DISCOVERING AND SIGNING THE BEST TALENT

 by Dwight L. Quinn

Discovering and signing the best artistic talent is the motor that keeps a record company running. “Breaking acts and protecting A&R will always be the lifeblood of our culture. It’s at the heart of every conversation we have”, says Dwight Quinn, CEO of Quinn Records TM.
There is fierce competition between record companies to discover and sign the best new artistic talent. We are constantly scouting for performers that have the potential to develop their career in music to the highest level. Traditional A&R methods are today complemented by other ways of finding and signing talent.

The way to find talent nowadays is completely different from 25 years ago when bars or small venues were the places to find artists and musicians. Now there are a multitude of different ways. But at the end of the day, no matter how we find talent, it’s about someone making music and someone feeling the emotion that it creates. The internet is often the first port of call for Quinn's A&R looking to find the top performers of tomorrow.

The internet has made pre-selection much easier. Instead of travelling to every gig, you can do a lot of the groundwork online, checking out bands on their homepage, Myspace or YouTube.

 The internet is where you first hear of a buzz around an artist. We’re not the sort of label that looks for someone who’s got two million hits on YouTube, but we do look for an online buzz. While the internet can cut out some of the legwork for our A&R executive, viewing artists online is no substitute for seeing them live and developing a personal relationship with them.

 Evaluating artistic talent is a subjective process, but Quinn agree we are looking for something beyond technical competence when searching for an act to sign. We are looking for an artist that can move music fans. We looking for empirical evidence of a connection between the audience and the artist.

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GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED

  GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED 
  by Dwight L. Quinn

Global recorded music industry revenues increased by an estimated 0.3 per cent in 2012, the first year of industry growth since 1999, to US$16.5 billion. Digital revenues increased by an estimated 9 per cent to US$5.6 billion in 2012, now accounting for around 34 per cent of global industry revenues. Download sales increased in volume by 12 per cent globally in 2012 and represent around 70 per cent of overall digital music revenues The number of people paying to use subscription services leapt 44 per cent in 2012 to 20 million. Subscription revenues are expected to account for more than 10 per cent of digital revenues for the first time in 2012. Digital channels account for the majority of record companies' income in an increasing number of markets including India, Norway, Sweden and the US Digital retailers' rapid global expansion is opening up the potential for markets such as Brazil and India, to become major sources of future industry growth. At the start of 2011, the major international services were present in 23 countries. Two years later, they are in more than 100 countries. Digital music consumption has become mainstream, as shown by consumer research by Ipsos MediaCT across nine markets in four continents. Two-thirds of internet users (62%) have used a licensed digital music service in the past six months. Among younger consumers (aged 16-24) this figure jumps to 81 per cent. Consumer satisfaction with licensed music services is demonstrably high. 77 per cent of users of licensed services rate them as excellent, very good or fairly good. Even 57 per cent of those who use unlicensed services believe "there are good services available for legally accessing digital music." Many non-digital revenue channels are also increasing. Performance rights income increased in value by an estimated 9.2 per cent in 2012 and now accounts for around 6 per cent of overall industry revenues, up from 3 per cent in 2007. Album charts in most markets show that investment in local repertoire is alive and well. In many countries, local repertoire accounts for the vast majority of the top selling albums of the year. Five major non-English language markets illustrate this. In Italy, Spain and Sweden, eight in 10 of the top selling albums of 2012 were by local artists; in Germany, seven in 10, and in France six in 10.


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AWESOME COMBINATION Label + artist = chart

by Dwight L. Quinn




It's the label/artist collaboration that
takes talent to the next level, pairing
a great act with a well-tailored package
that transforms an aspiring musician
into a successful artist - the perfect
song, unforgetable cover art, a
groundbreaking music video, and a
push to nationwide play on FM and
digital radio services like Pandora
and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

For more than four decades, the QRTM’s premier Blues, Gospel, Jazz and Soul music recording program has manifested major music sales and extraordinary artist
achievements.
First formatted to LP recordings but expanded to a variety of newer formats as technology advanced to include cassette tapes, CDs, digital tracks, digital albums, and ringtones, more than 633  titles have been recorded by the Quinn Records TM Music Company since 1971.

