Primary Wave and Violator Management Forge Music Management Partnership

Like other areas from the music business, there’s lots of consolidation happening in talent management — including this announcement today from feisty independent firms Primary Wave and Violator Management.They’ve selected the unfortunate title of Primary Violator Management for that 50/50 partnership. Primary Wave’s client listincludes CeeLo Eco-friendly, Ginuwine, Goodie Mob, Eric Benet, Cody Simpson, Situation and GMD3. ViolatoraddsCurtis 50 Cent Jackson, LL Awesome J, Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Soulja Boy, and Diggy Simmons.Primary Wave Boss Ray Mestel come in charge. Levels of competition are intensifying: Yesterday, Live Nation Chairman Irving Azoff stated he intends to announce a large music management acquisition soon. Here’s today’s release: NY, N.Y. (September 16th, 2011) Music business veteran, Ray Mestel, Boss of Primary Wave Music, among the biggest independent music posting, marketing, branding and talent management companies within the U . s . States, announces a distinctive partnership with legendary music manager, Chris Lighty, Founder and Boss of Violator Management to produce Primary Violator, a brand new giant talent management firm. The brand new business enterprise brings together Lighty and elite music manager Michael Blue Williams, joining together a couple of the modern most influential and effective talent managers in urban and pop music. I'm excited to produce Primary Violator with two of the very gifted and respected professionals in the market. The background music business is about innovation which proper partnership can create a far more varied company, that will bring about an abundance of possibilities for the clients, states Chris Lighty, Boss of Violator Management. Additionally to management, Primary Violator will give you a range of services for artists, getting popular culture methods to corporate America via Primary Waves in-house branding company Brand Synergy Group, internet marketing company BrightShop, Lightys Brand Resource Group, in addition to utilizing Primary Waves in-house film, television, gaming, commercial advertising and TV team of developers. All management clients signed with Primary Violator will get access to these extra in-house, brand-building assets. Joining Chris Lighty and Blue Williams produces probably the most effective, intelligent and industrious popular culture management team within the music business, states Ray Mestel, Founder & Boss of Primary Wave Music. Its an recognition for Primary Wave to synergy with Chris and the staff. This effective trio, Mestel, Lighty and Williams signifies the launch of the full-service talent management super group. Just before starting Violator, Chris Lighty, labored alongside music business pioneers Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen at Hurry Management and Def Jam within the 90s, where he signed multi-platinum artists for example Warren G and Foxy Brown. The twenty-plus year music veteran was identified by Forbes Magazine among the industrys most influential talent manager and it has labored with probably the most prolific music celebrities including Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, Sean Diddy Hair combs, LL Awesome J, Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Soulja Boy, Diggy Simmons and Years old Gotti to title a couple of. Primary Wave Musics Boss Ray Mestel has over two decades of music experience and it has held positions including Chief Operating Officer, Island Records, Executive V . P . and Gm, Arista Records and Chief Operating Officer and Gm, Virgin Records where he labored with legendary artists like the Moving Stone, Jesse Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Buffett, Carlos Santana, Avril Lavigne, Usher, Melissa Eldridge, Hall & Oates and Def Leppard. Adding his expertise towards the team, Michael Blue Williams was the first kind Leader of Full Latifahs Flavor Unit Management where he oversaw the launch of music careers like Monica, Outkast, Total, SWV and Belief Evans. Williams then branched out by himself and founded Family Tree Entertainment, where he ongoing to construct the career of Outkast and grew to become recognized among the primary causes behind the prosperity of this legendary rap group. Younger crowd handled artists including Macy Grey, Jagged Edge, Nick Cannon, Blu Cantrell, Monica, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Donell Johnson, YoungBloodz, Lyfe Jennings and presently, Williams runs Primary Waves management roster including Grammy Top rated CeeLo Eco-friendly, Ginuwine, Goodie Mob, Eric Benet, Cody Simpson, Situation and GMD3. Our goal would be to make certain our clients artistic exposure is really as diverse his or her artistic expressions, whether or not this’s through music, art, film, or TV by mixing forces with one of these industry leaders, Im certain that we are able to bring great possibilities to the artists, states Blue Williams, Leader of Primary Wave Talent Management. Before this new merger, Primary Wave has additionally been effective within their additional management endeavors, joining up with music managers for example rock manager Scott Frazier, who works together with bands like Saving Abel and Volbeat author/producer manager Tom Maffei, who handles John Kennedy and Cam Meekins manager Jerry Blair, who handles Ebenholzfarben Bones, Glory For Anyone, and Alex Youthful in addition to joining up with music managers David and Winston Simone, who use talent varying from Wilson Phillips to high-wire daredevil Nik Wallenda. Ray Mestel will end up Chairman and Boss of Primary Violator while Chris Lighty assists as Chief Operating Officer. Michael Blue Williams will stay as company Leader from the recently created venture.