Sam Smith (About)
Indie label, Venus & Mars Music, like most indies, plays a specific role in the music biz. That role is helping aspiring artists to uncover their arts, skills and creative / personal direction to the maximum benefit in their personal and professional life.
While uncovering and developing the arts and skills of artists, we are simultaneously protecting young artists, from instant, often damaging, exploitation while they themselves have not yet discovered their own source creativity. The next step is to provide space and time so the artist can learn, practice and promote their newfound arts and skills.
A prime example of our work is Global popstar Sam Smith. Sam was introduced to V&M in 2007 by their unsung hero, Bobby Pearce (of ‘Ria John Bob’).
Sam was considering musicals as his future career and attended musicals’ classes in Sylvia Young Theatre School where Bob was a voice and performance coach. Bob immediately knew that Sam’s future lay in his voice and artistic skills and believed they should be in pop music where they could write and perform original songs.
So, Bob directed Sam from musicals to pop and to his own artist-centric label – Venus & Mars Music (V&M) (My Life On A Stick Group). Ria John Bob were with V&M all their creative lives.
Sam arrived at V&M as a wannabe with one dream only … “I want to be a Star”.
At that time Sam had no professional experience and had not yet discovered their personal or creative direction so, they would not have been able to achieve their one and only dream of becoming a star.
Sam’s inner, undiscovered, talents were obvious to V&M (Dee O’Reilly & John O’Reilly) but, without that inner talent being spotted and developed, no artist can grow into their proper or full potential. V&M stepped in and created a personal development plan designed specifically for Sam, and so started a 3-year creative journey with V&M.
After 3 years on that journey (all of it captured in Sam’s Documentary ‘Sam Smith Their Incredible Journey’), Sam emerged like a butterfly from a cocoon as an informed person, conceptual artist and a burgeoning pop star with all their professional firsts already achieved … including First charts, studio album & singles, photoshoot, self-penned album, documentary and so much more. Sam Smith Firsts
“V&M took Sam to the edge of his awesome career on which he could and did paint the landscape of his future”
Betty Kane V&M Director 2010.
BOOKS, STORIES, DOCUMENTARY
Sam’s history is taken from step-by-step time-lined multimedia records of Sam’s journey with V&M
Before The Fame
Sam was an aspiring wannabe with a dream of seeking stardom.
Venus & Mars Music – Sam’s first label-management – made it a reality.
