Mats Gulbrandsen  is a Producer who is based at the capital of Norway, Oslo. At just 12 years of age Mats was already tweaking and tuning electronic beats at his home studio setup. He would spent several hours working day in and day out at the studio and today can proudly say he is master of his environment. His sound is both professional and of high quality, and can be found in the form of bootlegged remixes in the libraries of DJ’s all around the world. Although his name is still mostly known in his home country, today’s collaboration with other aspiring talent and experienced artists new doors are open for the talented Mats. Besides being an underdog and undiscovered diamond in the studio, Mats is also an active DJ and has performed all around Norway as well as had a couple of visits abroad. He plays at prestigious clubs like Nox (Oslo) and Klubbteatret (Drammen) His focus on developing and creating electronic music sets him apart and puts him on a different scale in the Norwegian DJ market. If you have heard him play you have probably heard his music, in both remix form and his own original sound. His latest releases include remixes on labels such as Pacha Recordings and Stoneyboy Music.

Shani Rigsbee (Shani), is currently a part of a power pack of American stars that are equally fluent on stage and screen, in acting and music. Her credits as a Recording Artist – Singer, Composer and Producer appear in major motion pictures and she has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious venues.

She developed a reputation as an International Artist (though born in Hot Springs Arkansas) by being involved in Internationally-flavored and culturally enriched projects. Her song “El Llamar de Pasión – Call of the Wild” was featured in the ACADEMY AWARD WINNER for Best Picture, Crash and was also chosen to promote Oliver Stone’s Persona Non Grata for HBO. She was the Featured Vocalist in the 20th Century Fox epic, One Night With the King and her songs, voice and persona have been featured in numerous feature films such as The House of Sand and Fog (Dreamworks) in which she also appeared and The Keeper – The Legend of Omar Khayyam (Guide Company Films) with Academy Award Winner Vanessa Redgrave, in which she also played the exotic Court Entertainer and was also the Executive Producer of the soundtrack. She has also appeared in and provided music for many other independent feature films and television shows and was the featured Vocalist for Sony Playstation’s Parasite Eve, a mega popular International Hit.

On screen, Shani has played a variety of roles from a sultry femme fatale to a seductive ancient temptress and her recent role of a Detective in the upcoming Guardian Angel. Her debut film role was the feature film Crossworlds with Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles and Jack Black and she also has several episodic television credits in her archives as a young girl in her early days in Los Angeles.

Shani has also been a featured Artist in many high profile events including the Countdown for Barack Obama and later followed as the Producer of the Inaugural Purple Ball’s show in Washington D.C with Performances with IL DIVO. She has also been the Featured Vocalist in the prestigious play Beneath the Veil which has been performed both the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles as well as the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at New York’s Lincoln Center. And she has supported in the past Amnesty International’s Blood Diamond Campaign wearing an “awareness” pin for the Academy Award festivities.

Equal parts actress, singer, songwriter, and producer, Shani is a skilled juggler keeping each of her talents in a neat and perfect balance. From an early age, Shani Rigsbee felt The Call of the Wild to travel and expand her sphere from beyond her birthplace of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Who would have guessed that this International talent actually stems from Bill Clinton’s hometown? As a young girl, Shani would spend hours singing to the artists of the day while her father played drums and she would produce plays and concerts in her family’s garage for the neighbors. Encouraging her passion for the arts, her family threw caution to the winds taking the Southern cheerleader and choirgirl to the City of Angels, Los Angeles, to help her launch her career so she could be more exposed to training and performance.

Big Rome  and Musik Radio Promotions recently parternered to begin a worldwide radio campaign for the single, Strictly4Radio.  It  has  been  featured on  Yo Raps, Europe’s No. 1 Online Magazine and is now charting at #10 on the DRT Independent Chart.

W.K. Jerome Higgs is his birth name. He was born in a small town in Southern Missouri. He moved with his mom to Arkansas back in 1985 where life got in the way of dreaming for better things. Getting involved in street politics landed him in the Department of Corrections for 3 years.

Upon his release, he found a new purpose and a new focus. He started a new movement with his mentor, T. Rodgers. Their vision was to teach kids to stay out of street gangs and to learn how to love themselves. Big Rome joined a community Masonic organization known as Spring Grove Masonic Lodge #305 in his community.

The entertainment industry knows him as Big Rome, a man of many talents. Being a member of the Famous Poets Society has bought him wins in their annual poetry contest, In 2002 winning poet of the year & in 2003 winning honorable mention. He is an amazing writer and rapper, being able to put his life story into a swag and a funk that your body automatically moves to. He has seen success with music placements in T.V./Films/Video Games ect. He is definitely an artist to watch.

“Music Is My Passion” Says Big Rome. Don’t Expect For Him To Stop No Time Soon!

Laurel Moore is currently living in Qatar in the Middle East.

Do you want your audition submissions to grab the judges’ attention? Wouldn’t you love to have your songs selected by music supervisors for movies or TV shows? How about your band’s YouTube video going viral because it is such an awesome performance? Well the key to this is the passion and emotional sincerity of your vocal performance.

I’ve met many singers who think they have to be perfect in every way before they begin singing for audiences. This misguided belief impedes them from becoming truly passionate, confident and fully developed singers.

Here’s why.

Reach Out and Touch Somebody

Singing is about communicating and sharing feelings, concepts, images, dreams and spirituality with others. We always remember performances that have moved us emotionally, inspired or transported us and ignited our inner fire.

