About Michael Jonzun

If you're serious about having a career in the Music & Entertainment Industry, you MUST prepare properly; and I do stress properly. While many of us have heard the public relations stories of a little to no effort, by chance discovery path to stardom, the truth behind luck, is when opportunity meets preparation.
 
Remember, those individuals or corporations who you are seeking to invest into your future, such as record labels and publishing companies, MUST be able to make a return on their investment, and what you have to offer MUST justify their taking a risk on your product.
 
If you begin to see the Music & Entertainment Industry as a business, which it is, you will begin to understand that as an Artist, Writer, Producer, or otherwise, you are the product, and it has to be viable enough to compete and sell on an international worldwide level. 
 
Speaking from my own personal experience as a Record Producer, Songwriter, Artist (Jonzun Crew), Music Business Executive, and Multi-Instrumentalist of 50+ instruments who has sold well over 200+ Million records and videos worldwide & having earned  (18) # 1 Billboard Chart Hits,  it's critical that you make a 1000% COMMITMMENT to the industry you're seeking to profit from. That means, committing yourself to becoming a "total well rounded package," in every aspect of the Music & Entertainment Industry -- business, interpersonal communication skills, originality, image, outstanding performance ability, confidence, integrity, and faith.

Professionally, music is the only thing that I've ever done or wanted to do. My beginnings were extremely humble, and the dues I paid were many. However, through commitment and dedication to becoming a "total well rounded package," as I previously mentioned, focusing on what I have to offer, instead of what I want to get, I have come to enjoy a very prosperous and blessed career of 5+ decades and counting, including: 
 
  ►200+ Million Records and Videos Sold Worldwide
 
► (18) # 1 Billboard Chart Hits
 
► (19) “Top 10” Billboard Chart Hits
 
► (32) “Top 40” Billboard Chart Hits
 
►Owner & CEO of Boston International Music, Inc.,(A music publishing firm w/ 200+ Compositions in Rotation Worldwide at radio, film, internet, printed sheet music, records, videos, and television.) http://www.bostoninternationalmusic.com
 
►(2) Major Publishing Deals (EMI & Warner-Chappell)
 
►500+ Certified Gold, Platinum, & Multi-Platinum Records Combined in Different Territories Worldwide
 
►Co-Writer of Largest Selling Ringtone in History- - “Laffy Taffy”
 
►Co-Music Producer of Top 3 Music Videos in History: (“Hangin’ Tough”, “Hangin’ Tough Live”, “Step By Step”)
 
►Jonzun Crew is a Recognized Forefather of Hip-Hop (Source Mag.)
 
►Jonzun Crew has toured worldwide playing to audiences of 80,000+
 
►Jonzun Crew as an Artist has sold 20+ Million Records Worldwide in its many formats (Some of their Greatest Hits include: Pack Jam, Space Cowboy, We Are The Jonzun Crew, Electro Boogie Encounter, Space Is The Place, to name a few)
 
►Jonzun Crew's music is performed in two of the largest video games --
"Grand Theft Auto -San Rio" & "Scarface (The World Is Yours)"
 
►Jonzun's Compositions and Productions appear in hundreds of television shows and major motion pictures (including Love & Basketball, Dogma, Two Moon Junction, Black Mask, Shag The Movie, Sure Thing, Moonlighting, MTV, BET, and VH1 to name a few.)
 
►Numerous Industry Awards including shared Grammys, ASCAP, American Music, Jack The Rapper, JUNO, and People's Choice Awards
 
 
►Michael "Space Cowboy" Jonzun awarded by ASCAP in April 2007 Co-Writer/Publisher Award for "One of The Most Performed Songs of the Year 2006" ("Laffy Taffy"/D4L)
 
►Producer & Co-Writer of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Recognized "ESSENTIAL RECORDING" for Showdown as performed by Class of 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five
 
►Write-Ups in Major Metropolitan & Intl Publications, refer to Michael Jonzun, as a Music Pioneer & Innovator: (NY Times, LA Times, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, People, Vibe, Source, Jet, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Billboard, Village Voice, Mix, Boston Herald, NME, among others.)
 
►Lecturer (Colleges, Universities, Schools, and renowned Music Conferences such as New Music Seminar)
 
 
►Radio Talk Show Host of Audition Radio, that has interviewed hundreds of Celebrity Artists.
 
►Author of Music Industry books.
 
►Mentor to the Nation's youngest terrestrial Radio Talk Show Host, Shali "Space Boy" Jonzun
 
►Multi-Instrumentalist of 50+ musical instruments
 
►Producer/Writer/Musician with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Legends
Mick Jaggar, Ben E. King, Lavern Baker, Bernie Worrell (featuring Herbie Hancock, Keith Richards, Mudbone Cooper, & Bootsy Collins of George Clinton’s Parliament Funkadelic), Solomon Burke, Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, Bennie Cowan of Parliament Funkadelic, Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five.
 
►Producer/Writer of over 50 Super Star Artists, including:
Madonna, Peter Wolf, New Kids On The Block, New Edition, Aztec Camera, Tommy Page, Mase, Puff Daddy & Family, Sugar Hill Gang, Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five, D4L, LL Cool J, Trina, Trick Daddy, Adrian Belew of King Crimson, Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band, Kelly Price, Maurice "The General" Starr, 112, The Jets, Saffire, Apollonia, Carl Thomas, Ginuwine, Twista, Afrika Bambaata, Another Bad Creation, Perfect Gentlemen, Lil’ Bow Wow w/ Jermaine Dupri, Bootsauce, Englebert Humperdink, Ice T., Chuck D., Elliot Easton & Greg Hawks of The Cars, GE Smith, Will Lee, Dallas Austin, Mark Wahlberg, Livingston Taylor, Brad Delp of Boston, Young Saints, Stylistics, Dramatics, and El Debarge, among numerous others.