LATE NIGHT WITH JERRY ROYCE LIVE & KIMMIE KIM - EP 814 Edward Rhodes (veteran recording artist and producer)

Edward Rhodes is a veteran of the Music Industry. He launched his management career while still a student in the Commercial Music Management program at Georgia State University. Shortly after completing his degree, he was offered the opportunity to join the staff of producers at Savoy-Malaco Records in New York. While there he was instrumental in the careers of Rev. James Moore, LaShun Pace-Rhodes and The Anointed Pace Sisters. As his tenure continued at Savoy he produced the debut releases of Lashun Pace-Rhodes and The Anointed Pace Sisters while he was serving as Minister of Music at The Powerhouse of Deliverance Church of God of Christ. There he produced Pastor Murphy Pace and The Voices of Power and began a great working relationship with The William Brothers and Blackberry Records. While commuting from Atlanta to New York he was afforded the opportunity to travel as a background singer for Whitney Houston and performed with Harry Connick, Jr. at Madison Square Garden. Upon returning to Atlanta full-time Edward served as an instructor at the Dallas Austin Foundation teaching the fundamentals of making beats, music publishing and marketing. In 2019 he formed The Xenia Group in honor of his daughter who passed away from an enlarged heart. In 2020 Edward will launch the Xenia Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. This organization will focus on counseling, youth mentoring and a music academy.