What are your thoughts on the music industry today?
"I want to bring the love songs...Back to the radio!!!"
I think that answers that question. SMILE!!
Background:
His name is Chenier Wilson. He goes by Mr. Chenier the Ambassador of R&B. He was born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens but now resides in Raleigh, NC. He considers himself the Ambassador of R&B because he feels that he represents R&B to the fullest from music, to videos, to live performances. He represents the Grown & Sexy Sound!
He was about five years old when he first discovered that he had a gift for singing. In his very young years he us to watch a show that used to come on TV called the Ed Sullivan show. They were showing a Jackson 5 performance and from that point he started learning their songs and he thought he was Michael Jackson, he even sounded like him...till puberty hit.. LOL! He started singing seriously publicly in his high school choir, high school gospel choir, College choir, College gospel choir and also his home church choir.
He shares a story about his first stage performance recalling this event: "My first stage performance I had to be about ten years old. I was bragging about how I can do this, and do that on stage to my cousins, and when it was my turn to perform on stage at the talent show, I froze. Classic stage-fright!! So I did what most kids would do in that situation. I ran off the stage and into my mothers arms...Every now and then when I get with my family, my cousins always say..."Remember your first talent show?"
He doesn't just sing, but he also reads and writes music too. He does it all. He learned in school the art of reading music and writing came natural for him because he used to want to be a rapper at one time when LL COOL J came out. We're from the same home Boro of Queens. So rhyming was somewhat easy.
Music Industry Questions
His first music award was the Golden Music Awards in 2009. He took home Male R&B Artist of the Year. He was with Team Grown & Sexy; a Team that he and his friend of his put together to represent that Grown & Sexy Sound. His first EP was called In The Beginning. The two popular singles that came from his first album he says are: "My Place and The International Love song" made popular by the people called One Fantasy.
His first concert as a solo artist and as a adult was at the Cumberland County Fair in Fayetteville, NC. A group that was out back then asked if he wanted to open up for them. It was a great experience. He remembers as they were leaving, one of the vendors listening close by made a comment saying that the "opener, was better then the main act". He loved it!! That was when the stage became his second home.
The advice that he would give to any up and coming artists would be to Eat, sleep and drink this business. He says learn the business side of music and have a passion for it. Also be willing to take criticism, not everyone is going to like you but not everyone is going to hate you either.
What makes him stand out from other Artists is that he is not just an artist, he is an entertainer. He gives 110% on the stage, whether he singing one song or a full show. He was groomed on how a show should be, by watching acts like the Temptations, Boyz II Men, Charlie Wilson, R. Kelly and of course the Jackson 5. When they hit the stage they give you a show.
If he could change one thing about the currently music business he would go back to when an artist had to have REAL TALENT to make it, not just a pretty face. He knows sex sells but what if an artist was SEXY and could sing their ass off?
The celebrities that Mr. Chenier would like to perform with would be: R. Kelly because he patterned his career after him. Michael Jackson because he grew up listening to him and he inspired him to sing. Charlie Wilson because somewhere down the line he believes that they are family and Beyonce because he feels a powerful love ballad could be created between them two (He says: Call me Jay so we can set that up...lol). The list goes on and on...
He is currently working on my new CD called City Of Love. Just a few more songs to go. The goal is to release it in the 1st quarter of 2017. He is kicking off 2017 with his monthly Night Of Soul concert series on January 14th 2017. Where he gives artists an opportunity to perform in a concert like setting. He opened up for Kelly Price and Avant back in November 25th so he is looking for more opportunities to expand the Mr. Chenier brand and the Team Grown & Sexy movement.
He can be contacted, heard and seen and booked at:
Twitter.com/iammrchenier,
Facebook.com/misterchenier
Instagram.com/mr.chenier
Bookings: misterchenier@gmail.com
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