Monday, March 5, 2012

2 Great Music People I have Researched

I have been researching a few voices in music that I have found quite melodic toward learning the business example, in my education career.
The names would include two Brooklyn Kids:

Sony BMG's own Clive Davis
http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/clive-davis/

                          Clive Davis, to the right standing next to Usher Raymond on the left.
                          http://necolebitchie.com/2010/01/31/clive-daviss-pre-grammy-gala/



Rap Icon Jay-Z
http://rocnation.com/jayz/

                            http://rocnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jay-ZConcert.jpg

When I think of two different kinds of  Entertainment people, coming from two different worlds, two different life styles, from the same city, different neighborhoods and times, but both live in the world of music like great kings, I am astonished at the ultimate potential of what what the music could bring. Clive Davis is the President of Talent Relations at Sony BMG, who's been in the music business for over 4 decades, has been influential in the careers of many pop icons such as: Whitney Houston, Busta Rhymes, Alycia Keys, Rod Stewart,
Carlos Santana, and the latest Jennifer Hudson and many more artist within that time span. He was the founder of Arista Records, created J Records, even co-founder with Sean P. Diddy Combs at Bad Boy Records. His early work was law school at Harvard University, from there he was the assistant council at CBS, and from there he went to Columbia Records, which emerged a music producer like none other. His humble understanding of talent, and persistent will to be a successful business man never failed, even losing Arista Records, he never stopped his passion to be in music, and discovering raw talent, and making them stars.

The King of Brooklyn himself Jay-Z, well I am sure we all know something about Jay-Z, the music mogul, owner of the Brooklyn Mets, Rocc-a-wear clothing line, Rocc Nation and even adding cologne, vodka, and a chain of hotels to his stable. He keeps racing and is an effective businessman. He takes only the facts and doesn't make his business decisions off of emotions. Jay's approach is to collect all the data on what he is interested in, explore the market, and invest. Many steps follow with investing, but the potential can be exponential even astronomical, when looking at how far he's come. From the streets of Brooklyn, New York, Jay-Z is bringing more jobs to his home city then we the audience could ever realize.



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