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Situating the new era of Kedar Entertainment as the premiere independent R&B record label, also serving as a management company, which roster includes; platinum selling artist Joe, Chico Debarge, Ginuwine and emerging artist Algebra. Kedar Entertainmnet most recent release Joe Thomas, New Man, was the highest debut of an Independent on the charts. Most recently expanding his brand, Kedar has introduced K'orus, the first African American, French wine.

Raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Kedar has always worked hard to move beyond his modest family circumstance. After graduating from North Carolina Law School in Chapel Hill, N.C., he worked at Pepsico Corp and SmithKline Beecham, quickly moving his way up the ranks. In 1991, he started a small entertainment management business with just $1,700 and a big dream. He made a name for himself as a maverick, foot-to-the-ground promoter and talent manager. His hustle and drive eventually took him to the top of the music industry as president and CEO of the legendary Motown Records. At Motown, Kedar worked with such artists as Brian McKnight, Michael McDonald and BeBe Winans. His artists sold more than 65 million albums, helping the label break even after a decade of losses, and won more that 20 awards, including six (6) Grammy Awards.

Kedar Massenburg, founded Kedar Beverages LLC in 2007, teamed with Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, a respected oenologist, master distiller and founder of EuroWineGate, to create K'orus. Massenburg and Robicquet are recognized innovators in their respective industries, and K'orus is a revolutionary fusion of their individual expertise and friendship. K'orus was conceived when Massenburg and Robicquet identified an enormous shortcoming in the wine industry -- they recognized that the industry was overlooking African-Americans, a powerful and trendsetting consumer group. K'orus combines the best of French wine making with an upscale yet approachable American style. "I equate wine to music; when you do soul music or jazz, you try to pick your instrumentation in it. Same thing with wine, in terms of flavor." Kedar explains.

Heralded as a savvy business man and master marketer, he has maintained integrity in the music he produces. A legend in his field he has appeared in major media outlets; from the New York Post to CNBC, and graced the cover of the December 2008 issue of Black Enterprise as one of the "Most Intriguing People in Business". This next chapter in Kedar Entertainment will be no less dynamic than Kedar Massenburg's trail-blazing past.

"One of the first songs came six months after that," Slade says. "So it's been on our mind for a long time."

And what a time it's been for the Fray: The Denver-based group played to sold-out crowds around the world in support of 2005's How to Save a Life (Epic/Sony), which went on to sell more than 3 million copies in the U.S. Melodically charged hits "Cable Car (Over My Head)" and the title track worked their way onto the radio and into the hearts of fans – not to mention onto the soundtrack of TV phenom "Grey’s Anatomy." Throw in a trio of Grammy nominations, and you've got the kind of out-of-the-gate explosion that any young artist would envy.

It's also the kind of success that can play some mind games, and all four musicians acknowledge experiencing moments of the unhealthy headiness of celebrity.

"It's a battle to go through any kind of fame or success – it's not good for a person," King says. "But we have people around us who really ground us. Most of them, at some point or another in the last couple of years, would say, 'Dude, you're nothing special.'"

"We've tried really hard to get back to who we are and what we do," Wysocki says. "And that's pretty much friends making music."

With perspective regained, the friends didn't take themselves too seriously – but took their art very seriously – when beginning work in earnest on the new record in the summer of 2007.

"A lot of people know us for two songs, and those are both extremes – way up and way down," says Slade, the Fray's lead singer and piano player. He and King are the group's primary songwriters, and count those two hits among their compositions.

"This album has a lot more depth. To write those songs in the first place, we had to have a soberness or gravity to what we were writing," Slade says. "We wanted to make the songs count. I'm happy with this record because the songs feel like they count. They really connect to us."

Like the Fray's organic beginning in 2002, when onetime high school friends Slade and King bumped into each other at a guitar shop, the new album's "You Found Me" begins quietly. Slade is at his piano, contemplating a soul lost and found. And like the band's rise in recent years, the song evolves from something intimate into something huge, a haunting guitar-and-drum opus, with Slade's anguished singing making for an unshakeable experience. And that's just one track.

On "Absolute," Slade pushes his voice into new territory, exploring the upper register of his range. The pretty "Never Say Never" boasts a chugging momentum that suggests it'll have a welcome home on the stage, where the group honed its chops over the past three years. The Fray even brought untested songs to the hometown stage early in 2008 at Denver's Bluebird Theater, taking note of audience reaction before returning to studio work.

"With our first experience in the studio, recording 'How to Save a Life,' maybe we could hear something in our heads, but we didn't know how to translate it onto the physical record," Welsh says. "Now, we're better musicians, and all of us are beginning to think outside the box. This time, I branched out a little past guitar, whether it was synthesizer or other keyboard parts. I love to explore musically."

Reunited with producers Mike Flynn and Aaron Johnson, the bandmates began their explorations for the second album at a storied facility in Sausalito, Calif., The Plant. But it was at a nondescript studio back home in the suburbs of Denver where they felt most comfortable, putting in workmanlike hours six days a week to write and record the follow-up to their hugely successful debut.

There was no shortage of real-life experience to influence the storytelling, with the band amassing about 30 songs to choose from for the record.

"With success, you have a lot more drama," King says. "For me, it was extreme highs in career and extreme lows in a relationship. There were really obvious things to write about."

"Three of us got married within the last three years," notes Welsh; King's marriage predates the band. "Trying to have these two things coexist – traveling in a band for nine or 10 months out of the year, and having a wife at home who's trying to go about this other life she has – is fascinatingly difficult. If you could put your finger on one thing that's been hard or a challenge, that would be it."

With its reference to "a sailor in a new port every night, "Absolute" could very well be inspired by the risk of long distance relationships and life on the road. "Never Say Never" is even more direct, a love song between two people who are "pulling apart and coming together again and again."

"A lot of really big realizations about ourselves are on this record," King says. "We're singing about real things that we've experienced. I'm not really comfortable talking about it, but I'm a lot more comfortable singing about it. It's a different side of me. The lyrics didn't come until the very end on a lot of the songs."

"The biggest goal we have is to be honest, at every point, with the music," Welsh says.

"There's a lot more questions than answers," Slade says. "But there are points of light throughout the record. I'm really proud of how we managed to capture extreme perspectives. A lot of the lyrics are super intimate, about the interior of a relationship. And a lot are from the perspective of human struggle."

King says every track on the album was given long, thoughtful attention – one reason the album's creation took about a year.

"We've spent a lot of time on each song, and I hope that shows in the record, that it's all very balanced," he says. "The intimate songs are special – and the same with the big, loud songs. If I'm a fan of a band, when I listen to a second record I look for the things that I immediately want to connect to – things I liked in their music on the first album. Then I look for, have they changed in a good or bad way? Hopefully the fans will see that we've grown, that we’ve changed artistically a little bit. And I would hope they would listen to it and say, 'They haven't become different guys.'"

His production of Pilar Montenegro broke Billboard’s Hot Latin Track’s record by being No. 1 for 13 consecutive weeks. He then held Billboard’s No. 1 position again for nine weeks with Jennifer Peña’s “El Dolor De Tu Presencia,” making his productions stay an unprecedented 22 consecutive weeks at No. 1. He has the distinction of holding the No. 1 spot for 11 consecutive weeks with three songs by three different artists. In addition, Rudy has received numerous gold and platinum records, and his works have been nominated for 19 Grammy Awards, with five wins.

After the success of his crossover production with Jaci Velasquez’ debut Spanish album, Llegar A Ti, that won the prestigious Dove Award, Rudy was contacted by Ron Fair of RCA to produce Christina Aguilera’s first Spanish album, Mi Reflejo. This album sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and over 2.5 million abroad, making it one of the most successful Latin albums ever. It also won the 2001 Latin Grammy for Best Female Pop Album, which opened the door for him to work with other English-speaking artists to sing in Spanish like Europe’s boy-band sensation, Westlife, and Michael Bolton. He produced Michael Bolton’s first album of standards entitled "Vintage". He's also worked and written on all of Il Divo's albums, and he produced the Grammy nominated Beyonce album "B-DAY' Rerelease in Spanish.".

Pérez has also been active in the film and TV world with his songs featured in motion pictures, TV novelas, sitcoms and commercials. Fifteen years ago, he penned the original Univision Network theme, which still runs today. He wrote and produced the official Olympic Song for Telemundo/NBC’s historic simultaneous Olympic coverage in both English and Spanish as well as he penned the last 2 world cup theme songs for the Univision, Telefutura & Galavision Networks.

Pérez attributes his successful career to Jose Feliciano, his mentor for the last two decades. “It took a blind man to see my talent,” Pérez said about Feliciano. In 2003, Pérez became one of the first Hispanic songwriters to launch a scholarship program in conjunction with The ASCAP Foundation. The ASCAP Foundation Rudy Pérez Songwriting Scholarship enables underprivileged aspiring Hispanic songwriters to attend prestigious music schools around the world.

Rudy is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Bullseye Music Entertainment, the rebel, Miami-based independent music entertainment company formed by Superstar Producer Perez, former Worldwide Creative Boss of PolyGram Records, Rick Stevens and former EMI & Universal Music Latin head, Marco Bissi. Under a unique media partnership deal with Latin TV giant, Telemundo/NBC, Bullseye launched the career of its first artist this Fall, JENCARLOS whose debut album entered the Billboard Latin Albums chart at #2.

Prior he served as President of Universal Music Mexico for almost 10 years with great success with Artists such as A. Bocelli, Control Machete, Paulina Rubio, among others. Before Universal, Bissi was the VP OF A&R AND MARKETING for Sony Music Latin America Region for Sony Music International.

Some of the artists that Bissi signed to the Companies he headed were: JUAN LUIS GUERRA, RBD, BELINDA, SHAILA DURCAL to EMI, PAULINA RUBIO, MODERATTO, LIMITE to Universal; and International artists where Bissi was instrumental to consolidate in Latin America Region were: Robbie Williams, Placebo, Chayanne, Ricky Martin, Julio Iglesias, Tiziano Ferro among others.

Under a unique media partnership deal conceived and executed by Stevens, with Latin TV giant, Telemundo/NBC, Bullseye launched the career of its first artist this Fall, JENCARLOS whose debut album entered the Billboard Latin Albums chart at 2* .

Bullseye Music has a unique approach to the music industry in terms of both its business relationship with the artist and its use of an all-independent team of pros, rather than building a large internal infrastructure such as those which are burdening the majors as our industry is changing.

Stevens has a long history of success in senior management roles, having over the past 15 years, headed such companies as Media Holdings Group, LA Digital and EFX Systems. During the explosive internet boom years, he was CEO of Internet Holdings Group, then the high-tech investment arm of private equity firm, Yucaipa Companies.

Stevens is the former worldwide creative boss of record conglomerate PolyGram Record Operations and the former head of Polydor/MGM/Verve. He is a founder of both Summa Music Group and Stevens-McGhee Entertainment. Stevens also continues to serve as Chairman/CEO of Record Plant Incorporated, which he acquired from Chrysalis Records and has headed for the past 18 years.

Following his move to Atlanta in 1986, he started playing in local bands. Soon afterwards he produced his first Motown single "Mr. DJ" by former Klymaxx member Joyce "Fenderella" Irby, featuring a rap by Doug E. Fresh. It went to number two on Billboard's R&B charts in spring 1989, with many other hits following.

Since the late 80s, Austin has produced more than 50 hit singles which have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 list with 17 songs spending numerous weeks in the Top 10 list. He has had multiple Billboard number one's. Additionally, Austin’s work with TLC on the group's critically acclaimed "Fanmail" album resulted in a Grammy for best R&B album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1999.

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) honored him during its 3rd annual Heroes Awards. This award is the highest honor bestowed by an Academy Chapter and is given to honor outstanding individuals and institutions in the Georgia region that have improved the environment for the creative community. In 2004, he received the Beacon Award from the Independent Media Artists of Georgia, Etc. (IMAGE) for his contribution to film during the Fourth Annual Awards ceremony.

In the fall of 2006, Dallas was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame for his contribution to the music industry. He received this honor alongside REM, Jermaine Dupri, Gregg Allman and Felice Bryant.

Not many other artists can claim to work with the variety of talent or music genre Austin has experienced. He has had the joy of working with the legendary "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin, the P-Funk man himself George Clinton, the "King of Pop," Michael Jackson and one of the biggest selling female artists in history, Madonna. He has also worked with Santana, After 7, Erick Sermon, Johnny Gill, Bjork, Brand New Heavies, Fishbone, Grace Jones, Tricky, Usher, Pink, Shakira, Janet Jackson, Macy Gray, Gwen Stefani and Natalie Cole.

Another Bad Creation, Boys II Men, Monica and TLC are key projects whose inaugural albums or initial hit singles were written or produced by Austin and defined their careers. They exemplify his role as an innovator, creator and developer of what we know as Pop and R&B music today and have broadened his own vision for the future.

Austin began his foray into film and TV when he produced his first motion picture project Drumline in 2002, which was based on his own life experience in a high school marching band. Following Drumline, Dallas co-produced ATL with Will Smith and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (TLC). ATL was also based on Austin's own life experiences growing up in Atlanta, Georgia. The film stars Big Boi of Outkast and Clifford "TI" Harris and Evan Naess.

As a result of his success, this multi-talented music and film producer is the creator and sole proprietor of a production company, a recording studio, a record company, a film company, a merchandising and marketing company, three publishing companies, and a clothing line, The Rowdy Collection.

