HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER SINGER / SONGWRITER/ PRODUCER AND DUKE UNIVERSITY SENIOR SIGNS TO J RECORDS
(New York – NY) – Emerging and much buzzed about singer / songwriter / producer Mike Posner has signed to J Records. After self releasing his first mixtape A Matter of Time in March, it gained instant popularity and soared to become the #1 free download on iTunesU.
A Matter Of Time is a genre spanning mixtape that includes Posner originals “Drug Dealer Girl” and perhaps his most ubiquitous song “Cooler Than Me” which features Kanye West protégée Big Sean.
“At the tender young age of 21, Mike Posner is already a gifted artist, producer, writer, performer and obviously student as he got into Duke University, where he still has his senior year ahead of him! says Barry Weiss, Chairman and CEO, RCA/JIVE Label Group. “He is an artist that is already touching his peers through a vibrant on-line presence of his songs. Hats off to Peter Edge for bringing Mike into the company. We are excited.”
21 year old Posner hails originally from Southfield, MI and is about to begin his senior year at Duke University where he is majoring in Sociology and Business. He is currently in the studio working on his debut album which is scheduled for release later this year.
Posner states, “I can’t think of a better way to start my senior year of college than by signing a record deal with J Records. I’ve been hard at work in the studio all summer and can’t wait to share my music with the world.”
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Most college frat boys spend their free time playing beer pong and hooking up with hot chicks. But Southfield, Michigan-bred producer/singer/songwriter Mike Posner, 21, doesn’t let the hedonistic side of life at Duke University (where he’s currently a senior, majoring in both sociology and business) derail him from his musical dreams.
At 13, he started making beats and networking with other musicians via Internet message boards. After interning at Detroit’s 102.7 FM, he met and began working with Kanye West’s protege Big Sean, in 2007. In January 2009, Posner holed up in his dorm room and wrote, produced and recorded every track on his debut mixtape, A Matter of Time. Hosted by Don Cannon and DJ Benzi, the mixtape hit the Web in March, sparking a months-long label bidding war, where J Records emerged the victor. Creatively, MP’s style is a hodgepodge of influences. “When you hear my music, you’re not just hearing me; you’re hearing bits of Eric Clapton, Nas, Led Zeppelin, Dilla, Lauryn Hill and Jeezy” he says. This genre-bending style is apparent on cuts like the synthy “Drug Dealer Girl”, where he declares his devotion to his ever-reliable female weed connect.
Even with all his musical accomplishments, Mike hasn’t abandoned his studies just yet, as evidences by his hustle during finals week this semester. “Thursday I performed in Detroit. Friday I performed in Detroit. Saturday I performed at the University of Dayton. I came back and studied Sunday and Monday. I had three finals on Tuesday, and I had a show on Wednesday….Thursday I had like, a meeting with a professor, and Friday I had a meeting with Jay-Z”.
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Sound was horrible but it didn’t matter, the whole crowd was singing along.
The New Music Maestro Mike Posner performs/produces “Evil Woman” live at SOB’s. This is on some Drake shit…got 2nd camera angle from behind the stage so you can see how crazy the crowd is. Peep the original by Electric Light Orchestra
