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Songwriter and Artist Daniel AMP Continues His Meteoric Rise in the Industry

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

Songwriters are usually the unsung heroes in the music arena, with the artists or performers dominating the spotlight. However, they remain an essential cog in the machine. Daniel AMP is one of such individuals—who also wears a performer’s hat—shaping the music scene with words and verses.

From Mount Vernon, New York, Daniel “Daniel AMP” Patterson is an African American music artist and songwriter known for his captivating beats and rhythm, his vibrant delivery, and a refreshing outlook to the hip hop genre with singles such as “Waves,” “Emmett Till,” and “Woah.”

Despite Daniel AMP’s rising popularity in the music space, it usually sails under the radar that he is also a highly talented and established songwriter. His works cut across multiple genres, making him one of the most sought-after songwriters in the industry at the moment.

Time and again, he has showcased his exceptional talent and a unique propensity for layering a blend of metaphors and compelling punchlines over riveting rhythms. His body of works alludes to his comfortable command of both intellectual and visceral lyrics in a way that has endeared him to audiences spanning different generations around the world—the message behind his music speaks to people from all walks of life, going beyond just the combination of sounds to creating something that everyone can relate to.

Having wowed audiences and industry stakeholders alike, it comes as no surprise that Daniel AMP’s performances have been drawing parallels with some of the most iconic artists in the music industry. In addition, the irrepressible hip-hop artist has had his music featured in between games at the NBA and NFL, as well as on Netflix, UFC, and on Fox News—with each of his releases yet another building block in what is shaping out to be a remarkable career.

Indeed, there are many equally impressive artists or songwriters around. However, Daniel AMP sets himself apart from the crowd with the relative ease with which he delves into other artists’ headspaces and his depth of understanding when churning out lyrics.

“It is exciting, and I love the challenge to create a record from scratch for someone else. Honestly, that is one of the things that drives me,” he said.

Leveraging sound and writing as a manner of self-expression, Daniel AMP not only creates sounds that music lovers can vibe to, but each song he makes is fashioned to give more insight into his life, struggles, and worldview. The artist shared, “I feel like the people who support you want to feel like they know you—particularly in the present era. I think they want to know you are a real person and have real day-to-day battles just like they do.”

With every milestone he conquers, Daniel AMP keeps himself grounded, remarking that he has by no means arrived. There is still a long way to go before he can write his name permanently in the annals of truly phenomenal artists, but the task does not daunt him. No matter what the future holds, Daniel has resolved to remain fearless in pursuing his dreams as he brings his music to a global audience.

“You really never know the eventual outcome, but I am not afraid to find out by putting myself and music before different kinds of crowds.”

Learn more about Daniel AMP on Instagram and his website, or listen to his music on Spotify.

Top Branding Photographer Emma Burcusel Set to Capture Shawn Fair’s Leadership Experience Tour High-Profile Speakers on Stage

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

Leadership Experience Tour, a renowned platform established by the Fair Consulting Group and spearheaded by the widely acclaimed motivational speaker and training expert Shawn Fair, has propelled a long list of high-profile names toward the limelight. Its roster of motivational speakers and thought leaders has all left a mark in various industries, from the commercial realm to the personal development space. In line with the platform’s mission to connect those under its wing with the resources and opportunities that can elevate them to greater heights, Shawn Fair has joined forces with top branding photographer Emma Burcusel.

The brainchild of Shawn Fair, Leadership Experience Tour is driven by the goal of honing budding and established speakers and lending them a hand as they cement a reputation as the industry’s best. For years, the household name at the helm of this highly exclusive club has banked on his expertise as one of the most sought-after leadership and management speakers in the United States, Canada, and Europe, as well as on his considerable influence and extensive reach to guide future powerhouses. His recent move, which is to hire the well-respected and accomplished branding photographer Emma Burcusel, is another strategic decision intended to provide additional exposure to the speakers who grace his stage.

