ROYALTY NETWORK PUBLISHING LAUNCHES NEW RECORD LABEL
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May, 16th, 2011
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ROYALTY NETWORK PUBLISHING LAUNCHES
NEW RECORD LABEL, KRIAN MUSIC GROUP
The Ettes, VHS or Beta, Richie Loop and Buck$ Among Initial Signings
New York, New York – The Royalty Network, one of the top independent publishing companies in the US, announces the launch of the record label, Krian Music Group. The new label, based in New York City, is launching with deals in place with indie rockers The Ettes and VHS or BETA as well as the Hip Hop artist Buck$ and pop/R&B sensation Richie Loop.
Krian Music Group, founded by Royalty Network President Frank Liwall, will offer full label services, including A&R, digital and traditional marketing, PR, radio promotion, and physical distribution by Universal/Fontana.
The record label’s initial focus is to sign artists with proven publishing success and seek to further develop these artists utilizing the resources provided by both the label and publishing companies.
“We looked at artists we had been publishing, with successful film and television licensing histories, and realized a number of great acts were without a label home. Krian Music Group was created to further maximize these artists’ successes and provide a solid foundation for their growth,” says Krian Music Group and Royalty Network President, Frank Liwall.
A few recent film and television placements for Krian Music Group artists include, The Ettes song “I Heard Tell”, currently airing KOTEX commercial and Buck$ song “Bounce” for the CBS television series Blue Bloods and TNT television series Franklin & Bash.
Additional Royalty Network licenses featured have been Outkast’s “So Fresh So Clean” for Fox’s American Dad, Studio B song “I See Girls” in the new TIDE commercial, Blackroc’s “What You Do to Me” for Zales, MIA’s “Jimmy” for Xbox game Kinect Sport 2 and Pitbull featuring Afrojack’s “Give Me Everything” for ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.
Upcoming releases include The Ettes this August and VHS or BETA this coming September. Krian Music Group will seek to expand their roster over the course of the next year as well.
About Royalty Network
Since its inception in 1994, the accomplishments of The Royalty Network have been extraordinary. From it’s humble beginning in a Brooklyn office to its now long maintained Mid-town Manhattan digs. The company client roster has increased dramatically from year to year, boasting a perpetually growing catalog of some of the most prolific songwriters, producers and artists across a multitude of Genres. This includes a hit parade on albums from the likes of Pete Seeger, Beyonce, Daughtry, Shaggy, Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson, , Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay and Lil Wayne and film and television shows such as “The Hangover,” “American Idol,” “Gossip Girl”, “Dancing With The Stars”, “The Hills”, and many more. For more information: www.roynet.com
About Krian Music Group
Krian Music Group is a full service independent record label group based in New York City. The label mission is to fully support, develop, protect and collect on behalf of our artists. Across a diverse genre of music, we work to further our artists’ long term careers by finding new and exciting opportunities for their commercial success across multiple platforms with the ability to provide a solid foundation for that growth.For more information: www.krianmusicgroup.com
My Cat Has Scabs All Over, What Can I do?
Recently I noticed that my cat has scabs all over her body. I started searching around the internet to get some information on how I can help her get rid of this irritating problem. After reading many posts on the subject I found that this product had the best comments. I’ve ordered a bottle for her and will follow up with a proper review here once I have a chance to use it for a while.
LINDSEY LOHAN BACK BEHIND BARS…AGAIN
Lindsey Lohan is back behind bars and wearing a jail ordered orange jump suit. This time she is being held without bail until her October 22nd court hearing. She was taken into custody for failing to pass a manditory drug test. She is being held for up to 23 hours a day in an isolated 8′ X 12′ holding cell. This separation from the rest of the jail’s inmates is as the officials are claiming “for her own protection”. She will be allowed to leave the cell to conduct meetings with her lawyers and have visitations from family and other loved ones.
She is apparently being very cooperative with jail officials and officers. Perhaps she will learn her lesson this time. Just because someone is in the public spotlight and a wealthy celebrity doesn’t mean they are exempt from the same laws that everyone else must obey. Perhaps this will make her more mature, respectful and humble.
Everyone makes mistakes. This is only human. For someone that is under constant public scrutiny it only amplifies the difficulties of failure and mistakes. At the same time, when someone who was considered to be a roll model by some, (mainly teenage girls), there comes a hefty price. That is a lot of weight to carry on one’s shoulders and often times can become a burden. This can lead to alcohol and drug abuse as a means of escape.
When someone like Lindsey Lohan, who grew up under the watchful eye of the public, turns to drugs or alcohol the public tends to judge them very harshly. Addicts who don’t have constant and immediate access to fund their addictions tend to hit their bottom much sooner on a financial level. For anyone who abuses drugs or alcohol, it takes hitting true emotional and psychological bottom before they make a conscious decision to turn their lives around. Maybe this is one of those bottoms for Lindsey.
Let the media play out its “blabber-mouth” gossip reportage. But allow her the chance and opportunity to pick herself up learn a sense of humility before just flat out judging her. People can and do change and become better human beings in the process.
Is Chocolate Really a Healthy Drug?
