Carlos Keyes got his first taste of the music sector while working at Pyramid Entertainment Team in New York. Armed with a degree in computer technology, he started out in 1993 as Sal Michaels' associate, working his way up to a full time agent. Within two years, he was reservation all the worldwide gigs for Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Kool and the Gang, Men At Perform, KC & The Sunshine Band, Manhattan Transfer, Sister Sledge, The Commodores, Jeffrey Osborne, MC Lyte, Take 6, Peabo Bryson, and Jeffrey Osborne.In 2000, needing room to grow, and wanting to book other artists and develop his own tours, Carlos Keyes moved on and became a associate at the Performers & Audience agency, booking rock-oriented acts along with R&B. After a year there "with things in flux, a standstill," he says, Carlos formed American Talent Agency with an associate, Peter Seitz from his Pyramid days.