From the get-go, Emma Burcusel has been fueled by the mission to help individuals and businesses succeed with the help of outstanding images that make their first impression a lasting one. At the core of her practice as a photographer is the recognition that pictures do speak a thousand words. In the case of professionals, images can convey not only people’s general personality but their approach to work, as well.

For ten years now, Emma Burcusel has poured her heart into creating modern portraits that are both stylish and strategic. But, more significantly, she’s gone the extra mile to enable her clients to see themselves for who they truly are—deserving and with value.

“What I care about the most is not just the final image but the confidence that an amazing portrait can give,” she shared. “I love to see my clients leave the studio with not only a great set of headshots but a new way of seeing themselves.”

Bringing visions into digital life, Emma Burcusel wields her in-depth understanding of the craft and arsenal of skills to immortalize her clients’ best looks into images that they can download and share. Along with a team of stylists, makeup artists, and photographers, she makes it possible for people, especially those who hate the camera, to shine under the spotlight.

In her upcoming collaboration with Shawn Fair, the same degree of competence and impressive knack for helping clients feel comfortable in their own skin can be expected. With her distinctive brand of photography, Emma Burcusel will push the promising speakers under the Leadership Experience Tour to prominence.

Learn more about Emma Burcusel by visiting her website.

Earthquake Lights Announces Newest Single “Empty Sky”

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

Myles Rodenhouse’s great uncle once jumped out of a plane over Nazi-occupied territory. Earthquake Lights’ newest single, “Empty Sky,” feels like that—not the Nazi part, the jumping out of a plane part. Myles, the lead singer and composer for Earthquake Lights, has aviation in his blood; his dad is in the aviation industry. One of his best friends and the orchestrator for “Empty Sky,” Mitch McCarthy is a pilot himself. Mitch and Myles spent hours in the air over the last year, including a winter excursion over the Finger Lakes in which Mitch purposefully stalled out the plane to show Myles its limitations.

“Someday you’ll know the feeling like me.” That last line of the song encompasses what the song is about—that feeling of hesitancy before the drop, the momentary weightlessness in midair. “Empty Sky” has a slightly more upbeat groove to it than some of Earthquake Lights’ older material, including their beautiful Distress Signals LP. Perhaps the placement of their latest track, “Off and Away,” as the last song on Vulfpeck’s The Joy of Music, The Job of Real Estate album has rubbed off on them. The pulsating rhythm and playful bass line create a visceral buoyancy to the track.

“Empty Sky” is the first single off of Earthquake Lights’ forthcoming full-length album. If the upbeat tempo and their continued use of brilliant orchestration is any indication of what is to come, then we can expect more beautiful music from the group soon.

“Empty Sky” is due out on August 20, 2021.

Benjamin Tan: Looking To Start A Side Hustle Without Investing A Huge Capital? Here Are 3 Reasons Why Amazon FBA Is The Best Choice

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

How many times have you bought something from Amazon in the past couple of months? Chances are, you’ve at least bought something from Amazon once in the past month or two. You’re not alone, because Amazon has a staggering 200 million shoppers visiting their website every single month. Probably explains why Jeff Bezos is one of the richest people in the world! So how can you leverage Amazon’s growth, and create a side hustle that can bring you five or even six figures a month?

We spoke to Benjamin Tan, a 7-figure Amazon seller, and founder of one of the leading Amazon training communities, AMZ Family, on his thoughts on why Amazon FBA is the best side hustle to start this 2021.

Low Start-Up Cost

“How much do you think you need to invest to start an Amazon FBA business? $10,000? $20,000? Not even close!” said Benjamin.

Unlike any other business model where you need to order a huge inventory, pay for expensive rentals and hire staff, you can start an Amazon business without any of that. In fact, you can start an Amazon FBA business with a thousand or two.

Most people make the mistake of spending thousands of dollars to order their first inventory, and if they’re unable to sell the product well, that’s money down the drain.