Even with his many ventures, Austin remains heavily involved in the Dallas Austin Foundation, which he created in 2003 to develop the talents and skill set of urban youth by exposing them to various facets of the music and entertainment industries. Key initiatives of the foundation include a college scholarship program, and the recently launched “Don’t Stop the Music” program, which was created to teach kids the ins and outs of the music business while providing an alternative resource for music instruction during this period of decreasing arts funding in public schools.

Austin is also very engaged in community outreach and legislative affairs in his home state of Georgia. He was chosen by Governor Sunny Perdue to sit on a special Entertainment Commission to explore ways that more Entertainment business can be done in the state of Georgia. Austin has been influential in Georgia state affairs by testifying before the Georgia Senate Finance Committee to urge the passage of legislation that would provide additional incentives for the entertainment industry to bring film and other projects to Georgia.

"Clean Up Woman" was written by Steve Alaimo and stayed for 14 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It sold over a million copies with the R.I.A.A. gold disc award on December 30, 1971 and would later influence a remix of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love" single with the sample of its guitar riffs; R&B girl trio SWV's "I'm So Into You" also featured a sample from "Clean Up Woman," as did Afrika Bambaataa's song "Zulu War Chant", and Sublime's "Get Out!" remix. Beyoncé has sampled "Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do" for her hit "Upgrade U".

In 1978, Wright scored with a re-worked live version of a song she had written with producer Willie Clarke, "Tonight is the Night" (about a real-life love affair that happened with Wright when she was a teenager). The original version had done reasonably well three years earlier but the new, much longer version climbed to #11 R&B. This was later sampled by both Candyman for his one-hit wonder "Knockin' Boots" and Sheek Louch's single, "Good Love" . Another single, "Where is the Love" which was written and Produced by Harry Wayne Casey aka (KC & The Sunshine Band), Richard Finch, Willie Clarke, and Betty Wright won her a Grammy for Best R&B Song in 1975. In late 1979, she appeared as a special guest on most Survival Tour concerts of reggae superstar Bob Marley.

After experiencing a brief slump in the early 1980s, she rebounded to set up her own record label, Ms. B Records, and in 1988 made music history by being the first woman to have a gold record on her own label, with the release of Mother Wit, which featured two of her biggest hits in years, "No Pain No Gain" and "After The Pain." On both songs, Wright displays her upper register capabilities and her ability to sing in the seventh octave. Wright also charted in a 1990 duet with Grayson Hugh on a remake of the 1981 Champaign hit "How 'Bout Us", and sang on fellow Miami vocalist Gloria Estefan's 1991 chart-topper "Coming Out of the Dark."

In 2006, Wright appeared on the TV show Making the Band as vocal coach appointed by Sean Combs, for new female group Danity Kane. She now mentors several young singers and has done vocal production for the likes of Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Joss Stone. Wright currently resides in her hometown of Miami.

In 1998, Mr. Bercuson was instrumental in bringing MIDEM, the world’s most important music conference and market, to Miami. He has also been selected as a Leading American Attorney for which organization he serves on the Florida Advisory Board. Bercuson has the honor of being the only entertainment attorney included in the peer selected South Florida’s Legal Guide’s “Top Attorneys in South Florida,” from its inception and for the next subsequent nine consecutive years (2001-2009).

Bercuson is a well-known speaker and a sought-after panelist and lecturer at colleges and national conventions. He has lectured at the Winter Music Conference (Miami Beach); LMNOP (New Orleans); Southern Regional Entertainment & Sports Law Conference (Acapulco, Mexico); Florida’s Southeastern Music Conference (Orlando, Florida); numerous Florida Bar seminars and events and several FMA workshops.

His latest release In the Zone (2006) features original compositions and jazz standards and earned a Latin Grammy nomination in 2007. Besides being an internationally acclaimed jazz performer and prolific composer and arranger, Calle is in great demand as a jazz clinician and enjoys working with students. Ed has served as a guest artist and clinician with the Monk Institute and at colleges including Brigham Young University, Temple College, The University of North Florida, The University of Florida, The University of Miami, and West Palm Beach Community College. Ed and Sari Calle live with their three children in South Florida where Ed serves as Associate Professor Senior of Music Business and Production at Miami Dade College. A member of the Miami Saxophone Quartet, a Selmer saxophone artist, and Jody Jazz mouthpieces and AMT microphones endorser, Mr. Calle also owns and operates One-Take Recording Studios, leads the Fuego Caliente Latin Jazz Orchestra, and has completed all required coursework on a Doctor of Higher Education Leadership at Nova Southeastern University with a perfect 4.0 average. Addressing one of America's greatest educational challenges, professor Calle's doctoral dissertation researches the effectiveness of online and traditional education formats on remedial college mathematics learning. Additionally, Ed is a lifelong student of mathematics who is frequently asked to deliver lectures exploring the relationship between music and mathematics. Soon to be Dr. Calle, Ed delivered the keynote address at the MAC^3 conference in 2007.

Ms. Bozza ultimately transferred her practice to the statewide firm of Broad and Cassel where she developed and headed the firm’s Entertainment Law Practice Group. Her practice there focused on intellectual property, entertainment law and corporate and business matters. She assisted clients with valuations, audits, purchasing, sale and leveraging of intellectual property assets, including music catalogs. Ms. Bozza negotiated and drafted various entertainment and intellectual property related agreements such as management and recording contracts; publishing, producer and distribution agreements; endorsement and sponsorship agreements; intellectual property and web-related agreements; and corporate agreements such as operating, confidentiality and work for hire agreements.

In 2008, Ms. Bozza was recruited for and accepted the position of Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs of Live Nation Artists. In this capacity, she was responsible for negotiating and drafting various entertainment-related agreements such as broadcasting licenses, artist website agreements, television, film and music production agreements, media rights agreements, distribution agreements as well as “360” agreements. Upon leaving Live Nation Artists, Ms. Bozza launched a full service business management, legal and concierge company, the Hub, which caters to the needs of individuals and companies in the entertainment industries. As Director of Business Management and Legal Services of the Hub, Ms. Bozza is primarily responsible for corporate structuring, planning and budgeting, and overseeing the high-level operational functions of the clients’ various business interests. She also serves the client’s legal needs through her law firm, Bozza Law, P.A. through which she continues to handle the transactional legal and business affairs for several top music producers and songwriters as well as some independent entertainment entities.

Ms. Bozza has authored articles related to entertainment law and intellectual property issues, has appeared as a guest lecturer on music piracy, music publishing, and other entertainment and sports-related topics. Ms. Bozza is involved in various professional and community organizations. She is an active member of the Florida Bar’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, the American Bar Association’s Entertainment and Sports Law Division, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting.

Headquartered in New York, USA, Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns or administers over 600,000 copyrights by such artists as The Beatles, Shakira, Beck, Brooks & Dunn, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Billy Mann, Joni Mitchell, Ricardo Arjona, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Richie Sambora, Stephen Stills, KT Tunstall and Hank Williams, among many others.

He is a Past Chair of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries. For 11 years, he was Adjunct Professor of Entertainment Law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN. He is a contributing author to the widely used law school textbook, "Law & Business of the Entertainment Industries" (Biederman, et al.).

Artists presented include: Dave Brubeck, Paquito D'Rivera, Sonny Rollins, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Patti Austin, The Count Basie Orchestra, Eliane Elias, Ivan Lins, Oscar Castro-Neves, Arturo Sandoval, Fourplay, Nestor Torres, The Machito Orchestra, and many more. For the 2009-2010 season the series will continue in Miami and will premier in Dallas at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. The season will include: Buddy Guy, Dr. John, Dave Grusin, Gary Burton, Ramsey Lewis, Al Jarreau, Manhattan Transfer, Jon Hendricks, Michael Feinstein, John Pizzarelli, Eddie Palmieri, Michel Camilo, and more. To learn more about JAZZ ROOTS See: www.jazzroots.net.

LRSmedia, LLC founded by Mr. Rosen, jazz legend and media personality Ramsey Lewis, and businessman Lee Rosenberg in 2002 creates music brands and products which it sells and markets through company produced television, radio, Internet, and live performance events. LRSmedia produces content in the form of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, and digital products. Projects released and in production include:

LEGENDS OF JAZZ: a 2005 PBS TV one-hour prime time special, which was followed by the 2006 PBS 13 part LEGENDS OF JAZZ TV series, hosted by Ramsey Lewis, for which Mr. Rosen served as the Creator and Producer. See www.legendsofjazz.net

RECORDING: The History of Recorded Music: created and produced by Mr. Rosen and hosted by Quincy Jones and Phil Ramone is currently in production and scheduled for broadcast in the fall of 2010. This multi-dimensional 7 part HD TV project tells the true story of the birth and growth of American popular music. Exclusive interviews include over 100 major music figures. See www.recording.tv

N2K, Inc. (NASDAQ), one of the Internet's premier e-commerce and content companies, was co-founded by Mr. Rosen in 1996. Mr. Rosen served as Chairman and CEO leading the company to its initial public offering in the fall of 1997. N2K, Inc. brands included music superstore Music Boulevard and its genre-based community sites Rocktropolis, Jazz Central Station, Classical Insites, and artist sites for Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and more, all part of the Music Boulevard Network. The company was the first to distribute music via digital downloads and lead the way for music into the 21st Century. Mr. Rosen architected the plan to merge N2K Inc. and CDNow Inc., the two top Internet music e-commerce companies, completing the merger in March 1999 valuing the combined entity at over $500 million.

GRP Records, Inc. was founded by Mr. Rosen and multi-Grammy Award winning pianist/composer Dave Grusin in 1982. The Grusin/Rosen team recognized the inherent opportunities of digital technology early on at GRP, which became the first label to adopt an "all digital" recording philosophy and released all titles on compact disc. Under Rosen's leadership, GRP went on to become Billboard magazine's #1 contemporary jazz label worldwide for five consecutive years and its artists were nominated for over 80 Grammy Awards. GRP's artist roster included Chick Corea, Lee Ritenour, Diana Krall, Diane Schuur, Patti Austin, Dr. John, Dave Grusin, Spyro Gyra, The Rippingtons, David Benoit, Tom Scott, Gary Burton, B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Sergio Salvatore, Dave Valentin, Arturo Sandoval, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Larry Carlton, Yellowjackets, Don Grusin, Kevin Eubanks, GRP All-Star Big Band, and many more. In 1990, Rosen and Grusin sold GRP Records to the Universal Music Group. From 1990 until 1995, Rosen continued as president and CEO of GRP Records. Along with the presidents of Geffen Records and MCA Records, Rosen helped forge Universal's international business strategies.

Rosen began his musical career as a drummer with the Newport Youth Band and met future partner Dave Grusin while working with singer Andy Williams and attending the Manhattan School of Music. In 1972, the duo produced vocalist Jon Lucien for RCA Records and went on to form Grusin/Rosen productions, which discovered and produced new recording artists including Earl Klugh, Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, and others. In 1978, Grusin/Rosen Productions signed a long-term contract with Arista Records president Clive Davis to develop new talent for the Arista/GRP label, including Dave Valentin, Angela Bofill, Bernard Wright, and Tom Browne. In 1979, Rosen engineered and co-produced the Dave Grusin album "Mountain Dance," the first digitally recorded non-classical album.

Mr. Rosen is the producer/executive producer of over 350 CDs, DVDs, and numerous Television programs. Additionally, Mr. Rosen received Ernst & Young's prestigious "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in New Media & Entertainment; Forbes magazine named Rosen an "Internet Icon" in the cover story entitled "Masters of the New Universe." Mr. Rosen served as a member of The Board of Governors of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and served on The Grammy Screening Committee. He received the NARAS Governor's Award and was inducted into the A&R/Producers Honor Roll. Mr. Rosen serves on the boards of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), the Music for Youth Foundation (MYF), the Music Educators National Council (MENC), UM Frost School of Music Deans Committee, and along with Mr. Grusin, Mr. Rosen co-founded the National Foundation for Jazz Education (NFJE), a philanthropic group which helps young jazz musicians.
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Prior to practicing law, he was a concert promoter and producer, working for Festival Productions (Newport Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival). He was selected by fellow attorneys in 2006, 2008 and 2009 for the prestigious publication Best Lawyers in America and consecutively from 2006 through 2009 for Florida Super Lawyers. Mr. Zigel is an accomplished electric and acoustic bass player; he is fluent in Spanish. He is a principal of White Buffalo Entertainment, an independent film and TV production company (www.whitebuffaloent.com). He is a cum laude graduate of the University of Rochester where he earned a personally designed B.A. entitled A Sociological Study of the Music Industry, and a cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law where he served as Editor in Chief of the Inter-American Law Review.

After discovering Circle House Studios In the mid 90s Lu started mixing and began thinking about producing again. From 1998 to 2002 Lu Diaz became one of Miami's premiere mix engineers working with everyone in the business. While mixing one of Uncle Luke's albums Lu met a young rapper name Pitbull. Lu decided that it was time to get back into production and along with his brother Hugo (The Diaz Brothers) they decided to put their collective efforts behind Pitbull. Fast forward to 2009 Lu Diaz has now been credited with countless platinum albums for recording, mixing and producing and two Grammy awards. Lu and Hugo Diaz in the last year and a half decided to go solo and give each other the space to work with out having to always check with each other. They've been tide at the hip for 20 yrs and just thought it was time to make individual their individual wings and achieve personal goals! Lu Diaz is now Lu Diaz Music and the Executive VP for Poeboy Digital.

Lu Diaz is a busy man but don't think he slowed down his mixing game. Lu is still mixing the biggest records in Hip Hop, most recently Dj Khaled's "I'm so Hood" Feat T-Pain, Trick Daddy, Rick Ross and Plies, Dj Khaled's "Go Hard" Feat T-Pain and Kanye West and Dj Khaled's "Out Here Grinding" Featuring Akon, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Lil Boosie, Plies and Yung Jezzy just to name a few.

