SUBSTANTIAL ART & MUSIC ANNOUNCE ARTIST REPRESENTATION DEBUT WITH JAVIER STARKS
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Monday, January 9, 2023 Rachelle Etienne-Robinson
Founder/Co-CEO
Substantial Art & Music
info@subartandmusic.com
SUBSTANTIAL ART & MUSIC ANNOUNCE
ARTIST REPRESENTATION DEBUT
WITH JAVIER STARKS
Monday, January 9, 2023
(Alexandria, VA) — Substantial Art & Music (SAM), a multimedia arts organization is pleased to announce the signing of Washington, DC based performing artist, Javier Starks. SAM, founded in 2017 as a consulting organization has evolved to include artist representation to their list of service offerings.
Javier Starks is an emcee, songwriter, educator, and youth advocate. Starks provides audiences with a positive alternative by choosing to perform curse-free Hip Hop with versus that don’t degrade women, promote drugs, excessive violence, or over-glorifies money. “I teach kids why self-respect and respecting others is so important when expressing ourselves through art,” said Javier Starks. Starks has performed at The Lincoln Center, The Washington Monument, The Kennedy Center, and more. Starks led youth workshops in Tripoli, Lebanon and was commissioned to record an original song to honor Oliver Tambo’s 100th birthday in South Africa. Starks has been featured on CNN and has appeared on local news stations including Great Day Washington (WUSA-9). He has performed, recorded, and collaborated with numerous award-winning artists including Logic, Robert Glasper, Keyon Harrold, Miles Mosley, Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge, and the West Coast Get Down. In addition to his music career, Starks is the undisputed number #1 Onewheel rider in the world for distance. Having achieved over 38,000 miles, Starks will pursue a North American cross-country tour while riding on his Onewheel XR.
SAM will work closely with Starks providing career management as well as producing several projects to include an EP, due to release later this year, a Onewheel cross-country campaign, and provide marketing, distribution, and fundraising support. “Javier is a generational talent. He embodies what it means to be a Black of all trades. He’s a great performer and songwriter with uncanny freestyle ability, an inspirational, engaging educator, and one of, if not the greatest, Onewheel riders in the world. We’re thrilled to be working with him and excited to help him increase his impact on the globe,” says Stan “Substantial” Robinson, Founder/ co-CEO of Substantial Art & Music.
About Substantial Art & Music
Substantial Art & Music, LLC (SAM) is a multimedia organization focused on providing consulting services to the visual and performing arts community. SAM was founded in 2017, by husband and wife duo Stan “Substantial” Robinson and Rachelle Etienne-Robinson. Together they provide design and consulting services to emerging and established independent artists, entrepreneurs and organizations. SAM provides professional advice and guidance through consultations, workshops, webinars as well as provide additional services like graphic/web design. SAM has facilitated workshops at Amazon headquarters in Seattle, Washington, the Hawaii State Art Museum, Pratt Institute, and Otakon. In addition, Stan and Rachelle produce and host a biweekly podcast called ARTdustry: where art meets industry. SAM has produced special events that have been featured in several media outlets like WTOP, Washington Informer, and Fox 5 DC. In 2020, SAM was named Carib Biz Network Top 50 Influential Caribbean American Entrepreneurs & Freelancers.
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