Instead, Benjamin often recommends the students in his community, AMZ Family, to source the product from Chinese wholesale websites like Alibaba, where you can find the exact same product for a fraction of the price. You can find a US$20 – US$30 product on Amazon for US$2 – US$5 on Alibaba.

From there, just order the minimum quantity just to test. This allows you to spend as little as a few hundred dollars to see if the product is a winning product before pouring in more money.

“Manage your risk!” as what Benjamin loves to call it.

Huge Customer Base

Getting over 200 million active shoppers is no easy feat, even big brands have to spend millions of dollars on advertising campaigns to drive that amount of traffic to their storefront.

Lucky for you, spending millions of dollars on marketing campaigns is not needed, because Amazon already has a ton of customers for you!

However, this also means that there are quite a number of competitors on Amazon. So we asked Benjamin: How does one stand out from a pool of competitors?

“It all comes down to your product, launch strategy, and how optimized your listing is. Focus on finding a great selling product with minimal competitors. We teach our students to use a tool called Helium10, and combining it with our unique process, many of my students were able to find success within launching their first 2 products.

Next, your launch strategy. Many people think that you just need to list your product on Amazon and you’ll get sales. Absolutely not! You need a good launch strategy. This is something that I had to learn the hard way when I first started out. It’s only after I perfected my launch strategy, then I started to get my product on the first page of its category and started getting consistent sales.

Lastly, your listing. Many people think that you can just put any picture of your product and write a simple description. This may work if your product has no competitors, but if there’s even one competitor, you need to beat them by having an optimized listing. Test your headlines, have great images, and a good product description.”

These are the words of wisdom from Benjamin Tan.

Optimized Conversion Rate

Conversion rate refers to how many people bought from you out of 100 people that visited your business, and it’s crucial to have a high conversion rate for eCommerce businesses.

Thankfully, Amazon has already spent years and millions of dollars to perfect its conversion rate.

“The average eCommerce website has a conversion rate of 3%, whereas Amazon has an average conversion rate of 10% to 15%, that’s why I love Amazon because they’ve already done all the work for us”, said Benjamin.

Using Amazon’s case, for every 100 people that visit your listing, an average of 10 to 15 people will buy. Imagine having over 1,000 people visit your listing every single day.

With these 3 reasons, combined with how quickly Amazon is growing in 2020 and 2021, it’s easy to understand why many are flocking to start an Amazon FBA business. If you’re looking to start an Amazon business and generate upwards of 5 figures a month, we would definitely recommend for you to take a look at Benjamin’s AMZ Family community.

Artist Connect App Serving as an Ecosystem for Creatives to Create and Collaborate

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

A talented person needs other talented people to amplify or support their talents and in many cases, finding talents that fit like peas in a pod is often challenging. During what was a work trip as an audio engineer to the SXSW Music Festival in 2016, Gibran Malik, aka KingSage, got the inspiration to create Artist Connect App, a platform that could bring creative people together to create.

The inspiration was borne out of the fact that KingSage’s recording artists kept asking him how they could meet other creative individuals that could complement them in one way or the other. “I saw these things very often as an audio engineer where artists went through hurdles and stress to get their projects done with the vision they had in mind. I was able to help many rappers and singers find the people they were looking for, and I can never forget the smiles on their faces seeing their dreams come true. That prompted me to create a more lasting and practical solution to the problem, and that brought forth the Artist Connect App,” Gibran Malik said.

Artist Connect was created to create a nationwide sense of connection in which artists find the right people and feel empowered enough to go after the talents they need to improve the quality of their art. The creative industry is too saturated for creatives not to be focused on delivering the best to their consumers. Through Artist Connect App, recording artists can connect with other professionals in the creative industry, create agreements, build resumes, and manage the creative aspects of their careers.

