FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KL&R2

Quinn Records TM's Coming Soon CDSingle "Soul of A MAN"                        11/19/2013
November 04, 2013

For Immediate Release
KL&R2
R&B/SOUL ARTIST
SOUL OF A MAN
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(St. Louis, MO-November 3rd, 2013)    R&B/SOUL Recording Artist KL&R2 will be releasing their sixth CDSingle on the Quinn Records TM label. KL&R2 has fans all around the world, that are very familiar with the R&B sound that is a signature I.D. of KL&R2. Quinn Records TM will be  releasing, "Soul of A Man",on Amazon,CDBaby,ITunes and on it's own website Quinnrecords.net so fans can get to KL&R2 pay tribute to their Soul Idol, the late Solomon Burke.

On Tuesday, November  19, KL&R2 loyal followers and new fans alike can experience the soulful sound of KL&R2.
"Soul of A Man will also be featured on KL&R2's hit Album,"I Got My Swag On", this Summer,if not sooner, stay intouch with Quinn Records TM on Facebook and Twitter. The Soul of A Man CDSingle is expected received rave reviews  and for those who have yet to experience the awesome electricfying performances of KL&R2 has to, see them for yourself, they are intoxicating.

They idea was the brain child of Kevin Wheeler the founding member of KL&R2 who was a loyal follower and a huge fan of the late great Solomon Burke. He just thought that it was only fitting for him to pay tribute to such a giant icon in the music industry and who was a main focal point in the direction of his own entertainment and musical career.

Kevin brought the his idea to Dwight Quinn in June,2012 and Dwight embraced the idea and as Kevin discovered the Dwight was also a huge,long-time fan of Solomon Burke and the idea was put into place.

Kevin is seeking a full-time Entertainment Agent for KL&R2. For more information regarding this job opportunity please contact Kevin Wheeler,email: beservices22@yahoo.com

Quinn Records TM’s 42 year term in the music industry includes numerous of awards in both the Blues,
Gospel and R&B music genres, numerous awards by roster artists over the past four decades, have earn us
a name  that stands for value.

Quinn Records TM are planning it's third commemorative Box Set of Gospel music for the Spring of 2014.
 It’s a date you won’t want to put on your calender. Keep following us for more details.

 For More Information:
Quinn Records TM- St. Louis.
Lilly Menard-Collier
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT QUINN RECORDS TM'S RECORD PROMOTIONS

by Dwight L. Quinn
10-21-2013

Our Promotion Department, headed by Ronald Rayford a.k.a Ron Ray is busier than a  bear with a sweet tooth, being chased by a swam of mad honey bees, he's on the move.The Promotion Department is key to our business. Because when Ron is successful in securing airplay for our records, than our Marketing Plan comes alive.

The Promotion Department is working several releases for the label today,that is doing rather well.They are targeted to Radio,s  Blues n' Soul Music Shows both domestic and international those projects are, GO SLOW-Blues Crossing, " The Soul of A Man by KL&R2," " Keep On Keeping, by James Gilbert. We have a great sound being released into the Blues n' Soul Marketplace this fall/winter period and we're all excited and elated about the already  positive feedback the we are getting from industry movers and shakers.
The songs that are getting most of the industry M&S's buzz  are James Gilberts,"Blues This Morning," Osee Anderson's,"Breaking Up Somebodys Home," KL&R2's,"I Got My Swag On" and Mississippi Red's,"Send Me Some To Love". Quinn is already entering into two non-exclusive Master License Deals with two international Music companies for the territories of India and Spain.

Competition is heavy, record labels, big and small, are releasing several hundred CDs each and every week. And the Radio stations are over-whammed with these records. So when Ron get one of  our songs added to the Radio stations playlists this is an outstanding victory.
A “playlist” is a list of songs a station plays and the playlist is created every week or so  by the station’s Music Director. Ron gets real passionate with his sales pitch to MD's, Pd's and Djs when he's communicating a Quinn Records TM recording it gets us a chance to be heard by the radio station’s Music and Program Directors.

Just like sales people our Ron don't let any grass grow under his feet. Ron is always pitching a Quinn Records TM recording may it be a blues, a gospel, a jazz or a soul project it doen't matters. If you’ve ever had any experience selling anything, then you know how important enthusiasm and a positive attitude are in convincing potential customers to buy your product. Our Promo Rep is just that way he stays  in a positive, upbeat and motivated frame of mind. He know that, this is an important element in the music business. And,
Ron knows also, that we’re not the only label releasing new music every week, and that radio stations can only play a few of these new songs at a time so,it's not personal, it's just business as usual .

