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BBTV Launches NFT Division with Grammy-winning and Multi-platinum Music Producer Zaytoven

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BBTV Launches NFT Division with Grammy-winning and Multi-platinum Music Producer Zaytoven

BBTV Holdings Inc., the leader in creator monetization, today announced the creation of its NFT Division, which will launch Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) with some of the world’s leading content creators across Entertainment, Music, Sports, Esports & Gaming verticals. BBTV’s first NFT will be with Grammy-winning and multi-platinum music producer Zaytoven. Over the years, Zaytoven has worked with artists from Drake, Travis Scott, Young Dolph, Lil Yachty and Lil Uzi Vert, to Rick Ross, Jeezy, Yo Gotti, Usher and Keyshia Cole. He is also widely credited for curating the signature sound of international superstars Gucci Mane, Future and the Migos. He has a flair for recognizing and cultivating raw talent, turning unique individuals into household names.

  • The total value for global transactions of NFTs was $338 million in 20201 up 139% from $141 million in 2019 and up nearly 800% since 2018.
  • NFTs are emerging as a popular new way for creators and artists globally to monetize their intellectual property. BBTV plans to offer NFTs as another method to diversify and expand monetization for the thousands of creators on its platform.
  • BBTV expects to realize margins that are aligned with BBTV’s other existing Plus Solutions products. BBTV is uniquely positioned in the creator economy, with exclusive IP rights across a vast library of content with more than 600 million unique monthly viewers globally, who consumed more than 50 billion minutes of video content, the most among media companies (January 20212).

Leveraging its creator IP and relationship with the world’s largest creators, BBTV plans to take tokenized fan experiences to the next level through a combination of NFTs, exclusive fan engagements, merchandise offerings, and more.

“BBTV works with some of the world’s most prominent creators and is uniquely positioned to market NFTs through its vast creator network. The combination of creator economy, crypto movement, and proof of ownership has created a massive monetization ecosystem and we are excited to position BBTV at the centre of it all to take the creator fan engagements to the next level,” comments Shahrzad Rafati, Chairperson & CEO, BroadbandTV. “We are laser focused on delivering market leading solutions for creators around the globe to monetize the content that they create. NFTs are a natural extension of our Plus Solutions.”

BBTV’s partnership with Zaytoven began with the release of his supergroup album ‘A-Team’ featuring Lil Yachty, Lil Keed, Lil Gotit through Opposition, BBTV’s Music Division. The album has received over 20 million streams since it’s debut in early 2020.

“The rise of NFT’s as a new form of IP, brand extension and medium for fans to connect with artists has been truly game changing,” comments Zaytoven. “Expanding my partnership with BBTV is the right move as they have been a great company to work with and a leader in the digital space to explore this new frontier. I’ve been a collector for all my life and I can see the massive opportunity of a fan wanting to own art and music again as we all did growing up.”

Best Career Opportunities in Statistics

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In today’s data-driven world, pursuing a course in statistics is promising. Translating data into actionable information plays a significant role in every industry. The career perspective as a statistics major opens numerous opportunities. After graduating, you’ll be spoilt of choice as you can work in almost any industry in varying capacities.  The best part is that pursuing the course doesn’t have to be such a hassle, especially with professional statistics assignment helper services. Here are some of the top career opportunities that make statistics an ideal course if you consider it.

Statistician

This is the most obvious career opportunity with a statistics major. The job entails data examination designed to apply in handling challenges, such as in business settings. Interpreting data and communicating the findings to solve problems is among the most popular statistical application. Running surveys, experiments, devising models to match the situation, among other measures, makes the statistician’s job challenging and exciting. With competitive salary rates and challenging roles, the statistician career path tops the list of the best career opportunities in statistics.

Business analyst

What are the trends in the business world, and how can a venture survive and thrive? From financial statements to labor reports analysis, a business analyst is pivotal in successful business operations. Collecting the relevant data, examining it, forecasting based on trends, and recommending the best approaches are among the primary duties. The career outlook is promising, especially in the modern data-driven world. As businesses work to capture and maintain an edge in the competitive market, the need for business analysts will keep growing by the day.

