The Premier Of "Light Girls" On Own. Directed By Bill Duke

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On Monday January 19th

"Hooked On Onyxx" presents "Smile You Are Beautiful" Movie Night! Sponsored by Onyxx Unlimited and Snow Orthodontics.

She has invited friends and business owners to come out and watch it with her in Palmdale will be playing at the Snow Orthodontist Movie theatre. Sorry no small children.

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary “Dark Girls”, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Onyxx Monopoly and more.

Tune in January 19 at 9 p.m. ET 6 p.m. PST on OWN.

Also join in on the twitter conversation during the premiere & chat time at 6pmPST! With @RealBillDuke and @BraveChickTweet @onyxxmonopoly and more

#bravelightgirls #lightgirls #lightgirlsmovie #Selma50

#Lightgirls #DarkGirls #HookedOnOnyxx #OnyxxMonopoly #HookedonOnyxxLA #selma #MLK #MartinLutherKingJr

Bring your Dark Girls Book and have it signed personally by Mr. Duke himself.

If you haven't purchased one yet, you will have the opportunity to buy one from Barnes & Noble at the event.

Press inquiries and information Contact Events at info@onyxxunlimied.com

Cost: Suggested donation $10.00 proceeds benefitting The Bridge Program a program that places homeless families back in homes. RSVP mandatory.

Location: 868 Auto Center Dr, Ste C, Palmdale, CA 93551

Time:

Dress attire: Business Casual

Carpet: 5:00-5:45pm

Show Time: 6:00 pm PST

Product sponsors include, Popcornopolis, Brave Chick N'Dulge Cupcakery Bhcosmetics Barnes & Noble @onyxxunlimited and many more!

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/%E2%80%A6/Light-Girls-Documentary-Airs-January…

Tune in January 19 OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network #LightGirlsMovie http://www.oprah.com/…/Light-Girls-Documentary-Airs-January…

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Well-Produced Independent Music Now Available For Licensing At Music For Film And Television Website

Url: http://www.musicforfilmandtelevision.com/
Sound: http://www.djquestionmark.com/mp3s/soulspaceship_djquestionmark.mp3

Ventura, CA -- Music for Film and Television announces plethora of new music recently added to growing library of songs available for film and television music licensing. Well-produced independent music is ready for placement in film and television productions. Variety of genres include orchestral, jazz, piano, blues, indie rock, alt rock, pop, dance, smooth jazz, country, ambient, new age, electronic beats, hip hop instrumentals, industrial, singer songwriter, alt country, traditional, big band, rock instrumentals, punk, acoustic, and more.

New additions to the Music for Film and Television website include...

- Allan Soberman: Traditional Prayer Melodies in Beachboy/Queen style Choral
- Alex Bovicelli (AXBV): Dance, Trip hop, Downtempo, Progressive Rock
- Central Services: Upbeat Acoustic Indie Pop, Retro Rock, Singer Songwriter
- Collin Robinson: Ambient, Rock, Alt. Rock Inst
- Crying 4 Kafka: Punk Rock Heavy Alt Rock
- Dan Griffith: Celtic Instrumental, Classical, Country Rock
- Dave Klotz: Orchestral Score, Multi-Instrumental, Piano
- DJ QuestionMark: Hip Hop Funk Rock, Hip Hop Inst
- E.L. Mahon: Smooth Jazz, Orchestral Jazz, R&B Funk
- Eric Goetz: Score, Piano, String Instrumental
- James Shepard: Rock and Roll, 50s Rock, Rockabilly Blues
- Jukebox Serenade: Indie Rock, Female Vocals, Alt Rock, Power Pop
- Geoffrey Keezer: Jazz, Blues Piano, Ambient Score
- Kama Linden: Pop, Dance
- Lawrence Blatt: Acoustic Guitar New Age Jazz Inst
- Mark Allan Wolfe: Score Compositions, Rock Guitar Inst
- Mark Monwid: Electronic Beats, Score, Industrial, Ambient
- Michelle Katz: Indie Rock, Singer Songwriter, Alt Rock, Alt Country
- Midnight Moon Ensemble: New Age, World, Piano, Female Vocal
- Mike Goudreau: Traditional Jazz, Blues, Big Band
- Robin Munson: Country, Adult Contemporary Music
- Rob Johnson: Pop Rock
- Russell Chudnofsky: Ambient Guitar, Acoustic Slide Blues Inst
- Shannon Fayth: Adult Pop Contemporary Singer Songwriter Music

