Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge

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EP42: Meet Taylor Robinson l Drummer and Music Manager Jun 20, 2018

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Welcome to another episode of the Silent Giants podcast!

This week’s silent giant is drummer, producer, and artists manager Taylor Robinson. He stopped by my Bed Stuy apartment to chat about his upbringing, how he got into music, his experience attending and prestigious Berkelee School of Music, how his career as a professional drummer began, life on tour, how and why he got into artists management, his new album and lessons he’s learned along the way.

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EP41: Prince Charles Alexander l Bad Boy Records recording engineer Jun 05, 2018

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Thanks for tuning into another episode of the podcast!

This week’s special guest is Grammy- award winning producer, recording artist, engineer and educator Prince Charles Alexander.

After becoming a signed solo recording artist under Virgin Records in the mid 1980s he began to focus his attention on a career as an audio engineer. He soon became one of the hottest engineers in hip-hop recording multi-platinum hits for Mary J Blige, Usher, Jodeci, Sting and Diddy. Its Prince Charles’s relationship with Diddy though that landed him the role of Bad Boy Entertainment’s lead engineer for over 10 years recording Bad Boy’s most iconic songs and albums.

In this episode he dials into the podcast to chat about his early life in Boston, breaking into the industry under music legend Maurice Starr, becoming a solo performer on Virgin, getting his big break as the engineer recording Joedci’s ‘Diary of a Mad Band’ album, how he landed at Badboy, shares vivid stories of recording Biggie’s ‘Ready to Die’ album, his new role as a professor at Berkelee School of Music and a whole lot more.

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EP40: Mary Wood l The silent giant behind Pepsi and 7UP. May 21, 2018

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This week’s silent giant is music entrepreneur, singer, songwriter and producer Mary Wood. Mary is the founder of Frisbee a company that specializes in writing for TV commercials, movie scoring and brand consulting.

Mary has written, performed or produced some of the most recognizable TV jingles for brands like Pepsi, 7UP, and many others. Her work as a musical TV giant led her write songs for A-list artists like Aretha Franklin, Britney Spears, Jordan Sparks, Isaac Hayes, Kiss, Faith Hill, Jessica Simpson, The Spice Girls and countless others.

In this interview I stopped by her TribeCa studio to chat about her upbringing in New Hampshire, how she got into music, moving to NYC, getting into commercial advertising, writing ‘The Joy of Pepsi’ jingle, being in the studio with Aretha Franklin, founding her company Frisbie and a whole lot more.

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BONUS: Nick Fulcher | The making of Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ album cover May 07, 2018

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Welcome to this very special bonus episode of the podcast.

In this episode we sit down with Atlantic records art director, Nick Fulcher. Nick sits down to chat about his role in the making of Cardi B's 'Invasion of Privacy' album cover. It's great to have him back on the show!

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EP39: Scott Sharrard l Gregg Allman's lead guitarist May 07, 2018

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This week's silent giant is Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Scott Sharrard. As well as being a solo musical artist Scott is most known for his role as a long time collaborator for rock and roll legend Gregg Allman. Scott worked alongside Gregg as his lead guitarist, song collaborator and musical director for years.

In this interview he sits down to chat about his upbringing in Michigan, how he got into music, how he met Gregg Allman, being nominated for a Grammy, cowriting Gregg's last musical composition before he passed away and whole lot more!

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EP38: Bruce Swedien l Michael Jackson's recording engineer Apr 30, 2018

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Welcome to another episode of Silent Giants!

This weeks silent giant is the 5 time Grammy award winner who assisted in recording, mixing and producing the Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ album, engineer Bruce Swedien. From 1978-2000 he recorded every single Michael Jackson song! Yes, every song from 'Off The Wall', 'Thriller', 'Bad', 'Dangerous' and beyond was recorded by Bruce.

He has recorded for some of the greatest artist of all time like Quincy Jones, Natalie Cole, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and countless others. You seriously have to read this mans wikipedia page to understand what he has contributed to American popular music. To put it simply Bruce is regarded as the greatest recording engineer of all-time.

In this interview I flew down to his Florida home to chat about his upbringing in Minnesota, how he got into engineering, connecting with Quincy Jones, the makings of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’, and a whole lot more. Meeting Bruce was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I really hope you all enjoy this interview.

Let me introduce you to the 5 time Grammy award-winning engineer, The King of Sound, my dear friend, the silent giant, Bruce Swedien.

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EP37: Liberty DeVitto l Billy Joel's former drummer Apr 09, 2018

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This week’s guest is drummer, Liberty Devitto the silent giant behind music icon Billy Joel. For over 30 years he was Billy’s touring and recording drummer participating on classic albums like ‘Turnstiles’, ‘The Stranger’, ‘The Bridge’ and many others. You may also recognize Liberty for co-starring in Netflix’s music documentary ‘Hired Gun’.

In this interview we sit down to chat about Liberty’s upbringing in New York, how he got into drumming, how he met Billy Joel, how became his drummer, and lessons he’s learned along the way. An amazing interview from an amazing guy.

So without further adou let me introduce you to the American rock and roll drummer, my friend, the silent giant, Liberty Devitto.

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EP36: A conversation with music entrepreneur, Jeff Price. Mar 20, 2018

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This weeks silent giant is Jeff Price. Jeff is the co-founder of Tunecore, the worlds largest digital music distribution service. TuneCore offers musicians and other rights-holders the opportunity to distribute, sell or stream their music through online retailers such as iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and others.

Jeff moved on from Tunecore and founded the mechanical royalty collection agency Audium which helps publishing members accurately get paid from YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, and other streaming services.

In this episode he chats about his upbringing, how he formed his record label spinART records back in the 90s, starting Tunecore, his new company Audium a whole lot more.

Overall Jeff is a music industry and bad ass and shares a lot of knowledge that I think you’ll appreciate.

So without further adou let me introduce you to the entrepreneur, music industry pioneer, my friend, the silent giant, Jeff Price.

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EP35: A conversation with rap artist, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Mar 05, 2018

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This weeks episode is with rapper and good friend Mr Muthafuckin Exquire. In 2011 with zero budget and management, Mr Muthafuckin Exquire’s viral song and video ‘Huzzah’ grossed an astounding 2.4 million youtube views and his mixtape ‘Lost in Translation’ exploded to become an internet sensation.

In this episode we cover Ex’s upbringing in Crown Heights, how he got into music, shares how he developed his sound and brand, and the creative strategy behind his viral sensation ‘Huzzah’. Lots of gems in this episode for sure.

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EP34: A conversation with Rhetorik Feb 19, 2018

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This weeks silent giant is Rhetorik. Rhetorik is one of my good friends from Virginia who has made quite a name for himself DJing behind Grammy nominated rap star Logic along with many others. I met up with him on his tour bus after his show at Madison Square Garden to chat about his upbringing, how he got into DJing for Logic, Life on tour and about his new role as a performing artist.

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