A musician, consultant, producer, and music teacher, Ken Sarmiento (aka phuzaxeman) was born in Chicago, grew up in a little town in Newbury, OH and currently lives in Houston, TX and plays guitar in the band, Channel K.

As a founding member with brothers Edwin and Edward Casapao, together they created the band PHUZ. In the early 2000's, PHUZ was part of the Lover's Rock Tour with Grammy Artists Sade and India.Arie. PHUZ had also shared stages with other notable artists including: Groove Collective, Blue Man,Group, Alicia Keys, Ryan Adams, Tony Bennett, Alanis Morrissette, K.D. Lang, Sting, and Natalie Merchant to name a few.