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MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
Kevin Hart
Ohio Wrestlers
Musiq Soulchild
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20
T-Boz
BBD
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
Ricky Smiley
Chrisette Michelle
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
George Wallace
Nuthin But Strings
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
Lil JJ
Ken Brite
K’Jon
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The Industry Dot Biz: Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons, in collaboration with GIANT Magazine, presents the “Sole Series” Campaign! GIANT and Baby Phat have embarked on a unique multi-media program that will engage the audience by integrating readers’ experience with Baby Phat through print, digital, special event and mobile initiatives. Performing live at Underground Station, a division of Genesco Inc., for part three of the Sole Series in-store tour is hot new pop singer-songwriter Priscilla Renea.
The Industry Dot Biz: Oct. 22 Is Deadline For Online Applications for GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles, GRAMMY Signature Schools And Early Decision For GRAMMY Camp ®
The GRAMMY Foundation ® is currently accepting applications for its 2010 GRAMMY Camp ®, GRAMMY ® Jazz Ensembles and GRAMMY Signature Schools programs. These programs are part of the Foundation’s GRAMMY in the Schools ® offerings. Gibson Foundation and the Ford Motor Company Fund continue to generously sponsor GRAMMY Signature Schools and GRAMMY Camp is sponsored in part by Converse and Epiphone.
“The GRAMMY Foundation connects young people with artists and industry professionals through GRAMMY in the Schools programs that offer real world insights into careers in the music business,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy ® and the GRAMMY Foundation. “Whether you are a singer/songwriter attending GRAMMY Camp, a band member at a school awarded a GRAMMY Signature Schools grant, or an instrumentalist spending GRAMMY Week in Los Angeles as a member of the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles, our programs offer students unique experiences that can help guide their musical futures.”
Students and schools interested in participating in the 2010 GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles and GRAMMY Signature Schools programs can apply at www.grammyintheschools.com. Completed applications are due by Oct. 22 for both programs. Oct. 22 is also the early decision deadline for students interested in attending the 6th annual GRAMMY Camp to be held in summer 2010. Early decision applicants will receive a 10 percent tuition discount if selected to attend GRAMMY Camp. They receive this discount whether they are selected as part of the early decision process or drawn from the regular applicant pool. Applicants not selected via early decision will be reconsidered with the final pool of applications. The final application deadline is March 31, 2010. Over the past three years, approximately 70 percent of campers who applied for financial aid received assistance.
The GRAMMY Foundation is also pleased to announce that for the first time ever, the GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles recordings can now be purchased on iTunes, Amazon.com, and other quality online music outlets. The 2007 and 2008 albums are available for download, with the 2006 and brand new 2009 albums set to be released this fall. These projects were recorded at the world famous Capitol Recording Studios (EMI Music) in Hollywood, Calif., by GRAMMY-winning engineers Manny Marroquin and Al Schmitt, and mastered by GRAMMY winner Bernie Grundman.
The Industry Dot Biz: Isn’t Iman damn near 60! Here she and Halle are at the Hammerstein Ballroom during Keep A Child Alive’s 6th Annual Black Ball hosted by Alicia Keys and Padma Lakshmi on October 15, 2009 in New York City.
The Industry Dot Biz: UPDATE: Chuck has responded, all is well….see comments.
I just found this post that I wrote where Public Enemy’s Chuck D, copied, pasted and responded by calling me an Idiot (laugh). I’ve been called a lot of things but I think this is the first time I have ever been called an idiot. There must be a support group for people like me?
Without question, I absolutely agree with many of the points Chuck makes in his theory and at this point, I’m on the fence on the issue discussed here. Further, I know I am a revolutionary, at best, in today’s industry where there is not ONE other publisher who has the balls that I do, to say what I say or to bring up subject matter that I bring up…just as Chuck is a revolutionary in the rap industry and I like people who are not afraid to speak their minds… I take my hat off to Chuck…. STILL after 25 years in the industry and working with the most twisted and psycho radio people on the planet… he can have hip hop music… but radio belongs to me! (laugh) You can read what he said here.. https://www.publicenemy.com/index.php?page=page3&item=148
The Industry Dot Biz: Pictured, Gary Bernstein President of Programming for Syndication One. He is pictured with CoCo Brother who I happened to meet for the first time at his Exodus event a couple of years ago and he ran from me like I was a demon (laugh). Now he is syndicated by Gary across the country at nite on Inspirational stations Also in the pic Yolanda-Starks White CoCo’s new bride Joann Rosario Condrey.
The Industry Dot Biz: Controversial conservative talk show host rush limbaugh has been dropped from a group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams after several black NFL players objected and the league commissioner weighed in against Limbaugh’s “divisive comments.” “It has become clear that his (Limbaugh’s) involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction to our intentions,” said SPC Worldwide Chairman Dave Checketts, who is leading the bid to buy the National Football League team and keep it in St. Louis.
“We have decided to move forward without him and hope it will eventually lead us to a successful conclusion,” Checketts said in an emailed statement. Several black NFL players have told newspaper reporters they would never play for a team owned by Limbaugh because of remarks they found racially objectionable, including his comment that the media wanted Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb to succeed because he is black. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay on Tuesday said he could not consider voting to approve Limbaugh as an owner because of comments that were “inappropriate, incendiary and insensitive,” according to an Associated Press report posted on the NFL’s website.
