Couleen LaGon began his musical career around the age of 5 on the drums. His father, a bass player, played with many legendary musicians, including Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, B.B. King and others. As one of the original members of Forte (later known as 112), Couleen sang bass, but his lack of experience and enthusiasm for being an R&B singer led him to leaving the group. An eye-opening experience nonetheless, he ended up joining the Navy, and later moved to Naples, Italy. In Naples, he began creating electronic music, and eventually began his search for an artist to work with when he returned to the U.S.
Operating under the psuedo-name Skot Free, his first artist development project was signed to Interscope Records. Couleen went on to produce songs for Cee-Lo (of Gnarles Barkley), television and film projects and recently, the first single, "Superbad" for Warner Bros Records recording artist, Diamond (formerly of Crime Mobb).
Poised, and finally comfortable in his own artistic skin, his music has evolved to reflect his wide ranging tastes and influences, as well as his current state of mind. A hot, boiling pot of gumbo, spilling over pop, blues, electro, hip-hop, and good old fashioned fun. Playfully termed "chain-gang music" by a few of his close friends, his music today is certainly like nothing youve ever heard, but everything Couleen LaGon has dreamed it could be.
24 мар 2010
