Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge

Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge

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Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge episodes

  • EP51: Mel D. Cole l Photographer
    This week's silent giants is NYC photographer Mel D Cole. Mel is one of New York’s top photographers and has built a solid resume for himself working alongside Trey Songz and The Roots as their personal photographer.In this episode I sit down with Mel to chat about his early life in Syracuse, how he got into photography, lessons he’s learned along the way, shares amazing stories about shooting Diddy’s infamous white parties, meeting Sade and Drake in London’s 02 Arena and a whole lot more.FOLLOW MEL D. COLE ON INSTAGRAMFOLLOW SILENT GIANTS ON INSTAGRAMFOLLOW COREY CAMBRIDGE ON INSTAGRAM THIS EPISODE WAS MIXED BY MARK BYRDCHECKOUT MY OTHER PODCAST 'OPP-OTHER PEOPLES PODCAST' WHICH HIGHLIGHTS YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTERS AND THE DOPE SHOWS THEY CREATED. LISTEN NOW ON APPLE, SPOTIFY AND ACAST. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    55 min
  • EP50: Mad Skillz l Rapper & Songwriter
    Welcome to the 50th episode of the Silent Giants podcast! This is a major milestone and we're forever grateful to all of the Silent Giants who shared their stories and to YOU our listeners! We're forever grateful!This week’s Silent Giant is Grammy nominated rapper, songwriter and Virginia legend, Mad Skillz. Skillz is largely credited or being the first artist to put Virginia hip-hop on the map but built an amazing career as a ghostwriter for some of the biggest rap artists of all-time. Currently Skillz holds a teaching position at the University of Richmond at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies.In this interview I connect with Mad Skiilz in our hometown of Richmond, Virginia to chat about his early life, how he broke into the music industry with Missy Elliot and Timbaland, connecting with DJ Clark Kent, his first record deal with Atlantic back in the 90s, his career as a ghostwriter, chats about his latest EP ‘I’m the DJ & The Rapper’ and a whole lot more.FOLLOW MAD SKILLZ ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTERFOLLOW SILENT GIANTS ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTERFOLLOW COREY ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTERCHECKOUT OUR NEWEST PODCAST 'OPP' WHICH HIGHLIGHTS YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTERS AND THE DOPE SHOWS THEY CREATED. LISTEN NOW.This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    49 min
  • CHECKOUT OUR NEW PODCAST: 'OPP - Other People's Podcast'
    Be sure to LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE to OPP on Apple & Stitcher. We will be on Spotify very soon!Follow OPP on INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER.PLEASE LEAVE A RATING AND WRITE YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTS IN THE COMMENTS!Love you all,Corey Cambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    2 min
  • EP49: Bill Bentley l Legendary Music Executive and Publicist
    This week’s Silent Giant is legendary music executive and publicist Bill Bentley. In this interview I flew out to Los Angeles to chat with BIll about his early life in Texas, getting his start as Music Editor at the Austin Sun, his move to LA to which lead him to become music editor for the LA Weekly, Director of Publicity at Slash Records, and how he rose to become Senior Vice President of Media Relations at Warner Bros Records.FOLLOW SILENT GIANTS ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTERFOLLOW COREY ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTERCHECKOUT MY OTHER SHOW 'OPP - OTHER PEOPLE'S PODCAST'WHICH HIGHLIGHTS YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTERS AND THE DOPES THEY CREATED. This episode has been mixed by Mark Byrd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    1 hr 6 min
  • EP48: Lucia DeRespinis - Dunkin' Donuts Logo Designer
    This weeks special guest is industrial and graphic designer Lucia DeRespinis. Lucia is one of the most accomplished individuals in the world of industrial design but struck unexpected gold when she created the iconic logo for Dunkin’ Donuts. Her work in industrial design is displayed at MOMA here in NYC and she is currently a professor at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute.In this interview she invited me to her Manhattan apartment to chat about her early life, attending Pratt in 1949 as the first female to graduate in industrial design, the makings of that famous Dunkin Donuts logo, we have a conversation of the heart about life, race, and the world we live in.She’s one of the most extroadinary people I’ve ever met and it’s an honor to share her story so without further adou let me introduce you to the industrial and graphic designer, fierce trailblazer, my friend, the silent giant Lucia DeRespinisINSTAGRAM: @SilentGiantsPodcastINSTAGRAM: @CoreyCambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    1 hr 9 min
  • EP47: DJ Clark Kent l Music Producer & DJ
    This week’s special guest is legendary hip-hop DJ, producer, and A&R DJ Clark Kent. Clark is a NYC icon and one of the pioneers of hip-hop. His career started as a DJ at age 14 which later lead him to become the main DJ for The Notorious BIG. He later went on to produce “Cashmere Thoughts”, “Coming of Age” and the infamous “Brooklyn’s Finest” with Biggie and Jay-Z on Jay’s classic debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’. While DJing and producing he also landed a gig during this time as an A&R Atlantic records.In this interview Clark shares stories about his upbringing in Brooklyn, how he got into DJing and producing, landing his first A&R job, meeting Jay-Z for the first time, how he became Biggie’s DJ, introducing Dame Dash to Jay-Z, the making of my favorite Biggie song ‘The Sky’s’ The Limit’ and shares the intimate stories of being there the night Biggie was tragically shot and killed in LA in 1997.Listen. Download, Share. ENJOY!FOLLOW CLARK ON IG: @DJClarkKentFOLLOW SILENT GIANTS ON IG: @SilentGiantsPodcastFOLLOW COREY CAMBRIDGE: @CoreyCambridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    1 hr 16 min
  • EP46: Frank Olinsky - MTV logo and Moon Man designer
    This week’s silent giant is Brooklyn artist, graphic designer, illustrator and art director Frank Olinsky, the man who created the iconic MTV logo!Frank stopped by the podcast to chat about his early life, attending Pratt Institute back in the late 1960s, breaking into the industry as a graphic designer, creating album art for some of the biggest rocks acts of the 90s, being neighbors with Jean Michele Basqiuat, and oh yeah the makings of that famous MTV logo and a whooole lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    40 min
  • EP46: Frank Olinsky l The man who made the MTV logo

