Scott Blackwell is a Christian dance music artist, generally credited with being the first artist to produce such music for the Christian marketplace.[1][2] In addition to releasing his own albums, Blackwell has produced many other albums, and has founded several record labels.[3]
Personal life and music career
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Blackwell got his start as a disc jockey. He eventually obtained a position supervising MYX Records, a division of Frontline Records.[3][4]
Upon leaving Frontline, Blackwell founded N•Soul Records. By 1995, he produced eleven projects for N•Soul Records, and had acquired over fifty general market production credits.[5] N•Soul became best known for the Nitro Praise series, which incorporated praise and worship songs to various forms of dance music.[3] Blackwell left N•Soul in 1999, citing concerns about the vision of the company's leadership. He then founded two record labels, to focus on different genres of dance music.[6]
Blackwell continued to perform at clubs, in the greater Los Angeles area.
Solo discography
- Walk On The Wild Side (1992) (MYX Records) – Reviews: Cornerstone[1] & Cross Rhythms[2]
- 1800 Seconds of Motion (1992)
- A Myx'd Christmas (1992)
- A Myx'd Trip to a Gospel House (1993)
- Once Upon A Time (1993)
- A Myx'd Trip to a Gospel House II (1993)
- The Real Thing (1994) (instrumental) – Reviews: Cross Rhythms[7] & YouthWorker[8]
- Clubhouse (1997) (N'Soul Records) – Review: YouthWorker[9]
- In The Beginning: Greatest Hits 1991–1995 (1999) (KMG Records)
Artist collaborations
Blackwell has production, engineering, remix and/or other credits of music released by the following:[10]
- 12th Tribe
- 50-40
- Information Society
- Moe Bandy
- Book of Love
- Christafari
- Hank Cochran
- Joy Electric
- Faith Massive
- Georgio
- Resolution
- The Rhythm Saints
- The Emotions
- ZZ Top
- Debbie Gibson
- Jon Gibson (remix of 1991's hit "Jesus Loves Ya" from The Hits)
- Amber
- Crystal Lewis
- Joe Stampley
- Tommy Page
- Rance Allen
- Missy Elliott
- Paradigm Shift
- Stacey Q
- Taylor Dayne
- Holy Alliance
- Prodigal Sons
- Rubicon 7
- Sozo[11]
References
- 1 2 Canfield, Dave (1991). "Reviews / Walk On The Wild Side". Cornerstone. 21 (98): 37. ISSN 0275-2743.
- 1 2 Allison, Karl (October 1992). "Reviews / Scott Blackwell - Walk On The Wild Side". Cross Rhythms (12). Retrieved January 24, 2009.
- 1 2 3 Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Liaison". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 527. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ↑ Rake, Jamie Lee (January 1992). "House of Holy: MYX Records Debuts". CCM Magazine. 14 (7): 10. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ↑ "Ask CCM / Blackwell Legacy". CCM Magazine. 18 (1): 10. July 1995. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ↑ "Channel 7 News / Hip-Hop & Dance". 7ball (25): 18. July–August 1999. ISSN 1082-3980.
- ↑ Drodge, Dave (June 1995). "Reviews / Scott Blackwell - The Real Thing". Cross Rhythms (18). Retrieved January 24, 2009.
- ↑ Urbanski, David (July–August 1999). "Tools / Music / The Real Thing". YouthWorker. XV (5): 59. ISSN 0747-3486.
- ↑ Owensby, Garland (May–June 1997). "Tools / Music". Youthworker. XIII (5): 65. ISSN 0747-3486.
- ↑ "Scott Blackwell Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ "N*Soul Records - Sozo". Archived from the original on September 2, 1999.