Ep. 151: Rodney Jerkins

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

Unknown, Music Interviews, Songwriting, Music, Songwriters, Education, Interviews, Music Creation, Artists

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🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Today’s guest is an urban legend in the flesh. An acknowledged virtuoso in the music industry, he began his career as a prodigy at the age of 15. Tireless in his work ethic, our young guest quickly established himself as a formidable musical force, with a trail of outstanding accomplishments writing his indelible page in music history. The wildly successful producer/songwriter/musician, has been an in‐demand producer since his early beginning; megastars line up to work with him to insure that next smash. He has added to the hit lists of music talents such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Mariah Carey, Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Brandy, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Z, Notorious B.I.G., Drake, Big Sean, Toni Braxton, Kelly Clarkson, The Pussycat Dolls, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, Jessie J, Ludacris and countless others. CEO of his production company, Sonix, Inc., our guest has garnished over 250 million sales worldwide. He also serves as National Trustee, Vice President of Advocacy, and Los Angeles Chapter Governor of the Recording Academy (Grammys) to improve the rights for all music creators and is a happily married father of four children:. And The Writer Is… Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins!

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0:00.0	Welcome to And The Writer Is with Ross Going.
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0:33.8	community.
0:34.8	We'll see you all there, and now, here's this week's episode.
0:48.5	Welcome to And The Update is I'm your host, Paige McDonald, and this is your weekly music
0:53.5	industry update.
0:57.0	Sony is spending $1 billion to buy another 3% stake in Epic Games to help build the
1:02.5	metaverse.
1:04.8	Judges in the US have hinted that the mechanical royalty rate paid to publishers and songwriters
1:09.3	for vinyl sales should rise.
1:12.8	Latin music is on course to generate over $1 billion in the US for 2022.
1:19.8	Seven years after its IPO collapsed, these are as in the talks to go public again via a
1:24.4	special purpose acquisition company.
1:28.6	Universal Music Publishing Group has struck an exclusive global deal with Authentic Brands
1:32.4	Group, owner of Elvis Presley's Enterprises to represent Elvis Presley's historic
1:37.4	song catalog.
1:40.2	Belief has appointed Alex Kennedy as UK Managing Director.
1:45.6	Cobal has promoted Lisa Bergami to Vice President of Creative Sink.
1:51.6	Universal Music has launched Capital Records, Italy.
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