12.12.08 Hear Al B. Sure! and the Academy & multiple Grammy award winning, International, Living Legend; the Philanthropic Gentle Giant, Def Jam Recording artist: Lionel Richie exchange @ Hot 92.3’s Slot Music Studio in Los Angeles.
Representing Tuskegee, Alabama where he was born & raised, Lionel continues to lead the way by example and set the trends as it relates to “Staying Power” and Swagger, Re-Inventing one’s “Star” and gaining notoriety with new audiences and generation during every stop of his planet hop. The entire building was on fire knowing that Lionel was coming through to hang @ Hot 92.3’s Old School & R&B station holding down L.A. for the duration.
“Richie’s participation on the Hidden Beach Recordings “Yes We Can” eclectic tribute to Barack Obama CD was the Right BIG Move for the initiative” says HB’s GM Bruce Walker. How can you lose with the creme-dela-creme of hand picked, genius artists in their own right?” The massive impact was apparent during the standing room only Hot 92.3’s private and intimate meet & greet for the execs @ CC and surrounding fans & friends…Lionel expressed a sincere “Thank you X’s 10 for the hospitality during my visit to Hot 92.3 & many blessings to the entire Clear Channel Radio family for the warm reception; Happy Holidays to you all.” Lionel says feel free to visit his Official Lionel Richie web site anytime www.lionelrichie.com to see and hear the latest and the greatest in L.R.’s world. Also, Lionel’s highly anticipated new album “Just Go” will be available February 17, 2009 but in the meanwhile, he has a holiday goodie for you! The NEW single “Good Morning,” available on iTunes now! You can also stuff your stocking with the “Yes We Can” CD feat: Lionel, Stevie, Kanye, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, John Mayer, Hidden beach’s 1st lady Jill Scott, Jackson Brown, Ozomatli and more. Tell a friend all about it and find out more at.. www.HiddenBeach.com. Enjoy the CD and let them know you heard it on L.A.’s official Old Scool and R&B station, Hot 92.3’s “Celebrity Check IN” with Al B Sure! Good Fortune to all & to all a good night!
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Kindred the family soul
-HOUSE OF LOVE
music video treatment
director: Matthew A. Cherry
Revised December 8, 2008
Kindred The Family Soul makes timeless music. A soulful R&B couple that takes words and makes them into songs that are vivid portrays of everyday life. A lot of R&B groups are hot for a second and then break up due to their own self serving agendas but Kindred has made it perfectly clear that they are here to stay.
“House Of Love” is a soulful and inspirational record that is very much open to interpretation. This song can be taken figuratively and applied to anyone’s life. Kindred’s vision for the record, for example, was for the song to speak on their personal journey throughout the music industry and how they had to deal with raising a family while simultaneously pursuing their dream. While this is how the song spoke to them another person may take it more literally and apply it to building a home with that special someone. When I first heard this record I personally saw more of the literal interpretation in a visual and I believe that more people would connect to it in that way as well.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition & Trading Spaces are the two television shows that first popped into my mind upon hearing the record. They are shows that have the perfect balance of drama induced emotional story telling along with fun light hearted humor. I thought that doing a take on Continue reading “House of Love” Video Premieres on BET J
Washington, D.C. — On January 22, 2009 Hidden Beach Recordings in a unique partnership with Howard University’s Office of Residence Life and WHUR radio kicked off the newly formed Living and Learning Cluster with a Kick Off Panel at Meridian Hill Hall on the campus of Howard University. The panel was put together by Hidden Beach’s Charles Whitfield, Howard University’s Dean of Residence Life Charles Gibbs, Howard University’s Assistant Dean of Residence Life Marc Lee, Howard University’s Community Director at Meridian Hill Hall Kenyatta Hobson, and WHUR Radio General Manager Jim Watkins. The panelists included:
*Gregory O’Dell- CEO & General Manager- Walter E. Washington Convention Center
*Tony Rich- Hidden Beach Recordings artist
*Jim Watkins- General Manager- WHUR Radio
*Marc Lee- Assistant Dean of Residence Life- Howard University
The night also included a musical performance by Tony Rich who sang “It Would Be A Sin” off of his Hidden Beach Recordings release “Exist” and also at the request of Steve McKeever sang “The Dream is Real” off of the just released Hidden Beach Recordings compilation “Change is Now- Renewing America’s Promise” Official Inauguration CD/DVD. The panel was moderated by Charles Whitfield with closing remarks by Hidden Beach’s Thornell Jones. Reggie Saunders and Teri Hines of Jordan Brand supplied back packs, t-shirts, hats, and other items for the panel and students.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HIDDEN BEACH INTERNS AT HOWARD UNIVERISTY FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK!!!!
Hidden Beach’s new album for the Presidential Inaugural Committee titled “Change Is Now: Renewing America’s Promise” is starting to receive press coverage including a front page mention on USA Today’s Life Section today.
Pick up a copy at your local newsstands to read all about it. You can also click the image to read the article.
THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION COMMITTEE ANOUNCES THE EXCLUSIVE OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION COLLECTION COMMEMORATIVE CD-DVD SET PRODUCED BY HIDDEN BEACH RECORDINGS
The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has joined forces with Hidden Beach Recordings to release CHANGE IS NOW: RENEWING AMERICA’S PROMISE—the exclusive official presidential inauguration collection commemorative CD-DVD set. The official inauguration collection celebrates Senator Barack Obama’s historic election by including eight of his landmark campaign speeches together for the first time ever on one DVD and an impressive CD with inspired music from America’s top recording artists….Read More
Hidden Beach Listening Party Hosted New Year’s Eve in Chicago by Hidden Beach Intern’s Amy Hudson, Gerald Turner, and Sekou Muhammad. Congrats to all of them for their hard work in putting this party together.
Hidden Beach launches a new social networking site for Hidden Beach fans and alike — “The Family”.
To join the network and interact with other music lovers, poets, musicians, click on the badge to the right. “The Family” is Hidden Beach’s only public social networking site and where you can openly speak your mind and share your soul.
We hope to see you online and hear what you have to share with the family and world. Check out “Moods” an area where you can share your poetry online.
The Tony Rich Project, Exist (Hidden Beach Recordings) – Remember the late ’90s when Tony Rich was LaFace Record’s platinum-selling poster dude for overly sensitive R&B? Well, this year he returned with less hurt in his heart and more experience. Not since Sade’s Love Deluxe has the combination sounded so lush and liberating.
Download The Tony Rich Project’s EXIST for $9.99 Download Now
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