ME TV (Austin's 24 hour music Channel) was in the house filming Mr. Bavu Blakes new show called "Smooth".
Monday October 2nd 2006 5:00pm I went to Rapid Ric's house right after work to hang out with my new roommates, when I got there Mr. Blakes, Da Ryno, Gerald Geezy and K Paul were there chilling. I was ready to have a beer and relax and chit chat with Bavu since I hadn't seen him in a few weeks. He said he was getting ready to head downtown to do an interview with Mathew Knowles, aka Beyonce's dad, aka head of World Music Ent, home of Destiny's Child and our homies group The Mojoe Family, at the AMF conference and asked if I wanted to come along. Hell yeah!!! So I took off downtown thinking that I was only gonna be there for an hour or so. Turns out I was there all night long. I got there around 5:50 and saw my man Vaughn chilling outside the Lucky Lounge. Yo what up Big V. Vaughn is a cool ass dude I met during this years SXSW fest. He works for Hot 93.3 here in Austin and is a straight grinder. If anyone has a major show or project coming up hit him up.
I ended up chilling outside with Vaughn until the doors opened. Bavu was already inside interview Mr. Knowles so I didn't get a chance to snap any shots of them together. That's unfortunate because that's why I went in the first place. The night ended up being pretty productive though. I ended up doing a little networking and running into some ol buddies such as Easy Lee, Tre and Aaron from the Mojoe family, who I had no idea were popping through, saw my ol pal Jason Krell the bar manager for Lucky Lounge, UZ, Eddie and Dru Fay from ME TV, Rich the bar manager for Antone's and of course Vaughn.
I also met some really nice beautiful girls volunteering for AMF.
Shanti S. and Stephanie K.
Steph just moved to Texas from New York??!!!! Go Yankees, I'll be rooting for them in the playoffs!!
Shanti eave me your contact info on my myspace page and I'll be sure to invite you to the next VEHICULAR show. Which is actually this Thursday night at Speak Easy on 4th www.myspace.com/tonycee
Ok now back to the show. Bavu did his interview with Mr. Knowles before the show started while I mingled and took pictures.
I found these little buckets pretty cool. You could drop business cards, flyers and demos for each panelist to check out. Now whether they check em out or not is anyone's guess.
Lucky Lounge
Jason Krell, Lucky Lounge bar manager, has the coolest voice. He sounds like Tone Loc. He's got this real scruffy voice.
Eddie ME TV. Congrates buddy on your one year anniversary at work and at home.
Tee Doubles girl, Vaughn and Bavu Blakes
Mathew Knowles, not one of my better quality photos. Sorry guys.
I was so impressed with some of the panelist. They told the crowd some funny stories and gave us lots of great information. The panel included:
Mathew Knowles, President and CEO of
Music World Entertainment, Houston, TX
Music World Entertainment's catalog of artists
includes: Beyonce Knowles, Destiny's Child,
Lil J. Xavier, Sunshine Anderson
Phil Hinkle, A&R for Century Media, Los
Angeles, CA
Century Media's catalog of artists includes:
Arch Enemy, Celtic Frost, Lacuna Coil, Strapping
Young Lad
Randy Miller, partner at Brando Records,
Dallas, TX
Brando's catalog of artists includes: Blue
October, Greatness in Tragedy, Zayra Alvarez,
SouthFM
Joe Swank, radio promotions for Yep Roc
Records, Chapel Hill, NC
Yep Roc's catalog of artists includes:
Billy Bragg, Robyn Hitchcock, Apples in Stereo, Jim
Lauderdale
Brad Turcotte, president of Compadre Records,
Houston, TX
Compadre's catalog of
artists includes: Billy Joe Shaver, Honeybrowne,
James McMurtry, Townes Van Zandt
I had no idea what to expect at this thing so I grabed a beer took a seat by the bar and just listened to what everyone had to say and they had some great things to say.
