Anthony Meindl has coached and worked with Ashton Holmes.
He moved from New York to Los Angeles in 1997 where he was featured in many commercials for products and companies including Diet Coke, Philips Electronics, Bank of America, Nissan, Michelob Lite, Sears, Acura, Del Taco, Mervyns, and Behr Paint
 During this time, Holmes befriended Nyack, New York band Coheed and Cambria, and began shopping around their demos to local indie labels

