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LAMN Jam Urban Winner Round #1 – Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz
Blues Band (“Original Urban”)
Beats Out R&B and Hip-Hop Acts
Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz Offered Deal
“Fantastic!” - “Let me bow to you!” - “I walk out of here tonight a blues fan because of you.” - “Why am I talking and you guys aren’t playing?” - “After hearing just two songs, I want to buy your CD!”
Members of the band Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz, who went on to win Round #1 of LAMN Jam’s Urban Music Contest by a landslide, were delighted to hear these words, especially when spoken by industry experts whose interest can have real bearing on their career.
Winning Band Offered Deal
In fact, after Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz performance, one judge – RBC Records’ Brian Shafton - offered the band a distribution deal on the spot.
Unanimous in their decision, judges at the Urban Music LAMN Jam are industry experts with an ear for talent and the ability to take it to the next level. Interscope Records A&R scout Danny Carter, himself heavily steeped in contemporary urban and hip hop music, gave some of the evening’s most heartfelt words.
“As an A&R [scout], I study all the music that came before me, and you showed me tonight I haven’t really done proper research on the blues. But I walk out of here tonight a blues fan because of you. You inspire me to do what I do.”
About Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz (winners!):
Carter: (Interscope Records) I just wanted to start off by saying ‘thank you’ because I just feel I got treated to something special tonight. I don’t feel like I’m in any position to judge what y’all do. As an A&R, I go back and study all the music and predecessors that came before me. And you showed me tonight I haven’t really done proper research on blues. But I walk out of here tonight a blues fan because of you. People like you motivate me to do what I do, to try to be the best… because I see that you’ve been doing it for a long time. I just watched you on stage, there’s music pumping through your veins, you’re gettin’ pleasure out of being here. Like I said, you inspire me to do what I do. So thank you!
Morris: ( Atlantic Records) I thought you guys were fantastic! Ray, your voice is amazing, it’s totally unique, you guys are all absolutely incredible players, I feel uncomfortable passing judgment. Look, we’ve been seeing contemporary urban, R&B and hip hop acts all night, and it was kind of a surprise and shock to see a blues act come up… You guys were fantastic, it was a real treat, thank you so much!
Koda: (Angel Diva Music) Let me bow to you!
Shafton: (RBC Records) Why am I talking and you guys aren’t playing? You just ripped it up! Over the top! You did an unbelievable intro, your musicianship is fantastic, from A to Z, every single one of you guys. The chemistry is there, you can feel it, you can smell it, the stage presence, the experience, the interaction, your aura… it’s all so real. A+ and heartfelt! After hearing just those two songs I want to buy the CD!
The Blues: Original Urban
Best comments of the evening came from Sugaray, lead singer of winning band Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz in response to Morris’s pleasant surprise to see a blues band of “old guys” beat the pants off five other contemporary urban, R&B and hip hop acts that night. Blues “is original urban,” said Sugaray.
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