Kendall has been on the periphery of the LA pop scene for several years as a music journalist, archivist, and musician. Kendall worked in A&R for Del-Fi Records (1995-1997), a film composer for Showtime Networks (1997-1998), worked as an adviser on the film The Beach Boys: An American Family. He went on to work for the Universal Music Group (2000-2013), in 2013 he founded EK Media & Marketing.