SunTrust Sports and Entertainment Specialty Group provides some of the following benefits.
As team players, they work with you, your family, agent, attorney, business manager and any other advisors you may have. They are familiar with income that can change drastically from year to year with new contracts or the financing needs you may face before a tour. Above all else, they have music industry professionals who understand your strong need for discretion and confidentiality.
Songwriters and producers frequently borrow money from SunTrust to bridge the gap between payment cycles. Because of their extensive experience, they are often able to consider intellectual property and/or future royalty payments as solid collateral for loans.
They understand both the cost – and the ultimate payoff – of putting your show on the road. They also know that the grueling schedule of concert tours combined with precious time away from loved ones can create undue stress in a performer’s life. With short-term concert tour financing from SunTrust, there is one less thing for you to worry about.
Royalty checks, cash income from merchandise sales, and other cash payments need to be managed effectively. They offer cash sweep programs to help you maximize your current income, while giving you easy access to your money – when you need it most.
Multiple homes are common among music industry professionals, and traditional mortgages are rarely appropriate. They can structure customized financing deals that meet your desires for a second home1, a private jet, or a trip around the world.
Retirement in your business can come at an early age. Their music industry professionals are specially trained to help those in the music business achieve financial independence that can last a lifetime, no matter when they choose to retire.
As your trusted financial partner, they believe it is their responsibility to provide expert advice and education on spending, saving, borrowing, and planning for your future – before, during, and after your peak earning years.
With social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, it’s a challenge to find people who share the same interests as you or who can be of assistance to your career. In the past, I would find myself searching through endless profiles hoping to find local music artists, music journalists, podcasters, and PR and marketing consultants that I could converse with and begin building my network. I found people here and there; however, there was a lot of time and energy put into making that happen.
With the internet becoming more intelligent, I knew there was something out there that could cut the time and energy spent in searching for A-alikes in half. Almost a month ago, I stumbled upon The Twellow Pages. If I need to find a company and how to contact them in the “real world”, I would use the Yellow Pages (I would actually use the internet, but let’s use this as an example). That’s the concept of Twellow Pages, but for the “virtual world”.
Twellow grabs publicly available messages from Twitter.com, analyzes and categorizes each of the users responsible for those messages into the various categories found at Twellow. This allows you to cut through the clutter by narrowing your search into specific niches.
The most amazing feature found on the site is “Twellow Hood”. It allows you to find people within your region, state or city.
If you’re not on Twellow, all you need to do is connect your Twitter account to the platform. Once you’ve done that, setup a profile and specify which categories (up to 10) in which you belong. You can also post other social networking sites you subscribe to. This is one of the best ways for people to find you, as well as NETWERK!
Our Friends at Dynamic Producer, Presents: The Chop Shop in ATL on Wednesday July 29th at The BENCH. "Finally a place for sample-headz, break beat lovers, and those in tune with the essence of hip hop music & production to call home!"
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Ludacris is working with Leslie Brathwaite having songs mixed at PatchWerk Studios. Ludacris’ Battle of the Sexes is the upcoming collaboration album between Ludacris & Shawnna. It will be the seventh studio album released by Ludacris and the third released by Shawnna. The album is set to be released in Summer 2009. Theater of the Mind 2, Luda’s solo project, is also slated for a 2009 Release.
Playaz Circle highly-anticipated debut album Supply & Demand was released on October 30, 2007, and featured the hit singles "Duffle Bag Boy" with Lil' Wayne, "Betta Knock" and "U Can Believe It" with Ludacris. Now back in the studio, working on their 2009 Release Flight 360, Playas Circle, is having songs mixed by Leslie Brathwaite assisted by M. Pratt at PatchWerk Studios.
Gucci Mane was at PatchWerk for several days this past June working with PatchWerk engineer Kori Anders and producer Drumma Boy. Gucci has a new official mixtape "Guccimania" out with some of his new 2009 singles featured on the mixtape and has recently inked a deal with Warner Bros. Records.
Fantasia, along with DJ Toomp, was also in PatchWerk this past June with PatchWerk engineer Dee Brown.
After the second studio album, Round 2 by contemporary R&B singer J. Holiday, Holiday is back in the studio, and was specifically at PachWerk working with engineer Mike Miller.
Other sessions in 9000 included those for Weezer (J. Stevenson/M. Miller), Bebe and Cece Winans (K. Anders), Nefarious Sound (K. Anders), USDA (L. Brathwaite/M. Pratt), and Bones (M. Miller).
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Def Jam’s Lil’ Ru was also at werk with KP & Malay of Ghet-O-Vision. Lil’ Ru’s sessions were tracked by PatchWerk’s Mike Wilson.
Gucci Mane was at PatchWerk for several days this past June working with PatchWerk engineer Kori Anders. Gucci has a new official mixtape "Guccimania" out with some of his new 2009 singles featured on the mixtape and has recently inked a deal with Warner Bros. Records.
Singer/Songwriter Sean “The Pen” Garrett along with R&B singer Mario were back in the studio cutting a record together with engineer Miles Walker assisted by Mike "Snotty" Miller.
Yung Joc plans to release his third studio album Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood on Swagg Team Entertainment under Jive Records sometime in 2009. He was recently in PatchWerk working with Kori Anders.
Singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, Teddy Riley, along with Krave were in PatchWerk working on new session produced by Bangladesh and assisted by Kori Anders and Dee Brown.
Fantasia, along with DJ Toomp, was had session engineered by PatchWerk engineer by Dee Brown.
After the second studio album, Round 2 by contemporary R&B singer J. Holiday, Holiday is back in the studio, and was specifically at PachWerk assisted by PatchWerk engineer Dee Brown.
Other sessions in 995 included those for Usher/Dow Jones (J. Preer), Y1’s (D.Brown), Like Blood (D.Brown), Verse (K. Anders), Skeet (A. Dickey), Joseph S. (K. Anders), Butta (D. Brown), Maintenance Man (M. Miller), Lil Geechie (M. Miller), Tha Bizness/Mistah Fab ( D. Brown)
