Scott Blackwell

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Scott Blackwell is a Christian dance music artist, generally credited with being the first artist to produce such music for the Christian marketplace. [1] [2] In addition to releasing his own albums, Blackwell has produced many other albums, and has founded several record labels. [3]

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Personal life and music career

Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Blackwell got his start as a disc jockey. He eventually obtained a position supervising MYX Records, a division of Frontline Records. [3] [4]

Upon leaving Frontline, Blackwell founded N•Soul Records. By 1995, he produced eleven projects for N•Soul Records, and had acquired over fifty general market production credits. [5] N•Soul became best known for the Nitro Praise series, which incorporated praise and worship songs to various forms of dance music. [3] Blackwell left N•Soul in 1999, citing concerns about the vision of the company's leadership. He then founded two record labels,[ which? ] to focus on different genres of dance music. [6]

Blackwell continued to perform at clubs, in the greater Los Angeles area.[ citation needed ]

Solo discography

Artist collaborations

Blackwell has production, engineering, remix and/or other credits of music released by the following: [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Canfield, Dave (1991). "Reviews / Walk On The Wild Side". Cornerstone . 21 (98): 37. ISSN   0275-2743.
  2. 1 2 Allison, Karl (October 1992). "Reviews / Scott Blackwell - Walk On The Wild Side". Cross Rhythms (12). Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Liaison" . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp.  527. ISBN   1-56563-679-1.
  4. ↑ Rake, Jamie Lee (January 1992). "House of Holy: MYX Records Debuts". CCM Magazine . 14 (7): 10. ISSN   1524-7848.
  5. ↑ "Ask CCM / Blackwell Legacy". CCM Magazine . 18 (1): 10. July 1995. ISSN   1524-7848.
  6. ↑ "Channel 7 News / Hip-Hop & Dance". 7ball (25): 18. July–August 1999. ISSN   1082-3980.
  7. ↑ Drodge, Dave (June 1995). "Reviews / Scott Blackwell - The Real Thing". Cross Rhythms (18). Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  8. ↑ Urbanski, David (July–August 1999). "Tools / Music / The Real Thing". YouthWorker. XV (5): 59. ISSN   0747-3486.
  9. ↑ Owensby, Garland (May–June 1997). "Tools / Music". Youthworker. XIII (5): 65. ISSN   0747-3486.
  10. ↑ "Scott Blackwell Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  11. ↑ "N*Soul Records - Sozo". Archived from the original on September 2, 1999.
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