After only two months, she was working as an assistant engineer in sessions for Timbaland and Missy Elliot. Tim and Missy soon noticed Marcella's talent and, subsequently, she became a fulltime engineer at the studio, working closely with Timbaland. In 2003, she met Danja who recognized that her potential would take her far. Danja soon involved Marcella in the recording and mixing of all of his records, helping him to achieve "his sound." Marcella continued to work with Timbaland as well, and has mixed some of his biggest hits in recent memory.

Marcella's mixing and recording credits include "Gimme More" by Britney Spears, "Knock You Down" by Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo, "They Way I Are" by Timbaland, "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado, "4 Minutes" by Madonna, "Migrate" by Mariah Carey, "Love In This Club" by Usher, "We Takin' Over" by DJ Khaled, and "When I'm Gone" by Simple Plan.

Marcella has a unique ability to work with a variety of different artists in a variety of different styles that could make her a trailblazer for women in the industry. In a male-dominated profession, Marcella has earned the respect of her peers and has set a tremendous example for women who wish to pursue a career in music engineering.

Not content to rest on her laurels, Marcella continues to expand her musical horizons. She has begun collaborating as a songwriter with some of her producer partners. There is little doubt that you will hear a lot more from Marcella Araica in the future.

Poetically Justified is introduced with musical force in the funky opener "Chillaxin" which emphatically sets the tone for this CD and follows with two in-the-pocket jamming upbeat tracks -- "Capice" lead by the signature voice of hit R&B vocalist Miles Jaye, and "I See You" featuring Grammy winner jazz saxophonist Najee. "Master of My Heart" is lead by the sultry vocal stylings of Incognito's Maysa, and is a beautiful romantic ballad co- produced by Johnson and Robbie McDonald. This song is currently in heavy rotation on adult contemporary radio WHUR in Washington, DC. These four songs set us up for an explosive journey that continues with some great original tracks – Danni's Song; the bouncy staccato horn driven Ellicott City; the beautifully produced and performed "Cherish the Journey" and Maysa's upeat performance on "Hold On". Johnson's admirers will adore the snazzy cover of John Legend's smash hit "Used to Love You" and his funky cover of Michael Jackson's hit "This Place Hotel", the lead single for smooth jazz radio and Floetry's "Say Yes". Miles Jaye returns to the listener in the album's closing number, with the top Billboard single, "Heaven" from Jaye's acclaimed record, Irresistible.

Prior to the release of Poetically Justified Johnson's most recent project was the groundbreaking Billboard Top 15 Contemporary Jazz FLO series. The series consisted of three distinct albums released simultaneously in September 2008, – FLO: Chill (#7), FLO: Romance, (#7) and FLO: Standards (#2). Johnson's previous 2007 solo release, The Phoenix, was widely lauded by jazz critics and aficionados alike. Just as with Johnson's 10 previous albums, The Phoenix peaked at #6 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts.

Johnson's educational background compliments his career success story as both an artist and entrepreneur. While pursuing both a JD and MBA at Georgetown University, Johnson independently produced and distributed his first album in 1997, Lessons in Love. The album went on to sell 40,000 units – unprecedented for an unknown artist's debut release. Lessons in Love helped Johnson launch his career as a jazz musician and the CEO of Marimelj Entertainment Group LLC (MEG).

During the next decade, Johnson would release several critically-acclaimed albums: Inter Alia, Chocolate City Groovin', Coming Back Around, Urban Groove, In Person: Live@ Blues Alley; Just Doing What I Do, Smooth Jazz Christmas, and In Concert For a Cause, all of which charted at Top 20 or more on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Charts.

Over the course of his career, Johnson has shared the stage with many music legends including BB King, Boney James, Kim Waters, Peabo Bryson, Dr. Billy Taylor, Diana Krall, Erykah Badu, Peter White, Miles Jaye, Rick Braun, Norman Brown, Chaka Khan, Arturo Sandoval, Chuck Mangione, Marion Meadows, Rachelle Ferrell, Mike Phillips, George Duke and Jeffrey Osborne. Having performed at many of the world's most famous festivals and venues, Johnson's resume boasts appearances at The Capital Jazz Fest, Bermuda Jazz Fest, Trenton Jazz Festival, Philadelphia's Dell East, Atlantic Artscape, Huntington Beach Jazz Fest, The National Smooth Jazz Awards and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to name a few.

Marcus Johnson intends to bring his love of jazz to the masses, a challenge others might see as too daunting. His ambition, ideas and love of music are the rock on which he stands, raising the art of jazz to the upper echelon of the music industry. Poetically Justified is a brilliant compilation of contemporary smooth jazz with a definitive urban groove, a work of mastery from one of the Jazz world's greatest.

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In 1998 she relocated to Miami where she has held business development roles for Digital Strategies at EMI Records Latin America and MTV Latin America. She opened Eleven:11 Entertainment in 2002. Melanie currently serves on the Board of Governors for the SFL Chapter of NARAS.

Her follow-up CD, Teach Me Tonight with the Eddie Higgins Trio reached #1 at HMV Japan, and earned her their honor of "Best Vocal Jazz Album of 2005."

Billboard wrote that "Henry is a jazz vocalist on the cusp of bigger things," and indeed she continues to be.

Mr. Wolfe has represented large and small companies on issues of trademark, copyright and trade secrets. He has successfully prosecuted and defended claims of infringement under the Lanham Act, as well as invasion of rights of publicity and privacy. Mr. Wolfe has provided counsel to small family businesses, as well as public companies on issues of employment, business contracts, taxation, succession planning and asset protection, and in litigated matters on such issues. Mr. Wolfe has a varied practice in entertainment law representing clients in music, film, television, book publishing, visual arts and theatre. In the area of film, he has provided representation of film and TV producers for 35 feature films, including acquisition, business structure, production contracts, accounting and distribution; handling two negative pickup bank financing transactions. In the music industry, he has provided representation to over 40 major and independent record companies, publishing companies, distribution companies, numerous prominent artists and producers on transactions and litigation matters.

He has negotiated in excess of 250 recording and publishing contracts on behalf of or with many artists and record companies representing many Grammy-winning and platinum-selling artists, producers and songwriters. He often is involved in the organization and dissolution of musical groups and the enforcement of artist's right.

Member: Florida Film and Recording Institute (Past President), Florida Film Producers Association, Florida Screenwriters Association, Florida Motion Picture & Television Association, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and Entertainment law Section of the Florida Bar (past Chairman). Mr. Wolfe has lectured or taught courses at University of Miami Film School, Master of Fine Arts, on Legal Aspects of Film Production; St. Thomas Law School, Professor of Entertainment Law; Florida International University, Professor, Entertainment Law & Business and University of Miami School of Law.

and has been a guest lecturer and instructor for the BMI Moot Court Competition, ASCAP, CMJ, NEMO, SXSW, NAMM, PMA, RPMDA, the Florida Music Conference, Atlantic Records' A&R University, the On-Line Music Conference, the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, St. John's School of Law, Pratt Institute, William Patterson University, Quinnipiac School of Law, New York High School of the Performing Arts, and Berklee College of Music.

Ron has been published in the New York Law Journal, on musicplayer.com, and NYSBA's Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Journal. He has written a monthly column, "The Biz", in Guitar Magazine, and continues to write for the influential artist website, getsigned.com. Ron has Co-Chaired the NYSBA committee on the Recording Industry and the Internet.

Recent interviews with Ron can be seen in Guitarist Magazine, Guitar World, The Orlando Sentinel, Billboard, Forbes, Vintage Guitar Magazine, the CSCPA Newsletter (Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants), the Long Island Business Journal, a feature bio in Bass Player Magazine, NJSBA Legal Eagle, The Tennessean, and many other publications and newspapers.

As a performing and recording musician since 1972, Ron has performed extensively with various major recording artists before and after law school. Ron began his recording career with New Jersey's own "Another Pretty Face." He continues to perform regularly with various acts at music trade shows, and performs and records with his band, "The Suits", whose debut LP on Viceroy Records secured them national tours and numerous TV appearances including "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and CNBC. "The Suits" have released their recent LP's on Transglobal Records, and performed over the last nineteen years with the Spin Doctors, Blues Traveler, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Jim Messina, Nils Lofgren, Taj Mahal, Curtis Mayfield, Govt Mule, Ziggy Marley, The Doobie Brothers, The Connells, Rory Gallagher, Hot Tuna, John Hammond, Foreigner, Bass Desires, Leslie West, Robben Ford, Ambrosia, Eric Burden and the Animals, among many others. Ron performs with jazz guitar great Ritche Deraney in their quintet, The Blue East Jazz Ensemble, also on Transglobal Records. Ron continues to perform studio work, such as the Alan Friedman debut LP (The Test Of Time) and the "Mach Five" debut LP for Island Records with whom he also performed the theme song for NBC TV's "Wind on Water". Ron has also appeared on the Brian Moore Artist LP along with famed guitarist Jimmy Vivino. Ron has scored and composed for off-Broadway, film and TV, including the "100th Anniversary of the Dodgers" video NBC's "Sportstest," the award winning play "Two" by Romulus Linney and recent productions at the Verticle Repertory Theater.

developing areas of the digital realm including DSP (iTunes, Rhapsody, etc), Mobile (Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc), Video (YouTube, Yahoo, Imeem, etc) and Social Networking (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc). Before founding CdA, Alvarez served as Senior Vice President, Latin America for Universal Music Publishing Group for more than ten years, where he founded and ran Universal’s Latin American region including Universal’s award winning US Latin division. Since Alvarez opened the region for then MCA in 1996, the operation grew to eight offices in the US and Latin America while the roster grew into one of the most prestigious teams of songwriters in the Latin music industry including hit songwriters, producers and artists such as Gloria and Emilio Estefan and the FIPP/EMPI writers, Gustavo Santaolalla (Juanes, Brokeback Mountain, Babel), KC Porter (Ricky Martin, Santana), Rudy Perez (Cristina Aguilera, Luis Miguel, Cristian Castro), Jorge Luis Piloto (Cristina Aguilera, Celia Cruz, Jerry Rivera), AB Quintanilla III (Selena, Kumbia Kings), platinum Mexican rock act Molotov and Argentina’s Alejandro Lerner. During his tenure, Universal was named ASCAP’s Latin Publisher of the Year for five of the nine years it was eligible including the last year of Alvarez’ stewardship when Universal’s BMI company was also ranked as Billboard’s number 1 music publishing company in the Latin market. Alvarez also served as President of FLADEM (the Federation of Latin American publishers).

Prior to joining Universal, Alvarez was Director of Latin Membership for ASCAP, where he signed and worked with songwriters such as Enrique Iglesias, Arturo Sandoval, Juan Gabriel, Omar Alfanno, Olga Tañon and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and founded outreach programs such as El Premio ASCAP, now in it’s 16th year. Prior to this, Alvarez worked at the NMPA/Harry Fox Agency negotiating synchronization licenses on behalf of its publisher principals.

Alvarez holds two degrees from New York University including an Associate in Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Finance, Accounting and International Business. Alvarez also holds a Juris Doctor degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Legal training included international law studies in Hong Kong. Alvarez’ professional background also includes work at the law firm of Feinman & Krasilovsky (the law firm of acclaimed author M. William Krasilovsky, author of "This Business of Music"), where he represented clients such as the estate of Rachmaninoff, the estate of Grant Green and a number of publishing companies in areas such as publishing administration, royalty audits, contract negotiations, estates and general consulting.

over the year including The Fray, Kings of Leon, Lamb of God, Matisyahu, Manchester Orchestra and Flyleaf.

Before graduating with a Bachelor’s in Business Management with an assisting minor in Music Business, Stoll managed to squeeze in a stint managing a developing alternative/pop rock band based in South Florida. Big Bang Radio became one of the hottest pop/alternative artists spanning radio stations and newspapers across the country. The band’s hit single "Radio" topped the charts on internet pod casting stations across the world and became a favorite on indie/alternative stations on XM. Stoll spearheaded a marketing campaign which ultimately landed Big Bang Radio on a national television show on Fuse TV competing for a one million dollar recording contract. Ousting out over 10,000 bands from across the nation, Big Bang Radio became one of the top three finalists before being eliminated on one of the final episodes.

Perhaps Stoll’s strongest experiential point may be the touring aspect of the entertainment industry – For almost 22 full years, he shadowed behind his father Jon Stoll, the famed concert promoter and entrepreneur who founded, owned and ran Fantasma Productions for over 30 years. One of the most respected and longest standing independent concert promoters in the world, Fantasma reigned the concert world with countless shows over a three decade span including Bon Jovi, The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Britney Spears and tons more. It was the endless nights behind settling a show and the magic behind pushing to sell each and every ticket in the house that Jesse Stoll watched and learn his father grace the concert scene. It wasn’t until Jon Stoll untimely death in January of 2008 that Jesse decided to jump into the concert world.

Over the past year and a half, Jesse Stoll has worked for concert promoter AEG Live, the touring company who brings monster tours including Kiss, Justin Timberlake, Tom Petty and Paul McCartney as well as revolutionary festivals including Coachella, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Rothbury. As Operations Coordinator of AEG Live Southeast, Stoll works along all former Fantasma employees behind an office spearheaded by former Fantasma vice president, John Valentino. As operations coordinator, Stoll spearheads exciting and creative new concepts within the touring world including festivals, special events and venue expansion. Over the past year, Stoll has developed several festivals including a partnership with the famed country festival Suwannee River Jam in Live Oak and the homegrown DubFest in Hollywood, FL. DubFest, held at ArtsPark in Young Circle this past Labor Day weekend in Hollywood, FL, featured several of the biggest names in reggae and ska including Bunny Wailer, Lee “Scratch” Perry and Reel Big Fish. Stoll hopes to develop this festival into the trademark event of Florida and beyond.

