LIZ: QUEEN B SURPRISING FANS AND
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY EARLY THIS
MORNING BY DROPPING AN
UNANNOUNCED LIVE ALBUM ACROSS
MUSIC STREAMING PLATFORMS.
JUST AS HER BRAND NEW
DOCUMENTARY HOME COMING ABOUT
HER COACHELLA CONCERT
SIMULTANEOUSLY BEGINS STREAMING
ON NETFLIX.
MEANWHILE NETFLIX STOCK DOWN IN
THIS FINAL HOUR BY 1 1/3% OR
1
13 -- OR 1 AND 3/4%.
AS STREAMING WARS HEAT UP, HOW
IS IT CHANGING THE GAME FOR
MUSICIANS?
OUR NEXT GUEST HAS WRITTEN HITS
FOR EVERYONE FROM WHITNEY TO
ERIC CLAPTON, MICHAEL JACKSON,
BEYONCE AND MADONNA AND NOW HE
IS EXTENDING HIS EMPIRE, KENNY
BABY FACE EDMONDS IS JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE
HERE.
LIZ: WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD LIKE
THE REST OF US THAT BEYONCE AND
NETFLIX HAD A HIDDEN SURPRISE
AND PAIRED HER CONCERT DOC WITH
A NEW ALBUM, WHAT WAS YOUR GUT
REACTION ABOUT STREAMING AND HOW
IT IS UP ENDING THE MUSIC WORLD?
>> IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE FOR
BEYONCE.
SHE'S ALWAYS KIND OF AHEAD OF
THE GAME.
DOING A MOVIE AT THE SAME TIME
AND THEN ALSO COMING WITH A
SURPRISE ALBUM WHICH WHEN YOU
HAVE A SURPRISE ALBUM ESPECIALLY
WITH BEYONCE, STREAMING IS GOING
TO BE MUCH HIGHER WITH IT BEING
SUCH A LONG ALBUM AS WELL.
THAT MEANS SHE'S GOING TO
CONTROL IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S DOING THERE
FOR SURE.
LIZ: I MEAN, YOU ARE RIGHT, HER
TALENT IS EPIC.
DOES THIS UNLEASH A BRAND NEW
SORT OF MODEL WHERE SAY, FOR
EXAMPLE, AEROSMITH DROPS A NEW
ALBUM AS IT STREAMS ITS CONCERT
FROM WHATEVER VENUE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON
SORT OF THE FUTURE HORIZON?
>>I MEAN IT CAN HAPPEN FOR MAYBE
ESTABLISHED ARTISTS.
IT IS A BIT HARDER FOR NEW
ARTISTS THAT CAN'T QUITE DO IT
THE SAME WAY.
IT'S NOT QUITE -- IT'S NOT QUITE
AS FAIR, I WOULD SAY, TO A BRAND
NEW ARTIST WHO NO ONE KNOWS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHANGING THE
GAME A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT
COMPLETELY FOR EVERYBODY.
LIZ: YOU KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT
BEING FAIR.
YOU ARE THE KIND OF GUY WHO
DOESN'T WAIT AROUND FOR THINGS
TO GET FAIR.
FOR LESSER KNOWN ARTISTS YOU
STARTED THIS ORGANIZATION CALLED
GOOD VIBES MUSIC GROUP.
I LIKEN IT TO ALMOST AN
INCUBATOR FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY
TALENT WHO AREN'T QUITE THERE
YET.
TELL US ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A
BIT OF TIME NOW.
>> YES, IT'S A PUBLISHING
COMPANY I STARTED WITH A FRIEND
OF MINE WHO IS OUT OF CANADA.
WE WANTED TO GET TO THOSE
WRITERS WHO REALLY DON'T GET A
SHOT, WHO DON'T GET HEARD, AND
SO WE LOOK FOR THEM ON THE
INTERNET AND HAVE THEM SUBMIT
SONGS TO I CAN GET AN IDEA OF
WHERE THEY WERE SO WE CAN WORK
WITH THEM.
WE SET UP A CAMP IN NASHVILLE.