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A RECORD DEAL MATTERS

by Dwight L. Quinn

Quinn Records TM and other record companies alike,discover, nurture and promote artistic talent. We, the record companies are by far the largest upfront financial investors in artists’ careers. We also bring a huge range of expertise and experience to any campaign to bring a new artist to a broad audience. No other industry player currently offers access to such levels of investment or skills. Behind the breaking of a new artist there are a dynamic combination of creativity, talent, teamwork, strategy, finance and, of course, lots of prayers. Each project requires significant investment in research and development, as well as marketing and promotion. In 2011, record companies were estimated to have invested US$4.5 billion worldwide in artists and repertoire (A&R) combined with marketing. This represented 26 per cent of industry revenues. The four major labels combined had over 5,000 artists on their rosters and tens of thousands more artists are signed to independent labels like ourselves. New talent is the heartbeat of the industry and one in four of these artists (23%) are new signings (signed in the last 12 months). Quinn Record TM and labels alike are able to reinvest the proceeds of successful campaigns in the discovery and nurturing of the next generation of talent. Research study by five independent bodies found 80 per cent of unsigned artists with professional ambitions wanted a recording deal. The top reasons cited as ‘very important’ were marketing and promotional support (71%), TV and radio contacts (58%), the ability to focus on the creative process (50%), tour support (46%) and payment of a financial advance (45%). The findings are supported by countless personal accounts provided by unsigned artists and managers addressing this issue. Without significant investment, industry expertise and creativity (the business) and obviously the artist talent(the music), it is extremely difficult to break an artist or band into popular culture or the mainstream music markets. So where DIY demonstrates the artist ability to approach the industry in the correct manner, there is still no substitute for the experience of the industry to move an artist project forward.” Artists approach labels like Quinn Records TM wanting different types of support. This may be career development, financial support or a team to champion their creations. We want to help, whether it is assisting in the creative process, opening doors for them to work with great producers or supporting them with the right marketing campaign or distribution strategy. At Quinn Records TM we stand on the fact,that a Record deal matters.

NEW RELEASE FROM QUINN RECORDS TM KEVIN WHEELER & R2 " LETS GO PARTY"

by Dwight L. Quinn

Virginia's R&B Soul sensations introduced their ninth Single today on the Quinn Records TM label titled,"Let's Go Party". 
The new cut is strictly for the dance-floor party jammers, a soul filled cut that is fit for D.J. Jamming-Club-jumping enjoyment. 

Kevin has long been wanting to do a what he calls a real soul sound. Signed on to the Label in 2004. Kevin has enjoyed experimenting with various musical experiences that has took him from Spiritual to Smooth Jazz and from Hip/hop to Soul. All because of the freedom afforded to
him by the Label. When Kevin,talked about adding to reportorial, some Soul, was at the very heart of his original attention when signing to the Label Kevin called on help of Quinn Records TM label founder Dwight Quinn to match him up with right song that best defined the musical character, of this Virginia Jammer and to get himself  noticed  in the Southern Soul  Market. Quinn,found what he thought was the right cut, in the Little Delta Music catalog ,the Publishing arm of Malaco Records,(the Southern Soul Label),and pulled out "Lets Go Party" written by Bobby Conerly and Charles Ray Burton. "Lets Go Party" had that feel and bounce that makes for a great party grooving dance song. After hearing the demo the first time Kevin was hooked and immediately got the feel and here we are, Kevin promised that things are going to get better as him and R2 start their tour.
"Lets Go Party" will be a must-listen to blast coming from over the Airways, through the internet and right out to rocking,back in woods,street-side Clubs around the Country."Lets Go Party"!

SONG INFORMATION:

Title: LET'S GO PARTY
Composer: Bobby Conerly, Charles Ray Burton
Artist: Kevin Wheeler & K.L. R 2
Timing: 4:18
Publisher: Little Delta Boy Music/ Malaco Records
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Label: Quinn Records TM
Genre: Soul

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HOW I POSITIONED OUR BRAND

by Dwight L. Quinn

I remember when I opened the label several years ago.
 As a team we were working on how we wanted to position the label, looking for the 
emotional benefit that we could offer to our customers. We finally landed on "We'll give you what you want" as our positioning. We never used it as a tagline, but more as a positioning statement for how we would serve up what we offered customers.