Jesse Stoll continues to make his mark within the music business and entertainment scene as he follows closely in the footsteps and spirit of his father – The future brings groundbreaking projects and events brought to you by the AEG Live team in the spirit of revolutionizing the music scene for the years to come.

Also I am a SONY ATV songwriter with hit records most recently on the Latin Pop charts for Paulina Rubio and Chayanne. Being Bilingual has helped me work on both sides of the industry for many years.

I specialize both in and out of the studio. In the studio I have had the privilege to work with Producers such as , Timbaland, Scott Storch, Cool and Dre, Seven Aurelius, P Diddy, Mario Wynans to name a few.

A defining moment came when I recorded bass and guitars for 50 and the Game “Hate it Or Love it” which went platinum . This as well as many other hit records both Latin and English…. Other great moment was winning two Grammy’s for Ricky Martin’s MTV unplugged which I was Musical Director. This project brought Ricky back to the forefront of the Latin pop scene securing his legendary status.

Being a tested and decorated Musical Director , I have much experience putting together first class tours, bands, arrangements, TV shows, Movie scoring and all that includes the creative process. Many times I have worked with the likes of Jamie King ( Michael Jackson, Madonna, Britney)Dago Gonzalez of Veneno inc. (Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera , Usher) putting together world class tours.

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Understanding Michael’s music requires you to know a bit of his background. A Miami native, his musical career started in his teens when he played bass for popular Latino recording artist Ray Fernandez. Eager to branch out into another direction, Michael and two childhood friends formed the group Silver Platinum, who quickly scored a hit on the R&B charts with their hit “Dance”.

Michael then went on to play bass guitar and sing as a member of the Grammy Award winning reggae band Inner Circle. Inner Circle is most known for their hit “Bad Boys” which is used as the theme song for the Bad Boys film franchise that stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It is also used as the theme song for hit television show COPS.

After touring the world with Inner Circle, Michael returned to Miami. While developing his career as a solo artist, Michael also spent time as an audio engineer and producer at Luke Records, where he produced hits for local artists 2 Live Crew, MC Shy D, JT Money and others. He also served as musical director for BMG recording artist Blu Cantrell.

While assisting in the development of other artists’ careers, Michael continued to strengthen as a songwriter, and soon found many of his original compositions being covered by some of the hottest artists out today. His song “Holiday” served as inspiration for the derivative Trick Daddy single “Thug Holiday”, which is also the title track of Trick’s Platinum album.

Then Lil' Jon and the East Side Boys, Usher and Ludacris covered his song “ Lovers and Friends” for their smash 2005 single of the same name. The song was released on the quadruple platinum album “Crunk Juice” and was the winner of two BMI Billboard awards including ‘Hip Hop Song of the Year’. In 2006, his song “Bedroom Boom” was covered by The Ying Yang Twins featuring Avant on the platinum Ying Yang CD “U.S.A”.

Michael continues to use his formidable talents as a music industry heavyweight. His charismatic and unique voice has been featured in performances on the Today Show and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

It is no surprise that this industry leader has expanded his scope of entertainment interest to motion pictures. MSMG, The Michael Sterling Music Group in association with Infinity Productions, will soon release the first of many movies entitled: ‘ALMOST RELATED’.

Shot primarily on location in Thailand, the movie score features just a few of the crème de la crème of MSMG’s impressive artist roster including, ‘Michael Sterling’ ‘Tessie’, ‘Supa’ and ‘Swindle’. Other talented artists that complete the MSMG roster are: ‘Faze’, ‘Brown Hill’, ‘Trudy’, ‘Strawberri’ and ‘Leah Mc Crae’.

Michael has just completed his new two volume Album, “Eyes Around My Heart”. The album, as well as the first single “Charming”, is a musical reminder of what true artistry is all about. The smooth R&B and pop songs featured on the album have already garnered rave reviews and fans worldwide are eagerly anticipating its release.

And so we return to the question of what do you call a man whose gifts run the gamut from music to film to label executive and whose artistry as a musician covers the genres of pop, reggae, hip hop and R&B? You call him what he is. A virtuoso -- a musical genius whose career will only continue to inspire and awe all those who have the unique privilege of consuming his music.

During his tenure in college, The All-American wide receiver Cainon Lamb was given an MPC aka "Beat Machine" as a gift from his late mother Regina T. Lamb. He utilized his musical background to create music for his local Gospel Rap Group called "Against da Grain". In 2001 after receiving his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice he went on to play professional football. While traveling to games with his team, as a hobby he took his music equipment with him and started honing his craft by creating and perfecting his own songs.

As a record breaking leading wide receiver for the Florida Firecats, Lamb and his team went on to win the 2004 Arena championship Cup. Later that year Lamb's music caught the ear of Grammy award winning artist/producer/songwriter Missy Elliott who was given a beat CD through his affiliation with a local Miami rap artist named Lil Brianna. That same beat CD held a track which became Lamb's first major song placement on American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino's 2004 debut album "Freeyourself". After retiring from football in late 2005, Lamb went on to work with some of the industry's biggest names including Monica Makings of Me, Ruben Studdard The Return, Fantasia Freeyourself & Fantasia, Missy Elliott's new album,Block Party Keyshia Cole Just Like You, Jazmine Sullivan Fearless, Step it Up 2: the streets – the soundtrack, Cristal Aikin TBA, and production for various other sitcoms and commercials.

In 2007 Lamb produced his first #1 record with Keyshia Cole's Grammy Nominated smash single "Let it go". Then he went on to produce his second #1 record with the newcomer Jazmine Sullivan with her smash first single "Need u bad". Lamb also produced Sullivan's 4th single from off of her debut album Fearless called "Dream Big" which was released in February 2009! Lamb has produced several other Billboard Hit's in the coarse of a year!! Since then Lamb has been in the studio working on more hits along with his production partners Missy Elliott & Grammy Award winner Harold Lilly (Alicia Keys "You don't know my name") Lamb's resume is building rapidly, and he is "humble, grateful to God and remains poised for his future success!

For his first time behind the faders, he was encouraged by Wexler to engineer the session recording for a demo of a new band. His hard work and immense talent have carved a place for him among some of the most respected engineers and mixers in the world.

Douglass is best known for bringing unconventional techniques into the studio, and encouraging artists to transcend genre restrictions. He is credited with bringing a raw edge to a sound, and specifically bringing a heavy funk bass sound into rock music.

He also won numerous BMI Urban Awards in September, including the BMI Creative Inspiration Producer Award.

The value of doing honest business and working hard was learned by Jim at an early age, and the lesson has paid off. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in South Florida, Jim began his career in music as a scratch DJ. At only fourteen years old, he was spinning at local skating rinks around town and practicing his new skills. By the time Jim was 18 years old, he teamed up with Mass Jam Productions and created the label Cut It Up Def Records. This is when the young entrepreneur began his pursuit in production, learned to play not only the turntables, but also keyboard, bass and drums and had his first taste of success when he produced the bass single "Cut It Up Def," which sold 40,000 units independently.

Shortly after, he produced and rapped on his first regional hit song called "Party Time." The song landed Jim a recording deal from label Heat Wave Records/Selecto Hits. Jim was now producing and rapping under the alias Jealous Jay and dropped a compilation album, "Cut It Up Def Miami Bass Jams." The album went gold and Jim headed on tour, opening for artists such as Cypress Hill, Markie Mark & the Funky Bunch, Luke, and 2 Live Crew.

After years of production work, the musician created an independent label called Paper Chasers through Warner Brothers/Ruff Nation. He developed new talent and signed artists, White Dog and Sons of Sacrifice. During 1998, Jim embraced the opportunity to work with Trick Daddy and Trina on Slip & Slide/Atlantic Records. Before long, the producer began producing and developing the Miami-bred group of four brothers, Pretty Ricky.

In 2005, while a member of the production duo The Unusual Suspects, the hits began to roll in, including "Girl Tonite" (Twista), "Dammit Man" (Pitbull), "Let's Go" (Trick Daddy), "Grind With Me" and "Your Body" (Pretty Ricky), "Showstopper" (Danity Kane) and "Unpredictable" (Jamie Foxx). In 2006, BMI named Jim Urban Songwriter of the Year and added Jim to its Top Urban Producers list.

Jim continues to stay busy in the studio with numerous production projects underway including Jennifer Lopez, Usher, Wyclef, Robin Thicke, and Lady Gaga to name a few. The single he produced for Souljaboy, "Kiss Me Through The Phone" climbed the charts with peaking ringtones sales. He also produced three records for Beyonce’s last album I am...Sasha Fierce, has two records on Michelle Williams' album Unexpected, both singles "The Greatest" and "Hello Heartbreak." He continues to develop his artist B.O.B. from Atlanta, GA through his label Rebel Rock Entertainment/Atlantic Records. He is also working on a new website project beatbakery.com.

Fat Larry’s Band and Jazz Musician Tom Scott. From 1982-1984 Mr. Black became a business affair’s consultant for Alpha Records (Distributed by WEA) which produced hit recording artist Eugene Wilde and Bryan Loren. He also served as Business Affairs and Artist development consultant for Teddy Pendergrass and his production company Teddy Bear Enterprises. At Teddy Bear Enterprises, he oversaw the development of hit recording artist Miles Jaye (negotiated signing of act to Island Records), and the recording of two gold albums by Teddy Pendergrass for Elektra Records. During this period he also represented jazz vocalist and pianist Rachelle Ferrell acting as both her manager and legal representative and assisted in signing her to Capitol Records.

In 1985 he extended his business activities as a business affairs consultant to Florida while maintaining his law practice in Philadelphia. He worked with Miami based Music Specialists/Jam Packed Records, scoring another hit record with Trinere (Dance Artist). During that time, he was executive producer in Philadelphia for the Linda Creed Tribute (writer: The Greatest Love of All. Betcha By Golly Wow) which was a major concert event featuring top R&B acts Whitney Houston, George Benson, Teddy Pendergrass, "The Spinners", Michael Masser and Jean Carne performing Linda Creeds chart making hits. At Miami based Luke Records (1987-1990), Mr. Black served as Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs overseeing all aspects of business, publishing, and artist contract negotiations, as well as the general activities of the company’s day to day affairs. The company scored two gold records during that time with the act 2 Live Crew. In 1988 in Philadelphia he served as executive producer for the Norman Harris Tribute a major concert event featuring R&B headliners the "Temptations". The O'Jays”, "Blue Majic", "The Tramps" and "LeVert".

In 1990 he relocated to South Florida and in 1995 retired from the active practice of law in Pennsylvania. He has been working as an independent music industry consultant since that time focusing his efforts on publishing administration and music industry contract negotiation representing clients such as Jack The Rapper Magazine, where he acted as legal counsel for the magazine and the annual music industry convention, Lil’ Joe Records, Miss B Records, Anansi Records, Coast to Coast Music Marketing, Salient Alliance (Hong Kong), Hot/JWP Music, Inc., and Fortune Entertainment. In January, 2001 Mr. Black along with Paul Lewis co-founded RPM Entertainment Consulting, Inc. (now RPM Media Enterprises, Inc.) a business support services company where he is Vice President. www.mipros.com www.linkedin.com/n/jonblack66

Before founding Broadjam, Elkins was the Vice President-Sales & Marketing for Sonic Foundry and held several Director-level positions with Ensoniq Corporation. He maintains a database of over 5,000 music industry contacts including executives at virtually every company in the music industry and past and/or present clients such as Les Paul, D.J. Jazzy Jeff, the Beach Boys, the Allman Brothers, BoyzIIMen, Joe Walsh, ELP, Yes, Skid Row, Randy Jackson, Will Smith, and many others. He is a musician and songwriter who thoroughly understands the musician’s world.

In that spot she oversaw Business and Legal Affairs for UMG’s operating companies in Latin America and its US Latin operations for thirteen years. During that time she negotiated and drafted countless recording and licensing agreements, producer deals, acquisitions, joint ventures, and new media deals among other areas of responsibility. Specific deals she handled for Universal were for the recordings of Juanes, Enrique Iglesias, Paulina Rubio, Wisin and Yandel, and Luis Fonsi. Her time there included three years with PolyGram Records, Inc., commencing in New York, then Miami, prior to its merger with Universal in 1998. At PolyGram, she acted simultaneously as the Vice President and head of both Legal and Business Affairs and of the Music Publishing division for Latin America, including US Latin. She held previous positions as a lawyer at BMI, ACLU’s Children’s Rights Project, and the law firm Hall Dickler Lawler Kent and Friedman (which had specialties in entertainment and intellectual property), all in New York.

Tere earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, at Princeton University. She then earned her law degree at Columbia University School of Law, which she specifically chose for its location and renowned intellectual property and entertainment offerings. Her specialty in the entertainment business and law began at Colombia Law School, where she studied copyright, trademark, and music and film business, was the Managing Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts and a student volunteer at New York’s Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. She is a member of the New York Bar. In addition to her current Entertainment work, Tere is the President of two Foundations (one focused on the visual arts and the other dealing with Historical Archives). She is also on the Board of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach, Florida.

He was part of the Sky TV Latin America launch team and produced/hosted TV specials for CNN "World Beat" and “The Music Room”, VH-1's "Latin Explosion”, Universal TV and PolyGram TV.

