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JAZZ & HIP HOP COMBOSMISTAKES WORTH MAKING

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2 STEPS TO SUCCESS

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From the Producer, Brian S. Tarr

This biz’ is a bitch.

But I can’t get enough of it. It keeps calling me.

And thank God for Barry White.

When there were days I thought I would never make it through, the universal connection of music brought me back, to me.

I was sitting in an interview with Rock n Roll Hall of Famer, Little Anthony, and he was asked about the civil rights movement and how the movement impacted music.

Anthony humbly corrected the director, and made it clear that revolutionary music birthed the civil rights movement - not the other way around. And that’s when it hit me. It’s all about the music.

As of lately... Soul, Jazz, Funk, Blues, Rock & Rap collide with mood swings and groove things. They have all inspired the style, music, design and content of this “Oh, So Fresh” ~ magazine of the year ~ A.O. - Artist Owned

The first Arts & Entertainment magazine to be owned, by the artists.

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In this issue

ReemaA photo Gallery

Radio Citizen

Hope and Despair

Raps Good

rastaman Reggae Review

‘Artist Owned - A.O.’ IS A BRIAN S. TARR PUBLICATION. NO PART OF THIS MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE PUBLISHERS WRITTEN PERMISSION. (c) 2010

contact the publisher: aomagazine@gmail.com

Publisher/ ProducerBrian S. Tarr

Art DirectorShiloh Gray

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Rastaman

I’m just a pilgrim passing thru, like Bob Marley did before me and you.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xGHXwLLxcI

His music reflects in great detail the vibe Reggae offers the world. With confidence in his message and a faithful-strength in his voice, “Rastaman” takes you through a joyful journey of love across all barriers, generations, and nations.

The cool culture groove will keep you moving, dancing, and alive. But don’t mistake the fun tune for a bogus pop song of nothingness. There is much wisdom to be found in every word, carefully and softly spoken with a pious and loving nature. And when music comes from the heart&soul, it is music indeed!

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“I come from Port Antonio, Jamaica, in the heart of the jungle, where the grass is always green. I was a fisherman, a diver, a footballer, a singer, a percussionist, a sculptor, and a cook. It was fun living there. It was an amazing experience growing up there with cooking, eating, playing drums into the night, chanting, and burning ganja by King David on the hilltop. My teenage years were great. I was introduced into really loving music as a whole, through soul music. Every day at 2 to 3 O’clock Barry Gordon would come onto the JBC radio and I would sit there and listen to him every afternoon.

I was never involved in any music institute, I only sung through the choir. My family never had any sort of instrument, a guitar was a luxurious item I did not have the fortune to own. I had a breakthrough in my life in understanding music when I was thirteen, as I was singing with a group of people on the beach, I realized it wasn’t only about singing, but also about tune, melody, and tempo. At this moment I realized I was a singer in my heart. I got involved in open mics and performing in the streets for the people. I was just a little man then, I was not the best, but I just wanted to show the world what was inside of me.

I decided to come to Germany and when I was 18 to seek financial opportunities, to try to get out of the economic struggle my people face back in Jamaica. I first performed live in Germany in 1992, the same year I relocated there. Since then I have spent much time back in Jamaica refining my art.”

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On December 11, 2010, Capella Pedregal’s grounds in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, will be transformed into a distinctive music venue, as Joss and Grammy Award-winning artists John Legend and The Roots, bring their powerhouse sounds to this intimate, ocean side setting.

The exclusive concert will launch Mr. Legend’s new and ground-breaking album, Wake Up! In a collaboration with iconic hip hop ensemble The Roots. A portion of the concert proceeds will benefit The Capella Foundation, whose work provides support to the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation, the Gallento Foundation for education, and the Los Cabos Humane Society.

The concert kicks off the new and unprecedented Capella Pedregal Concert Series, a succession of live music events that will take place at the luxury beach front resort. John Legend and The Roots, with a special guest appearance by Joss Stone, will perform on a “floating” stage suspended over one of the resort’s pools, affording an almost 360 degree view of the band.