Promotion at Quinn Records TM goe's a bit further than  describing the work done by Ron to get radio airplay for our releases.
The Promo Rep” is the companies breathing apparatus,pitch man,the spokes person who present the label’s new releases to radio stations with the intent to build a relationship that would allow us to place products that would both provide entertainment to the exsisting listeners as well as attract new listeners by playing the songs the we selects for promotion.
Quinn Records TM rely on it's Promo Rep. to  decide very carefully what specific songs from an artist's new record would most likely fit the radio station’s format and attract the listener’s attention.

Keeping the human-element alive, well and active in our Record Promotion  Progam is still the number one strategy  used  in our Record Promotional planning. It's nothing more powerful and enjoyable than visiting the Stations face-to-face and learning just what the Market is really like from a birds-eye view. We do every thing possible to make sure face-to face contact with the Radio Station stays our utmost priority.

To add even more  convenience for the commercial customer in our Record Promotion Program, we created an online page at our website,that's dedicated to the Radio MD's.PD,s, DJ's, Press and Retail  commercial customer where they can go 24/7 and request any Promo Copy that they want and Ron will send it out to them asap. All they do is go to our website, login set up an account, than go to the  Radio,Press,Retail link and order. The CD is free and we ship it free.

The Promotion Department is the arm of the company that makes sure that our records are at the Radio Stations that we service, and are available for airplay.


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RECORD LABELS, MUSIC LABELS, LABELS: JUST WHAT ARE LABELS?

by Dwight L. Quinn

(10-18-2013)

Quinn Records TM like other record companies, sell pre-recorded music under an assumed name.

The label in itself is a brand: a name,symbol,logo, a trade mark, a sign, an image or words . The Major record companies use's  many different labels at any one time. The labels are used as,"identifiers"to help record buyers tell where a record come from and/or what kind of musical content it offers, with just a glance and without even hearing it. Record companies go to great length in  protecting their labels.

Lets face the facts, there is no point in owning a label and promoting it, if it can't be differentciated from other Labels, or if someone else uses it without consent. So if and when a Label is created without a clear understanding of its' purpose i.e. the lack of understanding branding, than failure is  the path this Label is on.

Labels that are well managed , can get a reputation for quality,musical style, genre that are both popular and/or niched, this invaluable recognition in itself sets a path that enhances,builds and clearly identifies the directional approach for its marketing.

Quinn Records TM label is a perfect example of a label that managed to define its musical style so powerfully that the record-buying public can more or less tell what they will get as soon as they see a Quinn Records TM label on the record. The label identification is so strong that when the company decided to release pop or classical recordings, it has to create another label to place these new recordings on.

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Labels in other genres of music have been successful in defining themselves by their labels too.No one would expect Alligator Records to release rap and hip hop any more than Malaco would release chamber music.

Any potential buyer looking at a record on the Quinn Records TM label would know the recording’s musical genre.

A successful label helps to sell records.  It invest a large percentage of  it's dollars in promoting the artist(s) on  it's Label. Labels with an active touring artist selling out venues will see record sale numbers increase as the artist grows in popularity within the Marketplace..

This is largely the reason why when record buyers go to purchase a recording they idenify the record with it's title, artist name or both. Rarely do they (the record buyers) buy a record using a Label name.

The Label is one of the most valuable assets an Independent can acquire, next to the master recordings.

SO,JUST WHAT ARE  LABELS? Well, they're just a,"Brand".

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OLIVER JOHNSON WILL PERFORM WITH RICAHARD BROOKS FORMERLY OF THE IMPRESSIONS AND AJSR & MOTHER'S CHILDREN AT DEJA VU LI CAFE

Richard Brooks

by Dwight L. Quinn
10/4/2013

Singer/songwriter/composer/trumpeter and international recording artist Oliver Johnson is bringing back to St.Louis for the second time around,Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and original founding member of the legendary iconic group,The Impressions, Richard Brooks whose new critically lauded Album Richard Brooks I'm Back is fast becoming a fan favorite, will perform with AJSR & Mother's Children at the Deja Vu li Cafe at 2805 Target Drive, Florissant, Missouri on Sunday, October 20, in St. Louis, Missouri. 

 Oliver Johnson will be join by other guests including Renee Smith and saxophonist Peaches for one jam-packed night of music. 

 INBeat calls Oliver "an artist who continues to grow before our eyes," and says Richard Brooks is a "critical acclaimed songwriter and artist.."

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MOBILE IS NOT AN OPTION,MOBILE IS A MUST!

by Dwight L. Quinn

Mobile is no longer just a luxury, which is available to an exclusive class of society. 

