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Cox Radio subpoenaed in indie probe. Add Cox Radio to the list of major broadcast companies Elliot Spitzer has subpoenaed for his investigation of the relationship between independent promoters and the radio industry. In a regulatory filing the company acknowledged the subpoena and said it is cooperating with the investigation
Reuters reports today that three broadcast groups in New York state have received subpoenas in connection with NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's ongoing probe of the link between independent promoters and radio stations.
Reuters says Clear Channel and Entercom have confirmed receiving subpoenas, while officials at Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting have declined comment on reports Infinity was also served papers. It has been reported previously that an Infinity Operations Director in Rochester and an Entercom PD in Buffalo have been terminated since the Spitzer probe began last year.
In a statement, Clear Channel said, "Clear Channel has received a subpoena from the New York Attorney General's office and is cooperating fully with the investigation into the industry's use of independent promoters and associated allegations of 'pay for play'. In April 2003, Clear Channel voluntarily severed all ties with independent promoters to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and we are confident the investigation will show the company is in full compliance with the law.
ESSENCE MAGAZINE announces
Take Back the Music Week: February 21st-25th
ESSENCE and Spelman College
Cohost a Town Hall Meeting
for Week’s Finale
New York (February 15, 2005)—ESSENCE announces Take Back the Music Week, February 21st through February 25th. The weeklong initiative is a call to action for individuals to express their concerns, likes and dislikes about popular music. ESSENCE is encouraging the public to effect change by calling, writing letters and sending E-mails with their thoughts about how Black women are portrayed in music and videos directly to the people who can make a change—programming executives at cable networks, radio stations and record companies.
The finale of the Take Back the Music Week will be a Town Hall Meeting cohosted by ESSENCE and Spelman College. The Town Hall Meeting will be held, Friday, February 25, 7–9 p.m., at the Cosby Auditorium on Spelman’s campus in Atlanta, Georgia. The topic will be “Where Are We Now? How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Going?” The panel discussion will feature Michael Lewellen, vice-president of corporate communications at BET; Bryan Leach, vice-president Urban A&R at TVT Records; Kevin Powell, author and activist; MC Lyte, female hip-hop artist/actress; Tarshia Stanley, Spelman professor of English; and Moya Bailey, Spelman student. The panel will be moderated by Michaela angela Davis, ESSENCE executive fashion and beauty editor.
Take Back the Music Week is a part of ESSENCE magazine’s Take Back the Music campaign, which is a yearlong in-depth examination of the ways in which Black women are depicted in popular music and videos. Throughout the year, ESSENCE will survey the landscape to present a broader scope and understanding of this provocative issue, and provide a platform for discussion. The campaign will incorporate observations from entertainment insiders, industry leaders, consumers, journalists and activists. ESSENCE will publish the diverse viewpoints with topics such as “Dirty Dancing,” “Dollars and $ense of Hip-Hop” and “How To Talk to Your Kids.” The wide-ranging opinions will offer a historical perspective, a current analysis and a glimpse into the future. The campaign will also illustrate the great degree to which Black people feel conflicted over this important issue.
For more information on the Take Back the Music campaign, please see the March 2005 issue of ESSENCE or visit essence.com/takebackthemusic.
A recording group balance sheet!
Advance:
$ 250,000
Manager's cut:
$ 37,500
Legal fees:
$ 10,000
Recording Budget:
$ 150,000
Producer's advance:
$ 50,000
Studio fee:
$ 52,500
Drum Amp, Mic and Phase "Doctors":
$ 3,000
Recording tape:
$ 8,000
Equipment rental:
$ 5,000
Cartage and Transportation:
$ 5,000
Lodgings while in studio:
$ 10,000
Catering:
$ 3,000
Mastering:
$ 10,000
Tape copies, reference CDs, shipping tapes, misc. expenses:
$ 2,000
Video budget:
$ 30,000
Cameras:
$ 8,000
Crew:
$ 5,000
Processing and transfers:
$ 3,000
Off-line:
$ 2,000
On-line editing:
$ 3,000
Catering:
$ 1,000
Stage and construction:
$ 3,000
Copies, couriers, transportation:
$ 2,000
Director's fee:
$ 3,000
Album Artwork:
$ 5,000
Promotional photo shoot and duplication:
$ 2,000
Band fund:
$ 15,000
New fancy professional drum kit:
$ 5,000
New fancy professional guitars [2]:
