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by: Tricia_status
Its been a long time since I literally smiled when listening to a mixtape. When listening to Florida hip hop artist Vayga flow on his mixtape “Famous Theories” — I was proud. Proud because it was evident that he had a solid foundation true hip hop…Proud because the tape was able to have a polished grittiness to it that others can’t seem to fake right…Proud because I didn’t want to skip a track…Proud like it was my mixtape. I haven’t been this happy listening to new hip hop in a long time.

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We asked Vayga a few questions. CLICK HERE TO READ HIS RESPONSES..Please listen to this mixtape below. You’ll become fans — just as we did.

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Pac Div schools Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Derrick Williams and Eric Gordon on the history of bling. From ancient times to present day, the icons of bling… Even with a lock out…these guys are still working.

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For those of you who don’t have an ipad but would love to make music on the go, you’re in LUCK!

For 4.99 you can purchase the App and install on your iPhone. Check it out here in the itunes store

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Steph LdaVoski just dropped a video with a message that a lot of us have in our hearts…Check out his ‘Closer to My Dreams’. All you artists out there –Keep pushin like Steph is.

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As you know, its Breast Cancer awareness month. Many artists are using their craft to raise funds for this worthy cause. Mike and Toni from Encore Status was at the Breast Cancer Awareness at ATL Live on the Park. Closing the show was Def Jam and Konlive/Bu Vision’s newest artist, Verse Simmonds, singing “Buy You A Round”. It was a spectacular event with many bright young artists in attendance. We have more pictures and video to come!
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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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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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