How Tampa high schooler got signed to Capitol Records
GABRIELLE CALISE, Tampa Bay Times
May 8, 2021
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) For the past six months, none of Aidan Bissett’s teachers or classmates at Jesuit High School were aware that he had just scored a huge record label deal.
As Bissett, 18, was wrapping up his senior year of high school, he was also sending snippets of indie pop songs recorded in his bedroom to Capitol Records, the same company that put out records by Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles.
In mid April, Capitol Records officially announced that the Tampa native would be joining their roster and launched his new single, Communication. The rest has been a blur.
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Tampa native Aidan Bissett, 18, just signed to Capitol Records. The Jesuit High School senior dropped his new single Communication in April. [ Courtesy of Sidney Mazza ]
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For the past six months, none of Aidan Bissettâs teachers or classmates at Jesuit High School were aware that he had just scored a huge record label deal.
As Bissett, 18, was wrapping up his senior year of high school, he was also sending snippets of indie pop songs recorded in his bedroom to Capitol Records, the same company that put out records by Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles.