Indie Artists, get ready! New England will be overcrowded with the BEST in Independent Soul Music. Many artists are scheduled to perform and there are slots open for the entire weekend of festivities, networking, and much more. Start planning now for this major event that happens only once a year. Don’t get left behind. See flyer for details. More to come…..
Featuring DJ Funknatra
The Digital Soiree is being brought to you by some of the best in independent music from across the United States. House music will never be the same as it comes back in full effect with DJ Funknatra and more spinning some of the funkiest house beats you have ever heard. What happened to the good ol days when you can find some dried ice, good lighting, with base, jungle, Latin, and African rhythms penetrating from your feet on up to your chest? They are back. DC, Miami and more cities to come. Be on the lookout for some nostalgia that is truly missed and welcomed.
Join the Spirit of Music with Jeff Majors for the National Homeless Tour!
Be sure to visit Jeff Majors’ Website and also enjoy captured performances of some of his beautiful expressions. His fingertips are like angels, sharing the voices of heaven.
As a native of Washington, D.C., music flowed throughout the household of JeffMajors courtesy of his mother Annie P. Fitzgerald — a talented jazz trumpeter in her own right with a circle of friends which included legendary actress and singer Pearl Bailey.
At age 15, JeffMajors had a dream in which he saw himself strumming the harp; an instrument he had never played before. Inspired, he used the dream to fuel his passion for music and literally change the course of his life. With the harp hand-made for him by a local music store owner, he began to pursue mastery of the instrument.
Psalms 23 by Jeff Majors at Gregory A. Love’s Gospel All White Affair 2009
Ending out the summer touring with some of the most elite in the gospel industry. See Jeff perform this fall alongside Yolanda Adams and more. Click the flyer and view up and coming dates. Hope to see you there:
Jeff Majors Psalms 23
You are Now.. “In The Mix”
If you enjoy the soulful voice of independent artists that are on the rise and out there on the scene singing from the soul, then the end of the summer is filled with glow. Not just any glow but the sounds of Gloria Ry’ann. She will be in the DMV area along with other independent artists adding to the heat in the melting pot of live shows, community events, and special appearances. “Going Global” she is making her rounds and there is more to come. So sit back and relax. Take a journey with Gloria and enjoy the music and the videos. Tell us what you think. Share. Meet Gloria Ryann…
We’re Taking it Back! See Gloria Ry’ann and More Independent Artists Perform….Let’s End the Summer with Community, Sharing, and Fun… All in the name of “Stopping The Violence”
It’s the Ninth Annual “Take Back the Streets” Show your Support DMV!
Join Us.. Music, Food, Artists, Sponsors.. COMMUNITY!
Springfield Indie Soul Festival 2011 See Gloria Ry’ann Perform and a host of other Independent Artist. Music for your SOUL!!
Featuring artists:
LONNIE Liston SMITH CALVIN RICHARDSON LISA MCCLENDON JULIE DEXTER, SY SMITH AND MANY MORE OF YOUR FAVORITE INDIE ARTISTS…
Children Under 12 – FREE
Everyone else: $20 per day / $30 for two (2) Days
for group rates, vendor info, and discounts.
“Music is the fabric of my soul.”
Not since Minnie Ripperton has there been a more enchanting songstress with a glass-shattering high octave vocal-range. This show-stopping beauty Gloria Ry’ann is riding on the success of her current single releases “O.M.G.” and “Back With You”. Gloria is the treasured find for today’s music lovers. Entertaining crowds large and small across the country, Gloria has performed with the likes of pop princess Rihanna, Oscar-winner, Jennifer Hudson, legends Ashford & Simpson, Patti Labelle and the late Teddy Pendergrass.
Gloria has appeared on “The Today Show,” “106th & Park,” “The Mo’Nique Show,” The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and MTV European Music Awards as a supporting vocalist and as a soloist. “Music is the fabric of my soul,” Gloria says. A Chicago-south-side-native, Gloria grew up with a love of music that was fostered by her mother who encouraged her to sing and perform for family and friends.
Gloria Ry’ann ~Inside My Love (Minnie Riperton)
Back then, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Teena Marie were among the vocal heroes of young Gloria who soon began lessons with the world-renowned composer Dr. Lena Mc Lin. Over time, Dr. Mc Lin helped Gloria nurture her skills as a artist that gave her the confidence to relocated to New York City and focus on her music career. “I knew moving to New York would be my push to pursue my dreams to make them my reality.”
Her determination is paying off. Emerging as a dynamic vocalist, with a four- octave range, Gloria Ry’ann has been featured throughout the country as a headlining music act. Her music has found a home on radio stations around the world. Listeners are flocking to her sound on Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as well as live performances that convey a style, which Gloria describes as “positive, vibrant, classy, sensual, and sometimes naughty.” “From middle voice to the whistle register, Gloria is in possession of a vocal tone that is simply beautiful,” says Carl Smith of GrownFolksMusic.com. “I, for one, have reserved a space in my musical radar screen for [her] and I think you should, too.”