As President of the Latin division of Madonna’s Maverick Recording Company- Maverick Musica, Bruno del Granado signed and developed artists such as 2002 Latin Grammy winner for Best New Artist- Jorge Moreno, Chilean singer-songwriter Nicole, the godfather of chill-out music - Jose Padilla - and other award- winning Latin artists.

In late 2004, he joined Ricky Martin's management team handling all of the superstar's endeavors outside of the United States. In 2006, del Granado negotiated the filming of the Ricky Martin MTV Unplugged which he Executive Produced and which was released worldwide on CD and DVD. Additionally, he produced from the management side the Person of the Year tribute to Ricky Martin at this year's Latin Grammys as well as negotiating and coordinating Mr. Martin's performance on the telecast. Furthermore, he spearheaded the worldwide set up of the CD, DVD and concert tour of 2007’s Black & White Tour.

Del Granado's film activities include executive producing and music supervising the Maverick Films/VH-1 motion picture "30 Days Until I'm Famous" and the recently-released and critically acclaimed docu-movie, "Cocaine Cowboys". He is currently producing several longform music-driven documentaries.

On top of his club work, he also helped book talent and/or facilitate the production for Colleges & Universities, State Fairs, Festivals, Radio Stations and city organizations around the country. He also spent a couple years as the exclusive agent for Socialburn, a Florida based alternative rock band that was signed to Elektra Records and had 4 radio singles across the country.

After the closing of Fantasma Productions in 2008, Ethan Levinson joined John Valentino opening a Florida office for AEG Live, one of the world’s largest concert promoters and the world’s largest festival producer. At AEG Live he works as a talent buyer, booking and promoting concerts and comedy shows at clubs, theatres, amphitheatres and arenas around Florida and other parts of the southeast. He is still the exclusive buyer for the legendary Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale and also continues to work with many colleges and universities, radio stations and festivals.

After completing an academic education in video and film production, Kline met Max Gousse (who was then a computer Consultant and later became a programming executive and legendary A&R/talent scout). Gousse and Kline quickly became friends (Kline was directing videos already) and within a year Kline began his music industry career as promo producer under the legendary Les Garland at the Box Music Network in 1991.

During his nine year tenure at the network, Kline rose up from freelance producer to become Senior Producer and was entrusted with the network’s most ambitious projects; he was an idea-man who executed as on-site director, scriptwriter, interviewer, post-production producer. He was credited for having an immense impact on the look an direction of the music channel (which merged into MTV2 in 2001).

As the inner workings of the music business started to change, and the demand for knowledge and strategy increased, Kline decided to develop an insider, easy to understand 'how to' approach for indie artists and aspiring music business professionals. Inside the Music Business the brand was born!

In late 1999, Kline self-published the book/2-CD set, Inside the Music Business: The Power Players. It received both critical and consumer acclaim - being called 'one of the best books written on the music business.’ Featuring a who’s who of the music business, the tome featured 40 of the most powerful industry notables including Russell Simmons, Ice Cube, E-40, Michael Bivins, Garland, managers, attorneys, songwriters and others. From there Inside the Music Business products were developed, helping brand the name. Kline developed a monthly audio series, coaching, and seminars.

In October, 2003 Inside the Music Business: The Weekly Radio Show was launched as a 'test' on one AM station in Miami. Word spread as the show hit the Internet (which was quickly becoming a feeding ground for the industry and reached an International group of listeners.

In April of 2007, Kline created, executive produced and co-hosted 'Strategies for Success' (along with Adam Gaynor formerly of Matchbox 20). Strategies was an all-genre seminar and showcase with special guest speakers MC Serch, multi-platinum Country Producer /Songwriter Steve Bogard and more than 30 other executives, attorneys, songwriters.

Educational and retail versions of the event will be released in early 2008.

Shortly after the event Kline and MC Serch started discussing working together. The result is that Serch became an equity partner in the company.

Serch will host the first nationally syndicated version of Inside the Music Business: Weekly Radio Show in the indie format – launching in May, 2008 MC Serch. A Country version is in development in Nashville with Bogard who is also President of NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International).

Eric Kline has worked with a who's who of the music business, including: Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, Snoop, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, *N Sync, Will Smith, Mariah Carey, LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean, Gloria Estefan, Russell Simmons, Geto Boys, Bone Thugs N Harmony, New Edition, Aaliyah, Notorious B.I.G., Rob Zombie, Meatloaf along with hundreds of other artists.

He has also worked with Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Denis Leary, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee amongst many others in the film and comedy fields.

His practice is focused on the area of business and work-related immigrant and nonimmigrant benefits, including immigration issues for musicians, artists, performers, writers, actors, and athletes to achieve the most appropriate and cost effective strategies to tour, act, and perform throughout the United States.

Packman, Neuwahl, & Rosenberg is a firm with over 30 years of experience not only specializing in immigration but also tax issues for foreign artists, which can oftentimes be complicated and difficult to navigate.

Jason Finkelman is a native of Miami, Florida and is active in the local music, arts, and entertainment community. He also performs improvisational comedy throughout South Florida.

Before moving to LA, Rich started in the recording business in Cincinnati forming what became the legendary Fifth Floor Studios, one of the major centers for recording in the Midwest. At Fifth Floor, Rich engineered albums for clients including Bootsy Collins and the Ohio Players and collected gold records for his studio's work with Sheila E, Zapp and Midnight Star and negotiated major label deals for a number of artists. At the same time he became an in-demand commercial composer and producer with offices in Cincinnati, Chicago and Miami.

Rich is an in-demand speaker having served on panels at MIDEM, ASCAP - I Create Music Expo, The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Conf, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and many others.

Rich is an Advisory Board Member of Game Audio Network Guild/G.A.N.G., (Board member for 7 years) dedicated to the advancement of interactive audio and is also a member of California Copyright Conference, AIMP, NARIP and The Recoding Academy.

As Production Manager, he was responsible for a team of 12 television production professionals, consisting of writers, editors, producers, and graphic artists, while also serving as Senior Producer for Boxtalks (4 minute segments featuring popular artists) where he produced, interviewed and edited segments featuring such diverse artist as R. Kelly, Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., P-Diddy, Justin Timberlake and many more. This over achiever was flying cross-country to interview the hottest recording stars, while balancing a full course load at the University of Miami (where transferred to from Miami Dade) and later earned his Bachelor of Science in Communication. Felin was credited for turning the (Boxtalk) series into a major core revenue producing segment for the fledgling cable network.

After MTV's acquisition of The Box Music Network, Felin parlayed his ten years of experience into running Jitter Flix, an upstart film/video production company. Constantly nudging his way into the entertainment marketplace, Felin and his writing partner, Dwayne McClary, later inked a management and development deal with producer Ken Atchity of AEI ("Life or Something Like It" and "Joe Somebody") for their screenplay Sugar Rae.

In early 2007, Jitter Flix and longtime collaborating partner, Bart Mervil formed a strategic partnership and launched Major Minerz, Miami's premiere film and video production company, specializing in a wide range of projects spanning from reality shows to feature films. Major Minerz recently garnered an award for the city of Miami Gardens for their work on an anti litter PSA featuring platinum recording artist, Rick Ross. With a proven track record and relentless drive, Felin is well on his way to becoming one of the most prominent players in the entertainment industry.

But local stardom wasn’t enough. Eventually he would be called to duty all across the U.S., even spreading his street gospel to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Island of Curacao.

Thousands of fans have danced to Bigga Rankin’s shows during BET’s Spring Bling, Black College Reunion (Daytona), Florida Football Classic (Orlando), Come Together Day (Jacksonville), Memorial Day Weekend in Miami, several Super Bowl events, and many more.

He’s toured with Rap music’s biggest names including T.I., Young Jeezy, Juvenile, 8Ball & MJG, Lil Wayne, Trick Daddy, Lil John, Notorious B.I.G., Rick Ross, Wayne Wonder, and a host of others. Bigga Rankin’s trendsetting ear gave way to one of the most powerful mixtape explosions in the south: the Real Nigga Radio mixtape series. To date, RNR mixtapes have birthed a host of classic projects, including The Best of Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane’s Trap Money and From Zone 6 to Duval, Lil KeKe & Blood Raw’s My Testimony, 5 Deadly Venoms featuring Rich Boy, Plies, Yo Gotti, Trae, and Lil Boosie. But it was Yo Gotti’s Cocaine Muzik that catapulted Bigga Rankin to the top of the mixtape hosting chain. In just five days of being released, the project amassed over 10,000 downloads and continues growing to this day.

As VP of the Hittmenn DJs, President of Slip-N-Slide Streets, CORE DJ member, Real Nigga Radio CEO, and several other affiliations, Bigga holds a lot of power in his hands. Not only does he use his credentials to break artists he believes in, he also gives back to the up-and-comers during his annual Diamond Awards (formerly known as The Ghetto Grammys). A highly anticipated ceremony, the Diamond Awards recognizes not only the biggest celebrities in the South, but also the people behind them.

A proven A&R both regionally and nationally, Bigga Rankin has been awarded countless accolades including Ozone Magazines Entertainer of the Decade (2000), Upstart Record Pool’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2001), TJs DJs Tastemaker Award (2003), Seagrams Gin DJ of the Year (2004), Hood Magazine’s On-The-Grind Award (2005), Florida Entertainment Summit’s Record Breaker of the Year (2005), and TJs DJs Hustler Award (April, 2006). He’s graced the cover of OZONE Magazine twice, and has also appeared in The Source Magazine, Hood Magazine, The Hole, and several other publications.

Though he has a resume many would consider beyond complete, there is still one goal Bigga Rankin has yet to attain: releasing a platinum artist. In 2008, Bigga Rankin was given the opportunity to achieve his dream when he was made the President of Big Spenda Entertainment. The Miami label is home to Papa Duck and Rarebreed, proven artists that Bigga stands behind 100%.

With a lifetime of achievements behind him, and a legion of loyal soldiers, Bigga Rankin continues to conquer new territory. It is a legacy in the making, one of a true leader.

Their music has also been heard on the big screen in such films as Chasing Papi, All About the Benjamins, Bad Boys II and they have scored an episode of the MTV special "Posse" as well as having a song appear in the FOX TV series "Dark Angel."

In 2006 Epidemic Music successfully launched Dre’s career as a solo recording artist with hit singles "Naomi" and "Chevy Ridin High" which became a car culture anthem as they led the burgeoning Miami Movement. Cool & Dre also executive produced Christina Milian’s album "So Amazin" on Def Jam Recordings and enjoyed the success of her chart topping hit single "Say I."

Outside of their musical skills, these entrepreneurs are also part owners of 510 Ocean, an upscale Seafood Bistro on South Beach’s trendy Ocean Drive.

Since 2004 the duo remain on the Billboard charts with debuts from their artists such as Tony Sunshine to dropping singles from V3: the Violator 3 Compilation on Jive, Trina, Mystikal, 8Ball & MJG, The Terror Squad, and Fat Joe, as well as "New York" By Ja Rule, "Take My Home" by Terror Squad, "Hate it Or Love It" by The Game, "Say I" by Christina Milian and "Holla At Me Baby" by DJ Khaled.

In November of 2006, Cool & Dre announced the signing of Joe Hound, their latest rap protégé out of Miami on Skeleton Key Entertainment. Creating major buzz with his first single “My Chopper,” the duo is scheduled to release Joe Hound’s debut album later this year. In 2007, they will continue to make their mark as a super production duo with scheduled work on upcoming projects from Usher’s group One Chance, Rick Ross, Aretha Franklin, David Banner, Marsha (Floetry), The Game, DK Khaled, Lil Wayne, Petey Pablo, Young Jeezy, Chamillionaire, Papoose, Sean Kingston, Queen Latifah, and Christina Milian among others. Consistency is the key to lasting in the music industry and Cool & Dre are definitely here to stay.

DJ Griot's professional experience also includes, A&R Representative for Iconz Music Inc., who Is responsible for hits like; Get Crunked up, Grindmode's I'm So High, Ball Greezy's Shone just to name of few. Today you can find him showcasing his acting skills in urban hit films; "Bloodline and The Next Hit. For the past ten years, DJ Griot consistently electrifies an audience of 25 thousand as he hosts one of the biggest Caribbean events in the country "The Haitian Compas Festival". You can catch him every Sunday night between 7 to 9pm for the Sunday School Hip Hop session on Miami's #1 WEDR 99 JAMZ.

'Fool for Life' serves clients whose dreams are bigger than the life they are currently living and does that by helping them get clear about what they want, discover possibilities for having it and uncover what has been holding them back. Currently, Gary is in the process of producing a thought provoking Show & CD for recording artist Talesha Hogan, writing his nonfiction book 'Fool for Life' and appearing at speaking engagements. Gary Grant will address positive visionaries in January at the 2010 'Gratitude Festival' on Aligning Your Identity and Beliefs for Success.

From 1998-2001, he was partnered with famed Brazilian DJ Grego and got his start working with freestyle singer, Joey Bohn. Before taking the moniker of Monster Taxi, Klein partnered with another Miami-based producer, Jason Wilkes, and opera singer, Kelly Alloco, as "Magic Sauce." Magic Sauce remixed Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria", creating a buzz amongst DJ's and Billboard Magazine. After Ave Maria, Klein teamed with Manny Perez for the Don Manuel "Figaro" dance opera, which also achieved dance radio and club play. Klein continued his classical dance projects with Amy Barbera’s Amazing Grace.

In 2003, Klein produced the BMG album, Beny More - The King of Son. The single, "Bonito y Sabrosa," was a Latin radio and video hit, charting #1 on several stations. It also charted on Billboard’s Latin Radio Play. This lead Klein to more productions with BMG Records and Univision, including Alexandre Pires and Noelia.