$ 3,000
New fancy professional guitar amp rigs [2]:
$ 4,000
New fancy potato-shaped bass guitar:
$ 1,000
New fancy rack of lights bass amp:
$ 1,000
Rehearsal space rental:
$ 500
Big blowout party for their friends:
$ 500
Tour expense [5 weeks]:
$ 50,875
Bus:
$ 25,000
Crew [3]:
$ 7,500
Food and per diems:
$ 7,875
Fuel:
$ 3,000
Consumable supplies:
$ 3,500
Wardrobe:
$ 1,000
Promotion:
$ 3,000
Tour gross income:
$ 50,000
Agent's cut:
$ 7,500
Manager's cut:
$ 7,500
Merchandising advance:
$ 20,000
Manager's cut:
$ 3,000
Lawyer's fee:
$ 1,000
Publishing advance:
$ 20,000
Manager's cut:
$ 3,000
Lawyer's fee:
$ 1,000
Record sales:
250,000 @ $12 =$3,000,000
Gross retail revenue Royalty:
[13% of 90% of retail]:$ 351,000
Less advance:
$ 250,000
Producer's points:
[3% less $50,000 advance]:$ 40,000
Promotional budget:
$ 25,000
Recoupable buyout from previous label:
$ 50,000
Net royalty:
$ -14,000
Record company income:
Record wholesale price:
$6.50 x 250,000 =$1,625,000 gross income
Artist Royalties:
$ 351,000
Deficit from royalties:
$ 14,000
Manufacturing, packaging and distribution:
@ $2.20 per record: $ 550,000
Gross profit:
$ 7l0,000
The Balance Sheet: This is how much each player got paid at the end of the game.
Record company:
$ 710,000
Producer:
$ 90,000
Manager:
$ 51,000
Studio:
$ 52,500
Previous label:
$ 50,000
Agent:
$ 7,500
Lawyer:
$ 12,000
Band member net income each:
$ 4,031.25
The band is now 1/4 of the way through its contract, has made the music industry more than 3 million dollars richer, but is in the hole $14,000 on royalties. The band members have each earned about 1/3 as much as they would working at a 7-11, but they got to ride in a tour bus for a month. The next album will be about the same, except that the record company will insist they spend more time and money on it. Since the previous one never "recouped," the band will have no leverage, and will oblige. The next tour will be about the same, except the merchandising advance will have already been paid, and the band, strangely enough, won't have earned any royalties from their T-shirts yet. Maybe the T-shirt guys have figured out how to count money like record company guys. Some of your friends are probably already this fucked.
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LYRICALLY CHALLENGED:
What is “Lyrically Challenged?”
Lyrically challenged refers to songs that have infectious hooks (repeating verse), tight beats or phat samples and are usually supported with big budget record company marketing dollars, and “heavy” radio airplay across the country.
Lyrically Challenged songs make your head bob, your fingers snap, and you may sing along without even knowing it.
Lyrically Challenged songs explore sex, violence and drug scenarios, but target mostly young audiences.
What are these lyrics really saying?
Who is listening and watching?
How are these lyrics affecting behavior?
Whom do we hold accountable?
What are WE going to do about it? {link to TAKE ACTION page}
*Note – IE ‘s objective is to reveal truth and promote justice. The accountability and onus of airing and promoting Lyrically Challenged content is that of the BROADCASTER and/or MEDIA OUTLET. Public Airwaves should serve the “public” and not the Top 10 media companies in the world.
Lyrically Challenged Spotlight
Song Title: Get Low
Record Company: TVT Records
Artist: Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz
The hook or repetitive lyrics to Get Low are “Skeet, Skeet, Skeet” which means to “ejaculate.”
Get Low was the #2 most played song in the country in 2003.
Get Low received airplay across formats including CHR (Contemporary Hits Radio), Rhythmic/Pop (Top 40) and Urban (R&B and Hip Hop) radio stations.
In 2003 Get Low received over 200,000 radio spins and reached a total audience of 500 million listeners. The Top 100 markets around the country ALL played this Lyrically Challenged hit. Airplay continues in 2004.
Lil’ Jon is a platinum artist, who also produces and distributes his own DVD porno series.
Get Low Full Lyrics
(hook)
3,6,9 damn she fine hopin she can sock it to me one mo timeGet low, Get low 2xTo the window, to the wall, (to dat wall)To the sweat drop down my balls (MY BALLS)To all these bitches crawl (crawl)To all skeet skeet motherfucker (motherfucker!) all skeet skeet got dam (Got dam)To all skeet skeet motherfucker (motherfucker!) all skeet skeet got dam (Got dam)
What are you hearing in 2005? Paul@IndustryEars.com or Lisa@IndustryEars.com
On the heels of the racist episode that played out on New York's Hot 97, there are a growing number of people in the nation's capitol Washington DC who are getting unearthed about a new song that is proudly being played on the number one station in the market WPGC 95.5 which is home to the legendary Donnie Simpson.
