About The Group

Fred Sutton III, Vice President of Operations
Fred Sutton III is an accomplished and most successful businessman and entrepreneur. Mr. Sutton’s extensive and multifarious career in the
entertainment industry has resulted in his successful track record as special projects consultant for Motown and Polygram Records; Independent Television and record producer; and international entertainment and financial analyst.

JMinor (Count Coolout) VP A&R/Operations, JaThom Records
Count Coolout is a pioneer of the early East Coast hip-hop scene that laid the groundwork for the first wave of 70's rap artists. In 1979, Count's talents as a dancer and background vocalist were showcased with epic old-school rapper Jimmy "Super Rhymes" Spicer. Then in 1980 Count stepped into the spotlight with the release of the infectious "Rhythm Rap Rock", a 12" single which charted overnight on all the major charts, including Cashbox and Billboard. Due to his innovative form of thinking many have labeled him "The Think Tank", as they so rightfully should. For it was his innovative concept for the fusion of rap and rock that was eventually capitalized upon by his good friend Russell Simmons who, along with Rick Rubin, Aerosmith and “Run DMC”, released the updated version of “Walk This Way”. His responsibilities at JaThom Records include the management of all creative departments, including A&R, Publishing and Production.
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Bobbi Booker, Media Liaison
Bobbi Booker is a longtime multi-media journalist, radio personality and blogger whose editorial experience includes news, culture, lifestyle, business, sports, politics and entertainment reporting. Ms. Booker, who came to The Philadelphia Tribune in July 2001 as the Lifestyle & Leisure staff writer, has spent more than
25 years as a journalist — first in radio with major regional stations and then in the nascent web news era of the late 90s. READ MORE

Leonard Dockery, Jr., VP of A&R, Brandon Records, LTD
Mr. Dockery started his career in the music business with Fred Sutton Productions nearly two decades ago. Mr. Dockery's training includes marketing, merchandising, promotion and artist development training. While working in A&R for Brandon Records, he formed Leonard Dockery Music Productions and developed Chism, who was signed and featured with NFC on the 1997 Brandon Records release "Players Only Live Once." "Big Lenny” went on to develop hip hop artist Elliot Ness, who subsequently became E. Ness of P Diddy’s Bad Boy Records hit group, Da Band and the widely successful MTV show, "Making The Band." He is currently developing two projects for Brandon Music Group: Futch~The Camden Kid, along with the Black Key produced, Chuck Lawless. Mr. Dockery will be responsible for coordinating Brandon Record's A&R and Production.

Mark Stevens, Executive Vice President, Brandon Records, LTD
Mr. Stevens, the former President of Financial Diversified Services Group, joins Brandon Records as a 30-year veteran with an extensive business background. Prior to joining Brandon Records, Mr. Stevens served as Director of Banking for the Washington, DC-based Operation HOPE Center, the nation's first non-profit social investment banking organization. His expertise covers Mortgage Banking, Small Business Administrations (SBA) protocol and compliance and General Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP). Mr. Stevens' responsibilities as Executive V.P. will be to oversee and coordinate all administrative departments, including payroll, royalties (record, publishing and mechanical) and vendor services.

STAFF MEMBERS

The staff at Brandon Music Group has been selected from a sterling group of seasoned professionals for hands-on development for radio, marketing, merchandising
and retail. They have extensive experience and have worked with successful independent and major labels and many well-known and successful artists A partial listing of labels and artists includes Motown Records, West End Records, Prelude Records, PolyGram Records, MCA Records, HI Records, RCA Records, SUTRA Records, TK Records and Sugar Hill Records. Artist included Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Jermaine Jackson, Switch, Diana Ross, Rick James, Thelma Houston, The Dazz Band,
D Train, Kool & The Gang, Isaac Hayes, Parliament Funkadelic, Grover Washington Jr., Cameo, Sugar Hill Gang, Al Green, KC & The Sunshine Band, Flash & The Furious Five, The Temptations and Millie Jackson.

Our production staff includes New York’s Ron G who has produced LL Cool Jay, Jennifer Lopez, Mario, R. Kelly and created legendary mixes for Tupac and Biggie Smalls. Also on the team will be Black Key, well known for his production on DMX, Jay Z, Corrupt and Jada Kiss.

As time goes on we will continue to bring in a constant flow of talented and professional staff members for marketing, production, merchandising, radio and design. We will also constantly work around the clock to discover new and refreshing talent to secure the A&R integrity outlined under BMG’s project protocol. We look forward to providing an exhilarating and exciting listening experience for our audience.