He formed Monster Taxi and Toy Robot Records to license his own tracks to major labels. The Monster Taxi tune, "Boogie Makes a Splash," is a comedy about a pornstar and was featured on a dance compilation for Ministry of Sound. He worked with Billboard charting dance singers such as Pepper Mashay (Cosmic Love Juice), Rachel Panay (Repeat Performance and Get Off), and Jennifer Carbonell (Memory Wack). All of these mixes received dance and club play in US and abroad.

In 2007, he remade the disco classic, "Get Off," and brought in original members of 1970's funk band Foxy (band) to record it. The tune played throughout the world on dance radio and clubs, even playing during basketball games at Madison Square Garden.

During 2008 and 2009, Klein took time off from releasing Monster Taxi albums and remixed for several dance artists including Rachel Panay, Dirty Sole, Pepper Mashay, DJ Russ Harris, and DJ Hot Hands. He also remixed Corona, who had a dance hit in the 1990's "Rhythm of the Night." Klein and DJ Cubanito remixed a track for Paulina Rubio and featured live Brazilian percussion.

Jason Klein is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by The Florida Board of Accountancy. He is located in Miami, Florida and has clients throughout the state of Florida along with clients spanning from California to New York.

Klein’s career has spanned more than 15 years, from that of a senior accountant at three prestigious South Florida CPA firms to now servicing as a sole practitioner. Klein also has been in the private industry, serving as tax accountant for Burger King Corporation and staff accountant at Motorola Inc.

As a sole practitioner, Klein has extensive experience providing client services including, but not limited to, tax planning and preparation, business startup, setting up accounting systems, non-for-profits, compiled financial statements, Quickbooks installation, budgeting and planning, preparing royalty statements, and acting as a liaison between clients and the IRS. He often works with companies in preparing their accounting for an independent financial statement audit.

www.JasonHKleinCPA.com www.myspace.com/monstertaxi305

He later joined his first group, a gospel act his mother assembled, at the age of six. However, the young singer/songwriter didn't realize that he wanted to make music his life until he was 14. Once the high school-aged Kevin met Rashad Tyler, his manager, that's when things began to click for the young upstart.

It didn't take long for the hungry rookie to get put on. In 2004, he was featured on his first song, Lloyd Bank's "Karma." Thanks to fellow Orlando sons/producers The Runners, Kevin followed that up with his first songwriting credit when he penned the R. Kelly hook on Young Jeezy's "Go Getta." He has also featured on albums from Beanie Sigel, Rick Ross, Chamillionaire, Trey Songz and Rocko, among others. "For me, it was a way in… I thought that other songwriters didn't take me seriously because I was just placing hip-hop hooks," says Kevin.

They're taking him serious now…in fact, it was those guest appearances that scored Kevin an audience with super producer Danja (Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake). "I went to work with Danja in Miami as a songwriter for a girl group he was working with," says Kevin. "It was like instant chemistry. He asked me if I was just a writer, and I told him no, it was just to pay the bills. Now, we're finishing an album together." With the support of Danja, Kevin describes his untitled debut as a direct reflection of who he is-part urban, part suburban; part spiritual, part secular. "My music is really eclectic. Not backpack or playing on the conga eclectic, but I am inspired by anything that pushes the music to another level. It's a bit unpredictable, but at the same time safe enough for you to understand it so it's not so left. It feels good, its fresh but it's reminiscent of something old."

In an age of reality stars and hardcore hip-hoppers, it's good to see that there are some artists who are still doing this for the love of the music. Whether it's his moving voice or his soulful songwriting, Kevin's love and passion for the game is what will have his fans wanting more.

His most recent debut was seen on Def Jam Hip Hop Honors on VH1 during a performance with Ross as well as on Triple C’s music video “Go (War Remix)” where he impersonates Floyd Mayweather.

The Haitian-American Miami native career began back in 1998 with two friends, a set of speakers, and a block of wood. Sneak would eventually be left to stick it out as his friends gave up on the idea of becoming a DJ. In addition, he would soon begin to realize how hard it was to do events and shows because his parents wouldn’t let him out of the house. But instead of giving up, Sam Sneak continued to collect music and frequently visit music stores in anticipation for what he would consider his first big break. That break came after teaming up with Jam Squad DJ’s, a group of up-and-coming covering local parities and events throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Sneak also began doing shows for Poe Boy Entertainment, an independent record label company based in Miami, Florida. During this time Sneak met FloRida, Rick Ross, Brisco, and several other local artist in South Florida. Sneak grew up following DJ Griot, DJ Top Feelin, Bona Lova, and Uncle Al. Today he still listens to Bona Lova, Uncle Al, Mr.Maricio, DJ Entice, DJ Khaledand DJ Griot. His extensive nightclub DJ resume includes Martini Bar, Mansion, Oxygen, Bed, and Nocturnal just to name a few. He has been featured in an array of entertainment mediums such as Ozone Magazine, 305 Magazine, iBlog126, BlaqsheepBlog, Hip Hop Gossip by Randa, and The Monique Show. Currently on a mission to take his brand to the next level, Sneak continues to perfect his skills though observation, reading, and practice. He is never afraid to try something different, and believes in being true to one’s self. For booking inquiries or more information find him on twitter at www.twitter/samsneaker or contact his publicist Myya Passmore at samsneak@myyapassmore.com

They are finishing up the album and have released the first single named Corazon sin cara by Prince Royce www.myspace.com/planetroyce you can listen to the song on the artists myspace page.

George was born and raised in New York City, and attended the City College of New York. He was the main visionary behind the New York-based Latin label RMM Records & Video, between 1988 to 1995, arranging, producing, and directing dozens of recordings for that label. In early 2004, Sergio George and Latin recording executive George Zamora created SGZ Entertainment, in Miami, Florida, focusing on urban artists. SGZ is now partly owned by Univision Records. Starting in August 2006, SGZ Entertainment is now part of Univision's sub label La Calle Records. Sergio George won the 2008 Latin Grammy's Producer of the Year award.

Featuring a “pre-loaded” handset, the deal generated sales of 1.5MM handsets in Latin America as well as a major tour endorsement for the artist. Schachner recently followed this up with a just-released Shakira Sony Ericsson handset in Latin America. Schachner joined Sony Music in 1999 as Zomba/Jive Record's Vice President of New Media Strategy & Development, where he led the company’s first digital initiatives, including digital content deals with many of the US’s first digital music services.

Mr. Schachner is an executive with twenty years experience in the media and entertainment industries.

Previous to Sony Music, Schachner served as Vice President, Business Development for NY-based Liberty Digital, a cable television holding company.

Previous to Sony Music, Schachner served as Vice President, Business Development for NY-based Liberty Digital, a cable television holding company.

From 1995 to 1996, Schachner was America Online's first business development executive for music, where he negotiated many of AOL's first content deals with record companies, cable networks, and prominent music publications.

Earlier career experience includes business development and financial roles at the Universal Music Group and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation.

Mr. Schachner holds an MBA and BA from Columbia University in New York. He has also completed courses at Bryn Mawr's Centro de Estudios Hispanicos in Madrid, Spain.

He currently serves on the global board of the Mobile Entertainment Forum.

In 2008, Schachner contributed to Florida Governor Crist’s Music Industry Task Force.

Most recently, in August, 2009, Schachner was appointed to a seat on Florida’s Film & Entertainment Advisory Council by Florida’s Senate.

With education in American Roots Music, Latin Music origins, and the development of Jamaican music, along with his own observation and experiences within the Punk Rock, Jam Band, Hip Hop, Southern Funk, Reggae/Dancehall, Groove and more modern music scenes, Travis has a great feel for the development of niche music scenes. By focusing on the community, communication, and musical style of these scenes Travis seeks to help music communities use the internet and mobile phones to organize and create self sufficient music businesses that focus on music development and catering to the needs of the fans and scene supporters as well as the artist.

Brewton joined BMI from her position as Executive Director of the Recording Academy (NARAS), opening the Atlanta office in 1997 as Director, Writer/Publisher Relations. She was promoted to Senior Director in 1999; named Assistant Vice President in 2002 and Vice President in 2005.

Brewton is involved in numerous organizations, including membership in NARAS, Women Executives of America, BESLA (Black Entertainment Sports Lawyer Association), SAGMA (Stellar Awards Gospel Music Association) and the Atlanta Songwriters Association, and is on the boards of the Dallas Austin Foundation, SAGMA, and Harvest Kitchen (facility that feeds homeless people).

Not to be discounted are the causes that are near and dear to the heart of Catherine Brewton. With the passing of her mother, Pastor Barbara Brewton Cameron in November of 2008, Catherine has set out to continue the legacy that her mother began. With Catherine helming the project, she along with several members of the Community Outreach Christian Ministries broke ground on the Barbara Brewton Cameron Youth Center in Charlotte, NC. The center will provide mentoring, tutoring, after-school snacks and supplies to many of the areas under-privileged youth.

In addition to her music industry experience, Brewton’s varied professional background includes positions in promotion, marketing and finance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Shaw University in Raleigh, NC. Catherine also attended the prestigious Women’s Leadership Forum at Harvard Business School in May of 2006.

During his tenure, the agency has won an unprecedented amount of creative awards including an Emmy nomination, Grand Clio, the Grand Prix award at Cannes, Titanium Award at Cannes, and Creativity Magazine's Agency of the Year on multiple occasions. Bill is a sought after speaker at industry events, having appeared on panels at CMJ Music Marathon, Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film and TV Music Conference, Billboard Media & Advertising Conference, Winter Music Conference, Canadian Music Week and a number of others. Bill has been recognized with awards such as AICP NYC Best Musical Arrangement, AICP NYC Best Original Music, Multiple Top Tens in Shoot Magazine’s Best Music/Sound Design (Including Number One), and Creativity Magazine’s Best Tracks in Summer Music. He has worked with talent such as Alec Baldwin, John Cusack, Brooke Shields, James Caan, Eliza Dushku, Taylor Swift, Slash, Travis Barker (Blink 182). Pete Wentz (Fallout Boy), Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, The Hives, Diddy, Pharrell, Common, Matt Sorum & Duff McKagan (Guns’N’Roses, Velvet Revolver), Pitbull, Gnarls Barkley, Wilco, Silversun Pickups, Spoon, Death Cab For Cutie, Girl Talk, Plain White T’s, Lifehouse, DJ Lethal, Cold War Kids, Darius Rucker/Hootie & The Blowfish, Spoon, The Donnas, Ted Nugent, Michele Branch, Eagles of Death Metal, G. Love & Special Sauce, Slipknot, and the North Mississippi All Stars.

Cobham's newest recording, Fruit from the Loom-released in April 2008 through his own imprint, Creative MultiMedia Concepts, Inc. (CMMC)-is a suitably wide-ranging representation of his roots and his journeys. He reprises two of his best-known compositions from the '70s, "Spectrum" and "Crosswinds," by incorporating violin on the former and steel pan on the latter. "I've always found it difficult to focus upon one direction in music," Cobham notes, "so I've resigned myself to projecting ideas and thoughts through a musical kaleidoscope, from Latin to rock and jazz. This version of 'Spectrum' is a testament to that idea."

On the new CD, he also utilizes a string quartet (on "Faia") and percussion ensembles-with Cobham himself playing all the parts on "Samba du Militairestrasse" and Nigerian friends joining him on "Thoughts from Okuta." Experiences from travels in Brazil are captured in "Eggshells Still on My Head" and "Florianapolis," while the Bocas del Toro islands off the eastern coast of Panama-which Cobham describes as a place where "it is easy for me to relax and generally mellow out"-inspire the buoyant "Sweet Bocas."

Fruit from the Loom, dedicated to the memory of Cobham's parents William and Ivy, features support from longtime colleagues including organist Brian Auger, bassists Victor Bailey and Stefan Rademacher, saxophonist Ernie Watts, guitarists Dean Brown and Jean-Marie Ecay, and, on steel pan, Junior Gill.

Cobham is also the centerpiece of a new 90-minute documentary by director Mika Kaurismäki entitled Sonic Mirror. The genesis of the film dates back to 2001, when Kaurismäki approached the drummer about producing a portrait of his life and times. "But then we started to think of other ways of doing it," the director reveals. "We finally decided to do a film about Billy and some of his projects, focusing on rhythm and music as communication and universal language."

To Cobham, the term "sonic mirror" means "a sound reflection of everything that I experience, or that one experiences, in music. It's almost like a radio parabolic dish, where all of the radio signals come in, are processed, and reflected back to the presenter."

The film, which takes place in Switzerland, New York, Salvador da Bahia (Brazil), and Helsinki (Finland) and which was released in April 2007, has screened at film festivals in Munich and Cologne, Germany; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil; Pusan, South Korea; Gijón, Spain; Adelaide, Australia; Guadalajara, Mexico; and Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's also had a commercial release in France. A multiple-disc DVD release is currently in the works, focusing on the concert in Finland with Randy Brecker; Malê Debalê, a Bahian bloco afro; the Glarus concert (with Swiss musicians and yodeling choir); Okuta Percussion and Autistics; and the Okuta Percussion concert.

The Hollywood Reporter described Sonic Mirror as "a feel-good world music documentary with the potential to be the next Buena Vista Social Club." But for Cobham, more fundamentally, "it verifies the value of music as an important factor in this world. If used for the greater good, it can be a powerful ally."

Billy Cobham was born in Colón, Panama on May 16, 1944. The family relocated to the U.S. in the winter of '47, living first in Harlem and then in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. "Music was all around me," he recalls. "Primarily either Latin music-folclórico or tìpico, as they called it in Panama-or jazz."

