ThisIsRnB sat down for an intimate dialog with music trade veteran, the founding father of Hidden Seashore Information, Steve McKeever. After a few years of being the chief vp plus spearheaded all of A&R on the legendary Motown Information, McKeever began MoJazz whereas nonetheless working for the music big.
In 1998, McKeever determined it was time to start out his personal unbiased label. After getting a name from Ron Williams who related McKeever with Charles Whitfield with whom coincidentally, was nice buddies with Michael Jordan. Whitfield instructed him Michael Jordan was an enormous fan of his work. “I didn’t consider that by the way in which. I used to be an enormous, massive, massive Michael Jordan fan… My spouse got here out, we ended up assembly him and stated oh wow they’re actual, they really have this relationship… Charles Whitfield grew to become a associate, first worker… and finally we acquired traders round it, the primary being Michael Jordan. Which was a secret for a very long time.” The primary artist on the then beginner’s roster, was no apart from the queen mom, Jill Scott. Scott’s debut album, “Who Is Jill Scott?” let’s simply say it was a slam dunk.
McKeever took us down reminiscence lane, provided compelling recommendation for these desirous to step into the label enterprise, the way forward for Hidden Seashore Recordings and a lot extra.
Watch the complete interview under, and make sure to get your vinyl copy of “Who Is Jill Scott?” obtainable wherever music is bought.
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