Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge

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EP51: Mel D. Cole l Photographer Oct 31, 2018

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This week's silent giants is NYC photographer Mel D Cole. Mel is one of New York’s top photographers and has built a solid resume for himself working alongside Trey Songz and The Roots as their personal photographer.

In this episode I sit down with Mel to chat about his early life in Syracuse, how he got into photography, lessons he’s learned along the way, shares amazing stories about shooting Diddy’s infamous white parties, meeting Sade and Drake in London’s 02 Arena and a whole lot more.

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EP50: Mad Skillz l Rapper & Songwriter Oct 03, 2018

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Welcome to the 50th episode of the Silent Giants podcast! This is a major milestone and we're forever grateful to all of the Silent Giants who shared their stories and to YOU our listeners! We're forever grateful!

This week’s Silent Giant is Grammy nominated rapper, songwriter and Virginia legend, Mad Skillz. Skillz is largely credited or being the first artist to put Virginia hip-hop on the map but built an amazing career as a ghostwriter for some of the biggest rap artists of all-time. Currently Skillz holds a teaching position at the University of Richmond at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies.

In this interview I connect with Mad Skiilz in our hometown of Richmond, Virginia to chat about his early life, how he broke into the music industry with Missy Elliot and Timbaland, connecting with DJ Clark Kent, his first record deal with Atlantic back in the 90s, his career as a ghostwriter, chats about his latest EP ‘I’m the DJ & The Rapper’ and a whole lot more.

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CHECKOUT OUR NEW PODCAST: 'OPP - Other People's Podcast' Oct 03, 2018

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Be sure to LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE to OPP on Apple & Stitcher. We will be on Spotify very soon!

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Corey Cambridge

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EP49: Bill Bentley l Legendary Music Executive and Publicist Sep 26, 2018

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This week’s Silent Giant is legendary music executive and publicist Bill Bentley. In this interview I flew out to Los Angeles to chat with BIll about his early life in Texas, getting his start as Music Editor at the Austin Sun, his move to LA to which lead him to become music editor for the LA Weekly, Director of Publicity at Slash Records, and how he rose to become Senior Vice President of Media Relations at Warner Bros Records.

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WHICH HIGHLIGHTS YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTERS AND THE DOPES THEY CREATED.

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EP48: Lucia DeRespinis - Dunkin' Donuts Logo Designer Sep 12, 2018

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This weeks special guest is industrial and graphic designer Lucia DeRespinis. Lucia is one of the most accomplished individuals in the world of industrial design but struck unexpected gold when she created the iconic logo for Dunkin’ Donuts. Her work in industrial design is displayed at MOMA here in NYC and she is currently a professor at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute.

In this interview she invited me to her Manhattan apartment to chat about her early life, attending Pratt in 1949 as the first female to graduate in industrial design, the makings of that famous Dunkin Donuts logo, we have a conversation of the heart about life, race, and the world we live in.

She’s one of the most extroadinary people I’ve ever met and it’s an honor to share her story so without further adou let me introduce you to the industrial and graphic designer, fierce trailblazer, my friend, the silent giant Lucia DeRespinis

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EP47: DJ Clark Kent l Music Producer & DJ Sep 05, 2018

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This week’s special guest is legendary hip-hop DJ, producer, and A&R DJ Clark Kent. Clark is a NYC icon and one of the pioneers of hip-hop. His career started as a DJ at age 14 which later lead him to become the main DJ for The Notorious BIG. He later went on to produce “Cashmere Thoughts”, “Coming of Age” and the infamous “Brooklyn’s Finest” with Biggie and Jay-Z on Jay’s classic debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’. While DJing and producing he also landed a gig during this time as an A&R Atlantic records.

In this interview Clark shares stories about his upbringing in Brooklyn, how he got into DJing and producing, landing his first A&R job, meeting Jay-Z for the first time, how he became Biggie’s DJ, introducing Dame Dash to Jay-Z, the making of my favorite Biggie song ‘The Sky’s’ The Limit’ and shares the intimate stories of being there the night Biggie was tragically shot and killed in LA in 1997.

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EP46: Frank Olinsky - MTV logo and Moon Man designer Aug 02, 2018

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This week’s silent giant is Brooklyn artist, graphic designer, illustrator and art director Frank Olinsky, the man who created the iconic MTV logo!

Frank stopped by the podcast to chat about his early life, attending Pratt Institute back in the late 1960s, breaking into the industry as a graphic designer, creating album art for some of the biggest rocks acts of the 90s, being neighbors with Jean Michele Basqiuat, and oh yeah the makings of that famous MTV logo and a whooole lot more.

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EP45: LIVE interview with Rafe Offer: Co-founder and CEO of Sofar Sounds Jul 09, 2018

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This week we have a very special LIVE podcast episode with Rafe Offer, Co-founder of Sofar Sounds. Sofar Sounds is a music events startup company where guests and artists come together to experience music in an intimate and respectful setting at secret locations around the globe.

For our first LIVE episode I stopped by the Sofar Sounds NYC headquarters to chat with Rafe about his upbringing in Chicago, his love for music, his experience attending the University of Wisconsin, why he created Sofar Sounds, how he was able to make the company a global community throughout the world, and we even have a short Q&A from our live audience!

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EP44: Meet Lucas Sacks l Talent Buyer at Brooklyn Bowl Jul 02, 2018

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Hey Guys!

Welcome to another episode of the podcast!

This week’s silent giant is talent buyer, Lucas Sacks. Lucas is in charge of booking talent at Brooklyn Bowl, one of NYC’s most popular performance venues. In this episode we sit down to chat about his upbringing, how he became a talent buyer, describes his day to day duties and responsibilities, how he discovers talent to book for the venue, explains mistakes that artists make when looking to book shows and a whole lot more. If you’re an aspiring artist or manager there's a million gems in this episode so listen closely!

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EP43: Meet Andre Torres l Founder of Wax Poetics Magazine Jun 26, 2018

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This weeks silent giant is Andre Torres. Andre is founder of the iconic music magazine Wax Poetics. He stopped by the podcast to chat about his upbringing in Florida, his early career as a painter, making the move to NYC, how he started Wax Poetics, why he exited the print publishing business and his new role as Vice President of Urban Catalog at Universal Music.

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