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Signing Story: Ivy Levan
Los Angeles-based singer and Arkansas native Ivy Levan started in the business when she was a mere 18–old enough to sign a contract but perhaps not old enough to embrace ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Justin Collins
Producer, musician and songwriter Justin Collins works almost exclusively from his all-analog Nashville studio Playground Sound with partner Adam Landry. He studied audio engineering in college and got into production ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Studio Designer John Storyk
Studio architect and acoustician John Storyk made his mark in an extraordinary fashion: he was tapped by Jimi Hendrix and engineering legend Eddie Kramer (“Producer Crosstalk” 2006) to design Hendrix’s ... -
Signing Story: Kranium
24-year-old Jamaican native, the artist known as Kranium emigrated to Florida when he was 12 and ultimately made his way to Queens, NY in 2004. In the summer of 2013 he ... -
Signing Story: Liam Lis
Thirteen-year-old singer/songwriter Liam Lis landed a deal with Lava Records when Nigel Talley, a friend at Atlantic Records, mentioned him to Jason Flom, Lava’s founder and chief. It didn’t hurt that ... -
Artist Profile: Scandal - J-pop Band Targets the U.S.
In 1977, America unleashed The Runaways on Japan. More recently, the Land of the Rising Sun countered with all-girl Japanese J-pop band Scandal. Together the girls have churned out ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Frequency
Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ Frequency (a.k.a. Bryan Fryzel) started spinning in high school. Soon after, he partnered with MC 6th Sense and they formed the Understudies. He went on ... -
Signing Story: Clairity
Seventeen-year-old singer/songwriter Clairity (Claire Rachel Wilkinson) began to write songs at 13 and taught herself to play keyboards by watching YouTube videos. She hails from Clarksville, TN, 45 miles northwest ... -
Signing Story: Peking Duk
Aussie DJ duo Peking Duk (Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles) have been crushing it Down Under since forming in 2011. The outfit’s single, “High” was the No. 1 most played ... -
Producer Crosstalk: The Title Trackers
The members of Los Angeles-based the Title Trackers––David Tokaji, Russell Wiener, Andy Hill (all possess a production background)—have years of experience with bands. In 2006, Wiener and Hill had tickets ...