Post by whitewater on Mar 28, 2020 19:28:26 GMT -6
Character Name: Nicholas North
Nickname(s): Nick
Gender: Male
Birthdate: July 28th
Age: 47
Appearance: greenish eyes, short greying brown hair, chiseled features, stubble. 5’11”. Usually dresses professionally, in suits, or button up-shirts. He goes out of his way to look a bit rougeish, in order to project an image more in line with many of his artists, who aren’t so clean cut.
Personality: Nick has a ruthless eye for business, and is always chasing more and more lucrative contracts. He founded North Star Records almost twenty-five years ago, straight out of college, and has given his life to building it up from nothing, signing artist after artist. He has an eye for talent and is good at spotting exactly the kind of artist North Star Records needs: Young, impressionable, talented, and hungry for success and to be noticed. He offers them exactly what they want, exactly what they think they need, in the form of a contract, and he makes them great. He’s fair to his artists, as fair as anyone is in the industry, and while he looks out for number one first, he isn’t swindling anyone.
He is confident, almost to the point of being arrogant, but his confidence is earned through years of success. He is very intelligent, and knows the music industry inside and out. He can make almost anyone a success, although they may not like his methods. He doesn’t care about artistic integrity or not selling out. He treats music like the business it is, and thinks that ‘artistic integrity’ is just more bullshit to spout to help artists sell records.
He’s a friendly man, always willing to socialize with the artists and the people who work with and around the business, and has a network of contacts spanning the whole city. He’s rather disappointed to be in conflict with certain artists due to his beliefs, and wishes they would just come around and see things his way. He’s always present with a word of advice for anyone looking to break into the industry, although often the artists don’t like his advice. He loves to personally show up to scout talent, just to see the shock on their faces.
He’s not held back by any particular moral belief system. His personal code is to be honest and fair to everyone. He doesn’t cheat his artists out of what should be theirs, he doesn’t lie to them, and he doesn’t take advantage of them. He’s brutally honest about what they need to do to make it in the industry. He’s prepared to deal with artists from clean-cut popstars, to rough-around-the-edges punk rockers. He doesn’t have an opinion on the antics of the less straight-edge artists signed to North Star Records, it’s all just PR, part of the game of selling records. He can be ruthless sometimes, and doesn’t always know when to quit pushing on something. He has a one-track mind when it comes to business, and thinks that everyone should think about music the same way he does, in analytical terms, about how it can be neatly packaged, marketed, and sold.
He works constantly, and is a bit of a workaholic. Because he built the label from the ground up, he’s used to being involved in almost everything North Star Records does, and even though he no longer has to be, he remains involved in many aspects of the label’s day-to-day operations, leaving him without much time spent outside of work.
Positive Traits: Friendly, confident, fair, honest.
Negative Traits: Business-oriented, workaholic, ruthless.
Sexuality: Straight
Hobbies: Whiskey tasting, collecting fountain pens, gambling.
Occupation: CEO of North Star Records
Background: Nick was born to parents Peter and Anna North, who raised their son on a foundation of truth and honesty, making him the honest and fair man he is today. He was their only child, which forced him to make friends among the children of the neighborhood. He attended college, and graduated with a degree in Business. He founded North Star Records right out of college, and his very first signed band was his friend’s college rock band, Volley. He made contacts, struck deals, promoted albums, and slowly built his business to where it is today, with dozens of signed artists, many of them very successful, a large office building in West Hollywood. Nick’s personal life looks fantastic as well. He was able to purchase fast cars, a house in Beverly Hills, and pay for his wife’s, former model Lillian North, dream wedding. But his marriage isn’t as happy as it could be, and he bears guilt for what happened with Volley. He encouraged them to promote themselves by living up the rock star life, and it led to the guitarist’s death by drug overdose, which led to the breakup of the band and the death of the lead singer. He’s haunted by this memory every time he advises an up and coming rock band to play up their lifestyles, but surely that was a one-time event, and it won’t happen again...