Many of our customers were mid-size independent retail record stores, operating in small and large urban cities. The idea of helping them to get the kind of music that they wanted was engaging. 
Our work would get them track able sales results and they would recognized that.The fact that 
we were and still are today a brand promotion label gave our positioning statement double meaning.
Once it caught on, our brand's positioning became the basis for building the brand experience 
across our entire marketing plan. We realized that the key was to make sure that our actual brand experience delivers on what was intended in the positioning.

In the label at the time, we made sure we helped our customers showcase and display our products to get the recognition they needed in order to generate a sale. We make a big deal when one of our customers sale our products by celebrating every successful sale. It became part of our personality and part of the experience of working with us. This came directly out of our positioning statement:"We'll give you what you want."

Take a look at our brand and what we've done for positioning. Notice, 
our tagline is  a big hint:

Quinn Records TM: "Where the sound of blues,gospel, jazz and soul music is made."

Notice the level of emotion in each of our tagline, which essentially highlights our brand's 
positioning. 

Here's how we translate the tagline into our positioning statements:

Quinn Records TM: Makes you feel like you'll get what you asked for.

We digs deep into the emotional benefit that we offer to our customers. We're always thinking  
about how we want our customer to feel about us, every time they think about us. We tried to 
capture that in a brief statement that best describes what we can offer, and keep a list of  options on hand. And throw them out to the team and do a little brainstorming. 
It's makes for a lot of fun,especially when those creative juices start flowing and ideas comes from seemly out of nowhere.

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IT'S MUSIC BUSINESS TODAY!

by Dwight L. Quinn



As the model for a label has changed, so has the role of the artist in the industry. 
Artists today are more powerful than ever, noting that an active Artist can reach 
high on Charts today with very little traditional radio or other marketing. 
They are business people, marketers... They know how to relate to their audience 
and know how to connect properly. Selling "Show Tickets" is the Artist goal. The
income is huge for an Artist who sells from 6,000 to 28,000 tickets per year with a 
indie Label. 
Quinn Records TM and other  different independent labels have different programs 
and signing with John Doe label, for example, is not the same as signing with Willie Earl
records. Artists need to be aware of which indie labels do what best before signing a deal.
An Artist that's into Techno Soul is not going to do well with a Traditional Blues indie Label.

And with today's artists having more options than ever of how to release their music, 
The old record contracts are being  tossed aside in favor of a more 
egalitarian split -- and with digital platforms becoming ubiquitous, the differences between 
major labels and indies will be reduced. Yet the role of the label -- as the vessel, the support 
structure and the team assisting the artist in achieving success -- will not be going away.

The power is and always have been with the artist "but the infrastructure and guidance 
of a label is still a very important and necessary role in the music industry."

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When You Strip A Way The Glamour.

by Dwight L. Quinn


You know the old wisdom "All that shine is not gold, and " Looks are Deceiving and so on. Well there's a whole lot of truth to those aged old pieces of wisdom. And I discovered it in my early days in the Music business, I came into the Business like most, totally with no reality at all, I told my reality to wait outside for me until I get back, I got this! Than all of a sudden I noticed that I went from eating choice cut fresh meat to can meat, potted meat,spam. I'm asking myself now what going wrong here, this is not the way it suppose to be, I'm in the record business. I' ll go to my office,put up the phone to make a call , no dial tone, so I leave but when I get the parking lot, guess what, my car is gone,so I calls the police so that I can make out a police report for a stolen car, well don't you have any idea who may have stolen your car the policeman would ask, and I would say yeah!,police would ask,than who and tell'em the Bank stole it. Man those days was rough when you leave reality waiting outside. 
I'm glad of one if nothing,else, my father always taught me and brothers to honest with your self first and you'll find it easy to honest with others. I realized that I was going to succeed at this business unless I go back and get my reality back and than go forth. 

Now I see my business as a business, a living entity that needs focused attention, that need to know not only who its customers are,but what they want, in terms of products and service. We don't second guest.
Don't be fooled Music is Entertaining but it takes Business management with planning to get it to and from the stag to the Bank.