The song is called 'Wait' by the Ying Yang Twins and its about as explicit and pornographic as you can get, leaving very little to the imagination.
At a time when there has been nationwide coverage about the campaign launched by Essence Magazine to 'Take Back the Music' where a whooping 72% of their readership demanded that corporate broadcasters be more responsible, it appears that WPGC may have gotten a different message.
The question being asked is 'Who is responsible for playing this song? Why are they presenting this type of pornographic material? Where do they draw the line? Are there other stations in the DC area airing the same song? These are the hard investigative questions ardent rap critics like Stanley Crouch, Clarence Paige and Bill O'Reilly to name a few need to be asking. They should use their airtime to bring this issue to light unless they are following the example of fellow rap critic Armstrong Williams and getting economic perks to remain silent and look away.
These questions need not be asked to the Ying Yang Twins. It's obvious that the music they made is for an adult audience that can responsibly handle x rated material. The group has a right to make whatever song they feel works for their audience. More importantly this Atlanta based group did not walk into WPGC radio station, put a gun to the heads of the executives at Infinity and demand that they play the song.
It is obvious that there were a group of 'responsible' broadcast executives that made a calculated decision to present this to the masses and left very few channels open to debate or discuss the concerns of the community. It is obvious that a decisoion was made to play this song at a time when a lot of young people would be listening.
Sadly they appear to following the trend of many corporate broadcast mediums and are not listing the names of the program and music directors for the public to see, nor are they publishing a playlist that reflects the actual songs that are being played on the air. Is it enough to say that wroking parents need to somehow find a way to keep their kids from watching or listening to something explicit when it's being made so accesible?
Here are some numbers for people to use 301-918-0955 is for WPGC and their headquarters in New York is 212-846-3939
Here's the email that is circulating around DC
Hey guys,
Have you heard the new Ying Yang song called, "Wait" or the real title... "Wait till you see my dick" song? Well it's been #3 on the WPGC (Wash. DC) countdown for at least the last couple days... THE BEAT is tight, but I couldn't understand the lyrics entirely, but knew when I heard the moaning and groaning there was more to the song, so I ask you ... Does a song still have the same meaning when you hear the edited version on the radio? We all know some words aren't even really edited... what's the difference between BIA - TCH and Bitch? Or B?
check out the lyrics to WAIT... this is what programmers/broadcasters think of our community...its ok to promote this to OUR 12 +
HOLLA
Lisa Fagerhttp://industryears.com/
==========================================
8 Ball / Drug purchase
Banging /Good:Fine
Beef/Problem
Bent/High
Bet/Agreement
Big TimerBaller/Roller
Big up/Thanks respect
Bite/Copy:Imitate
Blazin /HotSmoking herb
Bling/Jewelry:Status symbol
Blunt/Marijuana:Cigar
Bomb/Very Good
Book/Get a number
Boost/Steal
Bounce/Leave
Bout it/Street credible
Brick/Cocaine:Large amount
Brother/Friend
Bud/ Marijuana
Burner/ Gun
Butta / Nice
Cake/ Money
Carried/ Disrespect
Celly/Cell phone
Cheddar /Money
Cipher / Circle of Brothers
Clock / Hit someone/To earn money
Cop/ To get
Crackin / To get it going
Creepin / Sneak
Cris /Alcoholic
Crunk /Hyped/excited
Def / Good
Dome /Head
Drama /Problems
Dub / Twenty dollars
Ends / Money
Flossing / Showing off
Flow / Money/Rhyming
Front / Pretend
G /One hundred thousand dollars
Gangsta / Authentic/Tough
Ghost / Dissapear/Get lost
Gravy / Done/All good
Grill / Face
Grimey / Dirty
Grip / Take control
Dawg / Partner/friend
Head / Oral sex
Heat / Gun/Police
Hood rat / Ghetto girl
Hot / Police are watching/Beware
Ice / Diamonds/Jewelry
Jack / Rob someone
Jet / Leave in a hurry
Jock / To sweat someone/often for money or power
Joint / Place/Marijuana/Cool
Juice / Power/Respect
Key / Quanity of Cocaine
Knuckle up / Fight
Lock / To dominate/Control
Freak / Degrading
Lunchin / Do nothing/Acting crazy
Nick / $5 bag of drugs
Off the hook / Great/exciting
Oreo / Acting White
Papers / Money
Peep / Look at/Check out
Phat / Pretty/Tempting
Philly / Cigar with Marijuana
Piece / Gun
Pound / Handshake
Props / Respect
Raw / Unprotected sex
Roc / To wear
Rock / Crack
Roll / Enjoy
Ruff neck / Tough/Thug
Scoop / Pick up
Skeet / Ejaculate
Sleep / Miss out
Slugs / Bullets
Spit / Rapping/Speak
Sprung / Obsessed/whipped
Squash/ End
Stacks / Money in abudance
Steelo / Style
