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Planet Money Records Vol. 1: Earnest Jackson

All Songs Considered

CHAPTER

The A&R Guy, the Talent Scout

I waited tables for 33 years, several externatives. I got double chips because after I served my party, then I hit them with a beautiful song. So yeah, Ernest is happy. He still sings at nursing homes and he has shows here and there. But the A&R guy, the talent scout in the back of the room, they're not showing up as that's not really how it works these days. That's not how a record label discovers you. And we thought we could try to get Ernest a record deal. But then we thought there's a planet many way to do this. We're going to try to become a record label ourselves just to get this one

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