Since the app was launched, it has become one of the biggest and most popular applications among rappers, singers, audio engineers, DJs, photographers, videographers, models, graphics designers, among others. It is the perfect platform for everyone looking to earn a living from their talents and craft.

Artist Connect hit the ground running as the app gained almost 2,500 users by only engaging in grassroots promotion. Now, with plans underway to switch the promotions level up and creating a model where users can now pay to gain visibility on the app, Artist Connect is headed for the next level in its not-so-saturated niche. Playing a significant role in community service, Artist Connect App is heavily involved in supporting and encouraging creative people dealing with mental health during the pandemic.

Artist Connect has been the much-needed solution for all creatives looking to turn their talents into a business and work with each other to bring their projects to life. The app targets musicians, audio engineers, photographers, videographers, models, graphics designers, makeup artists and many other creative talents. The app gives its members visibility so that potential new clients and collaborators can easily find them. Conversations within the app are also made into written and insured agreements to make sure every party holds up their ends of the bargain. The app also features other tools like income and expense sheets to track finances and save on tax at the end of the year. “We have many more useful tools coming soon to help manage and build our users’ careers. We genuinely care for our users and want them to succeed the best way they can, and the app has proven that in many ways,” Gibran Malik revealed.

In the next few years, his goal for Artist Connect is to be widely accepted by all creatives globally. “When someone says ‘I’m a creative,’ people will ask them, ‘How’s your Artist Connect profile look?’ And being a creative won’t be looked at as an unsure part-time stream of income; rather, it will be a full-time career option paved out and made possible with Artist Connect,” Gibran said.

Learn more about Artist Connect App on the official Instagram.

VIIbez on Becoming a Woman of Power with Her Thriving and Impactful Woman-owned Music Studio

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

From time immemorial, there have been specific professions and roles that cater to certain genders. In the music industry, women are barely included in the creative process, but Brianna Roberts, AKA VIIbez, resolved to not be at the mercy of anyone while building a career of her choice in the music industry.

VIIbez started her journey as an engineer and was quite well-known all over Chicago. However, her inability to break into the fold for one reason or the other challenged her to take a new direction. She tried to get work in many studios, but being a woman prevented her from getting a job. Not one to wait for a miracle, she started working as a driver with the popular ride-hailing service Uber and saved some money to open her own studio. She then took it a notch higher by building her studio facility from scratch. Since she opened LSD Music Production Studios for operation, the studio has hosted many popular artists like Lil Zay Osama, Polo G, Kid Laroi, G Herbo, Calboy, Lil Reese, Lil Bibby, DJ L, JTk, and more.

As one of the few women who own and run a full-fledged music studio in Chicago and the United States, VIIbez’s journey has been nothing short of inspiring. Her determination, charisma, and business acumen are all qualities that helped keep her head high in an otherwise intimidating industry. At LSD Music Production Studios, VIIbez runs the day-to-day business while the engineers she has hired handle all the creative business of the studio. For the past four years, the studio has been the home for many underground, aspiring, and signed musicians out of Chicago. “Looking back at how far I have come with LSD Music Production Studios, I have witnessed many rappers start their careers and blow up, which is cool. I’m glad my beginning and my growth have played a role in the growth of others,” VIIbez said.

She attributes her interest in music as a form of escape from her anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues. Music became an outlet for her as it gave her peace. The intricacy of sound engineering drew her in, and the result of that is the creation of a professional, safe, and comfortable recording environment that LSD Music Production Studio is. Overcoming the scrutiny that comes with being a woman in the business is one of the challenges VIIbez faces daily, but she remains undaunted and focused on her journey. “Everyone tried to talk me out of building my own studio, and now I run a 6-figure business. Even until this day, I get many opinions thrown at me by men and women about how I do things, but I still manage to elevate year after year,” she revealed.

