In 2007, Fusari asked Wendy Starland to find a female singer to front a new band he wanted to create. Starland found Stefani Germanotta at the 57th New Writers Showcase on March 23, 2006. From there, the two of them started writing music which led to Gaga being signed to Island Def Jam and later meeting Vincent Herbert who would sign her under his label, Streamline Records.