As a studied musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and recording engineer Lawrence Cameron McGhee has loved and played music all his life.
He fell in love with the sound of the guitar as a young boy learning to play by ear he was intrigued by its influence in music in particular R&B. His resume includes forming his own lucrative seven-piece group, session work, producing new artists and recorded artist. He honed his song writing by studying with Arthur Hamilton (“Cry Me a River”) and Annette Tucker. His focus as a music professional has been to constantly improve his craft. Being a native of Los Angeles he always enjoyed the music diversity that he experienced there.
Lawrence believes that a song is a synergistic marriage of lyrics and music. While he concurs that the bass may be considered the heart of R&B, he recognizes the guitar as its je ne sais quoi (that intangible something).
Lawrence’s love for the guitar is evident in his song “It’s Just Love”. As guitar is very relevant to traditional R&B he created that same feel in this production. His crafted original songs include some funk, sophisticated blues and sweet ballads with thoughtful and clever lyrics that create ambiance and will make the listener smile.
All parts performed by Lawrence Cameron McGhee as well as drum programming.
Additional Artist/Song Information:
Artist Name: Lawrence Cameron McGhee
Song Title: It’s Just Love
Publishing: Lareve Music
Publishing Affiliation: Other
Album Title: It’s Just Love
Record Label: Record High Music
Steve Sloan grew up in Nebraska, and with his guitar, worked his way through college, the Sorbonne University in Paris, France, and law school (Juris Doctor ’67). Upon graduation he formed a singing duo with Gail Randall (Miss Omaha 1966) and “Steve & Gail” performed at folk houses and night clubs across America. In 1969 they joined The New Christy Minstrels, one of the country’s most popular folk-singing groups with 14 Gold Records.
Over the past 35 years, Steve enjoyed a successful career in real estate investment and brokerage. For 15 years he was a leader of a humanitarian organization which helped save over one million Jews, Baptists, and Jehovah’s Witnesses from persecution in the Soviet Union. Steve and Michi, his wife of 51 years and their two children live in Marin County, California.
Steve plays all the instruments, except a mandolin and steel/bass guitar in this CD album of 14 songs, including guitar (Martin D-35 dreadnought), harmonica, drums, tambourine, vocal lead and harmonies, rhythm stix, cymbals, whistling and gazatchka. Through the magic of multi-track recording, these elegantly simple yet powerful all acoustic instruments boldly back Steve’s spirited interpretations, resulting in beautiful, stirring music.
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Artist Name: Steve Sloan
Song Title: Old Mexico
Publishing: Steve Sloan
Publishing Affiliation: Other
Album Title: Old Mexico
Record Label: Steve Sloan Music
Hoping to leave a legacy of music that will continue to resonate with people for generations to come, Cabela & Schmitt Project’s music continues to manifest a profound expression of love. Blending Rock, Country, Pop, R&B, folk, Christian, and easy listening music, Cabela and Schmitt Music have released 10 albums, 3 EPs, and countless singles as part of their discography.
Biography:
The Cabela & Schmitt Project, also known as Cabela & Schmitt, features the inspiring Rock trio which consists of Rich Cabela and Wayne Schmitt on guitar, and keyboards and Tom Schmitt complementing them with his distinctive bass guitar and keyboards.
Together, the artists have embarked on a musical journey that spans over four decades, creating a memorable soundscape that resonates deeply with life’s unique faces and experiences.
For the artists, their music begins with scattered thoughts, random musings on existence, much like anyone else’s. But then, Cabela & Schmitt Project’s unique gift comes into play. These thoughts and feelings are transformed into melodies, the chaos turns into order, and words form verses.
More than just songwriting, the artists’ music is a means of channeling messages that they share with their audiences. Driven by a passion for making music, Cabela & Schmitt are pursuing their lifelong venture.
The most rewarding aspect of their music, however, is the continuous praise and feedback that they receive from fans, touched by the music in profound ways. Drawing inspiration from icons such as The Beatles and The Eagles, the trio aims to paint their own unique and riveting canvas of music.
Cabela and Schmitt Music has already been met with success. One of their standout tracks, “THIS IS MY LIFE,” has made its mark by charting at 53 on the Spin Tracking System Hot 100 charts.
Another track, “YOU MAY NEVER KNOW,” has garnered an impressive 836K streams on Spotify. Cabela & Schmitt Project continues to be set apart by the artists’ ability to transcend genres.
Their scintillating new single, “HONEY RIDE,” is a delightful tale of a young couple’s countryside adventure, while “DO YOU WANNA BELIEVE” explores the complexities of finding happiness amidst life’s challenges.
Cabela & Schmitt Project have achieved a remarkable feat, amassing over 6 million streams on Spotify in 2022 alone. Stunning audiences with songs that are not just melodies but colored with layers of stories, emotions, and life itself, the artists are looking forward to producing more music, including exciting remixes and original tracks.
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Artist Name: Cabela & Schmitt
Song Title: Testimony
Publishing: Cabitt Hole Productions
Publishing Affiliation: Other
Album Title: Testimony
Record Label: Cabitt Hole Productions
Country music has always been regarded as an American sound bred in the southern regions, but if fans have learned anything from the likes of keith urban, country music can come up from anywhere in the world. This leads us to the German radio cowboy himself, Rob Georg.
