KENNY SALCIDO SHOW NOTES
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PEOPLE, BANDS, ARTISTS, COMPANIES & MEDIA LINKS MENTIONED FROM THE EPISODE
Grand Royal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Royal
Beastie Boys - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys
Mike D - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D
Rolling Stone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone
Thrasher - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrasher_(magazine)
Spin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_(magazine)
The Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source
Dominic Fike - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Fike
Childish Gambino - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Glover
A&M Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26M_Records
Arista Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records
Modest Mouse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modest_Mouse
Raucous Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raucous_Records
Greg Hammer - https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-hammer-a639b38
The Orchard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orchard_(company)
Beartooth - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beartooth_(band)
Sat Bisla - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sat-bisla-2a7587
Matt Pinfield - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pinfield
Caleb Shomo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Shomo
The Aces - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aces_(indie_pop_band)
Tom Whalley - https://twitter.com/Tom_Whalley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Blxst - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blxst
Wondergirl -
Terrace Martin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_Martin
Rance 1500 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_or_Nothin%27
Warner Bros Records - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Records
Scott Slutzky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-slutzky-94452a1
Albert Hammond Jr. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hammond_Jr.
Craig Aaronson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2569662/
The Strokes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strokes
Ne-Yo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne-Yo
The Kid Laroi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kid_Laroi
Justin Bieber - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Bieber
Flawes - https://music.redbullcontentpool.com/artists/3
Gavin Haley - https://wikibiography.in/gavin-haley-wiki-bio/
Tate McRae - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate_McRae
Cus D’Amato - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cus_D%27Amato
Wiz Khalifa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa
Rostrum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostrum_Records
Luke Wood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Wood
Mike Caren - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Caren
Craig Kallman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Kallman
Aton Ben-Horin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aton_Ben-Horin
The Kid Stays In The Picture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kid_Stays_in_the_Picture
https://www.amazon.com/Kid-Stays-Picture-Robert-Evans/dp/B005EYF3AE
Lenny Waronker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Waronker
Jody Gerson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Gerson
Ashley Newton - https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/people/ashley-newton/
Mary’s Danish - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%27s_Danish
Taxi Driver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver
Joker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(2019_film)
True Romance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Romance
The Birds - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(film)
Vertigo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)
Rear Window - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Window
Alfred Hitchcock - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock
Ernest Hemingway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
Beastie Boys Book - https://www.amazon.com/Beastie-Boys-Book-Michael-Diamond/dp/0812995546
Bernard Herrmann - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Herrmann
Martin Scorsese - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsese
The Godfather - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather
Miles Davis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
Check Your Head - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_Your_Head
Paul’s Boutique - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%27s_Boutique
Thelonious Monk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk
Bad Brains - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Brains
Minor Threat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_Threat
Kate Bush - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush
Talking Heads - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads
A Tribe Called Quest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest
De La Soul - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Soul
Peanut Butter Wolf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_Butter_Wolf
Blaze James - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blazejames
The Rope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(film)
QUESTIONS ASKED DURING INTERVIEW
[RITCH] Kenny, when in your life did you know that the music business was going to be your professional career path?
[ERIC] Kenny, you’re head of A&R for a label that is owned by a major brand - Red Bull, what is your criteria both creatively and non-creatively for signing an artist today?
[RITCH] Can you talk to us about some of the advantages or unique practical elements that Red Bull Records can offer that another label cannot?
[ERIC] What can Red Bull Records offer prospective artists that you’re looking to sign that is unique from other labels?
[ERIC] How important, in your position, is the team of an artist when you’re considering signing them? Is that something in your consideration when you’re gonna make that commitment?
[ERIC] How much weight do you place in an artist's live performance ability when considering them for signing? And does it vary with genre?
[RITCH] What, in your mind, are the specific qualities that you think make a great A&R person?
[ERIC] Are there any particular things that an artist can do to get on your radar, or on the radar of an A&R that you would advise an artist to do?
[RITCH] Kenny, throughout your life, have there been any books or movies that have truly been inspirational to you - professionally speaking?
[ERIC] Kenny, What advice can you offer our listeners who are wanting to pursue a career as an A&R executive?
[RITCH] Finally, what advice would you have for artists wanting to pursue a career as a professional recording artist today?
[ERIC] Kenny, where can people best connect with you and Red Bull Records?
KENNY SALCIDO QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW
“I tell artists, keep pushing, keep flooding emails. Because at some point, maybe there might be an A&R executive tired, s/he might come home late at night, and you never what they click on”
“Be a bit entrepreneurial nowadays, start off independent, and start off trying to touch all the aspects of the artists in management.”