Summary: <p>This week we speak with Super Producer, Victor Merritt, who has sold well over 30 million records in Pop, Hip Hop, Gospel, and R&B. Victor has received a Grammy nomination and numerous Billboard and BMI accolades, including having the largest selling male R&B artist RCA has had in over 31 years. Victor work over the years has included working with these iconic artists; Diana Ross, Brownstone, BabyFace, Kirk Franklin, K-CI & JOJO, Bobby Brown, Rome, 3T, U2 and countless others.</p> <p>When the daughter of <strong>legendary</strong> singer <em>Jocelyn Brown</em> heard some of the early demos, she introduced Victor and his production partner Gerald to her mother, and <em>Jocelyn </em>mentored his <strong>amazing</strong> young talent and introduced him to the way real singers record. In fact, <em>Jocelyn’s</em> single <strong>Freedom</strong> was his first professional music placement back in <strong>1990</strong>. Once <em>Jocelyn</em> left the states and moved to the <strong>UK</strong>, Victor continued to perfect his craft and landed his next placement as a young artist at <em>Atlantic Records</em> in <strong>1991</strong>.</p> <p>On the podcast, we also learned about an imposter using Victor's name, Victor "Vino" Merritt on LinkedIn. For over 3 years, Victor had no idea that a fake Victor Merritt was posing as him. This fake person created a sophisticated scam to prey on very green artists. This fake person used his music catalogue, easily searchable online, added fake facts, and fooled people into believing that they were a Grammy-nominated producer. </p> <p><strong>The Real Victor Merritt website; </strong><a href="https://www.victormerritt.org" target="_blank"><strong>www.victormerritt.org</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow & subscribe to ''The Entertainment Engine'' for weekly news & updates.</p> <p>(Podcast created by hosts Peter Moore & BeX Gregory at Seamless Entertainment)</p> <p>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/EntEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@entengine</a></p> <p>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/TheEntertainmentEngine</a></p> <p>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seamless_entertainment/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@seamless_entertainment</a></p> <p>Sign up here for the <a href="https://sendfox.com/theentertainmentengine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Weekly Newsletter</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/the-entertainment-engine" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website </a></p> <p>Seamless Entertainment - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></p> <p>The Entertainment Engine - <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/en-gb/t-shirt/13250254-the-entertainment-engine?ref_id=13814&store_id=471309" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Merch Store</a></p> <p>Music Industry mentoring and Online courses - <a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/mentoring-and-consultancy" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/mentoring-and-consultancy</a></p> <p>Email the team: podcast@seamlessentertainment.co.uk</p> <p>Send us a voice message for a chance to be featured on the show via - <a href="https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/entertainmentengine/message </a></p> <p>The background music was written & produced by<a href="https://push.fm/fl/b05hvryf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> BeX </a>& Alan Glass. (<a href="https://seamlessentertainment.co.uk/music-solutions" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seamless Music productions</a>)</p> <p>Podcast engineered & mixed by BeX Gregory.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/entertainmentengine/message