Market researcher

The career is closely related to business analyst but focuses mainly on the marketing function. The role entails analyzing trends and forecasting sales for products/services. This includes weighing marketing campaigns’ effectiveness to establish if they perform as intended to deliver desirable returns on investment. Among the exciting concepts of the market researcher’s role is using the latest technology such as software and algorithms to furnish the requirements of running a successful business.

Actuary

Actuary careers have and continue to be an integral part of the financial sector. The role entails financial risk management. From businesses, governments, financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies, and individuals, an actuary can work in various industries. An actuary analyzes costs, evaluates risk levels, and recommends a course of action that helps the user make an informed financial decision. An actuary establishes trends and forecasts possible progress and future events through data, helping you mitigate risks. An example is an insurance situation, where an actuary uses clients’ information to establish potential risks before arriving at the best premiums that wouldn’t lead the company into losses.

Data scientist

Data scientist is perhaps the most exciting career opportunity for statistics major, especially data buffs. The role entails developing models, creating data sets, establishing variables, patterns, and trends. This is designed to arrive at conclusions based on data. Data scientists can work in virtually any industry. Reviewing figures in search of informative conclusions is needed everywhere, facilitating effective decision-making processes.

Economists

Economist helps to keep things running. From devising the best ways to distribute resources to establishing economic ways to produce and manage goods and services, economists play a significant role in various industries, including governments. Handling economic challenges requires statistics and decision-making skills, making an economists’ career an excellent opportunity for a statistics major.

Statistics course offers an extensive pool of career opportunities. The best part is that from entry levels to advanced positions, the career opportunities offer competitive salaries. With job security, it makes for a good course as you consider your future and stability.

Sweet Relief Tribute to NRBQ’s Joey Spampinato features Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, She & Him out June 25

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Sweet Relief Tribute to NRBQ’s Joey Spampinato features Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, She & Him out June 25

True North Records announces a June 25th release date for A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato, which features a lengthy list of friends and fans of the NRBQ founding member/bassist saluting him with 14 versions of their own previously unreleased takes of Spampinato-penned songs.

A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato is an inspired album recorded by an astounding group of musicians who are all generously donating their proceeds from these recordings to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to support Joey with his current health issues. The Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians and music industry workers who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability or age-related problems.

Joey Spampinato, a singer, songwriter and bassist, was co-founder of the legendary NRBQ, a rock quartet whose genre-defying music continues to inspire generations of music fans and fellow musicians. Many of those musicians answered the call from Joey’s wife Kami Lyle and producer Sheldon Gomberg when they contacted them about recording one of Joey’s songs for an album to help raise funds for Joey when it was revealed he was battling cancer.

A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato Track Listing

Al Anderson – “You Can’t Hide” – Original Release: 1969 on NRBQ
Los Lobos – “Every Boy, Every Girl” – Original Release: 1987 on God Bless Us All
Deer Tick – “That I Get Back Home” – Original Release: 1980 on Tiddlywinks
Ben Harper with Keith Richards, Charlie Musselwhite, Benmont Tench, Don Was, & Don Heffington – “Like a Locomotive” – Original Release: 1989 on Wild Weekend
Peter Case – “Don’t Knock At My Door” – Original Release: 1972 on Scraps
She & Him – “How Can I Make You Love Me” – Original Release: 1983 on Grooves in Orbit
The Minus 5 – “Don’t She Look Good” – Original Release: 1979 on Kick Me Hard
Steve Forbert – “Beverly” – Original Release: 1986 on Uncommon Denominators
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale – “How Will I Know” – Original Release: 2013 on Smiles
Bonnie Raitt & NRBQ – “Green Lights” – Original Release: 1978 on At Yankee Stadium
Robbie Fulks – “Chores” – Original Release: 1979 on Kick Me Hard
Penn And Teller – “Plenty of Somethin’” – Original Release: 1997 on You’re Nice People You Are
The Nils & Chris Spedding – “That’s Alright” Original Release: 1977 on All Hopped Up
Kami Lyle with Joey – “First Crush”

“That life is hard is true, and yet we’re graced with gifts that make it easier. One of those gifts is Joey Spampinato,” writes Michael Simmons in his album liner notes.

