While establishing herself as an artist and working her way up through the New York underground club scene, Gaga met with producer Rob Fusari. Together, they wrote music which landed to a short lived record deal with Island Def Jam. After being dropped, Gaga was then signed by Vincent Herbert to Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records in late 2007. Gaga became a songwriters for artists at Interscope Records while she was also completing her debut album.