BizJams Podcast - Gregg Latterman - Founder and CEO of Aware Records
Gregg Latterman It's with quite a bit of excitement (at least from me) that I am releasing my first BizJams podcast . Thanks to a great record shop owner in Breckenridge, Colorado in 1995, I was turned onto the first Aware Records' compilation and continued to purchase the CD's annually for the next nine years. Pre-internet (and beyond), the compilations were a great way to hear many different and amazing bands from around the country before they were "discovered" and signed to major labels. These bands included Hootie & the Blowfish , Jack Johnson , John Mayer , Matchbox 20 (originally known as Tabitha's Secret), Edwin McCain , Better than Ezra , Five for Fighting , Train ... should I continue? Aware 2 Compilation Let that sink in for a second. All those bands were on Aware compilations before they were signed to major labels. Hootie's debut album sold over 16 million copies and was the third best selling album of the 90's and an in...
