Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Michael Blakey (Media Executive)

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'''Michael Blakey''' is a music and television producer, composer, musician, social media influencer, and artist manager. He is the President of Electra Star Management and OMG VIP, and the former President of 2k/Virgin Records Music Division.<ref></ref> In March 2018, He also became the National Director of Miss World in the United States.
== Career ==
Michael Blakey has worked with artists like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Brooke Allison, and others.<ref></ref>

In 1978, Michael Blakey became the resident producer at [[Hansa Tonstudio|Hansa Studios]] in Berlin, [[Germany]]. Blakey has produced music and worked as a musician for artists like Gloria Gaynor, Dire Straits, Eminem, and others.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref><ref> An Era of Electronic Multi-Instrumentalists|last=Sep 27|first=soundontime |last2=Guides 0 |first2=2018 |date=2018-09-27|website=Soundontime|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref>

Blakey along with additional investors John Bogg, David Osbourne, and Colin Hayes purchased the luxury automaker Maserati U.K. Ltd. and became the Managing Director for the United Kingdom. <ref name=":0" />
In 1999, Michael cofounded 2KSounds, an internet-based record label. In 2002, 2KSounds entered into a joint venture agreement with [[Virgin Records]] and Michael was appointed President of the Record Division.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

In 2002, Blakey also served as the music director in Walt Disney’s movie, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True.<ref></ref>

In 2009, Blakey partnered with Multi-Grammy Nominated Comedian, [[Ron White]], to form Organica Music Group (OMG)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> which is a record label and also has a management division. Blakey manages artists such as comedian Ron White, bikini girl Katrina Darrell, “[[American Idol]]”, Hugh Heffner’s widow [[Crystal Hefner|Crystal Harris]] "American Model & Television Personality".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref>

== Recognition ==
Michael Blakey has been nominated five times for a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

== References ==


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