I’m so proud of SantoGold aka Santi White. I have known Santi White since the mid 90’s where she worked as a young lad in the A&R department of Epic Records while I was at Columbia Records and have bumped into her over the years in the NYC music scene. She was always the smart Wesleyan Univl. girl who had the great ear even back then. All I can say about this amazing woman is she is filled with tenacity, creativity and passion that you just don’t find anymore. This rare bird is completely pushing the envelope of music at a time when the music business is crying for “agents of change.” She busted out on the scene as a songwriter and was the chief pen and Exec. Producer behind, “How I Do” a great and slept on album by RES in 2001. She was in a rock band called Stiffed that I saw a few times in NYC and though I wasn’t a huge fan, her star quality and experience rang thru. The SantoGold thing is going to be big, mark my words and she is already garnering huge critical acclaim. Her business seems to be running smoothly and I hear she is now managed by Jayson Jackson who managed Lauryn Hill and …
Posted on May 11.08 to Music 1.0 Comments
I started this “invite only” reunion community called music1pointO for those of us who worked in the record business during the 80-90’s and I must say it has been great to reconnect with some legends of game. There would be no hip hop as we know it if not for most of the folks in this community. Came across a great post by David Paul from www.bombhiphop.com who is a SF legendary publisher of The Bomb Magazine.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
The truth is that big business controls the types of music and artists that get exposure and become popular. The record industry is a $14 billion dollar business. The major record labels dominate 85% of the market when it comes to sales of Compact Discs. Leaving only 15% for the hundreds of independent record labels and thousands of artists out there. And when indies get too big or an artist starts making noise these major companies usually pick up the artist or label. This way they control the artist/label, get a percentage of the sales and keep competition to a minimum.
The Big Payoff (radio payola) : Ever wonder why you hear the same songs on the radio all the time? It’s because major record companies are paying radio stations thousands of dollars to play …
Posted on Mar 08.08 to Uncategorized Comments
