Who is patrice rushen

Rushen receives some 30 requests weekly to use her music for samples, especially for rap albums. A few of the artists that have requested her music include Kirk Franklin, Mary J. Rushen has performed with Philharmonic Orchestras and has even written an award-winning symphony. She has composed several symphonic works since , each a commissioned assignment by a major orchestra and the World Premiere of each one of the symphonic works has been performed to rave reviews.

Rushen receives some 30 requests weekly to use her music for samples, especially for rap albums with artists from Mary J.

Blige, Zhane, George Michael, R. Kelly, Shabba Ranks, Heavy D. George Michael also had a dance hit version of "Forget Me Nots" with "Fast Love", which also sampled and featured Patrice's original vocal tracks. Rushen has played at the world's most prestigious jazz festivals. She has performed with Philharmonic Orchestras and has even written an award-winning symphony.

She has served as Composer in Residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for the concert season. Then there is the MIDI studio, which is like a lab for me. I own Otari 8-track [recording] equipment, but I'm wired for 24 tracks, and now and then we bring in gear to do a real project right there. While Rushen, too, has shown a fondness for such machinery, she admitted that "as a studio musician, I miss the camaraderie of musicians playing together, and the things that come out of that--things that the arranger can't predetermine.

She also derived satisfaction that a wide range of recording artists, including Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, and Shabba Ranks, had begun to sample her records. Perhaps the most media attention she has gotten in recent years was a result of "Forget Me Nots" being sampled. The bass line served as the beat behind Will Smith's hit single for the motion picture Men in Black, which was released in Rushen teamed with Sheree Brown, a singer-songwriter, for a one-off project in called Sisters Being Positively Real.

The duo called the music urban folk and incorporated spoken-word by Nikki Giovanni and Juliana Jai into their music. They released Beautiful Woman, The Album in Rushen said in an interview with Billboard the project "gives us an opportunity to present new music and mesh our experiences and growth with that of the younger generation, especially women.

Things have become so strict and formatted that it's sacrificing the hand that's feeding us: the music itself. And the music is what's important. Rushen also became vocally involved in the debate regarding artists' rights to their own back catalogs of music. This was not an issue until the last decade, when the value of this material became more apparent and sampling became a wider practice.

If you've had the good fortune to remain a viable selling commodity over a period of time, you do start to wonder about controlling your product. If the music holds up, you might want a shot at doing something with it yourself--especially if the label isn't doing anything with it.

She said her concern is making all her recordings available to interested consumers and fans. In , Rushen maintained an active presence in the industry as well as allied projects in a wide range of capacities. She continued working with Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, the Grammy In The Schools program, and other organizations interested in establishing music education and mentoring programs for inner-city youth.

She was also honored as the Dr. Warrick L. Carter lecturer at the Berklee College of Music. This annual presentation celebrates Black History Month at the Boston-based music college. So even if I'm playing less in the clubs, I get together with musicians and play. I make time because it's fun and I want to stay sharp so that if someone calls, I'm ready.

As she told Mix, "the biggest thrill for me is the process. So as long as I'm able to be viable and active and doing what I love, which is the process of making music and the playing, then I'll feel okay. Before the Dawn Prestige, ; re-released with Preclusion Prestige, Shout It Out Prestige, Let There Be Funk Prestige, Patrice Elektra, Pizzazz Elektra,