 I average 20 working hours a day, trying to get Quinn Records TM right,  right doesn't mean that we're doing something that is wrong, right in our strategy that means,simply staying on course with our idea and plan. We're not in the Hit making business, we don't trade on Wall Street,we're in the Listening business specializing in Artist Development and  make music for, as they use to call it,"turn-table" use and  for customer who only like new music in their favorite genre and wants it right now. 

We're diverse, we build on diversification it gives us a broader base product line and allows us to keep niche music that identifies with an eager to served  Market making available the music that they are most familiar with thus rekindling again a useful and valuable product in today's  market. 

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WAS A REGULAR ON THE CHIT'LIN CIRCUIT.

by Dwight Quinn

Freddie King was Born in Gilmer, Texas, Sept. 3, 1934, King was six years old when his uncle taught him how to play a guitar.Lil Aaron said, that this is where Freddie got his style of guitar playing from his uncle teaching.
Still a teenager Freddie left Gilmer,Texas and moved to Chicago, where he got into the urban Blues scene, going to clubs, sitting in with bands and eventually forming his own band, The Every Hour Blues Boys.
He began working as a Studio musician,doing  sessions for than independent label Parrot Records.King auditioned for Chess Records, but was turned down, because it was said that he sounded too much like the then up coming blues artist Riley B. King a.k.a B.B. King.

He finally made his solo debut, as Freddy King in 1956 — he began spelling his name Freddie King in
1968 — with the single “Country Boy,” a duet with Margaret Whitfield, for El Bee Records.
Success was still a few years off. In 1960, he signed with Federal Records, a subsidiary of Syd Nathan’s
King Records label — a good omen, although his first single for the label, “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” (originally written by Billy Miles) made little impression. King began 1961 with “You’ve Got To Love Her With A Feeling,” which reached No. 93, then had his biggest pop-chart success with “Hide Away,” named after the Chicago bar Mel’s Hide Away Lounge. The swinging instrumental, partly drawn on other blues licks, was King’s sole Top 40 entry, peaking at No. 29 (and reaching No. 5 on the R&B charts); “San-Ho-Zay,” also released in 1961, just missed the Top 40 at No. 47 (No. 4 R&B). King alternated between releasing vocal and instrumental material, as evidenced by the albums he released in 1961: “Freddy King Sings” and “Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away With Freddy King: Strictly Instrumental.” King stayed with Federal until 1968.

A regular on the Chitlin’ Circuit, King landed a gig in 1966 in the The Beat Boys, the house band of the R&B TV show “The !!!! Beat” (the band was led by Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown). His stint with the show paved the way for a contract with Atlantic Records, which released the albums “Freddie King is a Blues Master” and “My Feeling for the Blues” in 1968. That same year, King did his first overseas tour to a warm welcome. There was a blues boom in Britain, and aficionados were already fans of King’s work.

“Hide Away” was covered by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers on the 1966 album “Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton,” and two other King numbers, “The Stumble” and “Someday After Awhile (You’ll Be Sorry)” were on the Mayall & The Bluesbreakers 1967 album “A Hard Road” (this time with Peter Green on guitar). “Have You Ever Loved A Woman” also would appear on Derek And The Dominos’ 1970 album “Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs,” and became a live favorite of Clapton’s. It was then that King began crossing over into the rock market. He signed with Leon Russell’s label, Shelter Records. Russell was very involved with King’s Shelter albums; he produced, performed and wrote songs for “Getting Ready” (1971), “Texas Cannonball” (1972) and “Woman Across The River” (1973, which reached No. 54 R&B,
No. 158 pop). “Getting Ready” featured another of King’s signature songs, “Going Down.”

The rock influences were now on the forefront, and King began playing for more white rock audiences. Grand Funk Railroad, which toured with King, even name checked him in their song, “We’re An American Band”: “Up all night with Freddie King/I got to tell you, poker’s his thing.” King also toured with Clapton and shared the stage with Led Zeppelin.

