Jeff Fenster episode:
Patchwerk Recording Studios presents... The I dO MUSIC Podcast
In this episode Sammy sits down to speak with Mr. Jeff Fenster Executive VP of A&R for Warner Brother Records about the following....
- starting out in the music industry as an attorney doing business affairs
- how he got his first job as an a&r with Geffen records & why he left
- his deejaying days & the various clubs he played at
- how A Tribe Called Quest ended up signing with Jive Records
- working on The Menace 2 Society soundtrack
- working with Keith Murray, E-40, Too Short, KRS-One, R-Kelly, Joe @ Jive Records
- the story on how they discovered & signed Mystikal to Jive Records
- how Brittany Spears was discovered & why they decided to sign her
- how Jive got into pop music with the Backstreet Boys
- his transition from Jive Records to Island Def Jam then back to Jive
- working on the Luther Vandross tribute album
- what he has going on now at Warner Brothers Records