New Jersey Stage Issue 51 | Page 118

His latest album, Cuts and Scratches was actually released in 2009, but was recently picked up by Nub Music Ltd, a small record label in England that worked out a distribution record deal with Warner Brothers. Even though the album is nearly a decade old, this is its first large scale introduction to the public. “It was on my own label and I didn’t know how to promote and market it,” admitted Weiss. “It didn’t have the finances to do that, so it was a bad plan so to speak. What I like most about the label is that they went to my website and saw all I had done in my career, but told me, ‘We have a lot of respect for your past, but we love your present.’” The label has already put out two singles from Cuts & Scratch- es. The first (“Ain’t It Supposed To Be Better By Now)” was re- leased in April and the latest (“I Am Somebody”) was just re- leased in September. “I don’t think that I ever want- ed to pursue a solo career or Listen to “(Ain’t It Supposed To Be) Better By Now” by Larry Weiss NJ STAGE - ISSUE 51 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 118