User:RONESTONE1

Roney "Ronestone" Hooks is an American songwriter,arranger, producer and educator. Ronestone began his musical journey musical in the late sixties with formal training on the ukulele and piano from Professor Randolph Winfield in Brooklyn, NY. Years later after serving four years in the USAF as an Air Traffic Controller he answered an ad in the NY Times in 1981 regarding first time ever walk-in for enrollment into the prestigious Julliard School of Music. There,he studied music theory,arranging and began writing and producing records for some of yesterdays and today’s stellar artist.

As an Award winning songwriter, arranger and producer,Ronestone has worked with some of today's chart topping artist such as Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Quincy Jones and The Beastie Boys, Babyface, Jermaine Stewart,and Kathy Sledge of "Sister Sledge" that brought in revenue to the tune of 40 million records sold worldwide. Ronestone penned several songs on the chart topping 1990 album “Poison” by members of the R&B group New Edition known as “BBD, Bell Biv DeVoe. The collaboration earned Ronestone a chart topping single “I Thought It Was Me” and gold and platinum certifications for this work. Ronestone signed an artist recording contractin 1991 with Sony Records after months of negotiating with Benny Medina, Quincy Jones and Sony boss Tommy Motolla. Ronestone signed with Sony and was commissioned to produce and remix songs for Epic and Columbia artist. Ronestone's musical composition "Let Me Know Something" has been showcased in movies such as "House Party" 1 & "House Party" 2.

Specialties: Contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, publishing & branding &global marketing, guest speaking, consulting and teaching.

Honors, Awards & Societies : APA Member since 2013, American Music Awards, (3) # 1 singles and albums on Billboard Magazine, ASCAP Member & Voting Member since 2000, NMPA Member since 2006. Numerous Gold and Platinum Certifications from the RIAA.