According to the report, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the NFL Fall League Meeting: “I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about. I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL.” Checketts’ group is bidding for the Rams as part of a sale being conducted by Goldman Sachs. While the process limits Checketts on what he can say, he obtained special permission to clarify the investor group’s intentions, he said.
A spokeswoman for Limbaugh could not immediately be reached for comment. Checketts, who owns the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues, wants to keep the Rams based in St. Louis, and to bolster these efforts, his group had invited Missourians to join them, leading to Limbaugh getting involved. Limbaugh was to have had a limited partnership role, said Checketts, and little day-to-day involvement.
A native of Missouri, Limbaugh is one of the most highly paid figures in broadcast media and an ardent football fan who came close to landing a spot as a commentator on “Monday Night Football” on ABC in 2000. Three years later, Limbaugh, who played football in high school, joined ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown.”
After a month on the show, he resigned amid controversy over his remarks about McNabb. Limbaugh was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and later worked for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Forbes magazine recently valued the Rams at $913 million, ranking them 25th out of 32 NFL teams.
The Industry Dot Biz: This has been SUCH a year of loss for the industry and I’m sorry to report that industry vet Hank Spann has passed. I was shocked to discover Hank worked in Buffalo with all the other radio greats at WUFO decades ago. He was truly one of the most down to earth people I had ever met in the industry and I’ve been on a couple of panels with him at various industry conferences. Hank, who has been ill for a while, started as a dj and also had an illustrious career in records. Remember these sheets from the radio stations in the 60s and 70s when DJs were stars? Retail worked with radio and put these lists in the record stores with the station’s top songs. One of my greatest childhood memories as a music lover was my mother and father used to take me on separate trips to Audrey’s and Dells to buy 5 and get 1 free whenever I asked and WBLK had this sheet with a promotion called the Blk Pick of the Week. I found this sheet on eBay with Hank’s pic, someone is selling it. In addition, hear Hank open his show on WWRL here
. Looking at this sheet makes it so hard for me to believe how homogenized urban radio has become thanks to the corporations and how the craft has been so watered down and disrespected. These guys were truly the last greats.
The Industry Dot Biz: Check out a 40 second teaser for the new Alicia Keys video for Doesn’t Mean Anything that comes out this Friday.
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The Industry Dot Biz: Natalie Cole looks GREAT! The legendary singer recently had a kidney transplant. Here she is at the event “On the List: Fixing America’s Failing Organ Transplant System” book release party at a private residence on October 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
The Industry Dot Biz: Program to provide training/certification to lending community for military borrowers
USA Cares today announced the creation of a new program designed to support the nation’s servicemen and women and veteran’s who may be experiencing hardship in making their mortgage payments. The program will support borrowers by helping lenders to better understand the unique financial and life challenges of military homeowners as well as educating lenders about the financial benefits military families have access to. USA Cares will also work with the housing counseling community to facilitate their awareness of the needs of military service members.
Bill Nelson, Executive Director of USA Cares said, “Our nation is at war and suffering tough economic times. Our new program will help enlisted and veteran borrowers avoid foreclosure and improve the experience of prospective homeowners who seek affordable homes.”
The effort will include a training course for individual lenders and a qualification stand ard for their parent lending institutions. Lenders will enroll in the Participating Lender Course (PLC) which will be offered nationwide in both classroom and web-based versions beginning this month. Successful completion of the course will be recognized with a certificate and that mark of excellence will become a sought after signal to military families, the promise that they will get the expert care they have earned though their service.
Beverly Ray Frase of USA Cares will direct the new program. She comes to USA Cares with a strong background as Mortgage Broker, Real Estate Broker and career Army wife. “I’ve been on all sides of this,” says Beverly. “I’ve been the military family buying a home, the Realtor helping find a home in a short window of time, and the lender helping to complete the purchase. I know firsthand what hurdles come along for military families trying to achieve homeownership and I understand the struggle some families face as they try to stay in their homes.”
USA Cares is no stranger to supporting the homeownership goals of military families. “We’ve paid out over one million dollars to save military family homes from foreclosure in the past three years,” said Jennifer Robinson, USA Cares Director of Assistance. “This new effort will help reduce the need for such assistance by supporting military borrowers and their lenders as they work together to make affordable and sustainable housing decisions.”
The program will be administered through USA Cares, a nationally recognized 501(c)3 that provides financial assistance to post 9/11 service members, veterans and their families. The program is funded by a grant from Fannie Mae.
The Industry Dot Biz: On Thursday, October 15 & Friday, October 16, Clear Channel Radio stations, WDIA, WHAL, KJMS & WHRK, will host a 26 hour radiothon to help raise donations for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Radiothon will run from 6am until 7pm, each day.
Michael Oppenheimer, Market Manager for Clear Channel Radio-Memphis, serves as Chairman for the Radio Cares Advisory Council of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Thanks in advance to our team, on what I know is going to be a very successful two days, ensuring a bright future for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Oppenheimer. “At the same time radio folks from around the country gather in Memphis to attend the “Radio Cares” seminar, Clear Channel Radio Memphis will be encouraging our listeners to become “Partners in Hope,” adds Oppenheimer.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. Its mission is to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. About 5,400 active patients are seen at St. Jude yearly, most of whom are treated on a continuing outpatient basis as part of ongoing research programs. St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world. Patients at St. Jude are referred by a physician, and nearly all have a disease currently under study and are eligible for a research protocol. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay.
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