JOE BLIND….not new to the game real name Ronnie Small aka R J Small born in the BRONX, NY grew up in South Side Jamaica Queens, NY. Been around and worked with some of the best producers and artist such as Teddy Riley, Marly Marl, Leroy Burgess, Rodney Jenkins, Keith Shockley, Roy Ayers, Alicia Keys, Keyboard Money Mike, Producer SILK, Bert Price, Dinky Bingham, Eric Cody … I now reside in Stone Mountain GA working on projects with older brother of ENTERTAINERS 155 (formerly known as EBC) Gusto on ROOFTOP RECORDS COMPILATION – some songs recreated and produced by R J Small for soundtrack to movie ROOFTOP Skate back in the pologrounds 155 ST times (COMING SOON)!
Also songs from LEGGACY, JEEVAN and more up and coming plus popular artists. My production is MUSIC rather its instruments, playing the keyboards or programming – I make MUSIC of all Genre. So check for me!
Name the artists that have influenced you so far.
Stevie Wonder, Teddy Riley, Whitney Houston, Jay Z, E Z Moe B, Leroy Burgess.
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Mention the name of the artist you can regard as the “Greatest Of All Time”.
Donnie Hathaway.
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Discuss composition.
My music is a mixture of many elements from being around some of the top producers.
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Elaborate on this project.
Currently working on release date; a few different artists as well as myself will be featured on the EP to show my production skills.
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Rate the social media and tell us the platform that works best for you in promoting your music.
A 10 – because social media is the future as well as the present.
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Explain how you are getting your songs to stores and getting it to fans.
Social Media, Live Shows online and offline.
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Tell us how you prepare yourself for a live performance or show.
Practicing with my artists and myself at home.
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Mention the name of the artist you will be glad to see the live performance.
LEGGACY.
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Tell us how boring or exciting the music career can be.
I love it, I travel a lot performing or recording or doing production.
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State your artist’s name and elaborate on it.
LEGGACY.
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State the title of the album and the reason for choosing the title.
“JOE BLIND Featuring” showcasing our talented artists and production.
Katie Belle hails from the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Katie has been active in the entertainment industry since she first began songwriting and producing her own original music at the tender age of 12. Her first original, “Born for This” produced in Nashville in 2011, rings true with her lyrics. Since the debut of that single Katie has not stopped! She continues to song write and release originals; a new group of singles is currently wrapping up production.
Katie is passionate about her songwriting and is a writer on all her originals. She looks to her life and those around her for inspiration. Her lyrics can be described as poetic, insightful, empowering, fun and energetic. Katie’s most recent single release is her original, “American Wild”, which has over 255K views on VEVO, and over 160K digital streams. She spent most of 2017 and early 2018 putting the finishing touches on a series of singles. This group of singles takes a more pop influence than previous works. The first in the group to release is, “Promises“, releasing in late May 2018.
Being the creative person she is and listening to those around her, Katie has been encouraged to utilize her talents in singing, songwriting, modeling and acting. This city girl books jobs in modeling and acting.
The Atlanta film scene is very active and Katie stays busy booking featured extra…
Katie has graced the runways of NYFW, New Orleans Fashion Week, Miami Beach Fashion Week and more… this all goes to Katie’s motto of “staying diverse and open minded” about opportunities in the entertainment and fashion world. Recently signing with CLICK agency in Atlanta, she is also represented by TTM Agency Nashville, TN.
Katie is a featured model for the well-known boutique Fab’rik home based in Atlanta. She recently completed an ad campaign for Minus-33 outerwear, a video commercial for Delta Airlines and promo video campaign for Grey Goose Vodka.
Katie enjoys her fans and stays active on social media with her followers. Her music is independently distributed across all streaming services! She releases her newest single “Promises” and continues her acting and modeling.
Growing up in the country part of North Carolina then moving to the city can put a lot of stress on you. Especially when you have parents that split up so the things you learn in life you had to learn on your own. I rather write about it by putting all of my pain and struggle along with feelings that I was feeling at the time in my music. I will explain to you where things went wrong at and how I manage to keep myself in line by the choices that I made.