Step into Stevie’s Soul and the many chapters of music to sit back, relax, and sip a little wine to. No matter what the day, no matter what the night….Stevie is bringing you a collection of tunes that will definitely put you in the mood that you want to be. Relaxed, enticed, enhanced, and just content with your decision to Press Play!
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“Bringing you Substance, Not Standard.”
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You are now…. “In The Mix”
My brother sent me a link a few weeks ago
posted in Psychology Today. It was a bunch of mambo-ja-hambo about black women
not being as attractive as other races, mainly white women. It was a bunch of
junk, each word sounding like “Tomfoolery” if there is such a word. It just
shows how ignorant and desperate people are to constantly demean a race that
they envy. And we all know what results from envy. We all know what breeds
envy, and we all know that there is still a lingering desire to
what…………BE LIKE US! You decide. Color of Change sent me an email
detailing this nonsence as well. I thought it was a joke by just one IDIOT.
Apparently, it is not.
Dear Monique,
Nearly 20 years
after a black parent documented how hard it was to hear, “Mommy, I want to be
white,”1 Psychology Today reinforced the false and hurtful sentiment that Black
women aren’t attractive.
Last week they published an article claiming it
to be scientific fact that Black women are less beautiful than women of other
races,2 penned by Satoshi Kanazawa, who is notorious for hiding behind
pseudoscience to promote discredited racist and sexist ideas.3
By giving Kanazawa a platform and
validating his ideas, Psychology Today dehumanized Black women and girls
everywhere. After widespread public outcry, they removed the article from their
website.4 But that alone won’t erase the damage they’ve done by validating these
discredited ideas — the editors need to apologize, explain how this happened,
and let us know that it won’t happen again. Please join us in demanding they do
so immediately, and then ask your friends and family to do the same:
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/psychtoday
Kanazawa’s article is flawed from top to
bottom.5 Using a dataset from an unrelated study of teenagers, he draws the
obviously false conclusion that Black women are “objectively” less attractive
than women from other racial groups.
Kanazawa has a long history of
hiding behind pseudo-science to express racist and sexist views. He once wrote
an article asking “Are All Women Essentially Prostitutes?” and another
suggesting that the US should have dropped nuclear bombs across the entire
Middle East after 9/11 because it would have wiped out Muslim
terrorists.6
So why does Psychology Today continue to give him a
platform? Black women constantly face both subtle and explicit messages that
they are valued less than women of other races — messages that are especially
damaging to Black girls. Now Psychology Today has served as launching point for
yet another attack, this time in the name of science.
Almost as if to cover up the racism
inherent in his piece, Kanazawa says that black men are, “if anything more
attractive” than their counterparts of other races because of “greater
testosterone.”7 But even here Kanazawa relies on the same pseudoscience to
describe black men in familiar terms — brutish, hypermasculine, oversexed,
exotic. And that’s dangerous, too.
He uses a modern-day version of the
faulty logic used to dehumanize blacks as inferior for hundreds of years, from
the social Darwinists and eugenicists of the 19th century to The Bell Curve just
15 years ago. Psychology Today has a responsibility not to give such false logic
a stage, nor validation.
To undo the damage it’s done, Psychology Today needs
to explicitly reject Kanazawa’s ideas. Please join us in demanding that their
editors apologize, explain how this article was published in the first place and
what they’ll do to ensure it won’t happen again in the future. It takes just a
moment:
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/psychtoday
Thanks
and Peace,
— Rashad, James, Gabriel, William, Dani,
Matt, Natasha, and the rest of the ColorOfchange.org team
May 23rd,
2011
Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU — your energy
and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don’t
share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way.
You can contribute here:
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There are many discussions throughout social networks asking whether or not being an independent artist from Washington, DC or the DMV is an advantage or disadvantage when trying to make it in mainstream entertainment. The question that seems to be the hot topic in most forums is “Do you have to leave the DMV to be successful?” Being passionate myself about the grind that must be put forth by any artist, I immediately said “no”. Why would an artist have to leave the DMV to peruse their dreams? Why can’t this feat be accomplished without relocating? This question is not just for musicians, but for poets, painters, writers, actors, and producers. Maybe I find the idea of having to uproot yourself unwillingly to fulfill your dreams, especially when so many successful names in the entertainment industry today represent the DMV to the fullest. Did these artist leave before or after they were discovered?
