We were lucky to catch up with Carlos Patrick recently and have shared our conversation below.
Carlos, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?
My nephew CHristopher ISaiah Holmes was born in 1999. I made a decision to name our record company CHISPA Music Group after Chris. Using the first two letters from his first and middle names, CH and IS and the first two letters of PAtrick. CHISPA is also a Spanish word, the English translation is “spark”. Christopher Holmes has grown to be a great touring drummer/ percussionist and singer. He’s listed as a producer on The Patricks LEGACY album. “With All I Got” by The Patricks features Chris on lead vocals.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Greetings, I’m Carlos Patrick, the creator of Patrick Productions and CHISPA Music Group. With over 30 years of experience in music production, I’m most proud of The Patricks latest gospel album LEGACY. I’m joyful and thankful. The Patricks LEGACY album is being played on radio from Miami, Florida to London, England.
Reception of The Patricks LEGACY album around the world has been extraordinary. After reviewing Apple Music trends I discovered that LEGACY by The Patricks is streaming from Lagos, Nigeria to Seoul, South Korea.
It was an honor attending The Stellar Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2024. Meeting Mr. Don Jackson, the founder of The Stellar Awards, was super cool. Meeting Dr. Lady Raine on the Blue Carpet experience was awesome.
In autumn 2024, we received exciting news via Billboard’s GRAMMY® contenders issue that LEGACY by The Patricks is listed for GRAMMY® Award consideration. Very exciting times.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
Working in the music business requires patience. Sometimes success comes early on and sometimes success comes later. In October 2023, my dad Frankie Lee Patrick asked me to listen to an unfinished gospel project that he and I had recorded in 2006. 18 years later, the album LEGACY by The Patricks came into fruition. It came on Gods time. God produced the album. For almost two decades we waited and were blessed with a great project.
We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.
My business partners are my immediate family. My mom, Luella Patrick, is the glue that holds all things Patricks together in the realm of social media. Angie P. Holmes, Fran Moore, Angel Patrick, Charity Foster, Christiann Holmes, Christina Holmes, Caanin Foster, Michael Simpson, Dr. Calvin Bonds, and Steve Jones are all champions in helping the business model succeed. I thank them all. I also thank the amazing engineers who assisted the LEGACY project with their talents- Derrick Stevenson (Atlanta), Jason Gillespie (Memphis), Rodger Willis (Chicago), and Luther Banks (Atlanta). Special thanks to music industry great Walter Thomas of Motown for being a wonderful example of exceptionalism in the music business.
Contact Info:
- Website: www. Chispamusicgroup.com
- Instagram: @Thepatricksofficial
- Facebook: The Patricks
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/me?trk=p_mwlite_feed-secondary_nav
- Youtube: @Thepatricksofficial
Image Credits
In order:
1. Carlos Patrick (photo credit: Gabe Ginsberg)
2. The Patricks Legacy Album Cover 2024
3. Back Cover Art of The Patricks Legacy album.
4. The Patricks (Christopher Holmes, Frankie Patrick, Daniel Patton, Carlos Patrick)
5. GCMA Xchange June 2024 Cover featuring The Patricks
6. Dr. Lady Raine of The Stellar Awards Nominated- PRAYz.FM Radio
7. Pastor Jamal H. Bryant holding The Patricks Legacy vinyl album
8. Carlos Patrick and 2024 Stellar Award Winner Lisa Knowles-Smith
9. Carlos Patrick at The Stellar Awards 2024 (photo credit: Gabe Ginsberg)