I should be in bed, typical. I have so much to take care of but there are not enough hours in any day. I am charged over what I experienced in this past weekend. I added a new post to my project, The Musiq Spotlight Blog: SoulUK.
I put this blog together in hopes of it being a resource for independent musicians and for people looking for opportunities to network with the movers and shakers who make things happen behind-the-scene in our INDIE SOUL world. There are talented, skilled and enterprising individuals and companies listed in The Musiq Spotlight Blog.
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This past weekend in New York, the annual Indie Soul Mixer took place up in Harlem. This is year number four and the gathering has grown to such a level that the organizers, Dexter Myers and Mike Ashley know that the venue which has hosted the Mixer for its years of existence, Billie's Black can no longer hold the crowd. People were wall-to-wall, even more so this year than any other year I can recall...this is year #3 for me.
The evening opened with some enlightening commentary from Marko Noble of RhythmandSoulRadio.com, Kevin Harewood of EDclectic Entertainment, Terry Bello of the International Soul Music Summit and Drake Phifer of Urban Organic Entertainment.
This event has literally become 'the' networking event for any independent soul artist who is either in the New York area or able to come to New York to exchange cds, pass out business cards, rock the mic and show people what you're working with and to gain some knowledge from a few pioneers who graciously gather to mix and mingle. There were way too many artists in the house for me to remember, but those I recall: Nikki Wade, Rogier, Teisha Marie, Kev.O, Terrence Darnell, Lenora Jay, Kenny Wesley, Mika, Abby Dobson, Kendra Ross, LaSonya Gunther, Steve Wallace, Tomas Doncker, Veronica Dawkins, Green Tea, Jeff Hendricks, Mahasin, Anthony Dixon, Tom Paul, Drea, Jimmy Salvameni, Paul Rivers Bailey, Kimberly Nichole, Ashanti, Johnny Kemp and others whose names I didn't catch or hadn't been told. There were some who blessed the mic and made you really open a wide eye and take note, there were others who got on the mic and should have opted to stay in the audience to spectate -- there were a few who went well over their allotted one song and there were even more who didn't step to the mic.
Here are a few pictures
Mike Ashley & Dexter Myers
Marko Noble
Terry Bello & Mike Ashley
Kevin Harewood
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