Was it the high demand these artists generated as a rising star the reason to bounce to New York, Atlanta, or California, or was it because there is no love at home for lack of a better world? Let us not stop there. Let us talk about the resources available to independent artists to cross over to the mainstream. Is there any major record labels home to the DMV area? Aside from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University, there are not many forums for instruction of the arts. . Musical artist complain that there is no outlet for their music to be heard because of lack of radio play and format. You have to grease the palm of a disk jockey to get one spin at 3:00am when no one is listening. Some may say it is a daily hustle. If you stay on your grind, you will be successful. Others may argue that there is too much “HATIN” going on in the DMV. Now there is a bigger picture ladies and gentlemen. While the question of whether independent artist in the DMV area can make it to stardom without leaving home is a double-edged sword, here is a list of artists that still reside in the area despite the odds.
Taby Bonney
Wale
Chucky Thompson
Raheem Devaughn
Keyonte’
Michael Epps
Dave Chapelle
Jada Pinkette
Donnie Simpson
Toni Braxton
Taraj P Henson
David Edwards
Maya
Royale Watkins
Although some of the artists listed above may not currently reside in the DMV area, they remained on their own geographical soil as they were discovered into the mainstream. It took Wale to go to Canada and then return to DC building up a large following. Now you can find him plastered over MTV and other networks with Pop Star Lady Gaga.
Taby Bonney has had success overseas as well and has brought it home to DC. I can tell you for a fact that they hate on Taby. No one can argue the fact that Taby Boney is one of the few if not only independent unsigned artist to appear on MTV’s $2 Dollar Bill Tour, as well as the “Rock the Vote” tour. Raheem Devaughn has had a Grammy nomination as well as Keyonte for songwriting. Chucky Thompson is a major producer who produced Biggie, Mary J Blidge, Amerie, and many more.
Discussion on this topic can go on until infinity with positive and negative feedback, but while these artists flourished in their hometown and continue on with their daily grind, other artist did in fact seek other horizons to manifest their dreams into reality. David Edwards, a native Washingtonian is now in California fulfilling his dream as a director. You may remember him in his famous role playing himself on the Real World, roles in Half Baked, and House Party 3.
Royale Watkins shinned on Def Comedy Jam and is currently hosting Comedy Mixtape Tour along -side the very talented Anthony Anderson. These two gentlemen alone had to pack their bags and head to the big city to pursue their careers. Was it hateration that caused these two artists to leave their hometown or was it due to a lack of resources?
The DMV is a small city which turns the target market of artists into one big melting pot of competition so I have come to say that it is a double edged sword when answering the question which lingers in so many people’s mind. One thing is for certain, and two things are for sure. Artist born and raised in the DMV area always come home some time or another, and when they do, DC is represented to the fullest. Whether artist stop on the heads of other artist in order to get noticed or signed is a question that many can answer, with many different answers.
My question to you is, are you going to let this stop you from your dreams and will you leave your hometown to escape the hate?
You Are Now…..InTheMIx….
chillin….. waiting at the car wash…. talkin bout the car washer
Adult Music Lovers, This Place is for You...
If you are looking for a new way to hear some of the best independent soul music and more, allow yourself to venture into internet radio. This new forum is making its way across the waves at a steady rate. Listeners are showing their interest in fresh new music from the soul of independent artists from around the country. One station that stands out in particular is World Vibe Radio One. With over 10,000 dedicated listeners and building, this independent station offers a variety of soul music from artists all over. Their passion is expressed in interviews, music, and networking. See for yourself. If you are an independent artist or just a lover of independent soul music, this place is for you. Tell a friend.
The internet radio station located in Oak Park, Illinois and reaches over 12,000 listeners each week and caters predominantly to Chicago, and the entire Midwest of the United States. We also have a following in the east and west coast market. These are areas that are heavily populated by African American communities.
When listening to http://www.wvrvibe.com you will hear the contemporary sounds of artists like Dwele, Eric Roberson, Alicia Keys and John Legend followed by the chart topping hits of Earth Wind and Fire and the Isley Brothers. Our core demographic audience are adults from the ages 25-55. We have our own popular on air personality staff that host live shows such as, “The Soul Source” heard Thursday’s 9a.m. to 12 noon. c.s.t, Thursday night gospel show “Lyfe Sessions” 7 p.m.-10 p.m. c.s.t, and “N’spire Me” heard on Friday’s 1p.m.-3 p.m. c.s.t. just to name a few.
World Vibe Radio One is your #1 choice for the best that online radio has to offer. They say music is good for the soul, but World Vibe Radio is good for the soul, mind, body and spirit. We fuse the best in R&B, Hip-Hop, Neo Soul, House & Gospel to give you the latest and best the music industry has to offer. Catch the vibe!
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GUIDELINES
The International Soul Music Summit is a perfect opportunity to network and make connections!Please register ASAP because space is limited.
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