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STL...The City of Hate & No Unity In The Record Industry?

T C — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:42:00 +0100

St. Louis is a city where there are so many talented artists, so much passion for making music, my home town and an opportunity to be a vital city to the record industry; but it�s all drowned out by so much HATE & NO UNITY! The local entertainment industry in St. Louis, from my perspective, is somewhat dead. This close to death scenario is caused by the words I highlighted above, HATE and the inability to UNITE! It has also been brought on by greed and bad business decision on the part of certain individuals, who had the opportunity to open up the flood gate for the city of St. Louis within the music industry.

What I mean by �flood gate�? I mean creating outlets within St. Louis, which allow artist to grow and prosper to the masses outside of St. Louis. One saying that kills me that I hear a lot in the city is �YOU GOTTA GET OUT OF ST. LOUIS TO GET ON�! At this point, it may have turned that way, but it shouldn�t be that way. Although I do agree that once you get your city behind you and take care of home, you should hit the world and make it happen everywhere. That, �you got to get out of the Lou to get on�, is Bogus. Did Luda have to leave the ATL to get on? Did Memphis Bleek have to leave New York to get on, plus a bunch more I can name? No, they where put on in their city and then hit the world. The people that had the ability to create opportunity�s for them right there in their city, did that. That�s how DTP and the ATL are surviving. That�s how Roc-A-Fella was able to make the run that they did. They got put on in their city and their city rode with them to the masses when it was time. St. Louis, that�s what we need, bottom line!

As an artist and CEO, I have had the opportunity to see both sides of the game, when it comes to dealing with artist, and the tastemakers here in the Lou. I�ve reached out to artist to do songs or even offer them my service of a show, just to try and create a unity bond in the city. This may not sound like much of what I�m doing, but I think that it�s big. Reason being, the same services that I�m reaching out to them to offer for free, I should be charging. Reason being, I�m a signed artist. I have my own legit label, which will soon sign a major distribution deal as well as a possible major label deal, if I decide to go that way. I may just stay independent, because I have the distribution on my side, but if the major can match my independent return numbers and offer me something of value, not necessarily monetary, then I may join forces with a major. That�s why! I�m not telling you about my situation, hoping that it happen, this is what is on the table for me right now! So basically what I�m saying is, I could be on of the ones who posses hate and no unity, and not reach out to anyone. I do it, hoping that others will get the idea to reach out and try to work with each other, no matter what success level you�re on, or think you�re on. Hopefully by them seeing an artist of my magnitude coming from the local scene, having these opportunities on the table, but still have the realness to reach out to others to try and create a different mood and feeling in the local scene, will encourage them to follow. Same thing goes for the tastemakers. Get off this me, me, me trip!

I guess you can say that I�m one of the few who will step up to the plate to try and help my city prosper in the entertainment industry. I�m on a mission to create outlets and a vital source that can push out hot talent straight from the STL, to the world. All local industry tastemakers, dj�s, personalities, media, promoters, etc., you are a vital part to the game, and the success of our city. Let�s work together to make a change for our city, that will benefit the city as a whole, while creating outlets for artist to be successful out of our city to the world. You can be the start! But it�s going to take a different mind set!

Artist, lets grind harder and smarter, and UNITE for the cause of uplifting our city. Everybody gotta play their part for the good of the whole. One thing I have learned dealing with record executives, is that they don�t like spending money on items (cities), that don�t posses UNITY. You can have your crew and fam, that�s all good, but just don�t make the next crew your target or enemy. Let your crew be a reason why St. Louis is popping on the map. Make them your allies in getting this industry money. Make St. Louis the city where you come to see every label and artist getting money. But Let me keep it real, like I always do, everybody isn�t gone prosper in the game, because that�s just reality, but the ones that are built for this and posses the necessary skills to be successful, go for it!

That�s just my thoughts!

Be Easy & God Bless

TC aka The Ambassador of Hope Hop

Google me: TC of 39th Ave Music & Sta2ff

My Family!

T C — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:41:38 +0100

My Family The S.T.A2.F.F (Strong Together As A Family Forever)

The Sta2ff was formed in 1999 and consist of seven former student-athletes who became brothers while playing big time college football for the University of Missouri-Columbia. Although the Sta2ff was founded by the seven brothers, there are other members who have since joined the sta2ff. This family has bonded together to embark on a mission to be successful members of society.

TC and the Sta2ff are currently making a mark in the Record Industry, with their self started label 39th Ave Music LLC. This label is the label of the future, so make sure you look out for them. For more info on TC aka The Ambassador of Hope Hop, 39th Ave Music or The Sta2ff, go to www.myspace.com/sta2ff or www.tcstompingground.com!

SYNDICATE FEAT POPE AND BISH CHECK THE NEW VIDEO OUT!!

