Free Game- The WLPWR Producer's Podcast Episode 44 Ft. Al Sherrod AROD Lambert

02/02/17 • 79 min

On this episode WLPWR and Brian Onrea interview multi-platinum songwriter Al Sherrod Lambert aka A-Rod. Lambert has written hit records for Jamie Foxx, Fantashia, Mary J Blige, Ariana Grande among others. In this very inspirational discussion he talks about:Growing up in Newark, New Jersey and beginning to come up with songs at the age of 4His musical heritage (grandfather sang with Sam Cook)Growing up in the church and initially singing gospel. Graduating from college and eventually leaving his 9-5 job to pursue music full time (what do you do when you’re working a job that you’re not enthused about and want to do music full time?)Receiving his first big break working with Jamie Foxx on the Best Night of My Life project (Jumping on a plane to LA, being in the right place at the right time and playing your role)The amazing story of how Ariana Grande’s breakout song “The Way” almost never happened. (She hand-picked the song and murdered it!)What it takes to properly produce and roll out a record as a new artist Follow A-Rod @welcometotheavwww.welcometotheav.com Also discussed in this episode:The Success of the New Edition movie and what this means for future movies being made about successful recording artists from the 80s and 90sSome of the issues that came up in the movie like recording contracts, production deals, and how to gain leverage as a newbie in the business.New music released this week from Migos, Bell Biv Devoe, Keishia Cole, Kehlani and Eric Biddness Follow us:@WLPWR@BrianOnrea@FreeGamePodcast

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Free Game- The WLPWR Producer's Podcast Episode 43 Ft. Burn One

On this episode WLPWR and Brian Onrea talk with Atlanta music staple and Producer DJ Burn One. They discuss:His musical influences growing up in Atlanta Getting his start DJ’ing while working in Supersounds record shop as a teenHow he got the name “Burn One”How developing the right relationships helped break him into the industryEarly stories of working with a young Gucci Mane and watching him blow upForming his Five Points Music Group and what to expect from him in the near future Follow DJ Burn One:@djburnoneAlso discussed this episode:Streaming War update: Sprint buys 1⁄3 of Tidal!Why do artist still put out free mixtapes?Breaking down the producer/musician relationship and what is “work for hire”Follow us, subscribe and share!@WLPWR@BrianOnrea@FreeGamePodcast

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Free Game- The WLPWR Producer's Podcast Episode 45 Ft. Chad Cnote Roper

On this Episode WLPWR and Brian Onrea welcome Producer/Engineer/Songwriter Chad “C-Note” Roper to the show.A Milwaukee native. C-Note earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemical Industrial Engineering from Florida A & M University, where he met another Milwaukee native named Rico Love. He got his start engineering & vocal producing for Rico Love in 2005. Within his premiere year, Roper diligently worked with some of the music industries most wanted artists and producers including Jamie Foxx, Pleasure P, Michelle Williams, John Legend, Estelle, Nas, The Backstreet Boys, just to name a few. In 2011, he was nominated for his first Grammy for work done on Rihanna's Loud album. C-Note continues to work with the biggest names in the industry as well as dozens of independent artists every year. On this episode he talks about:His influences growing up in Milwaukee (Clark Sisters, Jodeci, Quincy Jones, etc)Learning how to arrange/produce vocals by singing in churchGetting his foot in door through audio engineering and learning an early version of pro tools as a teenagerThe process of bringing together Developing a close relationship with Rico Love on road trips from Tallahassee, Florida to Atlanta while in collegeWorking as a math teacher in Milwaukee during the week and flying to Atlanta every weekend to work on demosGetting his first industry paycheck from Jamie Foxx directly (cool story)How graduating from college helped him develop his consistency and work ethicThe importance of keeping his work under wraps until it’s actually releasedHis advice for up and comers in the music industry and where to begin“Treat the janitor like he’s the CEO, he just might be the CEO one day”Follow [email protected] discussed in this episode:Free Game takeaways from Super Bowl 51 (Never give up and Don’t get too comfortable)New music this week from Big Sean, Syd, Prodigy, and Slim ThugMusic Publishing BasicsWhat does a music publisher do?The functional differences between record labels, music publishers, and performance rights organizations.Who are the top music publishers by market shareBenefits of a publishing dealFollow us:@WLPWR@[email protected]

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