She graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Betty got her start in the music business by working with her cousins, Wesley and Johnny Nicolas, two music producers from Beatz 4 Da Streetz Productions. Her job as their Manager was to help them with selling their production. Betty was able to
network and meet the right people and soon was able to
sell their production to a well establish artist.
She also wanted to learn about the record label side of the music industry. She met up with Johantz “LaSmouve” Wilson, CEO of LaSmouve Records, while she was in college and quickly climbed the ranks from A&R to Chief Operating Officer.
Betty has had her hands in all aspects of the development of the label. She manages the operations for Marketing, Public Relations, Administrations, Finance and Human Resources. She has helped discover new artists, recruited potential interns, and has promoted the label and its artists through all mediums. From day one Betty has stayed committed to the label, working on business plans, marketing plans, budget sheets, attending studio sessions, meetings, interviews, networking and staying in touch with music industry contacts all in the hopes of getting LaSmouve’s name out to the public.

Betty has worked together with Johantz in putting together the infrastructure of the company. She has been committed to the label and its vision and is dedicated to furthering the growth of LaSmouve Records.

b.nicolas@lasmouve.com

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She has obtained her Bachelors of Arts Degree in Music Industry and an Associates degree in Business Administration from the University of New Haven in West Haven, CT. Her love of music developed in high school after moving to Connecticut from Boston, MA. She soon joined her high school’s Music Honor Society and eventually became secretary of the organization.
Jenil’s primary goal at LaSmouve Records is to create for each of our artists a compelling image that will inspire public interest and ultimately increase album sales all the while helping to promote our artists to the public.

j.walker@lasmouve.com

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Wilford Charles aka XVI BARZ is a Haitian native, New Jersey resident, and one who takes pride in being diverse in music and culture. Growing up, he always aspired to be a music artist, from creating music to writing song lyrics. His musical experience extends from playing the trumpet in a band to recording and performing on mix tapes. But what good is talent if no one knew about it, so he had to get it out there.
From sponsoring and promoting club events to casual wear, and even his own hip hop mix tape, Wilford Charles has been specializing in promotions for 8 years and has consistently attained a measure of success with it. Being able to reach the people is his nature and his passion is watching something go from an unknown status to becoming widespread. “Promotions is everything,” he says, “If nobody knows, nobody goes.”

w.charles@lasmouve.com

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Adonis Chamble is a 19 year old full-time student at the University of Connecticut who is majoring in business management. In the future, Adonis plans to graduate from the University of Connecticut with a business degree, and work in the music field. Music has been an important part of Adonis’ life ever since he was a kid. His mother and grandmother always used to play Soul and R&B, in the house he grew up in. His favorite genres of music are Hip Hop and R&B. While working with LaSmouve Records, he plans to find out exactly where in the music industry he wants to work.

a.chamble@lasmouve.com

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Tanisha Graham is a woman of many talents; a self taught musician, singer and song writer from New Haven Connecticut. Her love of music has led her onto a path of success. A graduate of two well know progressive schools in music the first being the Hartford Conservatory in which she studied music theory and production, the second Full Sail Real World College in Orlando Florida where she studied to become a recording engineer. Music Ministry has always been a big part of Tanisha's life and for the past three years she has acted as the choir director and praise team member for Released Ministries in Orlando Florida. A producer in her own right she has worked with several up and coming acts, recently producing four tracks for recording artist Noft on the up coming debut album "Christ in Black and White". She has since relocated back to the Connecticut area where she has joined "Adoration" a well known gospel choir in New Haven and will be returning to the Hartford Conservatory to study Music Pedagogy (teaching). She is also a studio assistant for LaSmouve Records where she assists with promotions, marketing, engineering and production. Tanisha helps keep inventory of studio expenses, assists the CEO with phone calls, marketing, promotions, production and recording aspects. She also is involved in engineering, logging studio information into computers, and keeping track of artists signing in and out of recording session.

t.graham@lasmouve.com

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In May 2005 she graduated from Quinnipiac University with a Bachelors degree in Communications and a minor in Marketing. Her studies focused on production and she took classes in radio production as well as sound and video editing. Throughout her schooling she worked with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Avid and Pro Tools programs. During her senior year of college, she interned with Clear Channel radio working in the promotions department. In August 2006 she started working as an intern at LaSmouve Records where she is in charge of administrative activities and on-line marketing research. Some of her responsibilities include organizing their record company database, keeping up to date sales reports and organizing inventory of promotional products and merchandise.

j.dennis@lasmuve.com

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He is currently a senior at the University of New Haven majoring in Music Industry. Since the age of 18, Darrell has been in and out of recording studios helping him to gain an interest in creating music. He has had much experience with music since he has been singing for twelve years, playing the guitar for four years and playing the drums for two years. His job at LaSmouve is to contact colleges, clubs, venues and promoters for shows and tour bookings. As the tour manager he is responsible for securing shows, gathering information about up coming events and creating a data base of all contacts.

d.porter@lasmouve.com

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Chris is a recent graduate from the Institute of Audio Research, with a certificate in Audio Production and Engineering. He started his music career as a DJ when he was 15 years old. After doing that for a few years his interest in music began to grow and he decided to learn about the production and recording side of the industry. Chris built a project studio in his basement and began learning the art of recording and production, which he has now been doing for 6 years. When Chris isn't working on tracks for clients he is working with his own artists on projects for his production company, "Last Call Productions." Chris now works for LaSmouve Records as an A&R/Radio Promoter. Here he is in charge of overseeing artists' projects. He reports on their progress, he contacts radio stations, and assists with engineering.

c.sacco@lasmouve.com

Dale Montford Is a graduate of Eastern Connecticut State Univ, BA Marketing. He Is an active member of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). Dale is the newest member of Lasmouve Records, he brings a young ambitious attitude ready to bring Lasmouve into new directions. He will be responsible for generating innovative marketing ideas which will help Lasmouve become an elite label. His goal is to expand Lasmouve's market share in Connecticut, and make them the premier label in the tri-state area.

d.montford@lasmouve.com

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