“The singer, songwriter and bassist was co-founder of NRBQ, a rock quartet who released their first album in 1969 and whose early line-ups lasted 40 years. It wasn’t unusual for them to perform an unyieldingly ear-wormy pop-rocker that integrated an atonal skronky horn section. They added elements of everything from bossa nova to zydeco. Each Q member was a master of their realm, but Joey was my favorite.

“‘If Paul McCartney was from the Bronx, he’d be Joey Spampinato,’ proclaims The Simpsons writer/producer Mike Scully, one of many of the Q’s rabid fans who attained massive success in myriad professions. Keith Richards hired musicians’ musician Joey to play bass behind Chuck Berry in the all-star tribute, Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll, due to his ability to make a bass guitar swing like an upright. And while Spampinato was playing a residency with Eric Clapton in London, McCartney (the one from Liverpool) invited Joey to his studio to jam for an afternoon.

“Spampinato also shares with McCartney a rich voice that alternates between a rocker’s energy and a balladeer’s gentle open-heart. But the reason we’re here today is to celebrate his songs, perfect gems that are examples of his mastery of the art and craft of melody, coupled with lyrics that extol the unsurpassed power of love. There’s inherent empathy in Spampinato songs – a quality that’s been tragically diminishing in this troubled world.

“Spampinato grew up in an Italian-American home filled with music. Joey’s first instrument at 10 was alto saxophone. ‘I had a great teacher,’ he chuckles. ‘Mr. Fleishaker.’ The kindly mentor led the kid through practice every afternoon for years, culminating in a concert at Carnegie Hall at age 13. Another crucial influence is composer Richard Rodgers – a god of pre-rock melody. Passion for the Everly Brothers was followed by the same for the Beatles. ‘I instantly identified with them because of their similarity to the Everlys.’

“In recent years Joey and brother Johnny have played as the Spampinato Brothers, but work was halted when Joey became seriously ill. Producer of this set, Sheldon Gomberg, knew Joey and wife, musician Kami Lyle, and hooked them up with Sweet Relief, the organization that provides aid to ailing musicians. He’s now recuperating nicely and feeling pretty damn good.

“Joey Spampinato has a gift – he knows how to bring joy by combining the perfect chord change with perfect turn of phrase. His music delivers the message that kindness brings its own sweet relief. The wonderful and eclectic musicians on this collection have gathered to return this singular gift.”

And we’ll leave the final word on this project to the recipient of all these good musical vibes, Joey Spampinato: “I want to say, I’m humbled by the fact that all these great musicians here wanted to be a part of this. As a person who is easily embarrassed by presents, or even a compliment, this is, in a word, overwhelming. Some of the people here are dear personal friends, people I’ve had the great pleasure of writing, recording, or playing gigs with over the years. Others are newer artists on the scene, people I’ve also admired, and am happy to now discover that they like what I do, too! Here’s to all of you, and thank you for coming to my party!”

For more information about Sweet Relief Musicians Fund visit https://www.sweetrelief.org/

 

Ottawa-based composer Huguette Lavigne Makes Her Piano Dance on the “Rails”

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Ottawa-based composer Huguette Lavigne Makes Her Piano Dance on the “Rails”

Ottawa-based pianist and composer Huguette Lavigne returns with another sparkling addition to her collection of solo piano pieces, “Rails” — available now.

Featuring a lovely, dancing upper melody supported by ascending arpeggios, “Rails” carries the listener along a sun-dappled stream just shy of three minutes long. Much like many of her over 40 piano works, this is another beautiful manifestation of Lavigne’s desire to let go and let the muse take her wherever it pleases.

“There is something about breaking the rules that can be terribly satisfying,” she says. “My fingers sometimes go where they want to on the keyboard and at times I sort of have to take them back home or rein them in.”

