PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
KUHNS,
continued from Page A1
This is their fi rst full-length
album and full marketing and
a full package behind them.
They will have 10 dates be-
fore the end of the year and
a bunch more next year. They
have a full radio campaign fi -
nanced by the record company
and will go nationwide. It’s just
starting out.”
Kuhns is overseeing a group
of 10 people doing jobs such
as licensing, a radio team, pub-
licist and photographer.
“My job is to be watching
over this team,” Kuhns said. “I
fl ew them to Seattle last week
to meet with Amazon. There’s
a lady in LA who likes their
music and does music for TV
shows. My job is to do what
is necessary for them. You’re
running a business, but at the
end of the day the business is
people. You have to business
minded but you also have to
be compassionate and relate to
humans well. You want to be
the band’s best friend and also
the leader of their business.”
Kuhns, who is also manag-
ing Beaverton-based artist and
American Idol fi nalist Haley
Johnsen, noted there are plans
to take My Brothers and I
around the country in 2016 af-
ter their songs start hitting ra-
dio stations across the United
States.
“They are growing every
day and their crowd is grow-
ing,” Kuhns said. “Everything
we send out, things companies
typically can’t land are landing
right away or with just a little
push with these guys. We got
on the rotation on LA’s pre-
mier radio station KCRW, an
NPR affi liate. Their top DJ
wanted to book them for a LA
show. We have something spe-
cial here.”
He may be only 22, but
Kuhns has learned plenty
about the business since he
tried breaking into it four short
years ago. Now he’s helping a
group achieve its dream, just
like he was hoping to when
auditioning for American Idol.
“I think about that a lot,”
Kuhns said of his role reversal.
“I catch myself at times think-
ing this is so bizarre. I don’t
feel I was successful perform-
ing myself. If I could do it for
others, I assume I could have
done this for myself. It’s weird
but it makes sense.”
Kuhns, who started dream-
ing of moving to LA at age 12,
is working to ensure his artists
aren’t just one-hit wonders.
“I need to build out slowly
and be resourceful about how
to build out the economic
side,” he said. “Entertainment is
so up and down, one day you
could be the talk of the town
and the next day you’re noth-
ing. I’m trying to grow my
clients out gradually so people
know who they are, otherwise
no one has any connection.”
Kuhns said the fi ve mem-
bers of My Brothers and I
share that philosophy.
“The guys are great about
making that connection to
fans,” Kuhns said. “They’ll sell
out a show to 500 fans in Port-
land, then meet the fans and
sign CDs. That’s the way we
have to do it.”
Based on his own attempt
to emerge as an artist, Kuhns
has come to place a premium
on being genuine with every-
one he meets.
“Anyone that affords my
client an opportunity, I need
to thank them and not take
them for granted,” he said. “I
let them know we appreci-
ate it. So many (in the busi-
ness) are not thankful and want
more. A lot of it comes from
my past. What I see is being a
catalyst for change in the in-
dustry. It’s an icky industry. I
want to make sure whatever
I do and what my artists do
is fi ghting against things that
have become commonplace
that shouldn’t be.”
In short, Kuhns tries to treat
his artists as he wanted to be
treated when he was in their
shoes.
“My mission statement is
empowering artists,” he said. “I
fi rmly believe in that. I allow
my artists to be as involved in
the decision making as much
as possible. I also help them un-
derstand when you do this, this
will happen. People often do
not tell artists what the crash
and burn could be from a de-
cision. I try to be realistic with
my artists and don’t promise
something I can’t deliver. I ap-
proach all conversations with
business partners openly and
honestly, very genuine.”
Kuhns is in a place he
couldn’t have imagined while
at McNary.
“I would have shrugged it
off or been insulted,” he said. “I
went to Willamette on a vocal
scholarship. I wanted to study
music classically. LA seemed
so far-fetched. It was always
something I wanted to do. It’s
really surreal, to see things I
dreamed of as a kid like go-
ing to the Grammys and award
shows, not just going there for
fun but to go there for work.
That is crazy for me.”
COUNCIL,
continued from Page A2
and Marion County both al-
low six hens, with no permits
required, and thus Keizer would
benefi t from having the same
number.
“People moving from Mar-
ion County, or from Salem,
may be less inclined to move
to Keizer if they are not able to
bring their six hens with them,”
the letter read in part. “Also,
simplicity is the best enforcer. If
your neighbor across the street
in Salem from your home in
Keizer is allowed six hens, then
it stands to reason that you’d be
able to have the same number
of hens.”
• Councilors also got a letter
from Keizer resident Scott Am-
lin, asking the council to con-
sider creating a quite zone at the
Chemawa Road/Keizer Station
railroad crossing between 10
p.m. and 6 a.m.
Amlin noted he’d done re-
search about why train horns
are sounded at all times of day
and found all reasons are related
to safety, as the Federal Rail-
road Administration requires
the horn be sounded for 15 to
20 seconds in advance of cross-
ings, day or night. If there are
multiple street crossings in close
proximity, the horn still needs
to be sounded for each one.
Other than eliminating
crossings, the only way to elimi-
nate the horn sound would
be for the city to implement a
quiet zone. Any changes that
would be necessary for imple-
mentation would be the city’s
responsibility.
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