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56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Submissions Have Begun

As a member of The Recording Academy, I’ve received notification that submissions have now begun for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards scheduled to take place Sunday, January 26th, 2014 at Los Angeles’ Staples Cente. Good luck to all the musicians, songwriters, record producers, engineers, and music execs!!

UMG And Russell Simmons To Launch All Def Music; YouTube-Focused Label

Universal Music Group has entered a partnership with Russell Simmons, Brian Robbins, and Steve Rifkind to launch All Def Music, the first label to exclusively sign, develop, and promote artists on YouTube.

All Def Music will power the All Def Digital (ADD) platform, a multi-channel network also founded by Simmons and Robbins with funding from YouTube, which will produce and showcase a spectrum of talent. Steven Rifkind has been appointed as President/CEO of All Def Music and ADD Management.

ADD is to launch during the third quarter of 2013.

ChazBo Music (Beta) Goes Live

After months of development, I’m happy to announce that my music tech startup, ChazBo Music (Beta) and our website is now live!

ChazBo Music is a cloud-based music video digital signage solution for businesses and a music video distribution and promotion platform for artists and record labels.

A more official press release will go out in the next few hours with more details including our launch partners and first customer.

Visit http://www.chazbomusic.com for more information.

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