Over the next few years, VIIbez sees herself giving back to her community and becoming a notable philanthropist. Part of her plan is to create a scholarship for young creatives in Chicago to keep them away from the violent street life. “I hope to offer the youth the same guidance I received, which is mentorship and therapy through music. I also hope to provide resources that allow a lot of undiscovered talent an outlet to let their words and melodies be heard,” she said. Another one of her goals for the future is to expand to other cities and make LSD the place where musical dreams come to pass.

VIIbez believes her willpower and never-say-never attitude has brought her this far, and she wants everyone who reads or hears her story to adopt those qualities for themselves.

Learn more about Brianna Roberts, AKA VIIbez and her work at LSD Studios on the official website.

Zoom Video Communications, the Powerhouse Behind Today’s Top Video Conferencing Application

NY Weekly Staff on October 1, 2021

During the outbreak of COVID-19, hundreds of millions of people globally reeled from its impact. One year after it first hit and the world has now been forced into a new normal, one where daily activities still have limitations, community quarantine is observed, and wifi and data subscriptions are at an all-time high. Students and employees alike are contending with the fact that school and work must go on despite the tumultuous circumstances. Throughout the past months, one company has risen through the ranks, taking center stage with an app that has become one of the most important platforms in the world — Zoom Video Communications.

With the current reality taking on a digital nature, Zoom Video Communications has made it possible to build connections and nurture relationships despite the distance. Although a plethora of other platforms have existed prior to the domination of this California-based company, the ease with which teachers, entrepreneurs, and other practitioners can virtually get together through Zoom is note-worthy.

This information technology and services industry leader was founded in 2011 by experienced authorities and engineers from Cisco and WebEx. “Every founding engineer has over ten years of real-time collaboration software experience,” shares the strategic mind behind this conferencing powerhouse. Armed with an in-depth understanding of the field and extensive experience wielding the power of digital technology, they were able to launch what would become today’s top video app.

From the get-go, Zoom Video Communications has helped businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment in order to get more done. Its easy, reliable cloud platform for video, phone, content sharing, and chat runs across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Together, all of these features have turned remote work and studies into a smooth experience.

Driven by the mission to develop a people-centric cloud service that transforms real-time collaboration into a seamless process and improves the quality and effectiveness of communications, it has consistently delivered top-notch service. When the outbreak hit last year, its efforts in building a premium platform paid off. In March of 2020, daily users spiked to 200 million, up from 10 million in December 2019.

As a leading video conferencing application, the heights that Zoom has reached are thanks to numerous factors. For one, it is free to use and can be accessed through different devices, including one’s laptop, tablets and iPad, desktops, and Android and iOs phones. With just one click of the invitation link, a meeting is immediately launched, and participants are directed to their next agenda of the day.

Zoom Video Communications, which is currently worth $35 billion, takes pride in the accomplishments that its signature platform has been able to snag under its belt in the previous year. As Zoom remains the go-to application during the new normal, the company behind this power player aims to cement the platform as a digital staple in the years to come.

Learn more about Zoom Video Communications by visiting its website and checking out its Instagram page.

References:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/zoom-video-communications

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/03/how-zoom-rose-to-the-top-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-zoom-billionaire-eric-yuan-career-net-worth-life#yuan-became-a-billionaire-after-zooms-initial-public-offering-in-april-2019-6

Day: October 1, 2021

Songwriter and Artist Daniel AMP Continues His Meteoric Rise in the Industry

Top Branding Photographer Emma Burcusel Set to Capture Shawn Fair’s Leadership Experience Tour High-Profile Speakers on Stage

Earthquake Lights Announces Newest Single “Empty Sky”

Benjamin Tan: Looking To Start A Side Hustle Without Investing A Huge Capital? Here Are 3 Reasons Why Amazon FBA Is The Best Choice

Artist Connect App Serving as an Ecosystem for Creatives to Create and Collaborate

VIIbez on Becoming a Woman of Power with Her Thriving and Impactful Woman-owned Music Studio

Zoom Video Communications, the Powerhouse Behind Today’s Top Video Conferencing Application

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