Arvell Bates – ALB Productions
Mar 12, 2010 Today's Stars
Posted by
Diana Broomfield
Arvell Bates — paving his own road to success
President and Producer, ALB Productions
Arvell Bates was dissatisfied with the way the music industry was treating his local production company…
But instead of giving up, he decided to go another route by making a name for himself internationally… Bates, CEO of ALB Productions, is now receiving phone calls on an hourly basis from countries like the Philippines, India, Australia and Belgium requesting the music of his artists…
“You think about the hoopla of the way [the music industry] wants you to do
things,” he says… But Bates didn’t want to sit around and wait for a mega-label to come along and acknowledge the talent that he knew he was developing… So he re-invented the wheel… “They want you to get out there, make your own name, get some buzz behind your name and get some sales… If you [are] doing all that, my question is what do they bring to the table other than just a name?” he challenges…
During the days when Chicago’s man music was house music, Bates was producing house beats with his own signature style… “I used to make tracks for people’s cars so they could get looked at and noticed because they were beating something different from everyone else,” he recalls…
Going against the grain may have secured Bates international acclaim, but making good music is what’s going to keep him at the forefront of the music industry… “We strive to be the best that we can be and we are doing that by making good, quality music,” he affirms…
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Join us as we listen to some of that music and chat with Mr Bates and form your own opinion.
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Tags: arranger, composer, hip-hop, independent record label, preformer, singer, Talent, writer, youth
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