After a prolific career as a remixer, Silas became a respected record label executive responsible for bringing Chanté Moore, Jesse Powell, Keke Wyatt, London Jones, and Tricky Stewart to prominence as well as working with Aaron Hall.
After attending California State University Silas, who had a musical gift, initially tried his hand as a singer, but found much more success as a DJ, remixing other records in the late 1970s.
By the 1980s, he was in demand as a remixer, adding club heavy or hip-hop electronic percussion sounds to a previously recorded song.
So determined was he to expose her under the right light, for the music video treatment for her debut single, "Love's Taken Over", Silas spent the money to have the shoot in Paris by movie director Antoine Fuqua.
Although he is not as famous as Sean Combs, Brian “Birdman” Williams, or Babyface, Silas began the trend while a successful record producer would get an imprint (distinct from an independent label getting a distribution deal, or a subsidiary) and have a roster of talent of his own.