Family Details:
Wife: Lillian North (played by Machinerage)
Parents: Peter and Anna North (deceased)
Nickname(s): Nick
Gender: Male
Birthdate: July 28th
Age: 47
Appearance: greenish eyes, short greying brown hair, chiseled features, stubble. 5’11”. Usually dresses professionally, in suits, or button up-shirts. He goes out of his way to look a bit rougeish, in order to project an image more in line with many of his artists, who aren’t so clean cut.
Personality: Nick has a ruthless eye for business, and is always chasing more and more lucrative contracts. He founded North Star Records almost twenty-five years ago, straight out of college, and has given his life to building it up from nothing, signing artist after artist. He has an eye for talent and is good at spotting exactly the kind of artist North Star Records needs: Young, impressionable, talented, and hungry for success and to be noticed. He offers them exactly what they want, exactly what they think they need, in the form of a contract, and he makes them great. He’s fair to his artists, as fair as anyone is in the industry, and while he looks out for number one first, he isn’t swindling anyone.
He is confident, almost to the point of being arrogant, but his confidence is earned through years of success. He is very intelligent, and knows the music industry inside and out. He can make almost anyone a success, although they may not like his methods. He doesn’t care about artistic integrity or not selling out. He treats music like the business it is, and thinks that ‘artistic integrity’ is just more bullshit to spout to help artists sell records.
He’s a friendly man, always willing to socialize with the artists and the people who work with and around the business, and has a network of contacts spanning the whole city. He’s rather disappointed to be in conflict with certain artists due to his beliefs, and wishes they would just come around and see things his way. He’s always present with a word of advice for anyone looking to break into the industry, although often the artists don’t like his advice. He loves to personally show up to scout talent, just to see the shock on their faces.
He’s not held back by any particular moral belief system. His personal code is to be honest and fair to everyone. He doesn’t cheat his artists out of what should be theirs, he doesn’t lie to them, and he doesn’t take advantage of them. He’s brutally honest about what they need to do to make it in the industry. He’s prepared to deal with artists from clean-cut popstars, to rough-around-the-edges punk rockers. He doesn’t have an opinion on the antics of the less straight-edge artists signed to North Star Records, it’s all just PR, part of the game of selling records. He can be ruthless sometimes, and doesn’t always know when to quit pushing on something. He has a one-track mind when it comes to business, and thinks that everyone should think about music the same way he does, in analytical terms, about how it can be neatly packaged, marketed, and sold.
He works constantly, and is a bit of a workaholic. Because he built the label from the ground up, he’s used to being involved in almost everything North Star Records does, and even though he no longer has to be, he remains involved in many aspects of the label’s day-to-day operations, leaving him without much time spent outside of work.
Positive Traits: Friendly, confident, fair, honest.
Negative Traits: Business-oriented, workaholic, ruthless.
Sexuality: Straight
Hobbies: Whiskey tasting, collecting fountain pens, gambling.
Occupation: CEO of North Star Records
Background: Nick was born to parents Peter and Anna North, who raised their son on a foundation of truth and honesty, making him the honest and fair man he is today. He was their only child, which forced him to make friends among the children of the neighborhood. He attended college, and graduated with a degree in Business. He founded North Star Records right out of college, and his very first signed band was his friend’s college rock band, Volley. He made contacts, struck deals, promoted albums, and slowly built his business to where it is today, with dozens of signed artists, many of them very successful, a large office building in West Hollywood. Nick’s personal life looks fantastic as well. He was able to purchase fast cars, a house in Beverly Hills, and pay for his wife’s, former model Lillian North, dream wedding. But his marriage isn’t as happy as it could be, and he bears guilt for what happened with Volley. He encouraged them to promote themselves by living up the rock star life, and it led to the guitarist’s death by drug overdose, which led to the breakup of the band and the death of the lead singer. He’s haunted by this memory every time he advises an up and coming rock band to play up their lifestyles, but surely that was a one-time event, and it won’t happen again...
Family Details:
Wife: Lillian North (played by Machinerage)
Parents: Peter and Anna North (deceased)