There was no shortage of musicians who wanted to work with King; both Clapton and Bobby Tench of The Jeff Beck Group appear on King’s 1974 album “Burglar.” Tench also appears on 1975’s “Larger Than Life” (the last album released during King’s lifetime, which reached No. 53 R&B).
King was considered the most emotive of the “Three Kings.” His singing has a pronounced rawness, and his guitar work is distinctive thanks to his use of thumb and finger picks (in contrast to B.B. King’s single-string style).

King’s primary means of making money was through touring, and he spent most of his years on the road. As a result, his health began to decline, and in 1976, he began having problems with stomach ulcers. King died Dec. 28, 1976, at the age of 42, suffering complications from his ulcers and pancreatic.
Freddie King didn't become a big name like,Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and B.B. King. He got life with the young rockers such as George Harrison, Jimi Hendricks, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck they all displayed his influence in their playing and Freddie won a new audience.

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The Quinn Digital Music Store has a large music library of the label's prerecorded blues, gospel,jazz and soul music all selected for your best musical enjoyment-- ensuring you that every one of our genre is catered for. You have the option to preview any music track before you buy via a 30-second music clip (for a track over 2:30 (U.S. only). The Quinn Digital Music Store is always being updated with new releases, keeping the selection fresh and up to date.So that you can keep your digital music collection spiced up with the newest and latest in blues,gospel,jazz and soul music
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NEWS UPDATE:

We have upgraded our Radio Servicing Program, now Radio Station Programmers, DJ's,and Press can get  FREE  Promo CD's and/ or Digital MP 3 Tracks online by going to our website(www.quinnrecords.net) sign in,create an account and click on the Radio/Press/Media link at the button right hand side of our Homepage, then choose to Download Broadcast Quality tracks using our new digital delivery system or you can select the Promo CD Copy of your choice and we will snail-mail  the Promo CD's right out to you, absolutely FREE, we pay the postage, it fast and it's easy. Your can request a  Promo CD's to sent to you  or you can Download Broadcast Quality Digital tracks of your choice any time,day or night, holidays or weekends it doesn't matter. All we are trying to do is make things easier. It's Fast and It's FREE!
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2013 Summer Release Season

by Dwight L. Quinn

We're well into our 2013 Summer release season. And the Season looks  very good  for CD Sales,because of their unexpected increase  during this tuf economy. Of course that's music to our ear. Since  the past five years or so, we've released our projects in both formats digital and CD. We know that Digital and streaming is a great way for  fans to get their music fast and convenient, but the CD is still the format of choice by fans and industry professionals. In fact this is not a new phenomenon in the music industry. The music industry has always offered music in two formats simultaneously. 
 This Summer we are going to release three new projects and they're all going to be available in both formats digital and CD,also our customers still will be able to buy the releases in our Special order formats,vinyl, cassette tape and sheet music. This year projects will have a difference that is going to be easily recognized by our regular customers and that is we're going to be offering several covers that will be playing a big part in this years releases and I'm rather excited about this plan because it is not usually our preference to use cover songs in a new projects, since we offer and promote to our customers, new music. Smooth Jazz is one the categories that we will be providing a new product. Kevin has finished four new cuts for this category and I know our Smooth Jazz fans are going to truly love what we got to offer them in the Smooth Jazz area. The other categories that we will  offer this Summer is of course, our signature category,"Blues" with the release of our hot,fast-moving CD Compilation,"GO SLOW-Blues Crossing",the album already has produced a lead off, run away hit song, it's James Gilbert's"Blues In The Morning" the song has been Blues Radio's top selection for the past nine weeks.Other popular songs on the Album is,"Mississippi Red's,Send Me Someone To Love,"Osee Anderson, Breaking Up Somebody's Home," Lil Aaron Mosby,Last Night" and Oliver Johnson,Want You Dance With Me". To further promote the GO SLOW-Blues Crossing Album we're booking a five city tour scheduled to start in July, 2013 promoting the the targeted Cities are,St.Louis,MO.,Chicago,IL.,Houston,TX.,Lansing,MI. and Memphis,TN. We're on a mission to galvanize our Artists fan base by bringing them a hot show that will be packed with new moving and entertaining sounds.

And if you would want the Show to stop in your City email; dwight@quinnrecords.net. 

 Lastly, we are expecting to cover a release in our Jazz category with a Single that's been on the drawing board for nearly three years and the cut is a most-waited on tune since a few Radio pros has already got a sample of it and sitting on needles waiting on it's completion. You can learn more about our new releases and coming soon projects on our website; Visit www.quinnrecords.net

NEWS & UPDATES

NEWS & UPDATES TO BE REPORTED:

APD Global Radio Indicator Charts ™

Top 50 APD Blues / Jazz / R&B Albums - Last Week, 

(as of 10:18 pm Thursday, May 9th 2013)

#13-Quinn Records TM Present "GO SLOW Blues Crossing"

Location: AMERICA NORTH: USA:Missouri (MO)

Quinn Records TM Remembers The Southern Harmonizers

by Dwight L. Quinn

The Southern Harmonizers were at that time a Radio Artist of Station WIBV in Belleville, Illinois and WESL located in East St. Louis, Illinois. Broadcasting on Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and were  sponsored by the Ebony Insurance Company, Pat's Barber Shop, Totsie Hair Grower, New York Cleaners and Crisp Confectionery.My first awareness and contact with this group came when I was at the age of 12 years old. I would hear them rehearsing at a house next door to a neighborhood friend of mine that lived one block over from where I was living. The power of those voices with harmony so tight, it would be difficult to get air between the notes would leave me spelled-bound. They were singing without microphones and used no special effects tools like they do today. I  and my friends would stop playing marbles  and we would just listen, like the other neighbors was doing, they had us in their grasp, awesome entertainment coming from a house that made us,my friend and I wish that it was our house that they were rehearsing at, just to give us a boasting edge at school the next day. It was the kind of direct-to-the-point promoting that got real good attention.


The Southern Harmonizers were organized and founded in 1942 by Bro. Leonard Bell and Richard Orange. The original group members were Bro. Leonard Bell, Register Harris, Henry Summers, Harry Lee Barnes and Richard Orange.

At the beginning Bro.Richard Orange served as the Groups Manager from 1942 til 1945 when Bro. Rollie Davis joined the Group and later became it's Manager and served in that capacity until his death in 1972.
Under the the leadership of Bro. Rollie Davis, the following members united in the Group, Leslie Johnson, Alex Yates, Wilbert Jackson, Rev. Jimmie Harris, Leroy Crisp, Robert Wooten, Lee Mosby, Jesse Lawrence, John Thurman, Wiley Whitfield, Booker Jackson, and  Robert McAllister. After the death of Bro. Rollie Davis, Bro. Leroy Crisp took over the rein of Manger that lasted for one year. Bro. Crisp resigned because of the demands of his work. Bro. Register Harris became the the Groups 4th Manager and served in the managers capacity until poor health caused him to resign. The resignation of  Bro. Harris through the Group in limbo and caused them to become inactive for several years, until Bro. Leroy Crisp reactivated the Group and under his guidance and leadership the Group flourish once again. Bro. Crisp recruited several new members under his rein that included, Bro. Alonzo Collier, Bro. Larry Williams, Bro. Sylvester Davis, Bro. John Mathis, Rev. Anderson Sparks, Bro. John Wright, Bro. Rodney Richards and Bro. Raphael.

The Southern Harmonizers under the leadership of Bro. Leroy Crisp signed on to the Quinn Records TM label March 6th, 2006. They did not need to submit a demo, because those regular group rehearsal next door to my friend house in 1958 superseded  that Company's policy.

Bro. Leroy Crisp served as Manager of the Southern Harmonizers until his death in 2010.

ALBUM: Sixty-three Years Of Service For The Lord
CAT.#   : QR 061145-1
UPC      :662154652131
GENRE: Gospel

SPRING SUMMER AND THAN COME'S FALL!