Stem / Pipe
Stick / Have sex
Strapped / Carrying a weapon
Sweatin / Harrasing
Tax / Rob/Extra excess
Tight / Good
Trees / Marijuana
Trippin / Crazy
Tru Dat / Yes/Agree
Twisted / Wrong/Drunk
Wack / Terrible
Wiz / Girl
Word up / What's up/The deal
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HOT 97
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The Emmis Communications owned-HOT 97 WQHT FM Radio Station "SmackFest2005" promotion was briefly discussed on the Atlanta, Georgia-based WAOK1380 AM "CrossTalk" Morning Show on January 27, 2005. It was not untilI visited the Hot97.com website that a broader perspective of the eventwas realized. Ironically, the homepage opens with a lengthyexplanation/apology for a recent tasteless spoof song about theSoutheast Asia Tsunami victims and cites moral and social responsibilityas the rationale. However, on the same page is an advertisement for the"SmackFest 2005". I do not have the vernacular to explain my thoughtsafter selecting that option. All it takes for any self-respecting humanbeing is to click onto one video clip to realize the hypocriticallyinsane inhumanity. "SmackFest 2005" is as barbaric, graceless, inhuman,lowbrow, primitive, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, and vulgar of astation-promoted event perceivable. In the one video clip that Iviewed, there were two young black women slapping each other in the face- for $500. The music, "Ante Up" by the group "M.O.P." - glorifyingstreet robbery, is dominating the aura as there are 3 rounds of eachwoman slapping the other. The slapping is judged and a "winner" isselected. In the end of the aforementioned video clip, the "winner"proudly boasts (with a swollen face and still-bleeding lower lip) thatshe "...slapped "this chick", and still won the $500". First, what is the desired end/message? Second, according to the EmmisCommunications Corporate Portfolio description of HOT97 WQHT(http://www.emmis.com/portfolio/wqht.aspx)"... HOT 97 is targeted to the12-34 year old and is committed to contributing to the youth of thecommunity through their Hip Hop Has Heart Foundation and its Hip HopSymphony program, providing instruments to under-funded music programsin New York City's public school system." Yet, this event is shamelesslypromoted to the very age demographic that statistically perpetuates thegreatest percentage of violence. Last, on the homepage and in referenceto the Tsunami-song incident, Emmis Radio President, Mr. Rick Cummingsis quoted as stating that "What happened is morally and sociallyindefensible". I am interested in obtaining the "moral and socialdefense" for "SmackFest" promotion. Assist me in making a reasonableconnection.This is not entertainment. This is the glorification of senselessviolence for very little money, thereby subliminally insinuatingdesperation, and reinforcing universally accepted stereotypes in thisgenre and its supporters/participants. I personally and whole-heartedly request this madness to be discontinuedimmediately.
In the Gap,
Dwayne T. Brown
WQHT/Hot 97 and Emmis Communications Terminate Two Members of Morning Show Crew for Displaying Gross Insensitivity and Making Offensive RemarksEmmis Donates $1 Million to Charities to Aid in Tsunami Relief & Recovery
New York – February 1, 2005: WQHT/Hot 97-FM and Emmis Communications announced today that they have terminated the employment of morning show producer Rick Del Gado for his role in writing, producing and airing “The Tsunami Song,” a highly insensitive parody of the 1985 single “We Are the World.” Hot 97 and Emmis also terminated morning show personality Todd Lynn for making offensive, racially insensitive comments while on the air. Both terminations are effective immediately.Simultaneously, Emmis announced that it will make a lump-sum donation of $1 million to Give2Asia to aid the organization in its Tsunami relief and recovery effort.An internal investigation by Hot 97 and Emmis determined that the singularly egregious actions of Lynn and Delgado warranted termination from their employment at the station. Other members of the morning show crew: Miss Jones, DJ Envy and Tasha Hightower have each been given two-week suspensions. The salaries of these individuals will be redirected to Give2Asia for the duration of their suspensions, which will end on Wednesday, February 9. Another member of the morning show crew, Miss Info, has not been suspended.“The actions of the morning show crew were socially and morally indefensible and the entire Emmis family is ashamed by this,” said Rick Cummings, President of Emmis Radio “Emmis and Hot 97 have investigated this matter thoroughly over the course of the last week. Our decision to terminate Mr. Del Gado and Mr. Lynn while suspending the other members of the morning crew sends a message that this type of insensitivity is utterly unacceptable.”