When you begin to perform for a live audience, you start to develop the different facets of singing and emotional expression that culminate in that all important talent: touching their hearts. Singers who rush into the recording studio before they have enough live performance experience are most likely to lack the magical quality of emotional believability that separates the great performers from the rest.

Create a Focus Group

Receiving good feedback will speed your growth as an emotionally impactful performer. Arrange to have a few friends/family members present at your performances as a kind of “focus group.” Beforehand, let them know you’ll be asking them about each of the following elements so they can observe more accurately. If you’re doing this to prepare for a recording, have them listen with their eyes closed.

Then, after your performance, find out the following: What did you do to engage them? Did you do anything that distracted them from experiencing a complete involvement with each song? As part of critiquing a live performance, also get their input on how you transitioned from one song to the next, how you moved on stage and handled the stage environment.

If you performed with others, how did you interact with the rest of the band and them with you? Did you handle the mic and mic stand in a professional or disruptive manner? Get them to respond to as many details of your performance as possible. All of these details combine and culminate in an emotionally impactful, engaging and memorable performance.

Don’t unquestioningly accept all feedback.  Evaluate it and accept only what makes sense to you; align it with your own vision of what you’re striving to create; discard anything with which you disagree. Make use of only the positive critiques that will advance your skill when you implement them. Positive does not mean only “you were awesome.” It means getting feedback that will help you grow. This could include: “When you held that high note I felt a lot of emotion.” Or: “I noticed that your voice fades at the ends of your phrases.”

End Notes

When you can be yourself, sing with passion and touch your audience emotionally, then you are ready to go into the studio and record a convincing performance.  Develop your performance skills with live audiences if you want to record songs that will catch the judges’ or music supervisors’ attention. Time spent cultivating your artistry and your craft are well worth the rewards.

I’m cheering you on, Jeannie Deva

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Jeannie Deva is a Grammy member and recognized as one of the top celebrity voice and performance coaches. The originator of The Deva Method®, Complete Voice Technique for Stage and Studio™, Her clients range from Grammy award winners and multiplatinum recording artists to finalists of American Idol and America’s Got Talent and singers for Pink, Stevie Wonder and Celine Dion. As a recording studio vocal producer and session vocal coach, she has been endorsed by producers and engineers for Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac. Her eBook: “Singer’s Guide to Powerful Performances” is available in all tablet bookstores.

Visit here for information on her popular video exchange online vocal school.

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A heavy hitter in the Australian and NZ country music scene, Don Allen’s, Old Guitar, is now #1 on Australia’s Root’s Chart. Recently Don partnered with Musik Radio Promotions for worldwide radio campaign.

Don’s music career began at the tender age of 11 and from there he has gone on to carve an enviable reputation within the entertainment industry.

That big velvety voice of his earned him numerous awards as well as many television and radio appearances throughout Australasia. Don’s talent was widely recognised in many parts of the entertainment industry so much so that he was approached by the production company for the New Zealand production of “Jesus Christ Superstar” to play the role of “Judas”. This was a very successful production and tour of New Zealand and Don’s performances earned him an abundance of accolades.

Shortly after, Don moved to Sacramento, California. Again the success was forthcoming. More television appearances were had and numerous headlining performances at live shows. After a successful stint in the USA Don moved to Australia. There he released his first full album “Let It Be Me” . He was quickly signed by USA label “Comstock Records” who took the album on a very successful campaign throughout Europe where to this day songs from that album are still being spun. Don released a further two successful albums “For The Life Of Me” and “One For The Road”

After four successful decades in the industry Don is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, 2014 will see Don embark on the release of what is touted to be his best album ever.  “Only Time Will Tell” Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with the professional and extremely talented team at CMG Records comes 12 amazing original tracks penned by Don and also some very seriously talented writers and musicians.

Don has pulled out all the stops for this album. Not only has he been recorded by that amazing team at CMG who have also given the first song released from the album “Old Guitar” a great head start with some radio play and interviews etc but he has also brought in some big hitters to promote this single to worldwide radio. Extremely successful US indie label Musik and Film will be implementing their far reaching radio promotions campaign for “Old Guitar”.

2014…and “The Don” seems destined for success again.

Big Rome  and Musik Radio Promotions recently parternered to begin a worldwide radio campaign for the single, Strictly4Radio.  It  has now been  featured on  Yo Raps, Europe’s No. 1 Online Magazine!

W.K. Jerome Higgs is his birth name. He was born in a small town in Southern Missouri. He moved with his mom to Arkansas back in 1985 where life got in the way of dreaming for better things. Getting involved in street politics landed him in the Department of Corrections for 3 years.

Upon his release, he found a new purpose and a new focus. He started a new movement with his mentor, T. Rodgers. Their vision was to teach kids to stay out of street gangs and to learn how to love themselves. Big Rome joined a community Masonic organization known as Spring Grove Masonic Lodge #305 in his community.

The entertainment industry knows him as Big Rome, a man of many talents. Being a member of the Famous Poets Society has bought him wins in their annual poetry contest, In 2002 winning poet of the year & in 2003 winning honorable mention. He is an amazing writer and rapper, being able to put his life story into a swag and a funk that your body automatically moves to. He has seen success with music placements in T.V./Films/Video Games ect. He is definitely an artist to watch.

“Music Is My Passion” Says Big Rome. Don’t Expect For Him To Stop No Time Soon!