by Dwight L. Quinn
This Summer you'll be hearing a lots more R&B coming out of our doors in these Summer Releases due out June,2013. Kevin of KL&R2 in particular are working on an aggressive Soul project that will almost surely put him and KL&R 2 in a demanding position. 
And,James Gilbert our hot,new Recording Artist that hails from Kansas City, Missouri has already shown us what he can do. James has brought a whole new dimension and broadness to our sound and the fans are letting us know that by keeping James at the very Top of our Song Chart each week. James is expected to be releasing his second Album on the Quinn Records Label this Summer. With new and original cuts,and you guest it, it will have all of that KC "Rock" in each of the Songs along with those powerful vocal cords spurting out  soulful tunes.Oliver Johnson, the guy that brought the trumpet to soul, said that he has a bunch of new songs that he put together between gigs. Oliver will be offering a bit of both,Jazz and Soul in this package this Summer. I can't promise you how the weather is going to be out of doors but I can surely promise you that inside of Quinn Records TM, it's going to be HOT! And than comes Fall, this is the time when we usually Releases our last project for the year,i.e. October, but there's something usual about this coming October 27th, 2013 but from my perspective, it doesn't seen like it's been that long,but time doesn't lie either. This October 27th, 2013 will be marking our 42nd year in the Blues Business,"My-My Ain't It Funny How Time,Just Slips On Away?.-GO SLOW-Blues Crossing! 

JAMES GILBERT QUINN NEWEST MEMBER TO IT'S FAMILY OF RECORDING ARTIST IS BEING WELL RECEIVED BY RADIO PROFESSIONALS

James Gilbert made his debut presence  known on the Quinn Records TM label on September 28th, 2013 with a reissued  original  hot cut  titled "Keep On Keeping On", his version of Brook Benton's "63" R&B hit song,"Rainy Night In Georgia" "and a original  slow-moody Blues cut,titled "Blues In The Morning". The songs has made James Gilbert one of the most recognizable new up coming R&B/Blues artist  in the industry today. To further prove this statement ,Airplay reports received by Quinn is used to compile Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart and James songs has been ranked on nearly all of the Charts since the release of his  debut CD,"Keep On Keeping On". Kansas City is where James Gilbert calls home.  KC has always been a key market for Blues Music and over the years Kansas City have produced some of the biggest names in  R&B/Blues music such as, Annette "Cotton Candy" Washington, Arnold "Gate mouth" Moore, and Lighting Hopkins just to name a few of the many Kansas City R&B/Blues  gurus. Now,James Gilbert is walking along that path with his strong ambitious R&B rocking Blues style that has people calling him the next great KC Blues giant like,"Lightning Hopkins, while re-kindling the fire that made Kansas City one the top ranking Markets  in the Blues Business.I'm really excited about James, said Dwight Quinn founder of Quinn Records TM, he can carry us to a level of high achievement, because Blues Music is our Business and having a talent like James delivering the real-true sound of the Blues will give us that recognition. Blues Radio has very high standards when it comes to Blues Music, so when you see those Professionals embrace a Artist like they are doing with James Gilbert, than you better watch out, you could very well be looking at the next Little Milton Campbell,Albert King or Bobby Bland coming over the horizon, said Dwight Quinn.

A short tour is being planned that will cover thirty-three U.S. Cities, giving James the opportunity to take his Blues Business to the streets. James said that he's eager to get started because performing live on stage is in his blood and that's where I'm at my best self, James said. James has six songs on Quinn Records TM's New Release,"GO SLOW-Blues Crossing", which is a Special Compilation that features eight of Quinn's Blues/Soul Artists. James Gilbert bringing the Kansas City blues sound to the Album makes it hard to cut it off, when you play it. You get a whole mix of Blues styles, such as, Osee Anderson Chicago style, LiL Aaron Mosby,Delta stlye, Oliver Johnson,Urban style, Mississippi Red, Traditional style and Carl Marshall Texas blues styles.
 James has been invited to do several Radio interviews with the most recent one was on April 15, 2013 with Kevin LEGS Walker of btinternet.com (UK). James has also, been actively promoting his need project through  Radio Drops and Voice Overs that he has been in great demands for by the Media.

Quinn Records TM has just recently released new Single by James Gilbert titled,It's A Real Good Sign. It's A Real Good Sign has already hit the Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart for Monday, 2013 in the #4  spot, making it the third Song that James has on Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart. It's a powerful indication from the Airway that this new Kansas City songster is about to Break. It's A Real Good Sign.
The song "It's A Real Good Sign was published by Quinn Records TM on their YouTube Channel,"Quinn President Choice", please have a listen. Enjoy!