What more is there to say? Except I can assure you, you’ve most definitely never heard music like this before. A sure fire attention grabber that stands apart from the crowd, in its own dimension; in its own space and time.
So let me introduce to you, ‘Queen’ MonicaHotts…
Born in Guadalajara, MX and moved to the United States (Michigan) in 1980-81, Carla Early AKA ‘MonicaHotts’ is a disciple of Avant Guarde electronica. It’s quite obvious as you listen to her material that it’s definitely not to be pigeon holed into a contemporary music box. There is no contrived formula. This is emotion. This is Monica Hotts as she truly is, walking the path of the brave. She is unique. She is a Maverick.
‘The kids are Aghast’ is a laid-back track smothered in melancholy through its glitchy arrangements. Synths sounds and syncopated bleeps are the common denominator throughout her work. With a tasty element of Post Punk philosophy in her music too which can be heard to educated ears. Minimal to the point of the bare bones of music, it strangely grabs your attention with its simplicity and lack of ego. The tracks are a combination of ‘tech step’ ‘house sounds’ along with blues, blue grass, big band etc.
Born in Chicago, iRoc would move to Columbus, GA and Far Rockaway Queens, NY before settling in Anchorage, AK. With his parents divorcing soon after, and life in Anchorage being similar to any other city, the next 10 plus years was hard and would only get harder for the soon to be rapper. With poverty setting in and forcing him to resort to a faster way of life in the streets, initially, and just as something to do, iRoc started rapping with some of the other kids in school. But as countless people recognized his talent, it would soon become a passion not yet strong enough to overpower the pull of fast money. Life in the fast-lane would lead him to experience the loss of many friends and even his own freedom, facing a temporary stint within the system. Upon his release, the choice was finally made to pursue music a lot more seriously.
Having recorded with the likes of NE-YO, Miguel, Kurupt, Devin the Dude, MC LYTE, Erick Sermon, C-BO, etc., iRoc Omega secured his first major recording contract to release his debut album “Weight of My World.” Initially regarded with high expectations, the album ended up being shelved along with iRoc being dropped from the label. Discouraged by the cold-heartedness of the major label machine, he decided to forge ahead and continue building his fan base independently.
Opening for headliners such as Kelly Rowland, Outkast, DMX, Paul Wall, 112, Warren G., SWV, Doug E. Fresh, E-40, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, and many more, diehard fans were dissatisfied with the former Black Ice Records/Universal Records recording artist’s debut independent release entitled “The Coldest Fire”, so he dropped the refreshing and recharged “The Coldest FIRE: RELOADED and REDEEMED” six months later. Now, promising never to disappoint again, his new upcoming release entitled “Forever The Coldest Fire,” starring “It’s All On You” featuring Snoop Dogg & Dre’ Rock, in addition to being produced by Emmy Award winning composer Jason Hausman, is highly anticipated.
If the contestant is selected, the instrumentation of the song and lyrics will be sent to the vocalist while the vocalist is also free to come up with his or her instrumentation or sing the song in another style/genre, the final song by the singer will be used to enter the contest
– Song for the contest
The video of the singer singing the song in the studio or post production of the performance will be good for publicity if forwarded with the final song. Male and female vocals are acceptable for the contest.
– The production, performance, creativity and vocal ability will be used as criteria for selecting contestant for this contest.
– 1 Selected Winner – Prize – 50 USD, Blog Placement, Radio Playlist, Video Playlist
– 1 Selected Finalist Prize – 30 USD, Blog Placement, Radio Playlist, Video Playlist
– 1 Selected Semi-Finalist Prize – 20 USD, Blog Placement – Immediate blog placement for all entries while awaiting result. –
Requirement – Bio, Link to YouTube/SoundCloud/MP3 of past work.
If the contestant is selected, the vocal file of the song will be sent to the producer for remix and the remix of the song below will be used to enter the contest
– The production, instrumentation, mixing and mastering will be used as criteria for selecting contestant for this contest.
– 1 Selected Winner – Prize – 50 USD, Blog Placement, Radio Playlist, Video Playlist
– 1 Selected Finalist Prize – 30 USD, Blog Placement, Radio Playlist, Video Playlist
