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Velvet Echo is the production duo of Mike McClellan and Stephen Newman. Longtime friends and collaborators, they formed their own studio while finishing college. They played and performed with multiple bands, all the while honing their skills as producers and engineers. Their friends would ask them to record and produce them, which would lead to meeting new musicians meeting talent they wanted to work with. During this time their love and appreciation for multiple styles of music deepened, which encourage them to branch out in their own writing. This created a snowball effect which lead to them moving away from running a recording studio and focusing on producing. Mike and Steve enjoy talking about music, movies, and spending time playing old video games.
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Velvet Echo has produced music for ESPN, The NBA, MTV, the Today Show, as well as created promotional music for Major League Baseball, the NFL, The Olympic Games, Amazon.com. They produced releases for Amy Whitcomb of NBC's "The Voice" and "The Sing Off."
Born in Miami, Florida raised in St. Croix, Virgin Islands to Afro-Colombian parents, Adassa is a bilingual singer-songwriter who quickly became known as the "Reggaeton Princess".
While signed to Universal Latino, she collaborated & toured with Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Winsin y Yandell, Pitbull, Aventura, Zion y Lennox, Ivy Queen, Little John, Kevin Little, Vico C, Baby Rasta & Gringo, Lil'Flip, Baby Bash, Juvenile, and Nina Sky among others, including sold out concerts at Madison Square Garden, American Airlines Arena, Rose Bowl Los Angeles, and Centennial Arena.
She also made high-profile appearances with Ciara (with whom she toured in Japan) and Missy Elliott on "1,2 Step" followed by one with Pitbull on the title track record off of her debut album "Kamasutra", Snoop Dogg on the remix for "Boom" She won't get away, and with Flo Rida on "I Wanna Feel Real". The song "Bounce" with Turkish pop start Tarkan, was a great success in Europe for Adassa, as well as her single "De Tra" which also reached #40 on Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay Chart. also added "The success of her releases sent Adassa on tour in Latin America, Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Korea, Switzerland, The US and Japan.
Her TV appearances include; Sabado Gigante, Billboard Latino, Access Hollywood, Mun2, VH1, MTV 1,2,3, MI TRL, La Esquina with Pitbull, Escandalo TV, Tu Desayuno Alegre, Tu Eres el VJ, Cotorreando, The Roof, Fashion Week Awards, La TV, Japan TV, Fusion, Accesso Total, Pepsi Blue Carpet Bash among many others and her singles have been featured across Latin Channels including but not limited to Despierta America, Al Rojo Vivo, El Gordo y la Flaca, as well as performing the infamous jingles for the McDonald's campaigns "McDonald's Me Encanta" and the Toyota Worldwide Television Campaigns.
