"Would she be in the position to playinfront of 20,000 people a night ifthe recordcompanyhad notput up the marketingdollars?" saysGaga's managerTroyCarter.
Launched just eight months ago, Chill already has over 18 million users and has drawn the attention of investors like Kleiner Perkins, Atlas Venture, Red Point Ventures, CrunchFund, and TroyCarter.
Perhaps fingers should be pointed at her long-time manager, TroyCarter, who in recent weeks has been profiled by Evelyn Rusli on the NYTimes blog Dealbook for founding a Silicon Valley startup (also backed by Gaga herself), Backplane.