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Amazon makes a power move in the realm of music streaming by launching its Music Cloud Storage product “Amazon Cloud Drive.”  It can be used to store anything (music, video, photos, documents) up to 5 gigabytes for FREE (yea, Free).

Here are some of the benefits that Amazon Cloud Drive gives:

-You never have to worry about getting your files back if you’re laptop, mp3 player, drive gets lost stole or damaged.

-You can access your files from any computer - retrieve everything via your amazon account.

-Any music you buy from the amazon store will be stored for free. Meaning it will not count towards your cloud storage file limit.

-If you buy an album from the amazon store you will receive an extra 20 gigs of storage for a year. (Not freaking bad at all)

Learn more about the benefits of this new offering on their website: https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/learnmore

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East Coast West Coast love can’t get any better than this!
Brown Bag Allstars member, Koncept, has teamed up with a very talented producer on the West Coast named Tranzformer (we covered Tranzformer a while back, in a producer highlight – Click here for that post). They created the “More Than Meets the Eye” EP which was released in February. Here is the Official video for one of the tracks called “Change” off the album. Enjoy!

If you like Koncept’s music, he also released the Playing Life EP (released in August 2010).

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Hello,

Just thought I give some of you the heads up that Universal Pictures, Morgan Creek, and Skee TV are looking for a fresh face to play the role of Tupac in an upcoming film. Here is a video explaining  how you can tryout out for the role through online submission. Good luck to all of you who enter. Should be a fantastic film.
-@EncoreStatus

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Christian Bindah, Aka Soular235, has been in the game for over 20 years. He released mix tapes and albums such as  ”The highlands volume 1″, “25 Fatal”, “Soular energy”, “Tears Of Glory” and recent album released in Feb 2011 “Rock Bottom”. This outstanding artist, born in Queens Bridge and raised in Brooklyn, has sat down with Encore Status Entertainment and talked about his journey thus far in the hip hop industry.

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Has it been 14 years already? Today marks the 14th anniversary of Notorious BIG’s death.  Brooklyn hip hop artist Sag Black, along with music mixologist DJ H Blendz have created a tribute song for the late Notorious BIG.  One of the best ones created thus far for the day. Rest in Peace BIG. We miss you.  -@EncoreStatus

Notorious BIG – Moment of Victory RMX ft Sag Black by sagblack

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“The Encore Status Show” episode 2 hosted by Jamie Jackson had videos by Jesse Abraham, Homeboy Sandman, Epsilon Project …and more. Plus Comedy Skits “Dominican Spiderman” by Omar The Comedian. If you’re an artist and you think you should be considered for the countdown go to EncoreStatus.com or follow us @EncoreStatus and contact us.

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On Feb 11, 2011 a bold new urban clothing line officially opened for business. Despite the connotations the name might bring to mind, Sherifa Gayle founder of Black and Ugly (BU), decided to flip negativity into something positive.

“My aim is to spread positivism and make people more self-aware and prideful and most of all conscientious.“

In my opinion Gayle takes a new approach to the way we approach and execute branding. In marketing, many hours and dollars are spent on gaining learnings through market research to find out how to get consumers to identify with their brand. The question, “How can we get our target market to ‘connect’ with us?” is debated.  Slogans, Logos, and Mascots are created. Tiered approaches involving display, SEO, social networking, direct mail, etc are implemented. Choosing the name Black and Ugly is asking the consumers to transcend the brand. Gayle wants those who wear the apparel to collectively disagree with being labeled as Black and Ugly and see themselves in a positive light – Young Gifted and Black.

If you’re proud to BU, purchase a Black and Ugly item today!
Click here for their online store.

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Hello Friends and Family,

We are airing Episode 2 of The Encore Status Show will air today in Brooklyn. Th show will air on March 2nd at 7:30pm. The format equivalent to a 106 & Park for independent artists…with a little comedy mixed in. If you are in Brooklyn its on Time Warner (channel 35), Cablevision (channel 68), RCN (channel 83), Verizon (channel 43). We have a great line up…Videos from Jesse Abraham, Epsilon Project, Homeboy Sandman, and More!!!

If you’re not in Brooklyn you can tune into the show online here. Go to the following link and launch “Channel 2″:
http://www.bricartsmedia.org/community-media/bcat-tv-network

Here is the intro to the show. Please join us!

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Saw these headphones in INC magazine and just had to share. If you live on the East Coast, winter is NOT over, and we may need a pair of these to warm up. They are crocheted headphones and can be found on a site called Uncommon Goods. According to to the site:

Warm up to new music with these charming, nubby headphones. Handmade by artist Traci Medeiros-Bagan, its sweet design recalls vintage crochet with a modern twist: beneath its yarn are high-tech headphones ready to plug into your on-the-go playlist. Highly unique and practical, you’re sure to stand out from the crowd with your taste in musical gear. Handmade in California.

Please check out the site and purchase them today if you like them!

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So I work with a producer who makes way too many songs a day, and doesn’t have a formal way to organize his productions. Digital music news reported today that a new production organizing platform called Get Gobbler was released. They described it as “Dropbox on steroids for musicians.” I went to the GetGobbler website where they explained:

Just set it and forget it. Never lose a project again.

Gobbler knows when you’re working on a project. It automatically detects and backs up changes to the cloud as they happen so you never lose data. You can even go back in time to restore an earlier version of your work.

Whether your project is on a local hard drive or an external one, Gobbler will make sure that it’s backed up – even if you move the drive between different computers.

If you are a producer that needs help organizing your work, try this. Let me know if it works for you!

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