A.J. McLean and Jordan Omley | Backstreet Boy, Songwriter, Dopey, and Record Producer

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Comedy

4.3 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

A.J. McLean and Jordan Omley are on the show to discuss the Live Together Foundation and growing up in the music industry. A.J. recalls his early childhood as an entertainer and the beginnings of the Backstreet Boys- back when they performed at malls and pet shops under the wing of Lou Pearlman. Jordan also talks about being a young rapper discovered by Sir Mix-A-Lot, touring as a teen, and making the transition from hip-hop artist to pop songwriter. We also examine their process of creating a record and what life is like in the studio. Make sure to check out and support the Live Together Foundation at LiveTogetherFoundation.org Host: Chris Laxamana ChrisLaxamana.com

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0:00.0	This is Corolla Digital.
0:05.0	This is Corolla Digital. And Oh yes that's right it's resume. Welcome back and I'm your host, Chris Lock Somana. Now this reminder, this is a show about
0:36.8	the journey of people's working lives that we took, and I have some very, very special
0:41.4	guest in me right now. Two music industry veterans. We have
0:45.8	Jordan Amley and A. J. McLean. Welcome guys. Hello. What's up man? All right so
0:50.9	just a quick heads up for those who don't know.
0:53.0	Jordan Amley is one half of the Grammy Award winning songwriting duo, The Jam.
0:57.0	They've done stuff with Santana, Jojo, Leona Lewis, and even Michael Bolton. Yes. So that's one hell of a ping pong player.
1:05.6	Oh wait wait wait wait is he better than you though because you're you're like we are
1:09.2	pretty good we get into some screaming matches Michael Bolton is not as nice as he seems
1:13.4	I just want to see Agro Michael Bolton just it's amazing it's like a South Park
1:17.2	character that's pretty awesome dude I had no idea yeah we'll have we'll have to see that
1:21.0	take a video next time.
1:22.6	And I'll have Agent McLean here.
1:24.1	You know him probably best from being one-fifth of the Backstreet Boys.
1:28.2	Yes, yes.
1:29.2	Hello, hello.
1:29.3	Welcome guys.
1:30.1	And so I just want to talk to you guys about, you know, just the jobs you had grown up and just what it was like growing up in the entertainment industry, how to break into the music business.
1:39.0	Before we get to that, you guys are here for a reason. You are promoting a foundation here called the Live Together Foundation.
1:44.6	Correct. The Live Together Foundation myself and Jordan created not that long ago actually.
1:50.4	We've been talking about it for a while but yeah I mean it's finally
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