Guests will enjoy the concert in a relaxed atmosphere with general admission seating that evokes an intimate living room setting with love-seats, chaise lounges and lanterns aglow. Rates for the three-night package begin at $1,105* per night per guest room, based on double occupancy and include two tickets to the concert. Also during the concert period, Capella Pedregal will make its expansive, Private Villa Residences available for groups of up to eight people starting at $3,380* per night, package include 4 tickets to the concert. Additional single tickets are available for purchase by calling reservations at +877-247-6688.

Jazz&Hip Hop

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The Birth of Jazz in the early 1900’s of America could be said to have been stylized by the African slave heritage and their newly found freedom. With grooves that rocked the spirit, breaking barriers of color and creed, the combination of jazz and blues rhythms gave way to rock n roll history and a civil rights movement that would change the world. History repeating. The Revolution is Here.

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babyhead

Babyhead are one of the United Kingdom’s fastest growing independent acts. The appeal cannot be defined by one aspect alone. It’s not just the combination of the horn section with turntable dexterity that gets any crowds attention. It’s not just the infectious nature of heavy dub bass and ska chops over a hip-hop backbeat that gets them moving. Nor is it the cutting edge lyricism delivered with unwavering tenacity that holds the attention until the encore.

Babyhead has an intangible quality often been summed up by one word - ENERGY. It’s this energy combined with their unique sound and showmanship that has been catching the attention of the industry. Ronnie size, Michael Franti and Ozomatli are just some of the names in their ever-growing fan base.

With dates confirmed and an album in production it is set to be a good year for Babyhead.

www.babyhead.co.uk

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Coolooloosh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zPNr2KL0uM&feature=related

We here at A.O. are shocked. And Confused. We are trying to figure out why this video doesn’t have at least a million views. The eccentric sound of Coolooloosh collides with a brilliant music video. Band members Rebel Sun - MC, Yuval Gerstein - Guitar and Vocal, Ori Winokur - Bass, Yogev Shitrit - Drums, and Arik Levy - Saxophones, are all kidnapped by a crew of gangstas for a live performance. Forced to an unknown roof-top venue at gunpoint, with burlap bags over their heads they please the crowd with up tempo hip-hop beats, mob-sax overtones and lyrical blasts. 2 minutes and 40 seconds of adrenaline-pumping action and live music.

Dim Mak Films

In Israel:Director: Yair Halper Photographer: Tomer Rubens

In Philadelphia:Directors- Daniel Meirom, Ron LipskyDirector of Photo - Daniel MeiromProducer- Yoni NimrodEditing- Dim Mak FilmsPhotographer- Jennifer ShahadeAssistant DP Matthew Joffe

Special Guest Appearance : David Ivory

Stunts :Guitar: Josh CohenBass: Jeremy LindemannDrums: Corey GoldsteinSax: Quinn WatersVocals: Windsor Jordan Jr

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{Click the link below for video}

Sweet Tea“Inna di deepest darkest loneliest moment, Jah yuh

never let I down, when others forsake me and leave me oh Jah I know that you will never let me down, and no matter

how many times on you I call, you’re always there to catch

me when I fall”

Born of Belizean / Jamaican heritage, no one was surprised when at the age of six Sweet Tea’s natural flow began to emerge. After moving permanently to the U.S., her skills where honed diligently and with a few chance meetings and some good musical chemistry, a star was in the making.

With the release of Breathe Again, Sweet Tea signed to the record label Relativity/Sony which led to the song garnering a music video which featured the vocal toasting of Baja Jedd, which in turn established her place in Reggae history by becoming a BET Channel (Black Entertainment Television) classic and opening doors for her to perform with many Rhythm & Blues, Reggae and Hip Hop artists such as MC Lyte, Biz Markie, The Wu Tang Clan, Bobby Konders and Jabba and Hot 97’s own Funk Master Flex. Recently, Sweet Tea’s musical talent was showcased and well received when she performed alongside Dancehall stars Beenie Man, Elephant Man,Sizzler Colange and most recently, Atlantic Records Recording Artist Baby Cham.

