William Griggs<br /><br />Executive Bio<br /><br />William "Will G" Griggs started his music business career as a college radio disc jockey in Atlanta at the legendary WRAS. <br /><br />Griggs then began working as an intern for Warner Bros. Records in the regional Warner Elektra Atlantic office in Atlanta. Upon Graduation, Griggs was brought in as a special project manager to promote and set up events for Warner Bros. urban adult contemporary and urban alternative artists.<br /><br />Griggs relationships with the record industry and the need for live urban music in the Atlanta live music scene led to the creation of Chocolate Soul which started as a weekly live music event at the Yin Yang Cafe. The weekly Chocolate Soul event concept consisted of an extremely musically talented band with special celebrity music guests each night (via Griggs' music business relationships) mixed with a dj (during and between live music set). The popularity of the weekly event led to long lines down the street each week. It was pretty obvious that the time for the expansion of the Chocolate Soul concept had arrived. <br /><br />The concept was then developed into the Chocolate Soul MusicFest tour which has presented three national tours which visited Chicago, Atlanta, New York Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Dallas, two regional tours and plans for international event inclusion (London/Paris).<br /><br />The popularity of Chocolate Soul led to an urban music marketing consultancy with LaFace/Zomb Records. As the national visibility of Chocolate Soul grew, Griggs decided to add more divisions to the company. The first division to take shape was Chocolate Soul Recordings. The Chocolate Soul publishing wing (Del Solo Chocolate' Publishing) and Chocolate Soul Television works were then developed.<br /><br />The Chocolate Soul Recordings music line has included three super highly acclaimed compilations and a single artist release by Nuwamba. Compilation line includes music from: Kanye West, Anthony David, Jurassic 5, Fertile Ground, The Rebirth, Sy Smith, Medusa, D-Influence and many other musical visionaries. <br /><br />Griggs has helped many artists get the initial eyes and ears that it took for their carriers to blossom. They include but are not limited to: Kindred the Family Soul, India Arie, Raheem DeVaughn, Julie Dexter, Cee Lo Green, JOI, Talib Kweli, Pat "Sleepy" Brown, and Jazmine Sullivan just to name a few.<br /><br />Griggs is now VP Domestic Placement and New Media for The Music Umbrella. The Music Umbrella is a music licensing and management firm that has been around for over 30 years. The Music Umbrella specializes in music publishing, music supervision, licensing music internationally and marketing music domestically for television, movies, games and ring-tones. <br />
The Music Umbrella
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Music Licensing & Opportunities Through The Music Umbrella
Griggs has helped many artists get the initial eyes and ears that it
took for their carriers to blossom. They include but are not limited
to: Kindred the Family Soul, India Arie, Raheem DeVaughn, Julie
Dexter, Cee Lo Green, JOI, Talib Kweli, 
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