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Bio

Rick Valenzuela

His 30 years experience in the Music Business started MCA Records, Silas Records & Mypace Latino. He has managed various up and coming artists along with established names such as Mellow Man Ace and Rigo Luna. He’s been on panels @ Billboard Latin Conference, Latin Rap Conference and IES(Independent Entertainment Summit).
Rick knows the ins-and-outs of a record label and understands the structure and relationships between labels and artists. His skills and experience include a strong background with Urban, Contemporary, Latin Pop, Latin Dance and Crossover Music. Rick also possesses a strong knowledge of studio recording and music video production, which is essential for the growth of an artist.
President
Cristian-Ashlee Entertainment
June 2009– Present (12 Years)
A full service Entertainment Company
Owner
RIKRAF Entertainment,LLC.
June 2003– Present (9 years 10 months)
RIKRAF Entertainment is the Home for Urban Business!!! We are a full-service management, marketing, viral marketing and hand-to-hand-promotions company. Our goal is help artists, that happen to be Latino, succeed in this New Urban Music landscape of R&B and Hip-Hop!!!




Marketing Manager/ Myspace Latino
MySpace
August 2007– March 2008 (8 months)
Oversee, execute and develop all MySpace Latino Music Initiatives, Programs, Content and Events.
Managed all label relations within the MySpace Music JV and major record Labels.

Online Programming
•Negotiated and managed multi-level content partnerships
•Secured and schedule all content for MySpace Latino Home Page and Music Channel.

Music Label & Artist Relations
•Managed all label relations within the MySpace Latino Music JV and Major Latin record labels (Sony, Warner, EMI and Universal Music)
•Secured and negotiated all exclusive content including: record premieres, featured singles, exclusive music video premieres, featured playlist, interviews, artists visits and behind the scenes videos
•Synchronized all exclusive content with national and international teams.
•Creating comprehensive long term promotional plans for A-list Artist.
A&R Assistant
Silas/MCA Records
June 1987– July 1998 (11 years 2 months)
Worked with artists- Bobby Brown, New Edition, Chante Moore, Aaron Hall, Jesse Powell