Mr. Knowles is a funny guy. He started talking about 'radio' and how it's not their number one priority as a marketing tool and this and that. He kept clowning them until someone told him that the conference is going on a podcast he just laughed and said with a big smile "I love you radio!! I love you radio!!" It was a funny moment.
One of my favorite panelist was Phil Hinkle, A&R for Century Media, he was talking some real shit. I wasn't prepared to take any notes so I can't wait to see the video for this conference. Podcast?? I guess that means if you have an IPOD you can watch. I don't have an IPOD and really don't intend on buying one. Does that mean I'm shit out of luck? I hope not.
Ok so the conference was cool and you should look for the Podcast and if you find it let me know how I can get it and watch it.
The Mojoe Family showed up to hustle. Easy Lee and Tre
Easy Lee, super dope producer Fire Winn and Tre
See when you get signed to a major deal that doesn't mean it's time for you to relax and sit on your ass, NO, it means that it's time to put it into overdrive and show your label that they made a great decision in signing you. For example The Mojoe Family didn't have to be at a music conference about indie labels. They are already signed, but they came any way to slanged their debut Cd. Thanks Easy for the copy.
Easy Lee keep slanging them hot cakes
Aaron, Mojoe's manager and Easy Lee grindin
Aaron, Easy and Tre surrounded by fans
Aaron. Easy Lee signing autographs
Bavu chillin with Aaron before he does his final interview for his show "Smooth"
Bavu and Eddie discussing the next segment
Thanks for the beer. My new potna Chris from ME TV
Don't get it twisted he's not nervous.
Eddie
Dru Fay pops in to say what's up
Man I was so impressed at how Bavu handled himself in front of the camera. He had no script at all. First thing that came to mind was damn this dude is freestyling through each segment and doing it on one take. He was so on point.
"Up next we got Brad Turcotte, president of Compadre Records, Houston, TX
Ok so I said there was a big surprise. As you can see I was chilling upstairs with Bavu taking pictures and having some fun. Brad Turcotte walks up stairs for his interview and I look at him and he looks at me and he is like "Hey I know you, your last name is Chapman. You have a sister named Melissa. Hey we went to high school together!!" and I'm like "Yeah dude I recognize you too". It turns out we did go to high school together!!! How fucking strange and cool at the same time!! We talked for about ten minutes about what we do, how we are, our old friends etc...Man San Marcos High has turned out a friend good men. You got me of course the head of the class, Salih and Tomar Williams of Carnival Beats producers for Mike Jones, Bun B, Big Moe, A3, Basswood etc. Alex Espinosa producer for film maker Robert Rodriguez and it's late so I can't think any more. Any way, he invited me to his office in Houston when I'm down there next week. I hope to cover a whole bunch of good shit while I'm there. Well............
That's a rap!!!
Oh yeah, a Hot Chick!
Here are the Bios for the whole panel.
BIOS
Phil Hinkle, A&R for Century Media, Los
Angeles, CA
As head of A&R for Century Media Records, Phil Hinkle
has helped the label grow from an underground specialty
label into one of the world's largest rock indies.
Under his watch, groups such as Shadows
Fall and Lacuna Coil reached the Billboard Top 30,
while the next generation of heavy music heroes
including Arch Enemy, Behemoth, God Forbid, The
Haunted and Strapping Young Lad are poised
to follow in their footsteps.
Before joining Century Media nearly four years
ago, Hinkle a graduate of the University of Texas
San Antonio was A&R and label manager for Nuclear
Blast America, a sister imprint. There, he worked
with such stars of extreme music as In Flames, Dimmu
Borgir and Meshuggah, the latter of which he also
tour-managed during an eight-week arena tour with
Tool. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
Mathew Knowles, President and CEO of
Music World Entertainment, Houston, TX
Mathew Knowles is President of Music World
Entertainment and one of the prime movers in
contemporary pop and R&B music, a man blessed
with street savvy, business acumen, and a heartfelt
devotion to the music he loves, the artists he
serves, and the fans who make it all possible.