After a short hiatus “Sweet Tea” is once again recording with some of Reggae music’s production icons such as O’niel Clarke of Checkmate Records & Production, Phillip Smart of HC&F Recording Studio and Rickie “Mad Man” Myrie, one of Reggae’s premier musical production geniuses. With new and exciting tunes sure to showcase her lush vocals and versatility, Tricia “Sweet Tea” Lovell is ready to once again wear her crown and reign unanimously and no doubt, with everything she gives, her re-emergence has been well worth the wait.

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The Roots crew

The eleven profoundly evocative reinterpretations are highlighted by “Wake Up Everybody” featuring Melanie Fiona and Common, “Wholly Holy” by Marvin Gaye, and “Little Ghetto Boy” by Donny Hathaway. The album also includes more obscure selections like Baby Huey and the Babysitters’ “Hard Times” and “Hang on in There” by Mike James Kirkland, in addition to Legend’s original composition, “Shine.” Wake Up! blends Legend’s expressive, thoughtful vocal interpretations with an element of funk that only The Legendary Roots Crew can provide.

& John Legend

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J ohn Legend & The Roots’ fiery new offering Wake Up! features soulful music from the 60s and 70s, all with underlying themes of awareness, engagement and consciousness. Inspired by the historic presidential election campaign of 2008, Legend and The Roots felt a need to enter the action.

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“From my teenage years singing became the way I would express any emotion I was feeling, Into adulthood.”

Raps Good

www.charlietippie.com

AO: You’re on the cover of a magazine, and for some, this is their introduction to Reema. What’s the first thing you’d like to say to them?

R: Reema: (n.) One who doesn’t fit into any niche. I can rock the stage, Punk one day, and jazz with the crowd at a piano bar.

AO: Why music?

R: Music is a part of my soul. My mom likes to tell the story of my infancy, how before I even uttered a word, I would hum lullabies she had played as I would fall asleep. It’s always been a big part of my life, and as I grew older became my passion. From my teenage years singing became the way I would express any emotion I was feeling. Into adulthood, I can’t picture myself doing anything else besides this. I spent years working on this craft to keep moving forward and be able to make singing my career! Most my vocal influences are Damien Rice, Missy Higgins, Imogen Heap.

AO: You lived in Orlando for years, now in Dallas. Are you going country on us?

R: Ha ha! Hardly. I actually got offered a major record label contract last year if I would make a country album, but I humbly declined. Country isn’t where my heart resides. It’s a wonderful genre of music, and brings happiness to many people, but I prefer indie rock. When I get emotional, it’s The Black Keys, The Kills, I pop in, that’s where I feel musically. Although, my original music project has been described as “The White Stripes meets Fiona Apple,”

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AO: So your basis is in musical theatre, your original music is indie rock, you have an 80’s tribute band, studied opera for years, and sing 2/3 times a week in piano bars and jazz clubs? What next?

R: Yes! I am not afraid of a challenge. In fact, I love it! I started out singing in Orlando where most the gigs are musical theatre, so my some of first experiences with performing were working at Walt Disney World and other theme parks. Since then, I studied Opera as part of the Voice Performance tracks at FSU and UCF, I have worked in Los Angeles on a pop rock album with a friend Meaghan Cooper called Shoc Adora, sang backgrounds on a country album for Jeff Jacobs (Billy Joel, Foreigner), and currently sing in an 80’s music tribute band and 2/3 times a week in piano bars and jazz clubs. (Whew!) If something is different than anything I have ever done before, it only makes it that must more exciting for me to take on.

AO: I heard some videos of you singing songs from ‘Cirque du Soleil,’ what is that about?”

R: When i was 19 I auditioned for Cirque du Soleil online, and have to admit I never thought they would look at me twice! To my surprise, a couple weeks later I got a response from a casting director asking me to send more videos. I was floored! After a couple rounds of videos I have been put on file into their “Potential Candidate” file. I have since been waiting in the database for the right time, show, and opportunity to come along.