Very few would imagine a cowboy from Germany, but Rob Georg just does not wear the label, he lives the lifestyle. He spent the first chapter of his life as a professional equestrian athlete in the discipline of cutting. Here cowboys work cattle from horseback, all in true country fashion. He has won various championship titles that have led him to participate in the highly endowed tournament, the world series.
For an entire decade Georg was traveling across American cutting arenas with his trainer Dean Terry. With the many miles spent together on the highways, the two soon connected a deep friendship. When terry passed away in January 2018 and Georg’s beloved soul horse “primetime shorty” also crossed the rainbow bridge just one month later, a world broke down for the cowboy. To clear his head, he decided to take a break from ranch life. And so, the passionate amateur singer flew to Nashville “Music City USA” Tennessee to work on his singing skills with a professional vocal coach Kristin k. Smith (Katie Mac, Jillian Steele, Casey Derhak, Smithfield, and Josh Dorr to name just a few). encouraged by her words, Georg began recording his music and never looked back. His debut single “push that horn”, a tribute which he wrote in memory of Dean Terry, was released in June 2018 and is still being played in every cutting arena in the U.S.
Since then, Georg has released several country singles further demonstrating his songwriting talent, as well as his vocal prowess. Georg also knows how to captivate his audience live, whether on his first U.S. tour from Denver to Seattle, on stages on Nashville Broadway scene or the biggest country music events in Europe, such as the country music meeting berlin or the western experience in the Netherlands – the cowboy casts a spell over the audience.
In 2020 Georg’s debut album “radio cowboy” was released to much praise which to date has racked up more than a million streams on Spotify alone. The official videos have been viewed over 2. 7 million times. So far, five singles have been released to radio, reaching an incredible number of 17 #1 positions on various U.S. charts. His latest radio release “this old house” just spent two weeks at #1 in the U.S. national radio hits country chart and has made the jump to #1 on the new music weekly charts. Fans and music critics are equally enthusiastic:
“… A great, very catching album, which is certainly one of the strongest “German” productions of the past 10 years …”
country.de (Germany’s largest online country music magazine)
“Honestly, there isn’t a sub-par track on the album, mostly because of the wealthy, enticing voice of Rob Georg, oh so appealing.”
rawckus.com (Rawckus magazine reviews new releases in all genres of music)
“… Raises the bar in terms of passion, dedication and commitment …”
artistrack.com (Artistrack magazine evaluates new releases in all music genres)
“Rob Georg’s skills and talent is unquestionable and every song is more beautiful than the last” Indiepulsemusic.com (indie pulse music magazine reviews new releases of all music genres)
Georg had an insanely good year 2020 – with his album release, he not only celebrated chart placements, invitations to special live concerts, such as the country radio seminar in Nashville in February, or streaming numbers – he also won his first international music award at the new music awards “breakthrough country artist of the year”, and the fair play country music red carpet award in the Netherlands “amazing male voice country pop original”. So, it will not surprise you that Georg and his co-writers are already busy writing tracks for the second album.
In his Covid19 lockdown project, a Spotify podcast called “country music ain’t dead,” of which the first episode was released in early December 2020, he supported other country artists from around the world by interviewing them and then introducing them to his 450,000+ social media followers. Management companies and artists are jockeying for interview slots on the bi-weekly artist talk, which has been booked full into late summer 2021 and was published bi-monthly.
On top of the struggle all artists had to face in this unexpected moment, bad news were adding up for Georg. Both of his parents got diagnosed with severe illnesses. So, he moved into his parent’s house for several months, first for supporting his mom while his dad had to undergo several surgeries with extended hospital stays, then for the caretaking of his father and for helping him to recover from the severe surgical procedures, spending the nights watching over mom and dad at their house writing new songs. “I never wrote my lyrics and recorded my vocals with so much devotion and emotion like i did for these coming songs!” Georg says followed by a deep sigh.
If there’s one thing Rob proved to us with the two songs “Ghost” and “Carry The Wind” from his debut album, it’s that his special talent is to turn heartbreaking experiences into wonderful pieces of music that are outstanding.
As soon as the travel ban was lifted in late 2021, Rob finally was able to plant his feet on us ground again, just to be back in the studio and record the new material, of which one new song is being published every 6 weeks from March 2022 on. With winning the New Music Award in the category “Country Breakthrough Artist Of The Year” in 2022 and being nominated for the Josie Awards in the categories “Artist of the Year 2022” and “Song of the Year 2022” (“My Mother’s Arms”, the second release of the new recorded songs), he managed to get back into his career stronger than before.
But after all, he still is the cowboy that he used to be. Together with his wife Mel Georg, he runs a ranch in the Odenwald forest, Germany, with horses, cattle, sheep and a bunch of border collies, which Mel breeds and trains to be stock dogs. Asked why he’s still doing the chores himself, Georg answers “the animals are my life, and i can’t think of doing something else. This is where i find my inspiration. This is what keeps me grounded.”
Georg’s songs reflect the life he leads and the stories he lives to tell.
Additional Artist/Song Information:
Artist Name: Rob Georg
Song Title: Last Call
Publishing: Rob Georg
Publishing Affiliation: GEMA
Album Title: Last Call
Record Label: Coast