    This week’s silent giant is Brooklyn artist, graphic designer, illustrator and art director Frank Olinsky. Frank is the man who created the iconic MTV logo!


    Frank stopped by the podcast to chat about his early life, attending Pratt Institute back in the late 1960s, breaking into the industry as a graphic designer, creating album art for some of the biggest rocks acts of the 90s, being neighbors with Jean Michele Basquiat, and the makings of that famous MTV logo!


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    40 min
  • EP45: LIVE interview with Rafe Offer: Co-founder and CEO of Sofar Sounds
    This week we have a very special LIVE podcast episode with Rafe Offer, Co-founder of Sofar Sounds. Sofar Sounds is a music events startup company where guests and artists come together to experience music in an intimate and respectful setting at secret locations around the globe.For our first LIVE episode I stopped by the Sofar Sounds NYC headquarters to chat with Rafe about his upbringing in Chicago, his love for music, his experience attending the University of Wisconsin, why he created Sofar Sounds, how he was able to make the company a global community throughout the world, and we even have a short Q&A from our live audience!FOLLOW SOFAR SOUNDS AND RAFE ON INSTAGRAM._______________________________________________FOLLOW SILENT GIANTSFOLLOW COREY CAMBRIDGE_______________________________________________This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd of MBM Studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    24 min
  • EP44: LIVE interview with Rafe Offer: Co-founder and CEO of Sofar Sounds

    This week we have a very special LIVE podcast episode with Rafe Offer, Co-founder of Sofar Sounds. Sofar Sounds is a music events startup company where guests and artists come together to experience music in an intimate and respectful setting at secret locations around the globe.


    For our first LIVE episode I stopped by the Sofar Sounds NYC headquarters to chat with Rafe about his upbringing in Chicago, his love for music, his experience attending the University of Wisconsin, why he created Sofar Sounds, how he was able to make the company a global community throughout the world, and we even have a short Q&A from our live audience!


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    This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd of MBM Studios

    24 min

About Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge

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Silent Giants podcast highlights the superstars behind the scenes of popular culture. Hosted by Corey Cambridge, Silent Giants digs deep to investigate the people behind the scenes, while learning more about your favorite superstar’s most famous works. Hosted on Fastcast

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