Music for Film and Television is a collective networking resource for film makers and musicians to combine talents through the art of placing music to film and TV. The MFTV website features an organized selection of quality independent music ready to license for television and film music usages including: scene music, background music, score compositions, source music, themes and trailers. Music is available for convenient stream and download, without any sign-ups or fees.

Located in Ventura, CA, Music for Film and Television works with Buzzard God Publishing (ASCAP) to market independent music for publishing opportunities in film music licensing and television music licensing. The official Music for Film and Television web address is http://www.musicforfilmandtelevision.com

MusicDish Presents: Classic Bollywood - Demo by ProducerLoops.com

Classic Bollywood - Demo by ProducerLoops.com on Fairtilizer!

"A peek into this exhaustive library put together by Gaurav Dayal will give you a good representation of some of the musical styles prevalent in India.

The moods on this sample cover a broad range of emotions and situations - Celebration, Romance, Sombre and a Bridal sendoff in styles across the spectrum in the Indian musical domain. Though this package is titled "Classic Bollywood", do not assume that its use is restricted. It can be used for dance clubs, wedding parties, social gatherings or any occasion which call for an ethnic taste.

Instrumentally this demo has been arranged to a nicety. The Orchestral string section involving Indian violin and viola personify what Bollywood has incorporated for a long time in its music.Throughout this demo, the Indian Flute figures prominently. The Flute generally evokes a feeling of rustiness and this is no different for the Indian Flute. An ideal instrument for most settings, the Indian Flute adds a distinct "warm" feeling. Percussive instruments such as the Tabla provide the ideal backdrop for the various rhythmic grooves that are used on this demo. Stringed instruments such as the Sitar add an element of mysticism.

The vocals, both leads and backups have been executed with a flair and a touch that can only be described as authentic Indian. The lyrics are in Punjabi, language of the state of Punjab in Northern India. This compilation by Gaurav Dayal will please any diehard Bollywood fan or Indian music aficionado."
Review By Vijay Fernandes, MusicDish LLC

Classic Bollywood - Specifications:
3,5 GB (Total Data)
ACIDized Wave
Apple Loops/AIFF
REX
Reason Refill
WAV
Files include Key+BPM
44.1 kHz / 24-Bit
PC/Mac Compatible
Royalty-Free (No Exceptions)

Price and Availability:
Classic Bollywood is available for instant download now for £69.95 GBP / 78,59 EUR / $100.81 USD.
You can find out more and purchase this product at: http://www.producerloops.com

New York's Rachael Sage To Appear On New "Fame" Film Soundtrack

New York, NY - MPress Records is pleased to announce that Rachael Sage's song "Too Many Women" will be featured in the new "Fame" film hitting theatres on September 25, 2009. The soundtrack album will be available for digital and physical purchase nationally on August 25, 2009. "Too Many Women", which also appears on Sage's critically acclaimed album "Public Record", was hand-picked by director Kevin Tancharoen, and remixed by Damon Elliot specifically for the movie.

Rachael Sage's song appears on the "Fame" soundtrack alongside such notable artists as Santigold, Naturi Naughton, Meghan Mullally and Sam Sparro. For a full track-listing, visit: http://www.lakeshore-records.com/fame.

Being involved in this project carries special meaning for Sage, who reveals: "When I saw 'Fame' as a kid, the characters resonated with me so much...By the time the TV series came out I'd already decided I wanted to grow up to be a combination of Leroy, Coco and Bruno - who definitely inspired me to get my first synthesizer!"

As a teenager, Sage's passion for dance ultimately carried her to the renowned School of American Ballet (located directly across the street from the performing arts high school upon which "Fame" was based). "A lot of dancers at S.A.B also attended the High School For Performing Arts, so there's definitely a big nostalgia-factor for me." Sage eventually performed with the New York City Ballet, and also studied at the legendary Actors Studio, before turning her focus entirely toward being a musician.

