Jerry Cramer has spent the last 47 years in the music industry. He began his career with his own garage band in the early sixties. He had the good fortune to co-write a song with two other writers that would produce a block buster hit in the early sixties.Doors opened for him to be a writer for a Nashville based publisher but he didn't like the pay scale and no royalties would be paid. He went to work for Maverick Talent a booking agency in those days and began to book big name country music acts. After doing this for a couple of years he became bored and really wanted to pursue his own interest in music as a writer and performer. He went to Las Vegas and formed a band that would work the clubs, hotels and casinos. The group performed the standard hits of contemporary music such as Sinatra, Bennett, and the like. After being in Vegas for awhile he ran into a Black musician who had a blues band and needed a road musician and singer to play in the southern states for the Blues clubs or juke joints of the day. Jerry played a good blues bass and new a lot of good old delta blues tunes he joined the band and left Vegas behind. He had a great time with this blues band all though he was the only bit of salt in a barrel of pepper, so they would say!
Today he is the CEO of Big Sugar Music and controls 2 Record Labels covering a full gambit of genres. He is always looking for new talent to assign to the labels and promote Call him 9 to 9 cst.
www.bigsugarmusic.com 214-230-4846

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I receive songs from writers all the time that are poorly put together with bad productions.
The day of plunkin' a guitar and singing out of key is over. Music Exec's want to hear first
rate productions. If you want an artist to do your material then that artist wants to hear what
that song might potentially sound like on the radio. He or she wants to see it in their minds
eye making them a hit song and you cant persuade them with a dud demo.
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