Interview with Michael Blumstein, manager of T-Pain (US No.1) and Jim Jonsin (US No.1) - May 11, 2009“First get hot where you’re from. Make sure you have your hood, your town, and then you can expand from there. You got to crawl before you walk, walk before you run.”
Flamboyant R&B megastar and grammy award winner T-Pain may bill himself as the ‘ringleader of the game’, kitting himself out in garish circus regalia, and even turning up to the 2008 MTV awards ceremony on the back of an elephant, but behind the scenes there must be someone keeping the crazy show on the road - that responsibility lies with his manager Michael Blumstein. HitQuarters talks to the Miami-native about his relationship with his superstar client, from first discovering in car showroom ready blow his first pay cheque on a flash car to balancing a tight tour schedule with dentist visits. He also talks about his other hugely successful charge, the grammy winning producer Jim Jonsin (US No.1), his strategy for building a successful career and his vision of a digital only future. Click here to read more |
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