About the Film:
A reinvention of the original Oscar®-winning hit film, Fame follows a talented group of dancers, singers, actors, and artists over four years at the New York City High School for Performing Arts. The cast includes a host of newcomers in the student roles, but fans of the original film will be pleased to find Debbie Allen recast as Principal Angela Simms; the faculty casting also features such luminary talent as Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally and Bebe Neuwirth. For further information on the film, visit: www.generationfame.com.

About Rachael Sage:
Self-taught musician, poet and producer Rachael Sage radiates what MOJO Magazine calls "warm, intelligent...NY indie charm". An innovative, improvisational keyboardist, she performs over 150 dates a year with her band The Sequins throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Sage, who has shared stages with Ani DiFranco, Colin Hay, The Animals and Judy Collins, was recently named one of the Top 100 Independent Artists Of The Past 15 Years by Performing Songwriter magazine. A two-time Independent Music Award Winner, Sage has earned a loyal following for her infectious melodies, poetic lyrics and often-outrageous, colorful stage banter.

Her latest self-produced album, CHANDELIER, was mixed by Kevin Killen (U2, Elvis Costello), and contains 13 tracks of what Performing Songwriter magazine calls "engaging pop arrangements and gripping melodies".

Fresh from her successful run in Scotland at Edinburgh's Fringe Festival, Rachael Sage brings her new show "Sequins & Shpiel" to the West Coast. Be sure to check out her live rendition of the song "Fame" that The Herald (Edinburgh) calls the "hit of Fringe 2009."

September 8th The Hotel Utah Saloon San Francisco, CA 8:00pm
September 9th The Pour House Paso Robles, CA 8:00pm
September 10th Saint Rocke Hermosa Beach, CA 9:00pm
September 11th Lestat's San Diego, CA 8:30pm
September 12th Hotel Café Los Angeles, CA 7:00pm

For VIP/media requests, contact Melanie Rodriguez at: 212.481.7243 or Melanie@mpressrecords.com.
For Licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@mpressrecords.com.
Artist Website: http://www.mpressrecords.com

Jim Flynn Rentals Supports Entire New York Music/TV And Movie Industries

Jim Flynn Rentals has had an enormously busy first half of the year as it continues its tradition of supplying the very best gear to some of the top music recording, landmark institutions, and live performances for television and theatre in New York City and beyond.

We will be taking a closer look at some of these projects over the next few weeks, but it seems that renowned International TV man - Fritz Lang (The MTV VMA's, Grammy's, Miss Universe, Miss USA, President Obama's Inauguration ceremony with Jazz at Lincoln Center) has been as busy as the JFR boys - who he calls upon whenever he has an event - and this month, he's had a lot - including the use of the New York Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium for the "Celebrity Apprentice Finale".

As ever, Jim Flynn Rentals were right there with Fritz with a compact Pro-Tools system with a range of gear including extra support for both Fritz and the All Mobile video truck. Erik Woltersdorf at Jim Flynn Rentals tells us that Fritz has his own-specified Pro Tools rig and built by JFR that is ready to fly anywhere in the world at a moments notice, even into the occasional war zone!

Similarly, our old (and everyone else's) friends - Sesame Street - have been working with Roger Stauss over at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York where they have hosted and recorded such guests as : First Lady Michelle Obama, LL Cool J, Sheryl Crow, Brian Williams, and Canadian singer songwriter Fiest, while Jim Flynn Rentals supplies Roger with his normal full Pro Tools Rig.

Erik says: "I keep it assembled, tech'd, and ready to roll for Sesame Street. These rigs are like the Air Force One of the audio world. When you get to the status of a Fritz Lang or a Roger Stauss you can have a rig fueled, oiled and calibrated and it's ready to roll."

In the world of recording, there are a few "MAJOR" new projects being worked on in the city that never sleeps, but we can't tell you who they are, except to say that the world's most successful female recording artist seems to be starting work on a new album while one of the world's biggest bands are in town to work on a comic-book based Broadway show (!) Of course - all call on Jim Flynn Rentals to get their gear-thing on.