It has now emerged as a necessity for users, developers and businesses alike. 

Users who once browsed Websites now do so, on their mobile devices.
Everything, including payment, has now become mobile.

For the first time, web and mobile measurement firm comScore Inc. is breaking 

out mobile commerce sales by product category. The firm offers a glimpse at what 

mobile shoppers are buying.

Following are select product categories, the percentage of web sales from desktop/laptop computers, the percentage from smartphones, and the percentage from tablets, for the first half of 2013, according to comScore:

Event tickets, 84.6%, 10.9%, 4.5%.

Apparel and accessories, 90.3%, 6.2%, 3.5%.

Consumer electronics, 94.4%, 2.6%, 2.9%.

Computer hardware, 94.5%, 3.3%, 2.1%.

Consumer packaged goods, 95.6%, 3.0%, 1.3%.

Overall, 90.4% of total web sales came from desktops and laptops in the first half 

of 2013, 6.0% from smartphones and 3.5% from tablets, comScore says. 

Mobile commerce sales hit $10.6 billion in the first half of 2013, comScore finds, 

up 27.7% from $8.3 billion during the first half of 2012.

“While mobile devices are already extremely influential in the overall buying process, 

they are also beginning to drive a meaningful percentage of digital commerce

,” says comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. “One out of every ten consumer e-commerce 

dollars is now spent using either a smartphone or a tablet, and growth in this segment 

of the market is outpacing that of traditional e-commerce by a factor of 2x, which itself 

is growing at rates in the mid-teens. Any channel shift has the potential to be disruptive 

to established revenue streams, and it would appear that m-commerce spending has

reached enough of a critical mass that key stakeholders must begin to address this new 

market dynamic today or risk losing competitive advantage.”

Hence, it would be desirable for you to move with the changing times and adapt to

 the latest mobile technologies. It is no more enough to merely get someone create 

an app for your business – you also need an IT team which is “mobile-literate” and 

can take care of post mobile app development aspects, such as developing an 

effective mobile strategy, promoting the app and so on.

Today, each and every company does need to create a powerful enough mobile 

presence. In case you are not ready to develop a mobile app for your business yet, 

you should think of the next best thing – that of creating a mobile Website to 

showcase your products and services. This Website should ideally be compatible for

 viewing on a number of different mobile devices.

You will have to do a bit of research in order to hire the right app developer or team.

You could ask your business contacts or visit forums online and post your query. 

Once you choose a developer, follow the above-mentioned steps to ensure that your app 

development process is smooth and trouble-free.

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JAMES E. GILBERT OUT IN THE OPEN, BLUES N' SOUL MUSIC'S BEST KEPT SECRET!

By Dwight L. Quinn

 The Biography 

James Gilbert has been delighting audiences all over the world for nearly four decades. A James Gilbert & Legacy show promises to take you on a journey of an era when music was MUSIC!! James Gilbert is a man with a missionto get you to listen to what you've been missin.

 James Gilbert starting his singing career in 1974 performing in his grammar school talent show, James been a singing my whole life. James says that his vocal ability is a family trait, as his Mom & Dad both love to sing. James is a self thought musician, learning lead guitar, bass & drums and to avoid trouble as a teenager. Blues music was a staple in our household in his early years as I studied the mechanics of the Blues, which played out when he was 17, as he was fortunate enough to share the stage with Blues Legend John Lee Hooker. From then on performing has been James Gilbert's way of life.

After bouncing around the country as a member of a Top40 Rock and RnB band in the early 1980's, James decided to return home to expand on his own versatility. So he joined a local musicians union singing radio jingles, of which his first assignment was vocalist for the Missouri Lotteries New Pick-3 campaign in 1992. That same year, his new band got noticed and was selected to perform as actors for the Toyota Corporations Big Spring Sale TV commercial. Although falling in love with the art of voiceovers, performing continued to hold James heart hostage, so he put doing voiceovers on the back burner and continued to pursue his musical career. In nearly four decades of performing, James played with and opened for such superstars as B.B King, KoKo Taylor, Johnny Winter and War.

 In 2006 James released his first solo CD project entitled Best Kept Secret, where he had the #1 song for two weeks on Southern Soul radio and received rave reviews in both the US and Europe. In September 2012, James Gilbert was signed to the roster of Quinn Records TM, where his talents as a recording artist as well as company official spokesperson continues to attract attention from all over the world.