OLIVER JOHNSON GOT NEW MATERIAL COMING OUR WAY.

Oliver Johnson "the guy that bought the trumpet to Soul", has been busy working Shows six and sometimes seven nights a week found time to get a little Studio work in between gigs. Today he told me that he have come with some awesome new material that will fit Quinn Records TM taste to a tee. Well, Oliver should know what kind of music that we like. Since he's credited with over eight Albums and four Singles on the Quinn Records TM's label. Oliver Johnson is a very active member of the St. Louis blues, jazz and Motown community. He appears frequently at R& B concerts, clubs, and private parties both as single performer and as a leader of his own group,:The Nite Train Express". Oliver at the age of six, began his study as a vocalist with his mother, Roberta Johnson of Uttica, Mississippi. Roberta, who was a gospel church singer, also introduced Oliver to the music of Performers like Louis Armstrong and Nancy Wilson. When Oliver was eight years old, the famous Jazz organist Tabb Smith and his group would rehearse in Oliver's home. At ten years old, Oliver started the study of the trumpet with Harry Turner of the Count Basie Band. Oliver's first professional performance, at age 13, started at the Cosmo Hall in East St. Louis that featured regular acts like Ike Turner, Johnny Johnson, Chuck Berry, Little Milton and Albert King. After high school Oliver started touring with Westmoreland,Inc. This band that eventually became Albert King's Band included Motown recording regulars like Tyrone Perry and Paul Jackson. For 12 years Oliver toured throughout Europe and Japan playing trumpet and singing with Mel and Tim (Backfield in Motion), Joe Tex (Skinny Leg's and All, Shirley Brown (Woman To Woman, Albert King,(Born Under A Bad Sign), Gladys Knight and The Pips, Rufus Thomas (Walking The Dog), Carla Thomas (B-A-B-Y Baby). Aside from Oliver's regular performances he has recently played the Black Rep's Production"One More Time". Oliver is mostly known for his versatility in many different music formats, from serious Be-bop trumpet to Falsetto R&B singing. Oliver signed on with Quinn Records TM in 2004 and have since created an impressive Catalog of titles both in the R&B, Soul and Jazz genres constantly performing headliners shows in venues all over the St. Louis Metropolitan area.

QUINN HIRES HARVEY LEE AS ITS' NEW ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER.

by Dwight L. Quinn
April 15th, 2013

Managing performances, events, artists and company's entertainers will be the responsibility of Mr. Harvey Lee Entertainment Manager for Quinn Records TM. Harvey Lee is coming to Quinn Records TM with over thirty-five years of Entertainment Management experience. Twenty-six of those were spent the United States Army where he performed as a Musician in Military Bands around the Globe, part of that experience lead Harvey into Club Management while Stationed in Germany. Harvey continued his musical activity playing local and national Bands here in the U.S. and performs occasionally as a Club DJ for various events.Harvey's love for the music business allowed him to gain great exposure and success in Booking acts as part of his wide array of Entertainment activities. A natural people-person a heart, Harvey is a natural for this job. Harvey will work extensively throughout the world. The job that Harvey will be doing for Quinn will provides limitless opportunities to travel nationally or internationally in markets where Quinn's music prominent This is a stressful and demanding job, but Harvey's project management and people skills will assists him in managing sufficiently. The position requires the Harvey to multi task effectively in this competitive, fast paced environment!! As the first order of business Harvey's main focus for Quinn will be to identify, select, create, oversee, manage thirty-three (33) small type venues with seating capacities not to exceed 800 and not less than 400 seats on an ongoing and continue bases, with the expected revenue goal of approximately $264,000 annually and develop an opened door communication with company artists, vendors, local radio stations, records stores, press etc. Harvey also will be working with parks, lodges, holiday venues, international organizations, company artists, hotels, and other companies involved in the entertainment industry. Harvey will create and have a team of professionals to manage and delegate responsibilities to. They include costume designers, makeup artists, sound and lighting technician, performers and other professionals.We Welcome Mr. Harvey Lee aboard. You can contact Mr. Harvey Lee by email: harveylee@quinnrecords.net -GO SLOW-Blues Crossing!