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Label president Daniel J. Zaccagnino ’05 has declared that the Roxy show is not going to be a one-off event, because Veritas is committed to getting Harvard bands gigs at top venues. “While we had very little, if anything, to do with setting it up,” Zaccagnino revealed, “Veritas bands like Tha League and The States have had tremendous success booking gigs with big name acts and at big clubs such as The Middle East.” Veritas has plans for at least...
...video for the included song, “Stop Stop,” two by indie favorites The States—as winners of a national unsigned-band competition, they will soon fly to Los Angeles to record a whole CD—two by the acoustic singer/songwriter/label president Zaccagnino, one by the jazz group Modern Music Collective, one by Jamie B. Fordyce ’05—an acoustic guitar player who plays mostly instrumentals—and one track by Amy M. Zelcer ’07 (jazz vocalist and winner of the 2004 Harvard Idol competition...
...produce their album, Veritas used a portable Pro Tools system that brought mobile and professional recording capability. Zaccagnino enthusiastically claimed that “the CD came out exactly how we hoped it would. The feel of the CD is great. The genres range from jazz and acoustic rock to hip hop and indie rock, but the whole CD has a real coherent feel to it because the emphasis wasn’t on a genre, but on the quality of the musicianship and music.” The album was mixed and mastered by Mantis Evar...
...Adidas really has a focus on what’s going on locally,” said Daniel J. Zaccagnino ’05, the president of Veritas. “They want to put student artwork in the store, play student music while people are shopping and just get to know the neighbors...
From a business perspective, Zaccagnino views the Harvard name as a plus, noting that “businesses want to deal with more intelligent musicians” as opposed to those who have no real conception as to how the economics of the system works. Zaccagnino says he’s found that, contrary to myth, labels do care about their artists’ long term careers, but just can’t afford bands that don’t bring in the bucks...