Core DJs Present the Texas Urban Music Summit Dallas, TX

The Texas Urban Music Summit, presented by the CORE DJ’s, Avery Johnson’s North Texas Nissan, 100 Entertainment and Texas U.M.S President/CEO Aleshia Steele, is an event designed to educate and create opportunities to empower artist in the Texas market & surrounding areas. The event will create opportunities to connect up-and-coming artist directly with local, regional and national DJ’s while empowering the artists to become more knowledgeable about the entertainment industry as a whole.   

(Texas U.M.S) will be the premiere music event of the South bringing together unlimited networking opportunities with artists, DJs, Industry Executives, producers and various media outlets. Texas U.M.S goal is to provide the appropriate mediums and dialogue to ensure its attendees leave more knowledgeable in their role in relation to the entertainment industry.   

The Texas U.M.S is a three-day event that will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel-Dallas Market Center June 27 – 29, 2008. Additional event sponsors include ALLHIPHOP.com, Party Chaser, Aware Affare Fashion, Richmind Records, Mixxbosses.com, Clout Records, Definition DJ’s, Tj’s Dj’s, Ozone Magazine, ExQuisite PR, Jen-gerbread Marketing, Go Dj’s, R42 Production and Southbound TV.   

Scheduled events include DJ and industry expert panel discussions such as how to copy write music, how to get music played on the radio, how to network and approach DJs, how to sale music online, how to get music placed in TV and Film, BDS and MediaBase and more.  Texas U.M.S will feature various vendors promoting music-oriented products that will be beneficial to Texas U.M.S attendees.  The event will consist of various industry panels, label listening suites, artist showcases, networking mixers, and  “Welcome to Dallas Jump Off Party” hosted by Lavish and Core Models.  The event will conclude with a phenomenal performance paying tribute to fallen Texas Rap Legends Pimp C and many other Texas legends.    

A monumental event feature provided by the summit will include the “U Got Next 2008 South West Tour” presented by U Got Wax. The tour will make its stop at The Texas Urban Music Summit and will feature some of the south’s hottest emerging artist including Lil Wil from the hit single, “My Dougie”, Pookie & Lucci, Big Tuck, Bohagon, Trai’D, Lil Shine, Lil Cali, & J.D. among others.   

 “It is my goal to educate independent artist about the music industry” says Texas U.M.S CEO, Aleshia Steele. “With knowledge comes power, and if we can assist these artist by providing them with the information they need, we are setting them up to achieve success within this industry.”   

In Conjunction, T.U.M.S will host a Model Day presented by Lavish Models & Core Models. This event marks the first time a music event has dedicated    a full day to educating models on the various aspects of the fashion and entertainment industry. The Model Day will consist of various activities ranging from brunches/mixers to a fashion show and model awards.   

For more information on Texas U.M.S, log on to www.texasums.com; call 1-877-333-9940 ext. 1, or e-mail texasums@gmail.com.   

 

Who:     Core DJs present the Texas Urban Music Summit

 

When:     June 27 – 29, 2008

 

Where:   Crowne Plaza-Market Center
               7050 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas 

               (214) 630-8500

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 www.texasums.com

 

The Birth of H2ONewsreel!

The Hip-Hop Association (H2A) has officially partnered with Third World Newsreel (TWN) to form, H2O NEWSREEL, a distribution label offering the best in Hip-Hop Media, Education, and Culture.

TWN will continue to acquire, distribute and market independent media under the TWN brand. This includes more than 350 social issue titles, including historical Newsreels from the sixties. H2O NEWSREEL will operate as a separate initiative targeting the Hip-Hop culture and demographic.

The mission of the H2O NEWSREEL is to build an alternative media outlet that provides a cultural and educational balance, economic sustainability, and industry longevity by creating distribution opportunities to independent and established Hip-Hop artists, educators, and filmmakers that display and define the variety of images and stories that depict Hip-Hop culture.  The H2A and TWN demographic reach combined is over 30,000 international educators, administrators, librarians, students, curators, organizers, writers, conference and festival programmers, social and health service providers, television programmers, and media artists.

TWN is an alternative media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation and dissemination of independent film and video by and about diverse communities, with a focus on people of color and social justice issues. It supports the innovative work of diverse forms and genres made by artists who are intimately connected to their subjects through common bonds of ethnic/cultural heritage, class position, gender, sexual orientation and political identification. TWN promotes the self-representation of traditionally marginalized groups as well as the negotiated representation of those groups by artists who work in solidarity with them.

