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SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT

"WE PLAY CHESS WHILE OTHERS PLAY CHECKERS"

About Me

Joanne Schwartz and Daren Hall are entertainment industry veterans that make up Schwartz/Hall Entertainment a multi- media/entertainment company for the 21 st century.Forget the naysayers, doubters, haters and what they have to say. As humans we yearn to be entertained. So the business of entertainment may change but remains steadfast. We have formed a company that embodies the assets necessary to go it in our ever changing diverse industry.Delivering on the promise of multimedia and the digital age while not forgetting our roots and principles that have made music the trendsetting medium in pop culture.At Schwartz/Hall Entertainment we are more than a Management firm, a TV/Film development house, Artist Development Consultants or Brand Consultants. We are visionaries constantly adapting, innovating as we lead a movement towards change.This new innovative company is led by CO-CEOS Daren Hall and Joanne Schwartz. Between these two industry veterans they have mined gold, platinum, and multi-platinum sales on multiple occasions. Anyone familiar with the names and rise of artists such as Shai, the critically acclaimed Terri and Monica, India Arie, Inoj("Let me Luv you down", "time after time"), Lathun, AZ yet, RL(Next), Sean Paul(Marketing consultant "Dutty Rock album) as well as producers and writers Roy Hamilton(N'Sync, Britney Spears, Joe, K-ci and Jo Jo, Nivea), Carlos Broady(Notorious Big, India Arie, Nore, Mase, LL), Andrea martin(Toni Braxton, En Vogue) can attest to Hall's committment to full service artist development and Management.Daren has had production/imprint label deals with Columbia, Universal motown and Elektra respectively. In addition to serving a two year stint as a Senior Vice President at Bardic Records a Sony distributed company in which he was also a partner. Daren as also has an extensive background in concert and event promotions. He has worked with brands such as Miller, Heineken, Pepsi, Vivid Video, 3 Vodka, Grey Goose and many others in staging concerts and many successful events across the country.While consulting foreign labels and successfully guiding american audiences in their discovery and embrace of such acts as Craig David and BB Mak in addition to finding and negotiating US distribution deals for foreign labels Joanne Schwartz has executed these feats gracefully and always with a smile.Joanne has worked in the field of A&R for labels such as EMI, Elektra and Warner Bros records.Joanne spent a year as the head of new business development for global advertising agency J. Walter Thompson, in the agency's entertainment division, Icon Entertainment. She was responsible for providing branded entertainment solutions to a variety of client ad campaigns. She worked with clients such as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Bailey's Irish Crème, developing a series of television specials called “In Tune.” This show, the first of which aired on VH1 in June, 2004 and featured Paul Simon and John Mayer, paired two musical performers that have influenced each other, for a performance of their songs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Other clients and projects included Lipton Cup A Soup, Domino's Pizza and Caress Soap.Schwartz/Hall Entertainment combines it's commitment to full service with a visionary approach to deliver on it's promise to the next generation of superstars that will set the trends in the oncoming future.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/27/2006
Band Members: ARTISTS- JEANNIE ORTEGA, B.N.Y, Mika MeansPRODUCERS UNDER MANAGEMENT: HAK(PITCH BLACK), VISION, ARMANDO COLONJOINT VENTURE PARTNER(S): EMERGE ENTERTAINMENTVARIOUS OTHER ARTISTS, PRODUCERS, COMPANIES AND BRANDS THAT CONSULT US.
Influences: David Geffen, Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Johnson, Russell Simmons, Sumner Redstone, Bob Cavallo, Sean Combs, Mike Ovitz, Irving Azoff, Michael Mauldin, Mona Scott and Chris Lighty, Randy Phillips, Jack Ponti, Warren Buffett, Tom Freston, Jermaine Dupri, Sherry Lansing, Bill Clinton and Howard University. H.U Baby!!
Sounds Like: WE GOT OUR OWN THANG!!!
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

BALANCE AND HARMONY(A little something I live by, as a result I am fearless)

"Change and movement have their times; safety and danger are in oneself.  Calamity and fortune, gain and loss, all start from oneself.  Therefore those that master change are those that addr...
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:30:00 PST

ON IMPORTANCE

ANYONE CAN BE IMPORTANT.  THE KEY TO BEING IMPORTANT IS IN MAKING YOURSELF USEFUL TO OTHERS.
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:24:00 PST

THE WORLD AND LIFE

THE WORLD IS LIKE A PYRAMID OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH ONE ANOTHER.  YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF WHETHER OR NOT TO JOIN IN THE STRUGGLE, BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE WHERE TO FIGHT.  DON'T FIGHT YOUR BA...
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:22:00 PST

ON MONEY

MONEY MAY NOT BUY YOU HAPPINESS , BUT IT CERTAINLY WILL BUY A LOT OF CONVENIENCE. 
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:19:00 PST

ON POVERTY

"POVERTY IS THE GREATEST VIOLENCE"
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:17:00 PST

ON VICTORY

"THE OPPORTUNITY FOR VICTORY IS PROVIDED BY THE ENEMY." SUN TZU  
Posted by SCHWARTZ/HALL ENTERTAINMENT on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:15:00 PST