Fun with Links

Ever wonder how they make beats? Here's the recipe.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12565_beatbox-fame-game

Concert Promotion

In between songwriting, producing and gigging, I've also worked in concert promoting.

Music industry

03 Apr 2007
In a couple of weeks, I'll be down in LA for the ASCAP Convention. I went last year and had a great time and learned a lot. And of course met many great people.

Here's the line up this year:
http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/expo/schedule.html

I'll let you know how it goes...

XSample

I met XSample the first day he came to America, at a practice for Sister-I-Live. The next day I played keyboards for him at a UC Berkeley fraternity. A week or two he came with Sister Sharon and I to a show in San Francisco. Driving there crossing the bridge, I let them hear the unfinished tracks for the Get 2 Nomi CD. I was sitting in the back seat and XSample turned half way around to look at me. "Is that you singing?" I answered yes and that I also played most of the tracks. He kept turning to look at me and rewinding the first song, Aphrodesiac. He started singing along with it and I asked if he wanted to do a remix. If it was good enough, I'd put it on as a bonus track. He ended up doing two remixes on the album, Afrodesiac and Conpspiracy.

XSample's bio (from My Space)

"Xsample... resided in Oakland California where he learned music from the Queen of hooks Nomiyah"

Forwards

For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a "forward" is when a song gets through a gate-keeper to someone who wants to use the song. A forward is the first step to getting a song deal so it's good news.

Press

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http://www.ascap.com/playback/2006/spring/stepping_out/released.html

All Around The World (Wide Web)

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www.nomiyah.blogspot.com

www.myspace.com/nomiyah

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