What is the state of Latin music today compared to five years ago?
Due to the fact that good music is consistently being recorded and released, there has been a continual support from the press. Corporate America has woken up to realize that this music is a fine way to reach the Latino youth of the U.S. In addition, more labels have at least recognized that this is something that needs to be discussed at their meetings. A boom of an icon like Ricky Martin can peak, but the real story is a consistent market presence by a variety of artists. We are at the cusp of that. What markets are the strongest for the acts you manage? The U.S., Mexico, Latin America, Spain and certain European countries. What markets are you looking to break into for your acts? More markets in the U.S., Europe as well as Asia. Is there a conflict of interest if Cookman International does both for the same artist? We normally don’t book the artists we manage, and when we do, it’s only in Latin America as our company has had either more or at least equal experience with every major