I’ve often heard people talk about chocolate as though it were a drug. And I’ve certainly seen people act like it was. There’s that great movie with Johnny Depp where it certainly suggest drug like effects from eating high quality chocolate. But still you have to ask yourself is it really a drug? And can it really be good for you? Below is an interesting article I found that talks in detail about “Healthy Chocolate”. Of course some of us just want the sweet yummy stuff and that’s OK too!
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“…all true chocoholics know that chocolate is a vegetable. It comes from the cocoa bean, beans are veggies, ’nuff said.”
Once you read this article about choosing healthy chocolate, you will understand that chocolate is undoubtedly evolving and you will know how to choose for your health. While unhealthy chocolate options will always be available, there is now a healthy 70% organic chocolate that not only enhances mood, improves cognitive function, raises HDL levels (good cholesterol) and lowers blood pressure, it will also detoxify the body.
The Craving
Did you know that 50% of people in the world say they could not live without chocolate? We are told that 9.5 kilos of chocolate is eaten per person per year. Chocolate is a multi-million dollar business and now, there is a healthy option.
How To Choose A Healthy Chocolate
The first thing to look for when choosing a healthy chocolate is the quality of the beans which have preferably been naturally sun dried. Of course, the beans should also be organic. Dark chocolate is the most healthy choice and it should contain at least 70% Cacao powder. It should also be kosher, vegan and vegetarian approved and be free from heavy metals and toxins. Cocoa is a good source of naturally occurring vitamins and minerals including magnesium, calcium, iron, sulphur and manganese to name a few. It will also contain some of the B Vitamins.
The use of vegetable oil and sweeteners in chocolate also determines how healthy the chocolate is. For example, the replacement of cocoa butter (which makes chocolate creamy) by vegetable oil, a practice used by some manufacturers, is in violation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s definition of milk chocolate. Altered labeling can be extremely misleading so be cautious when reading this information. Further, sweeteners other than unprocessed raw sugar cane may be dangerous as many toxic substances may be found in refined sugar.
Raw organic chocolate is a very healthy chocolate option. It may be high in antioxidants which are very beneficial to health. You should look for a high Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity (ORAC) value. ORAC is a method of measuring antioxidants in a wide variety of foods. Eating high antioxidant capacity fruits and vegetables (and chocolate) is believed to play a role in the free radical theory of anti-aging. Research has found that 100 grams of raw cacao powder has an ORAC value of 26,000 making it the highest level of any normal food. There is a new chocolate on the market which, laboratory tests have confirmed, has an ORAC rating of 33,928 per piece.
The Amazing Health Benefits
A large number of studies have verified a variety of health benefits gained by eating dark chocolate. Here are some benefits of choosing a healthy chocolate:
* protection of the heart by raising HDL levels (good cholesterol) and lowering blood pressure;
* a reduction to the stickiness of blood platelets by the flavanols found in dark chocolate. Blood flow may also be increased thus reducing the risk of blood clots, heart attacks and strokes;
* strong and beautiful nails, hair and skin through the sulfur contained in cacao powder. Sulfur may also help to detoxify the liver;
* The ORAC score per 100 grams of unprocessed raw cacao is 28,000, compared to 18,500 for Acai Berries, 1,540 for Strawberries, and only 1,260 for raw Spinach; and
* the promotion of serotonin that brings about positive feelings through the tryptophan in Cocoa.
Learn what to look for when choosing chocolate. It seems impossible to think that lives can be changed and health restored or greatly improved by eating healthy 70% organic chocolate! It is vital for your health.
Conclusion
If this information seems insurmountable, there is a new chocolate player in the field that ‘ticks all the required boxes’ to be positively healthy. It has an incredible 37,208 ORAC value per square and the power to absorb free radicals. It is certified organic chocolate and rainforest alliance, making it possibly the best healthy chocolate around. It also contains 5 drops of Activated Liquid Zeolite which removes heavy metals and from the body thus reducing your toxic body burden. It is pesticide and toxin free, certified kosha, vegan organic, rainforest certified, 70% raw organic cacao, and devoid of nasty substances such as corn syrup and emulsifiers used to make most commercial chocolate cheap and smooth.
When you next go shopping for chocolate, make sure you check the standard criteria for healthy chocolate described in this article before you buy. Your body will love you.
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About the Author
Jannette has researched health and well being issues for the past 20 years and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Health Promotion. Choose Chava Vital Chocolate which ticks all the boxes for health, well being and happiness. Claim your free Aussie eBook “The Truth Revealed – Activated Liquid Zeolite” at http://CleansingZeolite.com or email Jannette at janobarr@gmail.com
STEPHEN HAWKING CHALLENGES RELIGION IN HIS NEW BOOK
Stephen Hawking, the well known, wheelchair bound, scientific genius whose previous books have brought highly sophisticated scientific theories into living rooms across the world, in easy to understand terminology for the layman, has just released a new book titled “The Grand Design”. It has already gotten a lot of people talking and has created quite the controversy.
