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We had a quick chat with Bryan-Michael Cox on the red carpet at the 2011 Sesac Awards. He gave up-and-coming artists some advice…

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Planking picture from Brisbane Planking Association

So I decided to check out CNN.com and see what was actually going on in the world. Apparently, we humans have lost our d@mn mind. Lying still as flat as a board or ‘plank’ is the new craze…and people are doing it EVERYWHERE. I guess the entertainment in the action is seeing where you can get away with just lying flat face down, other than your bed. Take a look:

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Maximilian Wiedeman

The Fabian Castanier Gallery is having a solo showcase of British pop art Sensation Maximilian Wiedemann called “Pump Up The Valium.” The exhibition will also feature a range of mixed media on canvas, silkscreens, neon sculptures, stenciled artworks and several spectacular installations. Wiedemann will also be incorporating 25,000 pills into his works. According to Wiedemann:

“It’s about pills, and beauty, and vanity, and women taking blades to their faces”

Sounds like an interesting show…attend if you can.

June 4th through June 26th
Fabien Castanier Gallery
12196 Ventura Blvd,
Studio City, CA, 91604
WWW.CASTANIERGALLERY.COM

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In our last post, we showed you the big winners at the SESAC Awards in NYC on May 11th. We’ll be giving you some video clips from the event as the days go on. In this video we asked Chrisette Michele to give some advice to unsigned and independent artists… This star’s advice was to mix business with pleasure… take a look:

Chrisette Michele at 2011 SESAC Awards

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Hillary Scott and Rico Love with their awards

Encore Status Entertainment got a chance to cover the 2011 Sesac awards. Like BMI and ASCAP, SESAC is a service organization created to assist both the creators of music and music users through timely, efficient royalty collection and music licensing. There were over 400 songwriters, publishers and industry professionals there. We had the honor of quickly chatting with Rico Love, who was awarded Songwriter of the Year. He’s written a slew of songs, including:

-”There Goes My Baby” – sung by Usher

-”Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” – sung by Usher featuring Plies

-”Sweet Dreams” – sung by Beyonce

-”Just A Dream”- sung by Nelly

We also spoke briefly with the great Bryan-Michael Cox, Chrisette Michele (Ashton Martin Music), and Traci Hale (Rihanna “Whats My Name”). Hillary Scott of the group Lady Antebellum made her presence felt during the star studded event as well. She was awarded with Song of the Year, “Need You Now.” The song went triple platinum and was at the top of the Billboard charts for 5 consecutive weeks.

Chrisette Michele and  few of these top level songwriters gave Encore Status some advice to pass on to up and coming artists. Those videos will come soon. For now, check out some pics of the event.

Bryan-Michael Cox, Hillary Scott, Rico Love, Swizz Beats

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Groupon Live

Mega discount site Groupon has teamed up with Live Nation to create a new site offering discounted concert tickets. The site called “Groupon Live” and will probably help to fill up those empty seats at concerts. Here is a link to the site if you are interested in checking it out! Groupon LIVE

Over the past few years, A-List artists, have had a hard time selling out large concert venues. According to MSN, Rihanna’s Loud tour is having a hard time selling out. In March the site mentioned that  Rihanna’s management has urged her to cancel some dates. A few days after that story was published, a blog stated that an unnamed Live Nation rep reported those rumors to be false and explained that consumers wait until the last minute to purchase tickets for R+B and Hip Hop concerts. Not sure which story is true, but I do know one thing…I haven’t purchased concert tickets in a while (late or early) because I’m BROKE! Thank You Jesus for GrouponLIVE.

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We covered the All Access Music Conference and got to see some top notch producers. Here is a video of DipSet’s Araab Muzik performing at the event.

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by Tricia Status

Naked CD

Yesterday I attended the All Access Music Conference(Producer Edition). In attendance were A+Rs from Atlantic, BadBoy, Roc Nation, Hip Hop Since 1978 and more. There were many established producers there too… like Araab Muzik,  Amadeus, and Buda Da Future. All in all the event was spectacular. Its purpose was to be a knowledge share/networking event and contest for up and coming producers. The prize: A chance to record with Maino. Every panelist there was able to give a nugget of knowledge to help all these up and coming producers improve. I’m not a producer, but I certainly was moved and appreciated everything that was shared. I will be posting the panel discussion video shortly.

The only thing that I thought needed improvement was how some of the up and coming producers packaged themselves. Here are a few things that a should  have when you attend conferences with label executives – besides the music.

Business Cards - I feel like everyone should have a business card. Its the Music – Business. Have a business card that is not too cluttered, and has the following information:

-Name (of course)

-Email Address

-Phone contact (cell, Skype, Google Voice, or whatever it is you use)

-Some of the social networking sites where you can be found (Twitter, Facebook Fan page, Soundcloud, Soundclick, etc).

CD Cases or Covers - Its not quite summer, yet I saw many CDs without sleeves or jackets. You shouldn’t hand an A+R a CD with you finger in the spindle hole. What if they scratch it on the way home? Me being the technology lover that I am, I say skip the CD Cases and Covers – and use Drop Cards. Drop Cards are easy to distribute, customize, and carry.

Bio or Resume (optional) - I think the bio or resume can be a great idea in those situations where you are shopping your music to an A+R interested in one particular genre. The bio/resume can help to cross sell your ability to produce in other genres. If you are going this route, I believe 1 or 2 tracks on the CD or Drop Card should have genre you are cross selling. These should be near last in your track listing.

Folder (optional)- Everything could be packaged in a paper folder. Again, this is just to make everything easier for the A+R to carry.

You may have to make several of these “Kits” to bring along with you to the conference, but it will be worth it. I believe the saying is:

Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Pissed-off People (A+Rs)

…that’s not the real adage, but you get the point.

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