Syndicate Feat. Pope and Bish — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:36:36 +0100

VOTE ON THE NEW SMASH HIT SINGLE PLS! AND JOIN OUR FAN CLUB!

New Tracks

Joshua Spera — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:01:17 +0100

New Tracks!! Check them out! U got Myspace, hit up my music page

WWW.Myspace.com/cbmproductionz

Damien Nash Benefit Pool Patry & Concert

T C — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:17:19 +0100

Go to www.nyausa.org for more information!

Featured on AOL Music this month!!

Talento Oculto — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:43:22 +0100

We want to thank all of our fans, family and friends that everyday show there support. Ourstage.com for giving us the opportunity. Here's the link http://music.aol.com/artist/genre/latin

theatre invitation

don aldo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:57:08 +0100

digitalTRAFFIC theatre album.
Release date: 01 05 08.
Format: digital download.

CLICK TO PLAY / STREAM THEATRE

theatre The fourth net release album from digitalTRAFFIC featuring 5 tracks - dark ambient soundscapes to heavy electronic industrial multi-layered noisescapes and sci-fi sounds. sphere - theatre of space - mellow with simple sonic overlays. tribe - theatre of war. - heavy industrial sound. avatar - theatre of virtual reality - elegant deep and mystical. nano - theatre of atoms - lighter sound with a dark undertone. drama - theatre of life - heavy rock industrial vibe reflecting the drama we all experience in our day to day lifes.

(no machines were harmed in the making of this album...)

Thanks for taking the time to check out the digitalTRAFFIC sound - enjoy the tracks.....
donaldo
digitalTRAFFIC
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you can preview theatre on these sites
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noisehead
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STARK's New Line-up

Lani Ford — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:35:32 +0100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, July 5, 2008--NYC rock trio STARK announces their new line-up. STARK has officially replaced Josette with guitarist and engineer/co-producer, Sonic Joe Hogan. Also, Sweet Rob Endemann has left the band to raise a family in Florida, so Eric Rock �n Robel, formerly with Heroin Sheiks and Nova Express, has joined the group. STARK�s sophomore album Put It To Your Head, released January 26th is continuing to receive great press and radio, with recent reviews in Big Takeover and Devolution plus on the Soundcheck Magazine and Street Voice UK websites.

STARK�s song �Disturbed� is featured on Bubblegum Slutzine�s Summer CD Sampler and �OH NO!� has just been selected for a Women in Rock compilation CD and added into rotation on Indie 104 radio. �18 Again� will be re-released on the upcoming Wicked Cool Records compilation CD Goldie�s Garage, Volume 1 thanks to Genya Ravan and her two Sirius Radio shows.

STARK�s debut CD The Curse is still getting attention with play on Joey Stuckey�s Audio Style and A Quiet Time podcast. Lani Ford participated in Make Music New York again this year with a solo acoustic performance at La Guardia Corner Gardens and performed in the 3rd Annual Dynamic Music Fest July 6th in Long Island. Lani Ford has interviews featured on Indiegrrl.com and Bassgirls.com and STARK has just received an artist endorsement from Daisy Rock.

While on tour in the UK, STARK met a band broken down on the motorway and instantly befriended Lilith�s Army who will join STARK for 5 dates at the end of September, including Fontana�s and Otto�s Shrunken Head in NYC, Champs in Trenton, NJ and more.

STARK has enough material for at least 2 future records to be produced sooner than later with a lot of funny, disturbing, moving, and inspiring material out there and demos are already being recorded. For more, check out the official website www.starknyc.com or www.myspace.com/stark.
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STARK Booking and Info
Kicking and Screaming Music /Lani Ford
(718) 791-6240
starknyc@hotmail.com
Put It To Your Head is available at www.digstation.com/stark and www.cdbaby.com/cd/laniford. The Curse at www.cdbaby.com/cd/starknyc.

we got a new Bass player

marcx AX — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:14:32 +0100

we got a new Bass player, gigging again Autumn 08!

Dormitory Effect featured on Nonelouder.com, Icons Of Punk & Clear Channel Music

Dormitory Effect — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:38:43 +0100

Good things come in threes :)

The NoneloudHER portion of Nonelouder.com (www.nonelouder.com), a sweet Metal social site, has featured us for the next few weeks. Our pic is on the front page, which is always very cool. Please check it out...

ALSO

We have an interview on Icons Of Punk (www.iconsofpunk.com), which is a hard music site with LOTS of interviews. Take a peek at that too,

AND

...While you're reading all of that, go to Clear Channel Music (http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/cc-common/artist_submission/player.html?art=145726) and play our song "What I Have Done". NEW! is an online and on-air platform that exposes artists to more than 10 MILLION PEOPLE PER MONTH on radio station web sites. If we get enough plays we may actually get the chance to be heard on-air!

And we thought July was going to be uneventful. We were wrong :)

Thanks and have a great weekend!