Though perhaps best known in his role as manager of
the global phenomenon Destiny's Child, the most
successful "girl group" in the history of pop music,
Mr. Knowles has acted as a guiding force behind
the careers of a host of internationally recognized
recording artists (Earth Wind and Fire, The O'Jays,
Chaka Khan among others) while his Music World
Music label imprint has an impressive track
record of gold and platinum releases, soundtrack
successes, and groundbreaking contemporary gospel
recordings. Knowles' Music World Management successfully
launched "Dangerously In Love," the #1 best-
selling debut solo album from Beyonce. Under the
direction of Mr. Knowles, Destiny's Child members also
soared as solo artists. Kelly Rowland won a Grammy for
her duet with Nelly; the album, "Dilema" sold over 2
million with two # 1 hits internationally, # 1
album chart topping releases and a #1 single in the
US. Michelle is also signed to Music World label, and
her first Gospel Album debuted at #1 and her
second album debut at #2 on the Gospel Charts. Next
year, the artist roster of new releases will include;
Sunshine Anderson, Papa Reu, Dionne Farris,
YoYo, and new artists; Lil J' Xavier, Knuckle Heads and
Southern Girls, just to name a few. In concert
with Knowles pattern of success, the end of 2005 was
marked by Destiny's Child final release landing
at #1 on the charts, containing 12 of the greatest hits
from the best-selling trio of all time.
Randy Miller, partner at Brando Records,
Dallas, TX
Following a 23-year career as a senior
marketing executive for major record companies,
Randy J. Miller left the record business in 2006
in order to pursue a career in the music business.
He is currently a partner in Rainmaker Artists, the
artist management company that oversees the careers
of Blue October and Bowling For Soup amongst
others, and Brando Records, the independent label that
is home to Blue October, Zayra Alvarez, Greatness
in Tragedy, SouthFM and Sara Overall. In addition,
Randy is partner in Primary Wave Music
Publishing &150; home to Kurt Cobain/Nirvana, Daniel Johnston,
Hall & Oates and Blue October. He has worked for Jive
Records, MCA Records, Virgin Records and Sire
Records and overseen the marketing campaign
for album releases by Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers, Mary J. Blige, Gorillaz,, The Rolling Stones,
Janet Jackson, Sublime, Live Courtney Love, and many,
many more.
Joe Swank, radio promotions for Yep Roc
Records, Chapel Hill, NC
Joe Swank is the Radio Promoter at Yep Roc
Records and is in charge of music distribution to the
stations as well as follow up contacts, on-air bookings,
chart/spin monitoring and station
promotions/sponsorships. Joe scored #1 records
for Dave Alvin's last two releases on the
Americana Music Association's radio airplay chart. In
addition to his day job, Swank has hosted a weekly alt-
country specialty show called The Y’allternative
for nearly a decade. He's also the frontman for an
alt-country/honky tonk band called Joe Swank &
the Zen Pirates and toured in the late 90's with The
MoJoDeans.
Brad Turcotte, president of Compadre Records,
Houston, TX
Brad has worked for Columbia Records/Nashville
(radio promotion) and spent over a year as a
songplugger for a Nashville music publisher,
A.P.I. While with A.P.I he represented the song
catalogs of Robbie Fulks, Joe Diffie, and Drew Womack
(Sons of the Desert) and more. Brad has also worked for
Bobby Roberts Company, an artist management/booking firm,
and several Nashville entertainment law firms. In 2001, shortly after
he moved back to Texas to accept employment with
ABC Radio Networks, Brad started Compadre Records.
In addition to Compadre Records, Turcotte owns
and operates two other entertainment companies:
The Concert Solution (an event marketing firm, most
notably consulting the Toyota Center/Houston
and the Houston Cornets) and Interactive Legal
Tools (a multi-media legal educational product series).
Turcotte is also personal management for
Warner Bros Nashville recording artist Rick Trevino.
Turcotte has a music business degree (B.B.A.) from
Belmont University in Nashville and recently earned his
law degree.
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