Cobham, whose first paying gig came at age eight, courtesy of his pianist father, cut his teeth on drumming as a member of St. Catherine's Queensmen, a drum and bugle corps in St. Albans, Queens. He went on to attend New York's famed High School of Music and Art, where he studied music theory and drum technique alongside some of today's great musical legends, including trumpeter Jimmy Owens, bassist Eddie Gomez, and pianist Larry Willis. At the time, "jazz was a bit off-limits to students while classical music was preferred by the education establishment. So of course students craved to connect with jazz artists in any way that they could, be it chance encounters at school lectures or via LP recordings that they could study and eventually emulate."

After military service, during which he played in the U.S. Army Band as percussionist (1965-68), Cobham began working in Horace Silver's band. (While on a European tour with Silver in 1968 he became one of the first percussionists, along with Max Roach and Tony Williams, to use the Electronic Drum Controller made by the Meazzi Drum Company in Milan.) He also performed with Stanley Turrentine and Shirley Scott, and recorded with George Benson.

In 1969 Cobham co-founded the fusion group Dreams, which also featured Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, John Abercrombie, Don Grolnick, Barry Rodgers, and Will Lee. The following year he was invited to join Miles Davis's group and contributed to four pivotal recordings by the trumpeter, including Bitches Brew (where he collaborated with guitarist John McLaughlin) and Tribute to Jack Johnson.

Mahavishnu Orchestra was formed by McLaughlin in 1971 with Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, and Rick Laird. They released three acclaimed albums (beginning with Inner Mounting Flame) before the band was dissolved and Cobham chose to launch his solo career with Spectrum, one of the definitive albums of the jazz-rock era.

During the 1970s and '80s, he recorded steadily as a leader for Atlantic, CBS, Elektra, and GRP, collaborating with artists ranging from George Duke, John Scofield, and Tony Williams to Jack Bruce and the Grateful Dead, both on stage and in the studio.

Cobham was engaged by UNICEF in 1992 to work with autistic outpatients and street children in Santos (near São Paulo), Brazil, in a musical project of several years' duration. "The street children fell into my realm of operations almost by chance, as it was not part of my original mandate," he says. "But due to the unavoidable specter and shadow cast by so many little personalities with big hearts and so much time to ponder life without parental direction, it was inevitable that I would find myself working with them-some of the brightest minds harboring raw talent that I have ever witnessed to date. The shame of it all was that many would never have the opportunity to use their gift."

In '93 Cobham performed, recorded, and produced at the WOMAD Festival (World of Music, Arts and Dance) with Peter Gabriel, Nigeria's Okuta Percussion, and Farafina from Burkina Faso. (His association with WOMAD continues to this day: over the last several years he's conducted sessions in performance techniques at the University of Bath Spa in England, and he is now an Official Patron of WOMAD in Bath.)

Other highlights of the 1990s included touring and recording with Jazz Is Dead, Paradox, Nordic, and the London Jazz Orchestra; and development of the Conundrum book series, whose titles have music-minus-one capability that allow participants to play along on their specific instruments. (Drum set, piano, brass, woodwinds, bass, and guitar books are available through Alfred Music Publications in association with Rhythmatix Music, Ltd.)

By the start of the '00s Cobham had introduced "The Art of Jazz" series, recording and touring extensively first with the Art of 3 (Kenny Barron, Ron Carter), then the Art of 4 (Carter, Donald Harrison, James Williams) and the Art of 5 (Harrison, Guy Barker, Eric Reed or Julian Joseph, Orlando Le Fleming). He also worked with Culture Mix (featuring steel pan player Junior Gill), recording two albums with them for CMMC (with distribution through In and Out Records), and in 2003 reactivated Spectrum as a band that revisits the music of that genre-reinventing album.

Cobham plans to record a second volume of Fruit from the Loom this summer, with Dean Brown, JM Ecay, Tom Coster, Cristophe Cravero, Victor Bailey, Ernie Watts, Mike Mainieri, Junior Gill, Michael Rodriguez, Mike Mondesir, Marco Lobo, Marshall Gilkes, and Philippe Chayeb among those who'll be on board.

His current collaboration with the Cuban group Asere has been ongoing since their first performance together at the WOMAD Festival in Reading in 2002. A new CD, De Cuba y de Panamá, is due for summer 2008 release, and a DVD, A Latin Soul, directed by John Hollis, is already out. That package contains live concert footage, two documentaries, and a bonus CD with live and studio tracks. Cobham and Asere will be touring the U.K. this fall.

"It's very, very interesting for me to hear this music and to play music like Mahavishnu Orchestra or even with Jack Bruce, but my approach is fundamentally the same," the drummer observes. "It's got a Latin root, and it kind of sets me off from everybody else.

"Music will tell the world who you are, based on what you present and how you present it. You can't lie through this medium.

"Therefore I find myself trying again to connect the dots, to learn. Through this relationship with Asere and the music we make together, it's helping me to connect. I'm reconnecting with my roots in Panama in order to see my future better through this clearer view of my past."

And as with any artistic endeavor, the personal becomes the universal, and Billy Cobham's most recent musical journey-back to his beginnings-will be shared and savored by his listeners around the world.

www.billycobham.com

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He has produced albums for Sony Music, Universal Music, Univision Music, Discos Fuentes, Codiscos and WattsUp records. Dennis is currently International A&R and Marketing exec for CODISCOS / Tropisounds in Miami. Under his wing, the label has received 2 consecutive Billboard Latin Music Conference new artist showcase wins, has been nominated for 17 Latin Grammy’s and received 4 Latin Grammy awards. His signings have also been on the Radio & Records Latin rock top 20 charts for over 16 consecutive weeks. Dennis has also received Latin Grammy nomination credits in 2007 for his work with Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz as well as one in 2008 with Monica Giraldo, who was nominated for Best New Artist. Dennis also runs Record Label Music, a music production and artist development consulting company.

RECORD LABEL MUSIC - dennis@recordlabelmusic.com

(305) 542-1191

This self-titled debut, MAJESTY which marked Joe’s first original compositions, went off to become one of the hottest selling indie records in Miami and the band one of the hottest live bands and shows during the 70’s “Open House” Era. This recording marked the beginning of the Miami crossover sound, by having songs recorded in both English and Spanish Language.

After heavy touring and live appearances the group disbanded and Joe Granda continued his intense education process, Joe had already won several awards at his Junior High School, in Drama, Audio Visual and the Florida State’s oratorical contest, and after his High school graduation from Miami Lakes Sr. High, he continued his studies at Miami Dade Community College creating his own entertainment bachelors' degree including studies in Business Education and Law, Music Theory, Drama and Art.

During his college years, Joe began working very closely as a booking agent, when he received request for his now defunct band and with Tony Parodi (one of the most respected event producers) where he learned firsthand the in and out’s of concert production, event planning and promotion and shortly thereafter began to book bands and promote his own club events, during the disco and break dance era, making him one of the most successful Club & Event Promoters in South Florida. Joe packed clubs like “Alegro” in the Omni, Video Power House in Coral Gables and Illusions in Hialeah and brought the hottest bands and artist of the 70”s and 80”s, including France Joli, Gloria Gaynor, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Evelyn Thomas, Carol Jiani, Dead or Alive, Planet Patrol, Sly & The Family Stone, KC & The Sunshine Band, The next move was to begin working with the top motion Picture agents in Miami, booking talent for Major TV and Motion pictures productions and TV commercials such as “Miami Vice” ( which he also appeared in bit roles) & The Michael Mann directed “Cry of The City” and commercials for JC Penney, Pepsi, Nike, Pony and many more, this lead him back into recording and production when one of his groups were chosen to take a lead role in the Motion picture “Cry of The City” with Sammy Davis Jr., he took the opportunity and produced the title track to the motion picture entitled “Rockin' It”, which became a top #10 record on R&B Radio in New York City and the East Coast and prompted the group “MC Flex &The FBI Crew” to a national tour.

From there in 1985, Joe prepared three of the members of The FBI Crew and created a group called Nice & Wild, he then wrote and produced their first single “Diamond Girl”, he went back to his old pal Tony Moreno and together they released it under the TH Records label. The song became an instant national hit and was picked up with an album deal for the group by Atlantic Records. Joe, once again became the forefront of a new musical movement original called Latin Hip-Hop, now known as “Freestyle”, as the father of this new Miami sound Joe, toured intensively with the group, and had the opportunity to work with freestyle legends like: Secret Society, TKA, India, John “Jellybean” Benitez, Information Society, Noel, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Noel, Expose, Sweet Sensation, Cover Girls and many more and created chart history with Billboard Magazine, as songs Like Diamond Girl, prompted Billboard to create a “Crossover” chart. The song became one of the first songs in chart history to play on Pop and R&B radio with a full verse in Spanish, and Latin Radio with English Lyrics. The Nice& Wild album also prompted another hit song written and Produced by him entitled “Oh Baby”. Joe Granda created his own independent label “Angel Eyes Records” dedicated to the underground and new forming sounds in the industry, and has successfully charted various singles in the top10 Billboard Dance Chart, from its large catalog of music, including Club Anthems “Tubale (Extasy) “ by Warning, “Mas Suave” & “Ritmo Cubano, Sabor Africano” by Dogma & The Afro-Cuban Rhythms, Chango (In-legue) by LatinXpress and many more.

In 1994, Oscar Llord, (former Chairman of Sony Discos) proposed a deal to Granda, to create a merge with his Extreme Company, which prompted A&E Records. Within several months the label had prepared and signed several acts and right before the company began to release product, Oscar Llord, then GM of Rodven Records, formed Right Touch Productions, after the sale of Rodven to PolyGram. There, Joe was instrumental in creating the crossover phenomenon, using his street savvy and strong promotional and marketing skills. This company became one of the leaders in sales within an eight month period and was immediately purchased by its distributor Sony Discos who brought Oscar over to run the Sony Discos Label. There Oscar implemented Joe’s "crossover" ideas to break artist such as Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Elvis Crespo, Son by Four and many more, into the mainstream Anglo market.

Joe Granda remained as an independent with independent ideas, since he always felt the majors would take away the strong independent mentally and hinder his street mentality. Since then Joe created The Granda Group of Companies, as an umbrella of his multi companies and services and has been instrumental in the behind the scenes of most major Latin and Crossover Artists. He prides his victories on his great team. His accounts include Sony-BMG, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records, Maverick Latin, EMI Latin, MP Records, Colombia Records, Crescent Moon Records, Estefan Enterprises, DreamWorks and many more. His references are like a who’s who of the music industry and can be provided upon your request.

In the past ten years Joe has become one of the major players of the Entertainment Industry, through his savvy Marketing and Promoting strategies, Publicity and Event Production, working closely with major Latin Talent, like Thalia, Juanes, Ricky Martin, Gloria Trevi, Gloria Estefan, La India, Paulina Rubio, David Bisbal, Luis Fonsi, Alejandra Guzman, Emmanuel, Celia Cruz and many more.. His event production intuition helped to create one of the most successful events in SeaWorld, Orlando History “Viva La Musica” which now has extended to Busch Gardens, Tampa, and will extend to all the Anheuser Busch parks in 09, nationwide giving Latin Artist the opportunity for more National Exposure, and has worked with acts like: Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, El Gran Combo, Grupomania, Oscar D’leon, Grupo Niche, Angel Lopez, Tito El Bambino, Ivy Queen, Don Omar, Zion & Lennox, Andy Andy, Willie Colon, Jennifer Pena, Melina Leon, Tito Rojas, Tito Nieves, Ednita Nazario, Manny Manuelle, Aventura, Milly Quesada and many more.

Community service has also been part of Joe Granda’s agenda as he has volunteered his production services for many charitable events nationwide. Specifically, Joe has worked tirelessly for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community, bringing Major Latin Artist that support the GLBT community to National Gay Club Tours, which brings positive images in the press and media of the GLBT struggle. Joe has also co-produced with Club-Papi Productions hugely successful Gay Pride events in Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. He also works tirelessly with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) (which is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation) and assists in the selection of the artists who are to receive the "Valentia" award from GLADD, in their yearly award show in Miami. The artist is awarded for their hard work in presenting positive images of the GLBT community in the press and media. Joe also donates his time in helping the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Science (LARAS) produce last years’ Latin Grammy after party in New York City.

Granda’s future projects are still in the secret vault, but many new, fresh and innovative idea’s will continue to flow from this living legend, so expect many more years of great projects, great events, great music and great Entertainment.

Some of his all-time favorite artists include Stevie Wonder, Prince, Marvin Gaye, R. Kelly, Krs One, Chuck D, and Denzel Washington. Honorable Mention to Aaliyah because was truly angelic and a friend. His favorite songs are ones that gets the party Krunk and another that can get the late night after party jumped off.

He just received the John H. Johnson Legacy Award for Communication Excellence at The Ebony Fashion Fair Showcase in Fort Lauderdale, FL. John H. Johnson is the Founder of Ebony and Jet Magazine who died in 2005, and this award is presented to those who represent the legacy of Career Achievements in Communications.

Lorenzo can be reached at Lorenzo@wedr.com.

At Columbia, he started as a digital marketer and then joined Columbia imprint One Haven Music as an A&R executive under Michael Caplan, whom Seth previously worked for at New York City-based independent label Or Music (Los Lonely Boys, Matisyahu). He also helped launch “Big Red”, Columbia’s strategic development internship program.

