 all four founders dropped out of college to pursue the venture . 16 as the tour increased in popularity the shows grew more extravagant in nature booking larger acts and increasing the magnitude of its artistic elements . 16 when the dayglow tour started traveling to cities outside of florida the founders custom built paint cannons and guns also hiring someone from cirque du soleil to run their performance department . 12 in 2009 and 2010 a dayglow stage was held at ultra music festival . 18 after moving their headquarters to miami 10 also in 2010 dayglow held their first arena show at the university of central florida at orlando . 11 they also continued to tour with campbell recollecting that it was actually really hard to manage it . one night i drove my car from tallahassee to indiana with all the productions from lic black lights tarps paint . we drove overnight took mad energy drinks . we ve done it all . 10 2012 present life in color edit main article life in color 2012 acquisition by sfx shortly after dayglow s acquisition by sfx entertainment in 2012 the company announced in september 2012 that it would re brand itself as life in color . 8 19 all four members of the committee retained their positions in the company . in 2013 life in color began to hold larger music festival events featuring multiple stages and a larger lineup leading to the life in color festival in miami . 20 further reading edit articles and interviews interview with paul campbell life in color festival . miami new times . december 18 2013 . life in color interview with sebastian solano . south florida insider . december 21 2013 . article on tracz in boca magazine december 2013 page 108 20somethinglive interview with sebastian solano . th3rd brain . june 25 2014 . martin garrix to perform on u.s. national television during soccer halftime show . edm.com . july 2014 . life in color music festival expanding to two days . nbc miami . aug 5 2014 . life in color s many hues interview with sebastian solano . pollstar . september 9 2014 . references edit a b 30 under 30 in music the class of 2015 . forbes . january 5 2015 . retrieved 2015 02 06 . dance music s 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