We just can't tell you who or what. Or where. Or anything...!! However, we can tell you that the gear is massive and the hours long and a little strange. JIM IS THE KEEPER OF MANY SECRETS....

Avatar Studios are a frequent customer of Jim Flynn Rentals, and they like to keep their clients private, which we respect, but the sheer amount of mics, cables, converters and speakers being sent over by Jim Flynn Rentals almost weekly, says to us that SOMETHING big is going on there!

Legacy Studios have been host to that lady we spoke of who seems to be getting busier on the recording front with JFR supplying guitars, speakers, keys and mixers for the jam session that seems to be in progress there.

Legacy have also been hosting Lawrence Manchester - recording engineer for just about every decent soundtrack you can think of in the past few years - as he tackles the music for Tuxedo Films "Taking Woodstock" in front of his favorite Jim Flynn supplied JBL's.

The movie is helmed by Ang Lee.

Lastly (for us here) Will.i.am has been having his regular recording dance-party at Legacy with JFR trucking over a Korg Oasys Keyboard, as well as a Moog Little Phatty Keyboard.

Over at Chung King, Jim Flynn Rentals have also been dipping into their VAST itinerary of keyboards of every size, shape and decade, with everything from a Dave Smith PolyEvolver to a Moog analog synth among a lot of other gear being supplied to acts like Kid Cudi, Leslie Ryan, Gorillaz, Estelle and CAT STEVENS!

Yup, seems that Yusef is back, or gone - or whatever..

Wyclef Jean's Platinum Studios always hosts top R+B, rap and reggae artists and this month is no exception. Jim Flynn Rentals have been sending over trucks and crew almost daily for artists such as LL Cool J (mics, guitars, basses) and Maxwell (Pro-Tools)

Upstate based Firehouse Productions - one of the US's premier event staging/production companies have been calling Jim Flynn Rentals for projects as wide as "Robin Hood Foundation fundraiser" at the Javits Convention Center (JFR supplied 360 systems, boards and speakers) and "Survivor Finale" at the Ed Sullivan Theater (mixing boards, mics, speakers)

Also in television this year we had the Survivor Finale with Michael Abbott (Grammy Audio Co-ordinator & independent mixer) using a Jim Flynn Rentals recording rig including the Tascam X-48 for the iso mix and the Yamaha DM-2000 for the band mix along with the Cedars DNS-1000 to round out the package.

Talking of TV, Jim Flynn are always in deep with Good Morning America (this week - Ciara played the early morning show with JFR supplying what seems to be a complete store of gear that included a Tascam X-48 hard disc 48 channel recording workstation as well as a serious array of mics to accommodate the band.

Jimmy Fallon has his particular needs for his audio - always using a JFR supplied JBL 5.1 system with Lawrence Manchester at the helm, to the joy of his television audience who hear the comic's voice coming from all angles! The show sounds huge with his house band "The Roots"!

And, of course, JFR take seriously the "truthiness" of the broadcast business with The Colbert Report bringing in ANOTHER truck load of gear with stuff that includes a Yamaha M7CL-48 Digital Mixer, and MY- 16AT Adat Expansion Cards in preparation for Mr. Colbert's trip to entertain our troops in Iraq.

Then there's "The Daily Show" and more on that next month, where we'll also be taking a closer look at Sir George Martin's Wildheart Group, the aforementioned American Museum of Natural History, Artist (the painting kind!) Christopher Rahn's new exhibition at The Guggenheim, the new soundtrack for Mel Gibson's "Edge of Darkness" and.... just what the heck was an EMPTY case as a rented item for the workstation manufacturer Euphonix doing at Yankee Stadium?

We intend to find out about all of this and much more - stay tuned!

In the meantime, for much more on Jim Flynn Rentals

Please visit: www.jimflynnrentals.com

FookMovie Director's Approach: 'Strange Is Normal'

Nicholas Laurence G is in high school but his part-time job is directing music videos for FookMovie (www.fookmovie.com), the visual production division of Golosio Publishing. He sees his age as an advantage. "Most music videos I see are like some Hollywood director's idea of what's unusual," G says, "but ours are really strange. Of course, for us, strange is normal."

