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And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

Ep. 158: Theron Thomas (Rock City)

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is a singer-songwriter born of Caribbean roots with records that have entertained masses for over 15 years and his momentum has yet to stop. His talents touch the core elements of a hit record; whether he’s lighting up the stage as a performer or writing and producing your favorite top-charting hit. As a native of St. Thomas, VI; he first entered the music industry as one half of powerhouse duo R.City, alongside his brother. The road to becoming a world-renowned artist and songwriter isn’t always as smooth as one may hope. The brothers arrived in the US with only $35 to their name, sleeping in studios and on the MARTA (Atlanta’s public transportation); but their mindset remained ambitious. At 25yrs old, our guest and his brother Timothy signed their first deal with Akon propelling them into the next stage in their career, making hits. While signed to Akon, the Thomas brothers’ catalog grew and the potential for producing #1 records became a reality. R.City penned Mario's "Music For Love", Sean Kingston “Take You There” and Pussycat Dolls “When I Grow Up”; as well as music for Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, Flo Rida, and Usher. Later R.City signed to RCA and Dr. Luke and this relationship led to popular songs that dominated radio by Ciara, Beyonce, Nikki Minaj, Rhianna, Miley Cyrus and many more. Now, after years of success he continues to produce grammy award-winning projects like Grammys 2020 Best Contemporary Album  “Cuz I Love You” by Lizzo, #1 Rhythmic Radio Hits like "Best Friend" by Saweetie & Doja Cat and "Big Energy" by Latto. 4x Grammy-winning songwriter and strategic businessman, our guest has merely scratched the surface of his capabilities. And The Writer Is… Theron Thomas from Rock City!

 

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0:00.0

Welcome to And The Writer Is with Ross Going.

0:13.9

There are millions of singers, thousands of artists and only 40 songs per genre at a time.

0:20.2

These are the stories of the hottest creatives of the most eventable legends, artists, songwriters,

0:25.8

executives, and more.

0:28.0

Come join our Discord, follow our socials, and share your music with The And The Writer

0:33.5

Is community.

0:34.5

See you all there, and now, here's this week's episode.

0:48.6

Hey, what's up?

0:49.6

It's Paige McDonald, and this is your weekly music industry update.

0:54.3

The two million members of U.S. Digital Music Distribution platform, Disho Kid, can have

0:58.5

their credits added to the global database of Jaksta, after the two companies signed a data

1:03.6

partnership agreement on July 19th.

1:08.9

TikTok is reported to have started laying off some of its staff in the U.S. and is preparing

1:13.4

to let go more workers in Europe.

1:19.2

Ricardo Taco has joined Live Nation to lead the company's Latin Music Strategy for its

1:23.8

Concerts Division across Canada.

1:29.3

YouTube has joined in a partnership with Shopify in an effort to expand e-commerce tools

1:34.0

for creators.

1:38.4

United Talent Agency has secured fresh funding from Private Equity firm EQT as a part of

1:43.7

a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating UTA's growth trajectory, and as a result, EQT

1:49.2

has required a minority stake in the talent agency.

1:54.4

Chris Hirsch has been named SVP of Music Operations and Marketing at Create Music Group.

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