The Sound Makers
Producers & Studios
Southern Soul is made all over the South, but the business runs through Atlanta, from the power-players who broker the major-label deals to the production heartland of Baton Rouge and Jackson. These are the people who build the records. Find a studio open for bookings.
Atlanta, GA
The industry gateway: where the deals get made.
Mr. Collipark
a.k.a. DJ Smurf
Producer & Executive
The Atlanta power-player behind the current surge: signed Mike Clark Jr. and helped push 803Fresh, after launching Soulja Boy and the Ying Yang Twins. ("Collipark" = College Park.)
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IFGAM Records
Label & Studio
Theodis Ealey's Atlanta Southern Soul label, "the Biggest Little Record Company in the South," breaking newer artists alongside the veterans.
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Sir Charles Jones
Producer & Artist
The Undisputed King is also a self-taught writer, arranger, and producer who shapes his own records and others'.
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Baton Rouge, LA
The production heartland: where the modern sound is made.
Beat Flippa
a.k.a. Daniel Ross
Producer & Label
One of the genre's defining producers; runs Ross Music Group and built the Louisiana Blues Brothas sound and the Pokey Bear era.
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Highway Heavy
a.k.a. Charles Lewis
Producer
Pinky Ring Music's deep, organ-driven soul: wrote and produced "My Sidepiece," one of the genre's biggest modern anthems.
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Tyree Neal
Producer & Artist
From the Neal blues dynasty, a guitarist, producer, and chart-regular who plays across the whole Louisiana circuit.
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Jackson, MS
The historic capital.
Malaco Records & Studios
BookableStudio & Label
"The Last Soul Company," the bedrock of the genre (Z.Z. Hill, Johnnie Taylor) and a professional studio available for outside bookings.
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Big Yayo
a.k.a. Chris Mabry
Producer
Modern singer-producer who produced J-Wonn's landmark "I Got This Record" and works with the new generation.
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Memphis, TN
The studio town.
Ecko Records
Studio & Label
John Ward's label, the prolific engine of 2000s Southern Soul, with its own working Memphis studio.
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Royal Studios
BookableStudio
The legendary Hi Records home of Al Green, a living, bookable Memphis soul room run by the Mitchell family.
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Birmingham, AL
Alabama soul.
Omar Cunningham
Producer & Artist
Alabama Blues Hall of Fame inductee who built his own Kylee Tunz studio and writes hits across the circuit.
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Dallas, TX
Texas soul.
Steve Washington
a.k.a. Parooze
Artist, Producer & Label
Dallas soul-blues artist and label owner (Southpaw Records). Son of blues composer Ferdinand "Fats" Washington and a former Lucky Peterson collaborator; his debut won Living Blues' Best Debut.
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Across the Circuit
Hitmakers who work everywhere.
Kang803
Producer
King George's primary producer, the sound behind the genre's #1 star.
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P2K DaDiddy
Producer & Promoter
Shreveport-based producer/DJ/promoter who collaborates across King George, Tucka, Sir Charles Jones, and Pokey Bear.
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Stan Butler
a.k.a. Hitmak3r
Producer
Macon-area producer behind records for West Love, Lenny Williams, and Charles Wilson.
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