Under this new strategic partnership, the H2O International Film Festival will expand from an annual event, to year-round exhibitions at different venues throughout the US and internationally. Through online partnerships, we will promote upcoming screenings, trailers and shorts.  Filmmakers will also have a space to create their own profile page. Filmmakers whose projects are aligned with the H2O NEWSREEL mission will be selected to work closely with staff members on their marketing campaigns, programming and distribution goals, so that the H2A can offer more cultivation and resources. The Odyssey awards honoring our best filmmakers will resume in June 2009.

H2O NEWSREEL is poised to be the leading Hip-Hop multi-media independent developer and distribution outlet.  It will acquire media projects and facilitate the creation of curriculums and study guides for the education and urban entertainment markets. H2O NEWSREEL will offer the most competitive percentage agreement to independent filmmakers and will split profits on a non-exclusive agreement.

Starting September 2008, H2O NEWSREEL will begin releasing its titles to the international educational sector. H2O NEWSREEL will launch with the release of ten documentaries including, Masizakhe: Building Each Other (US/S. Africa), Frekuensia Kolombiana (Colombia), and the H2O NEWSREEL award winning short series collection.

YRB Magazine Featuring N.E.R.D

YRB Magazine unveils its Motion & Ink issue #83, one of their most explosive and dynamic issues to date.  This issue features the return of N.E.R.D and their new, long awaited album, as well as exclusive interviews with Gnarls Barkley, Disturbed, Lil Jon’s & BME Crew, and Niko Bellic from Rockstar Games.

 

“YRB’s latest issue featuring N.E.R.D. is another testimony and achievement of recording a visually stimulating and literal insight to the constant evolution that our hip, artistic, rebellious, and ground breaking subjects affect our world,” adds Publisher, David Ishay.

 

With the celebration of Motion & Ink, readers are put in tune with the hottest trends in tattooing and automobiles while the biggest stars come out to let you know about their new projects.

 

 The following features are broken down YRB style:

 

The art of Motion contains a special on the incredibly talented and innovative auto body customization shop that creates the tricked out cars seen on MTV’s Pimp My Ride, and highlights the hottest and newest rides for Summer 2008, including the hydrogen powered car.

 

The art of Ink focuses on some of the biggest and baddest tattoo artists from all parts of the United States. These professionals specialize in all kinds of tattooing from Traditional American, Traditional Japanese, custom designs, and “the stuff no one else would touch with a stick”. The feature also includes some of the best tattoo parlors across the country.

 

N.E.R.D (cover story), the hip-hop/rock star musical group set the stage with an 8 page spread owed to the release Seeing Sounds, their first album since 2004. In this issue, the trio Pharell, Chad and Shae discuss their dedication to the music they create, their descent from The Neptunes, and their accomplishments in bridging the gap between hipsters and hip hop heads.  This exclusive interview gives an insight to music junkies as to how Seeing Sounds is unique from the boy’s first two albums, and guarantees to blow fans away.

 

Gnarls Barkley the infamous duo, who did the impossible by creating an album so fresh and clean it was a ground breaker in the music scene, is now back with a second album. The dynamic couple speaks with YRB about the release of their second album, The Odd Couple (named for the albums recreational purpose, much like the popular television show of the 1960’s) and how they are doing it  all over again, in typical Gnarls Barkley fashion, ‘their way.’

 

Disturbed is back with what critics are calling their most disturbing album yet.  YRB has the group’s story of their motives and misconceptions behind their latest album, Indestructible. The band defends the album, saying it is not meant to be evil, but is meant to inspire and strengthen listeners while eliminating fear and inhibition to allow its fans to conquer the world.

 

 

Lil Jon’s & his BME Crew have done the impossible and formed the ultimate BME (Black Market Entertainment) Action Sports crew. The click is made up of Olympic medal winner and snowboarding hero, Danny Kass; Action Sports commentator/celebrity and snowboarder, Dingo; seasoned professional skateboarder and all-around cool guy, Greg Lutzka; California pro-surfer, Travis Mellem, and MTV reality-show superstar Ryan Sheckler. The crew gets together through their sponsor Oakley, and shares with YRB why they are the ultimate “bad ass crew.”

 

Skateboard champ Terry Kennedy and BMX warrior Rick Thorne Get Up in Each Other’s Grill to represent their sides of the extreme sports spectrum. They both tell YRB how they found their sport, and why they are the kings of their worlds.

 

The release of Grand Theft Auto IV has sparked a whirlwind of craze for gamers, with its most realistic and lethal main character ever. YRB’s sits down to interview Dan Houser, VP of Creative, at Rockstar Games and explores the controversy surrounding the GTA series, main character Niko Bellic, and where the concepts behind the series stemmed from.

 

In addition to the special features in the Motion & Ink issue, YRB shares with you its album, gadget/electronic, and video game reviews.