Not least involving their CEO: Jason Rowland. When they offered me a job, it was based on my success with my own NYC-based label. But it was also assumed Lexi and I came as a package deal. Majestic would get an A & R guy who had his ear to the streets, and also his hottest prospect. When the hot prospect decided to go with their biggest rival, Davis Crawford’s Hypersonic, and when I turned out to be more interested in partying than finding them someone to replace her, the tension didn’t take long to creep in.Still, I managed to hand them a couple of good acts, a few indie rock bands whose sales are slow but steady, a hot girl group with an urban sound, and most recently an R ‘n B singer who has a small, but creepily-obsessive fan following. So they let me keep the office and the cards, but in truth, most of what I’ve been doing over the past few years has been the same as ever. Hustling to get small bands signed to other labels when Majestic – specifically Jason Rowland – rejects them.Not this time.