AO: How are the dogs?

Great! Ahh, I am such a dog lover, and big animal activist. I have been ever since I was little. Never liked to eat red meat or pork growing up, and about 8 years ago I decided to make that a life choice. Since I been in Dallas, I have noticed a HUGE amount of strays and animal euthanasia and it breaks my heart. (Cont. pg 26)

“Ahh, I am such a dog lover, and big animal activist.”

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Radio Citizen Niko Schabel Four years have passed since the release

of Berlin Serengeti, the debut album from producer Niko Schabel and friends, aka Radio Citizen. His first album was an all-out assault of electronic music armed with organic tentacles that reached far into an eclectic bag of rough jazz and worldly funk. It not only caught the ears of tastemaker DJs and press (“It leaps dozens of genres in a single bound, digs up all those old sounds I love, fits them together, and erects a temple to pop’s melting pot” - PITCHFORK) but also wound up in movies and TV shows as varied as Grey’s Anatomy, Californication, and this summer’s blockbuster Takers.

Schabel creates music that balances being accessible and exciting by way of his ability to blend the electronic with the organic. On Berlin Serengeti he seamlessly glued-together a loose collage of sampled textures and embellished them with gifted musicians and vocalists. On Hope and Despair he takes an even headier blend of raucous live instrumentation and works it into gritty songs and walls of sound with deft mixing and subtle studio trickery all rooted by heavyweight bass lines. His mass ensemble of musical friends often performs together in the Radio Citizen live show that developed after the release of the first album. Their unified musical prowess is reflected in the soloing, the harmonies, and all the interactions, that lift Hope and Despair above its predecessor.

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“Hope and Despair has many more layers of sound, there’s more to discover,” says Schabel. “If the Berlin Serengeti album was 8mm, Hope and Despair is cinemascope. It’s heavier, with more space and deepness.”

The album launches at full force on the first track, “Test Me.” Jagged strings provide a tense backdrop for special guest Ursula Rucker to strut her stuff. On “Home,” “Midnight” and “Skyscapers” Schabel furthers his Berlin Serengeti experiments forging indestructible genre (and speaker) busting joints that ride the line between hip hop, dub and jazz. On “Hope” and “Stop or Go” Bajka adds her unique dusty vocal flow to the busted beats. She also wrote the music and lyrics to “Summer Days,” the more organic and live track of her three appearances. On “Move” and “Thema” Schabel balances Afro-Cuban rhythm with big band backing, the latter taking off with a pull-no-punches rhodes solo. “Last Exit” is a piece of cinematic jazz just waiting for the right movie to happen. The sound, at times, is like an orchestra in the style of The Art Ensemble of Chicago or Sun Ra’s Arkestra with huge wind sections or multiple percussionists driving the listener on a whirlwind tour through African rhythms, Ethiopique-stewed funk, and film-noir jazz. The bitter blue sound of “World” recalls vintage Archie Shepp (circa Attica Blues) with Schabel interjecting only brief moments of respite from the chaotic walls of horns and piano.

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“Julian Waiblinger (drums) and Wolfi Schlick (flute and sax) have really come into their own. Klaus Janek brought beautiful double bass lines to the table.The piano players (Jo Junghanns, Antonis Anissegos and Marja Burchard) have great features. Playing a lot live and improvising (with Radio Citizen, Niko Schabel Quartet, the Express Brass Band and other bands) has been a good schooling,” explains Schabel. “And working in the studio forces one to really know what you want to do and exercise it both with precision and intuition,” he adds.For Hope And Despair Schabel made thousands of drafts, piecing together countless recording sessions, and spending long hours spent editing and listening for the right moments and sounds.

“The title works on different levels. It’s definitely about the process of producing this album which took so long I needed much endurance,” explains Schabel.” But it also refers to the global-political situation of the last ten years which really provided enough reason for despair but also some for hope. Then, there’s the music business…” he adds.