WE DID ONE IN L.A.
WE DID ONE IN TORONTO AS WELL.
WE WILL DO MORE AS WELL GIVING
PEOPLE A CHANCE TO KIND OF GET
IN WITH THE WRITER AND LET ME
WORK WITH THEM.
WE DON'T SIGN EVERYONE PER SE,
BUT WE GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE
TO KIND OF ACTUALLY GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF WRITING AND
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I
LOVE.
I GREW UP BEING A WRITER ALWAYS.
IT'S FUN TO KIND OF SHARE
THAT -- SHARE THE THINGS I HAVE
LEARNED IN MY LIFE.
LIZ: YOU HAVE DONE THAT AND NOW
YOU'RE SAYING WAIT A MINUTE.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OUT THERE.
YOU'RE DOING WHAT QUITE FRANKLY
A LOT OF CELEBRITIES HAVE BEEN
DOING LATELY, AND THAT'S PAIRING
UP OR GETTING INTO THE SPIRITS
BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD TALK ABOUT
EVERYBODY FROM RYAN REYNOLDS WHO
HAS DONE GIN OR GEORGE CLOONEY
DOING THE BIG TEQUILA BUSINESS
AND THEN SELLING IT FOR WHAT WAS
REPORTED TO BE AROUND A BILLION,
BUT YOU ARE GOING INTO AGAVE
SPIRITS.
TELL US ABOUT THIS.
WHAT IS IT CALLED?
>> YES, AGAVE SPIRITS.
IT IS NOT TEQUILA.
I LIKE TO SAY AVILA IS THE NEW
TEQUILA.
IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS
MADE IN A DIFFERENT SOIL.
IT'S MADE IN AN AREA CALLED
MORELLO AND BECAUSE OF THE
VOLCANO THAT'S THERE, IT KIND OF
MAKES IT RICHER AND GIVES IT A
DIFFERENT VIBE, A BETTER VIBE, I
THINK.
OF COURSE IT'S MY SPIRIT, BUT I
KIND OF LIKE IT.
LIZ: YEAH, AND 55 BUCKS --
THAT'S A GOOD PRICE POINT.
RIGHT NOW ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW
YORK, CALIFORNIA, AND MINNESOTA.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AT THE END
HERE, DO I CALL YOU BABY FACE OR
BABY?
>> YOU CAN CALL ME KENNY.
YOU CAN CALL ME BABY FACE.
YOU CAN CALL ME ROBERT, WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO CALL ME.
LIZ: KENNY, I TELL YOU, WHEN YOU
TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU BEGAN, WHAT
IS YOUR ONE SUCCESS POINT THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE FOR ANY
ENTREPRENEUR WATCHING RIGHT NOW
THAT HAS MADE YOU SUCCESSFUL?
>> WELL YORK -- WELL, YOU KNOW,
STARTING AT THIS POINT, EVEN IN
THE SPIRIT BUSINESS, STARTING AT
THIS POINT, THE ONE THING I HAVE
LEARNED ABOUT IT IS THAT EVEN AS
A SONGWRITER, I HAVE ALWAYS
WRITTEN SONGS, AND SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU HAVE QUALITY, SOMETIMES
IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE
RIGHT SONG TO GET AND FINALLY
SHOW ITSELF AND BECOME A SMASH,
AND LIKE, EVEN IN THIS BUSINESS,
YOU KNOW, I'VE MET MICAH WHO IS
MY PARTNER IN IT AND TASTED THIS
SPIRIT A WHILE AGO, AND IT WAS
REALLY GOOD, AND I THINK THAT IF
YOU JUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY GOOD, SOMETIMES IT TAKES
TIME FOR IT TO ACTUALLY SHOW
ITSELF, BUT WHEN IT FINALLY
DOES, THEN EVERYBODY IS THERE
FOR IT.
THE MAIN THING BEHIND THAT IS
WHATEVER YOU ARE WITH, IF IT IS
QUALITY, STICK IT WITH AND IT
WILL HAPPEN.
LIZ: WE WOULD LOVE TO TASTE TEST