Biography
1986-1989 UNITED STATES NAVY
1989 EL GENERAL
I started my career in 1989 in the music industry, hi, I am Gilbert L Feliciano I was the guy who found and discovered an artist named, Edgardo Franco, a.k.a. EL General, in 1989, I was expanding my Limousine Service into New York, and figured what better way to expose our Ultra-Strech Limos than the Puerto Rican Day Parade. I gave EL General his first opportunity to perform "Live" during the parade. The parade route caved in and I was offered to join the team for believing in him. Shortly thereafter, I moved to New York and opened New Creations, and landed a P&D Deal with BMG, and the rest is history.
1994 FRANKIE RUIZ
After five (5) years of managing and running my First Major Record Label at the young age of 19. I then reunited with Salsa Legend Jose Antonio Ruiz, a.k.a Frankie Ruiz who prior to entering into the United States Navy in 1986, Frankie approached me and wanted me to work with him. Frankie was about to Release his First Solo Album."Solista Pero No Solo". Unfortunately, I had already made a commitment to serve my country. After, closing New Creation's in New York I entered into an "Exclusive Manager's Agreement with Frankie and re-negotiated his recording contract with Rodvan Records. Frankie was only being paid $15k in the current contract, My first job as his manager, I was able to negotiate a three-year contract with two options at $250k per album. during that time, I purchased Frankie's first two live recordings entitled "Salsa Buena" and "Borinquen" recorded in 1972, from Charlie Lopez. I am currently working on Re-Releasing the two songs in 2023, which would mark the 25th Anniversary of his passing on August 9, 1998. I also launched the first merchandising campaign to sell merchandising at Live Events like the American Artist.
2000 NPOWER DATABASE
IN 2000, I was asked by a friend, to sit in on a meeting on a Technology company that was working on changing how people were going to watch television. The company had created an Internet Platform that would allow you to watch personalized television from your computer. These are some of Hollywood's power hitters that ran the Film, Television, and Talent Agency in Los Angeles, California. These are the guys who were the early pioneers of Streaming, but they were also the ones who helped create the very first Smart Televisions. My role was to expand on their current user name and password, to add Male or Female, Date of Birth, and Zip Code. My vision back then was to utilize this new information in order to create the largest and most powerful advertising agency simply from having that information. As part of my development with NPOWER, I began my education in SMS (Text Messages). As part of the millions of dollars spent on Research and Development, these guys saw the future and knew it was only a matter of time before customers would catch on to texting. I was also asked to help advise them on how to incorporate their technology into the Latin Market.
2004 ROCBOX
After several attempts to launch StimTV, I was introduced to, my now great friend Isreal Valdes. in our first meeting, it was so obvious that we were so much alike! In that meeting, we discovered that we were both born on July 13! Crazy right? Our meeting was about a film project Izzy was working on. During that meeting, we started talking about music technology and we started talking about a platform he was working on called RocBox. The crazy thing was it was similar to Stim TV, and he had a team that was currently developing a television application with the elements of adverting. So we began to develop our relationship. I was given the opportunity to work with Izzy and develop not only RocBox Latino but expand content for RocBox Kids. Izzy had such an amazing platform, so advanced than what StimTV was working on. Yet, I could not understand why he was so hesitant in launching the platform. In late 2015, I get a call from Izzy telling me that he just received the two (2) patents for a Continuous Player and a Player with a Player. Patents were issued on September 29, 2015. Then he explained why it had taken so long to launch his platform, which made total sense. Today those two (2) patents are the foundation of pretty much all of today's biggest technology companies. he is currently working with a big media group in the film and technology out of Los Angeles, CA
MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, MUSIC, and MEDIA
In 2005, I decided I was going to launch my own Marketing and Management Company to help up-and-coming artists who are just getting into the industry. I launched a few different partnerships, that did not give me what I was looking for. Learning about, Streaming TV Platforms, that could not deliver. SIRUS Radio, but did not have the right team to keep it going. Then I started On Agency USA, LLC with a partner in Brazil, where we are building a brand in Orlando, that will change the Entertainment Industry as we know it, that will bring so many opportunities. We are helping bring to market a new drug that will help those with Alzheimer's. Another project is to build affordable housing in Central Florida. New Technologies include Internet Cable Television and Solar Solutions. Plus, many other new Reusable Energy solutions. advanced Cooling products and new technology products that we are excited to be a part of. Finally, I am also back into the music, with a project for 2023 and digital distribution and publishing that I am excited about.