Lavigne’s playing and composing are truly extensions of her physical and mental being. She’s an artist who eschews the tradition of meticulously notating her compositions in favour of relying on a shorthand of her own to facilitate recall for future performances. Her final compositions are eventually stored entirely in her head and fingers. Once they’re recorded she moves on to the next piece.

“Not notating everything down keeps things fresh,” explains Lavigne. “You are open to new phrases and resolutions. This is risky, but oh so satisfying!”

Lavigne’s expressive songs are also satisfyingly plentiful. The prolific pianist has released four full-length recordings over the past five years. Her latest album, Five O’Clock Somewhere, was released in 2020, while “Rails” is from her third collection, Free and Easy, originally released in 2019. Her first album, Black Tie Affair, debuted in 2015 and a second collection of her works, Yin and Yang, was issued in 2018.

Lavigne was raised in a milieu of three Canadian cultures, Franco Ontarian, Quebecois, and English Canadian. She studied composition at McGill University and piano at l’université de Montréal. Consequently, her music has a melting pot of influences including elements of Neo-Classicism, Neo-Romanticism, Minimalism, Jazz, Folk and Classical.

“There has always been something alluring about the pieces I studied, loved and discovered over the years,” recalls Lavigne. “They are valuable, inspired specimens of the universal landscape we have all inherited and that we live in today. The fabric of that music inspires me to this day.”

Lavigne’s composing inspiration always comes from a deeply personal place but the variety of influences she has had can often make what comes out of her fingers surprising.

“Somehow and unexpectedly, a style, theme, mood, emotion or vision is released from the deep recesses of memory,” she explains. “It’s a place where the subjective is stored and it surprises me when it lets something loose. Then, I either capture it, or let it go.”

We can’t wait to see where her head, heart and fingers will take her next but, for now, Huguette Lavigne’s “Rails” is available everywhere on April 25, 2021.

JJ Wilde is The Next ““Live from Inside” showcase from Live Nation

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JJ Wilde is The Next ““Live from Inside” showcase from Live Nation

Jim Beam Bourbon Presents Live From Inside returns to the Danforth Music Hall for one final hoorah with a special performance from JUNO nominee JJ Wilde on Saturday, June 12, 2021 (plus a rebroadcast on June 13, 2021). Tickets for the virtual performances are on sale now at livefrominside.ca, with a portion of ticket sales benefiting Sick Kids Hospital.

JJ Wilde is poised to become a household name with the release of her eponymous sophomore EP ‘WILDE,’ available May 14th (Black Box), but she’s already been making waves globally over the last year. Her debut album ‘Ruthless,’ released in June 2020, chronicles the fast-rising career of one of rock’s most exciting new voices. Wilde has gone from a fan-favourite underdog, touring alongside The Struts, Incubus, The Blue Stones, and The Glorious Sons, to a recent chart-topper. With her debut single “The Rush,” Wilde made history as the first female artist to simultaneously hit #1 on all three Mediabase rock radio charts in Canada, ultimately holding the coveted triple-#1 for an incredible 8 weeks, only one week shy of the all-time record.

COVID-19 came at a pivotal moment for Wilde. With over 50 tour dates globally playing alongside the likes of Rival Sons and Jimmy Eat World, and festival confirmations including SXSW, Download, Firefly, Nova Rock and Bottle Rock Festivals cancelled, she shifted focus to new music and connecting with her burgeoning audience online, including a regular “Coffee and a Cover” series and successful “Live from Isolation” performances. She can now add closing artist for the “Live From Inside” virtual concert series to that list as well.

Jim Beam Bourbon Presents “Live from Inside” showcases incredible live performances broadcast from favourite venues across Canada. Viewers enjoy multi-camera performances with crisp visuals and concert quality audio. Fans are able to purchase tickets, register for access, and then stream performances in high definition from the comfort of their homes or on the go.