Are the Ying Yand Twins & WPGC Next to Come Underfire?
On the heels of the racist episode that played out on New York's Hot 97, there are a growing number of people in the nation's capitol Washinton DC who are getting unearthed about a new song that is proudly being played on the number one station in the market WPGC 95.5 which is home to the legendary Donnie Simpson.The song is called 'Wait' by the Ying Yang Twins and its about as explicit and pornographic as you can get, leaving very little to the imagination. At a time when there has been nationwide coverage about the campaign launched by Essence Magazine to 'Take Back the Music' where a whooping 72% of their readership demanded that corporate broadcasters be more responsible, it appears that WPGC may have gotten a different message.The question being asked is 'Who is responsible for playing this song? Why are they presenting this type of pornographic material? Where do they draw the line? Are there other stations in the DC area airing the same song? These are the hard investigative questions ardent rap critics like Stanley Crouch, Clarence Paige and Bill O'Reilly to name a few need to be asking. They should use their airtime to bring this issue to light unless they are following the example of fellow rap critic Armstrong Williams and getting economic perks to remain silent and look away.These questions need NOT be asked to the Ying Yang Twins. It's obvious that the music they made is for an adult audience that can responsibly handle x rated material. The group has a right to make whatever song they feel works for their audience. More importantly this Atlanta based group did not walk into WPGC radio station, put a gun to the heads of the executives at Infinity and demand that they play the song. It is obvious that there were a group of 'responsible' broadcast executives that made a calculated decision to present this to the masses and left very few channels open to debate or discuss the concerns of the community. It is obvious that a decisoion was made to play this song at a time when a lot of young people would be listening. Sadly they appear to following the trend of many corporate broadcast mediums and are not listing the names of the program and music directors for the public to see, nor are they publishing a playlist that reflects the actual songs that are being played on the air. Is it enough to say that wroking parents need to somehow find a way to keep their kids from watching or listening to something explicit when it's being made so accesible?Here are some numbers for people to use 301-918-0955 is for WPGC and their headquarters in New York is 212-846-3939Here's the email that is circulating around DCHey guys,Have you heard the new Ying Yang song called, "Wait" or the real title... "Wait till you see my dick" song? Well it's been #3 on the WPGC (Wash. DC) countdown for at least the last couple days... THE BEAT is tight, but I couldn't understand the lyrics entirely, but knew when I heard the moaning and groaning there was more to the song, so I ask you ... Does a song still have the same meaning when you hear the edited version on the radio? We all know some words aren't even really edited... what's the difference between BIA - TCH and Bitch? Or B? check out the lyrics to WAIT... this is what programmers/broadcasters think of our community...its ok to promote this to OUR 12 + HOLLAL==========================================
Here are the lyrics from the the Ying Yang Twins: Wait Till You See My Dick
Playing at a station near you with edits!
www.IndustryEars.com
Hey how you doin lil mama? lemme whisper in your ear Tell you sunthing that you might like to hear You got a sexy ass body and your ass look soft Mind if i touch it? and see if its soft Naw i'm jus playin' lets just say i can And im known to be a real nasty man And they say a closed mouth dont get fed So i dont mind asking for your head You heard what i said, we need to make our way to the bed And you can start usin' yo head You like to fuck, have yo legs open all in da butt Do it up slappin ass cuz the sex gets rough Switch the positions and ready to get down to business So you can see what you've been missin' You might had some but you never had none like this
Just wait til you see my dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Wait til you see my dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Imma beat dat pussy up Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Wait you see my dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Imma beat dat pussy up Like B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy Up, Beat da pussy up
[verse 2] You fine, but i aint gone sweat ya See i wanna fuck, tell me whats up Walk around the club with yo thumb in ya mouth Put my dick in, take your thumb out There might be a lil ? to deal with Wet ? hope they dont spill shit I keep a hoe hot when i'm puttin' in work Wanna skeet skeet you bout to get your feelin's hurt Cuz I'll beat dat cat with a dog And knock da walls of a broad til she scrawl Like (OOOOOH!) Yea something like that, but it depends on the swing of the baseball bat Fuck a bitch on da counter make the Place fall mats On the floor she aint screamin she a nut so they crack Crack...crack Fuck that bend over imma give you the dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Wait til you see my dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Imma beat dat pussy up Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick Wait you see my dick Ay bitch! wait til you see my dick
Imma beat dat pussy up Like B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM, B-AM Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy up, Beat da pussy Up, Beat da pussy up (OOOOOOOH!)