The four years between records was not spent entirely in the studio or touring. Schabel also knocked out a complete soundtrack for the movie “Football Under Cover,” (an award winning indie-flick about an amateur female soccer team from Berlin that goes on a nerve-wracking journey to play the first female soccer match in the history of Iran) in addition to making music for many small movies, engineering, and producing for other bands.

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artist owned20 Lenny Kravitz - 519 Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang18 David Gray - White Ladder17 311 - Transistor16 Primus - Antipop

Monthly 20 Albums

15 Popa Chubby - Electric ChubbyLand14 John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up!13 GLove’s Lemonade12 Kenna - They’ll See My Face11 Erotic Lounge - Soft and Lazy

10 Erykah Badu - Return of the Ankh9 Galactic - Ruckus 8 Eric Clapton - Unplugged7 Groundation - Hebron Gate 6 Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

5 The Roots - Come Alive4 Deftones - Diamond Eyes3 Ky-Mani Marley - Radio2 Soulive - Up Here1 Sade - Soldier of Love

Our Monthly 20 picks are based on spunk. The 20 is not compiled on some

judgemental theory of better or worse, more or less, recent or past. Nope.

We pick 20 albums that deserve to be heard. Hot and fresh albums that are

newly released will get their spot. However, albums of the recent and distant

past will get theirs too. After all, it’s all about the music.

Velour Management Presents:

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R: I have 3 rescue dogs: Sasha, Apple and Rambo. They are my little snuggle bugs. So many puppies never get the chance of life, I always recommend to my friends and family: Adopt! Don’t buy! There are so many loving puppies that just want a chance at life.

AO: Seems as though you are ready to take on the world! Any tours coming up?

R: Nothing set just yet! Hoping to get something going in the near future, but until then I happily teach voice out of the Dallas/Fort Worth area

(I have the most amazing students!) and play all over with my guitarist Niklas Schonbeck acoustically and with our full band, originals and covers. To find out more information, I have my full schedule and any update son my website: ReemaHamdanMusic.com.

Reema Continued

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2 StepSTEP 1TAKE ACTIONThe first step, of course, is the hardest. Prepare for taking action by knowing yourself. If you know thyself and stay true to who you are; you are far ahead of the game, my friend. Once you have a good understanding of who you are, you will have the courage it takes, to get up, and act. This will also allow you a much clearer vision and personal definition of success. (It is different for everyone)

Taking action often means facing fears or obstacles that maybe holding you back from your dreams. Having faith in life and love and being able to embrace those fears will bridge the gap to overcome any obstacle. Then you may begin your journey over troubled waters to the possibilities beyond limitation.

STEP 2DON’T GIVE UP

Step 2 can be just as challenging. Often times when overcoming an obstacle, it would seem there is a bigger, tougher, more frightening obstacle right behind it. This is a good sign! You are on the right path. Obstacles will become more challenging as you get closer to reaching your goals. Stamina in faith and courage will carry you through.

Don’t Give up! Keep in mind, that failure is a part of success. If you don’t fail, then it’s proof that you are simply doing something you already knew how to do. Push the limit, break barriers, and make mistakes.

MISTAKES

22 Missing the Bus23 Divorce24 Slap Bracelets25 Losing your Cell Phone26 Real estate Investment27 Skinny Dipping28 High School Reunions29 Break-up Sex30 Too Much Butter on the Popcorn 31 Dancing in the Rain32 Blind Dates33 Passing Out at a Party34 Inviting the In-Laws35 Mental Health Therapy36 Jenga37 Smoking Pot38 Fart in Public39 Sneaking Out40 Any Mistake you Learn From

1 Falling in love2 Having Children3 Marriage4 Forgetting to set alarm5 Admitting your mistakes6 Drunken Tattoos7 Left-over Chinese Food8 Barry White9 Voting10 Kissing a stranger11 Taking a wrong turn12 Not getting that degree13 Letting go of your first love14 Purple Mushrooms15 Text the wrong person16 Rehab17 Stripping18 Calling out of work19 Misplacing Money (if you find it!)20 Roller Skating

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Music is a part of my soul. ““‘

www.reemahamdanmusic.com