Seth was also an investment banker at Citigroup in London before formally joining the music industry. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

He holds degrees in Business Administration and Telecommunications Management. Current credits are as varied as executive producer, engineer or production coordinator for artists as diverse as 2 Live Crew, Julio Iglesias, Ruslana, Al Di Meola, Rabanes, Missy Elliott, Jose Luis Rodriguez, and Gloria Estefan. Fletcher possesses a broad range of experience dealing with domestic and international clientele encompassing extraordinarily diverse musical genres.

He also serves on the National board of directors of the Society of Professional Audio Services (S.P.A.R.S.) and is a member of the Mix Foundations’ TEC Awards nominating body. Fletcher has served on the Recording Academy’s (Grammy) Florida Chapter Board of Governors since 2001 including consecutive terms as vice-president and president. Currently serving a second term as one of the Florida representatives on the NARAS National Board of Trustees.

Additional Committee work includes a seat on the NARAS National Planning and Governance Committee (3 terms) and contributions to the 2009 F.F.A.E.C. Governor’s Task Force on the Music Industry. Fletcher also has recently been appointed as a member of the Latin Recording Academy’s Presidential Advisory Council where he continues to expand the national and international reputation of the studio and the Florida recording community.

Recently Aldo has worked with Universal Pictures on the "Fast & Furious 4" Sound Track. He is also responsible for the recent collaboration between Machete Music artists Angel Y Khriz with top selling American recording artist Flo Rida and recently engineered the collaboration between Latin superstar Wisin Y Yandel and Jive Records recording artist T-pain for Wisin Y Yandel’s album. Aldo "The Master" Gonzalez currently is the A&R Manager for Universal Latino / Machete Music.

Prior to law school Kathleen was Director of Child Victim Services at People Against Rape in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition she was an actress for 15 years before deciding to pursue her public interest work full time. Recent articles and speaking engagements include: "Can Copyright and the First Amendment be Reconciled in the Internet Age? Examining the Effects of Filtering, Takedown Notices, & the Role of Fair Use," Penn Law Symposium on Copyright and the Internet, March 2008, "Strange Culture" Panel: First Person Arts Festival—Art in the Age of the Patriot Act, November 2007, National Arts Marketing Project Conference: Speaker, Miami, November 2007, A Fine Art: Public institutions maneuver the delicate work of deaccessioning art in the Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine, Summer 2007; guest lecturer in the PVLA Arts Administration and the Law graduate class at Drexel University in Spring 2007; and PVLA: Arts Partnerships in Philadelphia in the Legal Intelligencer on October 24, 2006.

He is a regular writer on music technology for Recording Magazine and a contributing writer for several other publications. Additionally, Mark is a certified Pro Tools “Expert” by Digidesign and is a guest lecturer at numerous universities across the US and abroad.

Coincidentally, when Roxy is not on-air, she spends the majority of her time in the recording studio. Having finished 90% of her debut album, her vocal ability is up to par with the Beyonces & Mariah Careys of the world.

When asked about her talents, she responds, “I owe it all to my grandfather. He was a seasoned musician with stringed instruments, especially the bass.” Talent wasn’t the only thing that filled her home. She was raised by two loving parents, Tony & Brenda Romeo, who worked hard to make sure that Roxy and her brother, Ryan, were raised with proper morals, values, & education.

One thing is for sure, in the years to come, you will hear more from Roxy from both sides of the mic, with on-air radio sessions, songs, and tons of voiceover work under her belt. So when you’re at home this weekend, tune in to hear the voice of the future…Roxy.

On-Air Schedule:
103.5 the Beat: Sat 10-3p & Sun 12-6p
93.9 MIA: Sun 6-10a
92.3 KIIZ: M-Sat 10-3p
Voiceovers: roxanneromeo@gmail.com

He has also worked as a Site Coordinator for Alejandro Sanz, Marc Anthony, Heroes del Silencio, UB40, Soda Stereo, Guns n' Roses, Roberto Carlos, and others, and as a Promoter Rep/Production Manager for Sting, Santana, Luis Miguel, BonJovi, Diana Ross, Placido Domingo, Maná, Phil Collins, Bjork and more. While managing multi-million dollar concert tours was and will always be Tony’s first love, he is also an internationally renowned production manager and television producer with over thirty years experience in the entertainment industry. Some of ACME’s clients include Univision Network, Univision.com, Sony BMG Music & Entertainment, Warner Channel, Fox Pan American Sports, MTV, MTV Latin America, Billboard Magazine, and Telemundo among others.

More recently Tony served as the Production Manager (2003-2005), and Executive Producer (2006-2008) for the Spanish language sports award show for Fox Pan American Sports, Premios Fox Sports. Taped in front of a live audience, the award show is a premiere annual event honoring exemplary Latin American athletes and teams. Tony is fluent in English and Spanish. He is also a gifted artist who attended the University of Miami on a fine arts scholarship and went on to design award-winning album covers.

Tony’s knack for the flawless execution of even the most complex live productions continues to take him around the world, recently returning from a tour with the Jonas Brothers around Latin America and Western Europe. Tony confidently tackles each new challenge with drive and an expert eye. Tony is an active member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). When he is not traveling, Tony enjoys spending time with his wife and two children in their Miami Springs home.

"trapped in time" Nicole, 'cuando no estas" Valeria Gastaldi, "tanto sin amor" Valeria Gastaldi, "todo" Coral, "come and go" Felipe, "todo" Felipe, "a donde Voy" Daniela Guzman, "el Cinico" Beto Cuevas.

Chino can be reached at chinotino29@yahoo.com.

Mr. Bradley is licensed to practice in both Florida and Tennessee. Mr. Bradley has represented clients in courts in Florida, New York, Ohio and California in both state and federal courts. John’s entertainment practice includes representation of musicians, bands, authors, photographers, models, independent record and publishing companies, management companies, production companies, actors, artists, multimedia, Internet companies and many more. His music clients have ranged from local artists to platinum sellers, Grammy nominated musicians and members of the rock and roll hall of fame.

Mr. Bradley received his Juris Doctor Degree from Stetson University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts Degree cum laude in Political Science from St. Thomas University in 1985. Mr. Bradley is a past Chairman of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar which boasts almost 1000 members.

Mr. Bradley’s litigation practice includes a variety of litigation matters in state and federal court at both the trial and appellate levels. John has been lead counsel in significant complex litigation including intellectual property, trademark, copyright, entertainment, unfair trade practices, and many others. Mr. Bradley’s litigation focus has been on entertainment, intellectual property, right of publicity/privacy and complex litigation cases. He has been successful in obtaining temporary injunctions against worldwide companies including the Corel Corporation and Point Blank Body Armor. Mr. Bradley’s clients include a broad range of companies from startup to tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Mr. Bradley has even represented local attorneys and a law firm for their own legal needs.

Mr. Bradley has also been extremely successful in the area of right of publicity and privacy in cases involving the unauthorized use of person’s names and images. Mr. Bradley has been honored to serve as the primary author on the Amicus Brief filed by the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar in the ongoing Florida Supreme Court case of Tyne v. Time Warner regarding Florida’s right of publicity and privacy laws.

Mr. Bradley spent many hours as a volunteer with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the art program at Artserve, Inc., beginning in 1994. Through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Mr. Bradley has provided a substantial amount of services to numerous art entities including Artz-n-the- Hood, Inc., Actors and Company, Inc., Arts in Children’s Education, Chinese Arts and Cultural Society, Inc., Fort Lauderdale Children’s Ballet Theater, Inc., John D. MacDonald Bibliophile, Songwriters in the Round, Inc., and others. In 1996, Mr Bradley was awarded the 1996 Volunteer Leadership Award as Volunteer Lawyer of the Year in the Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts Program. In 1995, Mr. Bradley received the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts/Florida Steering Committee Pro Bono Award.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Bradley founded Songwriters in the Round, Inc. with his dear late friend Ellen Moraski of Warner Chappell Publishing in1996. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Fort Lauderdale Rotary Club and the Fort Lauderdale Jaycees. Mr. Bradley is a member of the American Bar Association, Broward County Bar Association, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and a past member of the American Federation of Musicians.

Mr. Bradley opened EchoXS Entertainment, LLC, a Nashville based music and entertainment company with producer Mark Hornsby and John Miles of M2B Advertising in 2008. EchoXS has just signed its first artist, Leticia Wolf, and intends its first release in January 2010. The new label is cutting edge in its internal structure, artist partnering relationship and digital marketing and product distribution.

Mr. Bradley is also an accomplished musician, singer and songwriter with over twenty five years of experience. John has performed throughout Florida, outside the state and the country. Mr. Bradley and his wife Alejandra make their home in Hollywood, Florida.

Big moments continue for Rico Love; singles with Beyonce (“Sweet Dreams”), Natasha Bedingfield (“Love Like This”), Keri Hilson (“Energy”), Pleasure P (“Boyfriend #2), and the latest from Mario (“Thinking About You,”) soon followed. These singles, in addition to three more cuts on I Am Sasha Fierce (“Radio,” “Scared Of Lonely,” and “Save The Hero), four on Mario’s upcoming album D.N.A. (“Soundtrack to My Broken Heart,” “Hi,” “Ooh Baby,” and “Get Out”), along with five on Usher’s soon to be released album, and it is clear Rico’s talent cannot go unnoticed.

Rico Love (born Richard Butler, Jr.) spent his childhood being shuttled between his mother’s house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and his father’s home in Harlem, New York. “Growing up in those two separate places gave me a view of music from two totally different worlds,” he says.

With a little encouragement from his mother Rico began to pen poems as a kid and eventually he joined Milwaukee’s African American Children’s Theater. There he performed in plays like A Raisin in the Sun, recited the poetry of Langston Hughes and fell in love with idea of being an entertainer.

Traveling with the theater group also exposed young Rico to a wide range of musical influences. He listened to Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson as well as Elton John, Billy Joel and his favorite band, Queen. “As a kid I knew every Queen song. Even my parents just kind of thought I was a weirdo because of those kinds of things.”

When Rico was in his early teens a neighborhood friend introduced him to rap music and the young poet discovered he had a natural knack for rhyming. “I started writing raps and I got better at it,” he says. “I knew I wasn’t a regular kid. It came so natural for me.”

By the end of high school Rico was confident that he would ultimately make it as a rapper, but he decided to enroll in college “in the meantime.” “I said, ‘I’m [going] to go to school instead of just sitting on the block.’ If I hadn’t gone to college I would’ve been a drug dealer.”

Love packed his bags and headed south to Florida A&M University where he studied journalism but spent most of his time winning rap battles and talent shows around campus. Each weekend instead of partying with friends, Rico made a seven and a half hour pilgrimage by bus from Tallahassee to Atlanta, Georgia’s burgeoning music scene.

As he made his way through Atlanta’s studios Love linked up with Kyle Norman of Jagged Edge. Though he was still rapping at the time, Rico realizes that the period he spent with Norman’s R&B group members was critical in his development as a songwriter. “I used to be with them all the time and that’s where I learned how to write songs, watching those guys. I realized that you pick up [and] absorb things.”

Two and a half years into his college career a mix-up in the financial aid office caused Rico to leave Florida A&M and move to Atlanta to pursue music full time. While couch crashing with a set of producers named the Corna Boyz, Rico was given the opportunity to rap on an Usher remix they were crafting at the time.

That verse caught the ear of the R&B superstar and soon after Usher signed the young rapper to a deal with US Records/J Records. Usher then tossed Rico a beat from super producer Just Blaze and asked him to write something for his upcoming Confessions album. Miraculously, the resulting song titled “Throwback” made the final track listing. “That was the first song I ever wrote. I don’t know how it happened,” Rico admits. “I never wrote a song before. I just sort of came out naturally,”

As he toured the world with Usher, Rico was able to make a slew of valuable connections with A&R’s and major players throughout the music industry and calls for his melodic yet smart lyrics keep coming in. “After that I worked with Chris Brown. I worked with Omarion. Then, I wrote a song for Marques Houston called ‘All Because of You.’ It was the lead single for his album, Naked.”

Rico’s aspirations are way bigger than simply songwriting. He recently stepped up to the microphone to rap a verse on Fat Joe’s single “Aloha” and he plans to continue to familiarize the world with his brand just like his idol Sean “Diddy” Combs. "I want to position myself to be a mogul,” he says. “I just want to be what people think of when they think of music, when they think of fashion, just everything that has to do with entertainment.”

He was also awarded “best enterprising reporting” by the National Association of Black Journalists for a series on incarcerated kids, Shackled Education.

Before joining The Herald, Bailey worked as a staff reporter for Time magazine in New York City where he covered entertainment and national affairs. His work included a controversial expose on Kweisi Mfume’s departure from the NAACP, the Ron Artest brawl and homophobia in dancehall reggae. Bailey joined the magazine after working as a reporter at Newsweek magazine, where he wrote features on Whiteness Studies and minority retention at America’s colleges. His work also has appeared in the Village Voice, Army Times and Wilmington News Journal.

Bailey graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in English. He’s an avid astronomer and jazz enthusiast.

Previously, Marc operated the law firms of Stollman and Grubman PA and Stollman Law PA. Marc has practiced transactional entertainment law for over 18 years, representing record companies, producers, recording artists, writers, music publishers, promoters, television studios, production companies and networks, music video producers, internet companies, radio stations, managers, executives, athletes, etc. Active representation of both companies and “talent” provides Marc with a unique perspective and the valuable ability to respect and understand "both sides of a relationship".

Prior to receiving his JD degree from Nova University, Marc received B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Rutgers University. Marc has taught Intellectual Property courses at Florida Atlantic University as a repeat adjunct professor and is often a speaker/moderator at numerous industry functions and seminars.