UPCOMING JIM BEAM BOURBON PRESENTS LIVE FROM INSIDE STREAMING SESSIONS:

Blue Rodeo
Broadcast 1: Friday, May 28 – 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST
Broadcast 2: Sunday, May 30 – 12:00pm PST / 3:00pm EST
Benefitting: venues across Canada

Walk Off The Earth
Broadcast 1: Saturday, May 29 – 12:00PM PST / 3:00PM EST
Broadcast 2: Saturday, May 29 – 6:00PM PST / 9:00PM EST
Benefiting: Unison Benevolent Fund

JJ Wilde
Broadcast 1: Saturday, June 12 – 6:00PM PST / 9:00PM EST
Broadcast 2: Sunday, June 13 – 12:00PM PST / 3:00PM EST
Benefiting: Sick Kids Hospital

Tickets available at livefrominside.ca

Swizz Beatz & Ruff Ryders Announce New DMX Studio Album, Exodus, Set For May 28

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Swizz Beatz & Ruff Ryders Announce New DMX Studio Album, Exodus, Set For May 28

As fans around the world continue to celebrate the life of hip-hop icon DMX, his career-long producer and friend Swizz Beatz announces today that the legendary rapper’s posthumous studio album of all new original material, EXODUS, has been set for release on May 28th via Def Jam Recordings.

Swizz Beatz – executive producer and producer of EXODUS – issued the following statement: “My brother X was one of the most pure and rare souls I’ve ever met. He lived his life dedicated to his family and music. Most of all, he was generous with his giving and loved his fans beyond measure. This album, X couldn’t wait for his fans all around the world to hear and show just how much he valued each and every single person that has supported him unconditionally.”

Themes of redemption weave throughout EXODUS, the first Def Jam album by DMX in 18 years, since 2003’s Grand Champ.  The new album shares its name with DMX’s son Exodus Simmons.  The album artwork is by original photographer Jonathan Mannion, who captured some of the most iconic images of DMX throughout his career.

DMX continues to hold the unique distinction of being the only artist in history to enter both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop charts with #1 debuts for his first five consecu­tive career albums, starting with his debut It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (May 1998, with “Ruff Ryders Anthem”), then Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (December 1998), … And Then There Was X (1999, with “Party Up (Up In Here)”), The Great Depression (2001, with “Who We Be”), and Grand Champ (2003, with his definitive anthem, “Where The Hood At?”).

As reported in Billboard, Yonkers, New York native DMX (aka Earl Simmons) sold more than 74 million records worldwide in his lifetime, and amassed in excess of 14x-platinum  RIAA certifications in the U.S. alone.  He was “one of the most memorable MCs of all time,” wrote journalist Smokey D. Fontaine, co-author of E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX (2003).  “The only artist who has spent a career inspiring fans around the world to bark and rhyme in loud bursts of manic energy; only then to get them to read, rap, think and cry in private moments of honest thought and introspection.  He was a man of faith who proudly and publicly depicted aspects of his life through his prayers. No one in hip-hop has ever done it better.  No one has meant more.”

 

Fado Singer/Songwriter Teresinha Landeiro Is “The Voice Of Now” With New Single “Amanhã”

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When Vogue asked Teresinha Landeiro the question “past or future?” in a recent profile, the rising Fado artist’s answer was the opposite of ambiguous: “Future, always.”

And so goes the flow with this, the release of her latest single “Amanhã” — arriving with the Portuguese singer/songwriter’s album, Agora, released April 30th via Justin Time Records.

Featured as a “gem” that “shines brightly” by Consequence of Sound, Landeiro has quickly been confirmed as a foremost representative of the new Fado generation.

With performances at the Festival Caixa Alfama, EDP Fado Cafe NOS Alive, Fado Festival in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Seville, and more to her extensive credit, Landeiro got her start very much in the way Fado was first formed: performing on the night of her 12th birthday at Lisbon’s Casa de Linhares — a destination restaurant nestled in the underpinnings of an 18th century palace.

Produced by Pedro de Castro — who also produced her 2018 debut, Namoro — and featuring musicians Gaspar Varela, Roda de Samba, and João Pedro Coelho, Agora reveals a 10-track songscape as ambitious and light as the singer/songwriter’s own personality.

