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A Philly High Fashion Event - Darkness Falls

Philly fashion comes to life on July 17th @ The Comcast Center 1701 JFK Blvd

RM67 in conjunction with BAU Entertainment, Invisible Ink, Young Couture Magazine and Top Shelf brings you a must attend event of the summer. Take a break from the norm and expand your fashion sense while you take on the sights of the new Comcast building. Be there or be........ just get yo tix and have fun!!!

Tickets are available at:

The Net

501 South St

Phila PA 19147

Dr. Denim

329-331 South St

Phila PA 19147

http://www.darknesfalls.eventbrite.com/

For more info contact:

Loose

Business As Usual Entertainment (BAU)

bauent@gmail.com

215 510 3244

(VIP available!!!)

Business!!!

TP - The Fresh Prince Is Back (video)

HIP HOP

Rah Digga - Warning Shots

Exclusive: SoundExchange Holding Over $200 Million In Unpaid Artist Royalties... - Digital Music News

According to IRS returns (filed under federal non-profit Form 990), SoundExchange was holding the bag on a 'fund balance' of nearly $260 million by the tail end of 2008. Subsequently, SoundExchange executive Laura Williams told Digital Music News that the figure was closer to $200 million at the beginning of 2009 because of ongoing payouts. The organization could not offer more up-to-date figures, due to 'auditing phase' confidentialities.

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Exclusive: SoundExchange Holding Over $200 Million In Unpaid Artist Royalties... - Digital Music News

What now?

Okay. You have your music. You've written the words and you are ready to share your song with the world. The question is, can you perform? Do you understand what it means to engage the audience? A lot of artists feel they have to start off their performance with a extreme level of energy. Which may be true for up and coming artists, however, can you maintain that level of energy? Often times the audience gets bored because the artist has lost their "umph" mid song. Or the energy level does not match the song. (weak or whack) There are many reasons the audience will begin to text, go get drinks or just look at the artist with that "this is some bullsh**" face.

After a year or so of seeing the same kind of "performances" I began to look at other things to find out what happened to the art of performance. The answer is simple and plain. Artist Development. Or the lack thereof.  Many aspiring singer/rappers have no clue what they should be doing when on stage and they definitely have not done any research on how to prepare. Singing the whole song with their eyes closed and/or looking at the ground and ceiling and spending most if not all of the song rapping to their own "hype man" seems to be the norm. What happened to practing, rehearsing....training! The mirror is and always will be a good tool to use to measure your performances. And it's free!!