In “The Grand Design” Stephen Hawking proposes that the current scientific theory of the creation of the universe explains everything and that there is no need for theology to explain it. This has also sparked an outrage from the various devout religious communities around the world. In the U.K. all sorts of fanatical religious people from many of the world’s major religions have been devoting entire television programs and even entire television channels dedicated to denouncing him, his theories, and the new book. This is quite hypocritical for those religions whose major texts espouse tolerance. It is statements from the book like the following that have people up in arms and arguing:
“Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.”
When Stephen Hawking appeared on the popular and long running news commentary show “Larry King Live”, he stated that “God may exist”, but that “the scientific theory is complete. Theology is not necessary to explain the creation of the universe.” This brings up all sorts of metaphysical questions. The best way to approach this subject is to become thoroughly familiar with Hawking’s theories and those who have opposing points of view. This will allow for a truly balanced perspective and will help the individual to make up his own mind.
The point here is that as a species the human race is still evolving and learning about the planet we live on and the universe we exist within. Perhaps it behooves one to think outside of the box and to try and comprehend exactly what and why other people consider the ‘truth’. Perhaps no one reserves the right to claim to know the truth.
People used think the earth was flat. Not too long ago it was believed the earth was at the center of the galaxy. We didn’t even know that there were other galaxies out there in the ever-expanding universe. Perhaps we should allow the knowledge of ourselves to develop in tune and in harmony, along with the expansion of the universe. The fact is that we don’t have the answers to everything and no one person should claim to know the ‘truth’ about everything in this vast and ever changing universe.
Is “The A Team” a C at best?
I admit that I use to enjoy watching this campy show once in a while when I was a kid. Hannibal and the crew had their moments of action/comedy that helped influenct the development of the genre. I haven’t, (and probably won’t) go see the feature film version, however I will probably give it a go despite the terrible reviews once it is published on Netflix. Here’s a quick quote from one one of my FaceBook friends that I just saw.
“I watched the A-Team for 10 minutes and then I walked out. If I stayed I would have been asleep the whole time.
The Creative Power Of Words
Words have the power to create great things in life. The ability to express ourselves well is a key factor in building successful relationships be it love, friendship, business, social. This ability to communicate our ideas to others is what allows great leaders to inspire the people of a nation to produce the things of value we all enjoy everyday. When we consider this fact carefully we can quickly see that developing our own abilities to read, write, understand others, and speak our own minds freely is essential to our own success. Through the use of a simple internet tool like a blog one can get started sharing their own ideas freely and increase their communication skills through daily practice in a new world publishing outlet. If you don’t have a blog yet I highly suggest you start one and write, post images, share videos, express yourself.
I have had people say that it’s just another thing to learn and do, why not just use FaceBook or MySpace, etc… My answer is it’s another thing you GET to do and the big difference is you get to control all the content including ads. You may not fancy yourself a Publisher but though the power of WordPress, Blogger and other Web Log (Blog) tools you will be surprised how easy it really is to discover your own publishing potential. Within hours you could have an endless supply of advertisers ready to pay you to publish their ads on your blog.
Captain America Is The Natural, Randy Couture
Randy “The Natural” “Captain America” Couture is maybe one of the greatest fight sport champions of all times. His impressive display in the UFC’s octagon cage helped catapult the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) genre to new heights. Some of his fights will be remembered forever amongst those of the likes of Mohammad Ali, Chuck Noris, Mike Tyson. Many of the filmed fights are watched over and over again by fight enthusiasts. If you have an interest in watching some MMA I suggest you get a few Randy Couture fights before you decide it’s no good. Another great fighter to watch in the MMA is Anderson “The Spider” Silva. His striking ability is like something out of a Bruce Lee film.
Photo by David Shankbone
Go Into The Light With Style
Over the last few years my interest in fashion has grown tremendously. I have always had a sort of plain style personally but certainly have fantasized about being a more outgoing dresser. Usually, like most guys I leave it to my woman. So depending on who I have been with has pretty much always dictated my fashion sense. Of course I do have my own taste, but since I keep it pretty straight forward I am willing to let my girl direct my style a bit. It is a careful balancing act to not give in too far and let them take over completely though. I always like to nix a thing or two here and there just to preserve my personal touch no matter what. The love of my life and companion has schooled me well in the art of shopping and it makes all the difference in my fashion interests. Knowing how to shop is a key ingredient in enjoying yourself and not getting stressed out over how you look. This is an amazing fashion shot that displays some great dress back designs.
Photo by Peter Duhon. Toni Maticevski’s catwalk show during New York Fall Fashion Week 2007 at the tents in Bryant Park New York. Visit www.fashioncommentsnyc.com for great coverage of fashion events, trends and interviews.
ULM CATHEDRAL DURING A FOLK GUITAR MASS
Religion plays an important part in fulfilling the spiritual side of many people. Roman Catholics and Lutherans are the two largest denominations. In this picture we get a glimpse into the interior of the new ULM CATHEDRAL during a folk guitar mass. Although this service was started for the younger people it has now become one of the most popular with standing room only. Baroque Carvings reminiscent of churches in Bavaria, South Germany, decorate the church. This photo offers a rare view opportunity few will get to experience in person. Enjoy the inspiration of the mass through this timeless photo.