“Amanhã” is available now. Agora is available was released April 30th, 2021 via Justin Time Records.

Charlottetown Rockers ARSENAL MILLS Refuse to “Cry No More” in Rockin’ New Single

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Charlottetown Rockers ARSENAL MILLS Refuse to “Cry No More” in Rockin’ New Single

Multi-award nominated East Coast rockers Arsenal Mills have dropped a new straightforward installment from their forthcoming EP, Lovesick & Broke; “Cry No More” is available now.

Vocalist and guitarist Brad Milligan says “Cry No More” first came together very spontaneously and naturally. “Griff brought this big, sing-along chorus to me that he’d been working on,” Milligan recalls of the band’s lead guitarist, Griffen Arsenault. “From there, and in only a short time, we had all the music and lyrics written out.”

The song has an infectious, driving beat reminiscent of classic 80s New Wave, and has already proven to inspire feet to move along to it. “I remember everyone in the studio at the time was dancing along to the song while we were recording,” Arsenault recalls. “We figured that was a good indication of how fun this song is!”

“As far as drums and percussion go, this was the first time we decided to mix live and sample drums in a song,” drummer Josh MacNeil explains. “I love how punchy and quick it is; it doesn’t mess around, and just gets straight to the point.

“I couldn’t be more excited about how it turned out.”

“This song has been in my head literally since the day I first heard it,” bass, keyboard, and synth player André Uyterlinde adds. “It definitely has that ‘earworm’ quality; the rhythm is fairly straightforward, but there are a few little cool twists.”

From their homebase in Charlottetown, PEI, Arsenal Mills have been featured in many well-known music publications including CBC, Tinnitist, Canadian Beats, Record World Magazine, Cashbox Canada, and more. The band have been nominated for both ‘New Artist Of The Year’ and ‘Rock Recording Of The Year’ by Music PEI.

Canada’s Godfather of Hip Hop MAESTRO FRESH WES Inspires Kids with New Book, Stick To Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School

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Canada’s Godfather of Hip Hop MAESTRO FRESH WES Inspires Kids with New Book, Stick To Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School

Canada’s indisputable Godfather of hip hop Maestro Fresh Wes has unveiled his newest release — an inspirational children’s book, Stick To Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School.

Telling the tale of a young Maestro as he finds new adventures, both in school and as he’s introduced to the world of hip hop, readers follow along as he competes in the school’s writing contest against ‘Julia the Great’ and ‘Hakeem the Dream.’ Nervous — but ready — Wes draws inspiration from his family, teachers, friend and mentor DJ Greg, plus all that he has learned from hip hop, to find the power of his pen.

Written by Toronto, ON/Saint John, NB’s Wes Williams and award-winning teacher, mentor, educational consultant, and student advocate Rhodora Meliton-Vanderpool, the book includes a foreword from fellow legendary music icon, Kardinal Offishall, and illustrations from multi-talented artist, entrepreneur, media personality, and author Leon “Eklipz” Robinson.

“This book was written to emphasize the importance of family structure, mentorship, hip hop, and the positive impact of inspirational elementary school teachers,” Williams says.

Kardinal Offishall says “everyone who reads this book, young or young at heart, will benefit tremendously in so many ways,” and comedian and actor Gerry Dee adds that the book “is a must-read for any child who is developing their own passion and dreams.”

Stick to Your Vision: Young Maestro Goes to School is an extension of Williams’ now-signature Stick to Your Vision brand; he released an inspirational memoir, Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles and Haters to Get Where You Want to Be (2010) via Penguin RandomHouse Canada, and “Stick to Your Vision” was the first single released off his fifth studio album, Built to Last (1998).

With its foreword written by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and content long-credited for inspiring fellow Canadian hip hop star Drake, the original Stick to Your Vision book has been incorporated by multiple school curriculums as required reading and, together with his 2017 TED Talks on the subject of self-revision, have seen many guided on the right path by the multi-talented visionary.

It’s all a continuation of the legendary musician’s 30th anniversary of exploding onto the scene by way of 1989’s iconic Symphony in Effect. Its success blazed a fiery fresh trail, becoming the first hip hop release to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, and first Canadian hip hop album to reach Platinum status.

