3S Records

 Goals and Objectives

• Create a highly organized, productive and efficient organization
• Clearly outline specific responsibilities for each position
• Provide employees with the necessary autonomy to be productive
• Eliminate overlapping job responsibilities
• Monitor cost effectiveness and quality of outsourced functions
• Provide employees with incentives to maximize performance
• Offer employee medical insurance
• Institute an employee profit sharing plan
• Offer bonuses based on the attainment of specific goals
• Create an enjoyable, creative, positive workplace

 

 

The strength of 3S’s  management team is derived from the blend of experience, creativity, savvy and energy.  The following individuals who occupy key positions within the company are dedicated and prepared to ensure 3S’s  success and profitability.

 

Dane Banks, CEO

 

Mikael Manley, joins 3S Records with an impressive array of experience as both a performer and a producer in the music industry.  He is phenomenal guitarist, keyboardist, percussionist and bass player and has performed with numerous artists.  He is not only the lead guitarist for the legendary Commodores but has expanded his repertoire to include composing, songwriting, arranging and producing.  A native of Dayton, Ohio, Manley received his formal musical training at Sinclair College (Dayton, Ohio) and Howard University (Washington, DC).  While in Dayton, Manley studied with and collaborated with Walter “Junie” Morrison, original keyboardist and lead vocalist for the Ohio Players.  Manley moved to South Florida where in 1984, his single, It Must Be Nice, reached the Top 20 in the Miami market and was featured on the hit network television program, Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous.´ In 1987, Manley began what would become a very fruitful association with Frank Cornelius of the Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose.  Their jointly released single, Fat Bottom Girls, was in regular rotation on Black Entertainment Television (BET).  Later Manley formed the male singing group, Shades of Gray, with Manley singing lead.  The group was quickly sought after for their live performances and served as the opening act for Peabo Bryson, R. Kelly, and Tony Terry.  Over the years, with numerous groups, Manley has opened for or shared the same stage with Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder, Freddie Jackson, The O’Jays, Natalie Cole, Silk, Mya, Gladys Knight.  Isaac Hayes.  He also performed on Motown Live with Boyz II Men, Diana Ross and the Temptations.  Manley has added reggae to his musical Pantheon.  Some of Manley’s reggae songs have already received airplay from top radio announcer Barry G., in Jamaica.

 

Andrew Schefter has quickly become one of the industry’s most sought-after producers in both the film and video markets.  Since graduating from the University of Kansas in 1992 with degrees in English Literature and Film, Mr. Schefter has been working in film production acting as a Producer, Line Producer, Unit Production Manager or Assistant Director based out of Miami Beach in commercials, music videos and motion pictures. His clients and past work include Bell South, Sprint, Pringles, Baskin-Robbins, Kodak, Export A, Mattel, ToyMax, Infiniti, DeBeers, Mellon Bank, Chase Manhattan, Thomasville, Home and Garden TV, Playboy, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Trick Daddy, Enrique Iglesias, CBS's Grapevine, Larry Clark’s Bully for Lion’s Gate, Empire with John Leguizamo, Isabella Rossillini and Denise Richards, Irish Eyes with Daniel Baldwin and Wings Hauser, Chapter Zero with Penelope Ann Miller, Dylan Walsh, Colm Meaney and Lee Majors, Last Marshal with Scott Glenn and William Forsythe, and Landfall with Francis Sternhagen, Josh Hamilton and Jean Louise Kelly as well as many others. When not working in film production Mr. Schefter serves on the Board of Directors of the South Beach Film Festival and researches new advances in motion picture technology.

 

 

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