G's video to "Thorne" (from the Electro Bop album) is loaded with symbolism that is both religious and psychological. Images in the video deal with concepts as varied as birth, death, baptism, violence, sex, repression, molestation, resurrection, and redemption.

For the video to "Go Through the Secret Door" (from the Jonny Harmonic album), G assembled a psychedelic collage of money, mysterious hooded figures, decorated skulls, guitars and keyboards thrashing underwater, a pixilated dance sequence from 1938, and a strange close-up of a face partially covered with two dozen clothes pins.

His video to "Keyboard Flavor Monkey" (from the Burning Fan Soundscapes album) takes a humorous approach, with an obviously fake gorilla playing a variety of expensive custom guitars and cheap plastic keyboards, plus images of the big monkey performing human tasks like driving around town, typing or brushing one's teeth.

Serving as editor on "Put it Where You Want It" for Euro dance artist Giannetta Marconi was a side project that helped him focus on his main goal. "I don't mind editing, but its better when you can also direct the project." What's on the horizon for G? FookMovie has many more videos planned for 2009, several of which will involve Nick as editor and/or director. "Doing both is hard work and very time consuming, but its good fun," G states.

The FookMovie Web site has all of the company's videos in Quicktime with links to the videos on YouTube and Veoh. Combining visual poetry, surrealism and performance art, the music videos of Nicholas Laurence G are a featured attraction of FookMovie. A Los Angeles-based collective of artists, musicians and videographers, FookMovie has completed an average of one video per week since opening in April of 2008. Musicians and bands with FookMovie videos include Scott Joss and Doug Colosio, The G-Man, James Sotelo, Jonny Harmonic, Country-Fried Funk, and Giannetta Marconi.

Scott G of FookMovie
scott@fookmovie.com; 818-223-8486.
http://www.fookmovie.com

YouTube video to "Thorne":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlpCGPY0I0Y

Kordor Electronics Releases Digital Cinema Movie Distribution Technology

Kodor Electronics gives a boost to the digital cinema initiative today with the release of the KodeKey™ Professional Zip Platform for Windows and Mac OS X computer systems.

Movie studios are expected to make wide investments in digital cinema upgrades in 2009 following a ten-year research and development period starting with the 1999 digital release of Walt Disney Pictures Bicentennial Man. Digital films are packaged and distributed using an industry standard specification called the Digital Cinema Package (DCP). Part of the DCP specification is the digital film MXF container that can range in single file sizes of 60GB to 500GB. Today, digital films are delivered by hard drive or satellite data transmission using fulfillment services from companies like Technicolor, Kodak, and Deluxe. Legacy celluloid reel manufacturing and distribution costs movie studios up to $1500 a print per theater. Digital distribution provides a dramatic drop in initial distribution investment for movie studios but has proven to be a bit costly due to hard drive delivery and expensive satellite rental time. The cost savings reserved from digital versus celluloid distribution is planned for investments into digital projector upgrades for theater vendors by the movie studios.

Delivering a system with an average per film distribution cost of $70, the KodeKey Zip technology is an online powered zip format that replaces the internal data storage of a traditional zip file with the cloud storage infrastructure of the Amazon Web Services S3 platform. By using an upload and download manager, the format can manage hundreds of gigabytes of data in a zip file less than 1 kilobyte in size per movie.

Optionally, the format can create 1,344,000-bit password certificates to add additional access protection as an accessory to KDM encryption keys sent to theater vendors to unlock playback rights for MXF containers.

Broadband delivery of digital films has been a challenge in the past due to poor TCP connections and poor designs of online storage servers required to handle single file sizes above 5GB. KodeKey Zip has been tested and approved for up to 1TB of single file archiving validated by rigorous 12-mode hash string calculation certification.

"KodeKey Zip has been designed to easily deliver 300GB digital films as an e-mail attachment to thousands of theaters simultaneously", says inventor and Chairman William G. Blanchard, "We are honored to work with the digital film initiative and look forward to provide support to the digital movie industry worldwide."

More information about the KodeKey Zip system can be found at http://www.kodekey.com