Even more, his legendary track “Let Your Backbone Slide” made Williams the first Canadian hip hop artist to have a single reach Gold status; he was also the first Canadian hip hop artist to have a stronghold on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart.

With 14 JUNO nominations (plus a second win, this time for Best Video in ’91), real estate on the Scarborough Walk of Fame, anthems on repeat for both ’14 and ’16 Olympics, and eight seasons playing the role of Vice Principal Paul Dwyer on the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D. — to say the least — Williams is easily considered one of Canada’s premier and most notable multi-media personalities.

“Maestro taught me how to be a student of the game while being a legend,” artist, producer, and CEO of Half Life Records Classified shares. “He always had excitement for creating new projects, and his first children’s book is an indication of his dedication.”

“An outstanding achievement from one of Canada’s most prolific artists,” actress and Founder/Executive Director of Reelworld Film Festival and Reelworld Screen Institute Tonya Williams adds. “You are drawn into the very real and raw experience of Young Maestro. This story is fun and filled with anecdotes that every child could relate to.”

“This is a powerful story that brought me back to my school days as a young black boy and the son of Trinidadian-born parents; I knew one day, even though facing adversity, I would play in the NBA,” Toronto Raptors Assistant Coach and President of the Jamaal Magloire Foundation Jamaal Magloire says. “The book reaffirms to not only kids — but also to parents and teachers — that positive influence, encouragement, hard work, and sacrifices can make your dream come true.”

Rare Jerry Garcia Digital Art Piece, “Gift,” to be Unveiled as NFT in Eco-friendly Manner

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Rare Jerry Garcia Digital Art Piece, “Gift,” to be Unveiled as NFT in Eco-friendly Manner

Mission-based Jerry Garcia Music Arts has partnered with the fellow ecologically attuned Aerial platform to release a rare Jerry Garcia digital artwork, “Gift,” on the SuperRare platform. The piece will be available as a non-fungible token (NFT) on May 5. Garcia’s “Gift” will be an authentic, one-of-a-kind piece.

The environmental element of the art release will use the carbon offset tools made available by Aerial, an ecologically driven platform focused on alleviating humanity’s carbon footprint. This particular release will support Aerial’s forest conservation work, verified by the American Carbon Registry and Climate Action Reserve.

“We’re excited to help creators, including Jerry Garcia Music Arts, understand and mitigate the carbon footprint by supporting meaningful projects,” said Aerial cofounder and entrepreneur Andreas Homer.

Jerry Garcia, best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Grateful Dead, considered himself “an artist who played music.” The visionary Garcia began creating art as a young child and later studied formally at the San Francisco Art Institute. The many mediums Garcia chose to create with — oils, watercolor, ink and digital — were as versatile as his talents. Garcia’s fine art has traveled throughout the United States and the world in multiple exhibitions. In 2014, several of the virtuoso’s fine art pieces were displayed and eventually donated to the “Art in Pop” museum exhibition at the Centre National d’Art Contemporain Le Magasin in Grenoble, France. In January 2015, the Jerry Garcia Foundation launched an ongoing charity arts program to support environmental, artistic and humanitarian causes.

“I think my father would have loved the concept of NFTs, especially with the carbon offset component. After seeing how this new space is empowering artists and creators around the world to make a living doing what they love, I’m excited and honored to help bring his original art into this new era of art history and share it with a new generation of creatives. My father was a pioneer in so many ways and likely one of the first musicians creating digital art in the late eighties to early nineties,” said Keelin Garcia, Jerry’s youngest daughter.

A charitable component of the project will support the preservation of the planet’s coral reefs, a cause Garcia championed in his lifetime. Garcia frequently traveled with his family to the Hawaiian Islands, where he developed a love for scuba diving among the coral reefs, often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea.”

Collections of Garcia’s visual art can be viewed online at Rolling Stone and the Garcia Weir Gallery.

For more information about “Gift,” please visit the SuperRare website.

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