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buzzz worthy. . . PASTORS ASKS GOD TO SAVE HIS HOOD IN NEW ANTI-VIOLENCE SONG Los Angeles - Pastor Chuck Singleton has been involved in the civil rights movement since his youth.  He pastors Loveland Church in the Los Angeles area with a congregation of 5000.  For over 40 years Pastor Chuck and Loveland Church have been working to resolve racial disparity and bring hope to those who feel abandoned by society.  Now in an effort to help the masses in a new, fresh and compelling way, Pastor Singleton is creating contemporary and provocative music videos. The first of several is entitled MAN UP .    Pastor Singleton states “ Man UP speaks volumes through lyrics like another momma’s tears, graveside goodbye ... As a minister I've buried too many young hopes and dreams from misguided gangbangers to star high school quarterbacks. Then I've driven up on my own son with an officer’s pistol pointed at his head, while a smarter officer examined a toy pistol dis...

buzzz worthy. . . Neil Portnow During the 57th Grammy Awards this year Neil Portnow, the President and CEO  of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), flanked by young artists Jennifer Hudson and Ryan Tedder  posed a crucial question. He asked, "What if we're all watching the GRAMMYs a few years from now, and there's no Best New Artist award because there aren't enough talented artists or songwriters who are actually able to make a living from their craft? Could that really happen? Or more importantly, could any of us ever let that happen?" In posing this scenario Mr. Portnow placed one of the biggest concerns in the music business in a live context  confronting a very real problem the music community faces today--  profiting from content in the digital era.  There has been a landslide-sized decline in record sales in recent years fueled by  the consumption of music through free download services and how music is sold (i.e....