 JAMES GILBERT"S Discography; 
1-BEST KEPT SECRET
2-GO SLOW,BLUES CROSSING (QR121222-1)
3-KEEP ON KEEPING ON (QR121236-1)

 JAMES GILBET'S Set List; 
BLUES THIS MORNING
A REAL GOOD SIGN
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA (COVER)
SOMEONE TO LOVE
OOH BABY
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON
KISS (COVER)
I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE TALKIN
PLEASE COME BACK HOME
LONELY MAN
BREAKING MY HEART AGAIN

 MEET JAMES GILBERT & THE LEGACY BAND 

• JAMES GILBERT-LEAD VOCALS, LEAD GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, DRUMS 
• ROBERT (BOBBY) ADAMS-DRUMS 
• EUGENE SMILEY, SR.-RHYTHM GUITAR 
• BRENT WHEATLEY-KEYBOARD 
• TOM FLORA-BASS 
• RONNIE REED-TRUMPET ERNEST MELTON-SAX 

 James Gilbert's dreams and goals is to continue to work,thrive and delight audiences all over the world for many,many more years to come.

Total Song List is 85+ songs performed own show by James Gilbert & Legency Band.
Average Showtime: 3-4 Hours long..

Covers: see above list.
 Typical Repertoire: Blues/Soul/R&B

Check Out James's Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

Book James email: bookaartist@quinnrecords.net

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DISCOVERING AND SIGNING THE BEST TALENT

 by Dwight L. Quinn

Discovering and signing the best artistic talent is the motor that keeps a record company running. “Breaking acts and protecting A&R will always be the lifeblood of our culture. It’s at the heart of every conversation we have”, says Dwight Quinn, CEO of Quinn Records TM.
There is fierce competition between record companies to discover and sign the best new artistic talent. We are constantly scouting for performers that have the potential to develop their career in music to the highest level. Traditional A&R methods are today complemented by other ways of finding and signing talent.

The way to find talent nowadays is completely different from 25 years ago when bars or small venues were the places to find artists and musicians. Now there are a multitude of different ways. But at the end of the day, no matter how we find talent, it’s about someone making music and someone feeling the emotion that it creates. The internet is often the first port of call for Quinn's A&R looking to find the top performers of tomorrow.

The internet has made pre-selection much easier. Instead of travelling to every gig, you can do a lot of the groundwork online, checking out bands on their homepage, Myspace or YouTube.

 The internet is where you first hear of a buzz around an artist. We’re not the sort of label that looks for someone who’s got two million hits on YouTube, but we do look for an online buzz. While the internet can cut out some of the legwork for our A&R executive, viewing artists online is no substitute for seeing them live and developing a personal relationship with them.

 Evaluating artistic talent is a subjective process, but Quinn agree we are looking for something beyond technical competence when searching for an act to sign. We are looking for an artist that can move music fans. We looking for empirical evidence of a connection between the audience and the artist.

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A HARDWORKING ENTERTAINER KEVIN WHEELER & R2 (KL&R2)

by Dwight L.Quinn 

 THE BIOGRAPHY

 KL was born and raised in the Washington DC metropolitan area, he was inspired in music by his grandfather, the late Grant Williams 111, who played the tenor saxophone for Louis Armstrong band KL, started his musical training at a young age in the traditional Baptist church. K L started playing music professionally in the late 70`s with a local GO GO band. Then he went on to form his own national gospel group. The group recorded its first gospel album on Redemption Records which included the instant hit Victory, which vaulted the victory album to number 18 on the Billboard charts. The album was a huge success and the group was nominated for the GMWA Excellence award, Dove award, and Soul Train music nominee. The group has also charted the Billboard at least 5 times. Then K L signed a contract on the Quinn Record Label. The group was also nominated for a Grammy award for their latest album A Message From The Messengers. K L and his group has performed all over America, appeared on national television shows. K L is now enjoying his latest Soul R&B album`s which include Can You Get Away, Par-Tee Time, Somebody Said, Lied For The Last Time, Do You Love Me, I Got My Swagg On, Sweetness Is Her Weakness, That Lady and Ms Niece.

 LIST OF SINGLES & EP'S OF KEVIN WHEELER & KL&R2
 A.-SINGLES
- Can You Get Away, (QRS41133-1) Release Date:10/22/2004
- Par-Tae! Get Your Groove On,(QRS51135-1) Release Date:01/01/2005
- Somebody Said,(QRS51138-1),Release Date: 02/07/2005
- Let's Go Party,(QRS13032-1), Released Date: 07/09/2013 B.

- EP - I Got My Swag On, (QR100122-1),Release Date:06/03/2013

 SONGS PERFORMED ON SHOW: Kevin Wheeler & KLR2
 Let's Go Party
 I Got My Swag On
Sweetness Is Her Weakness
 If You Need Me Lied For The First Time

 In addition to several other songs from Kevin's albums and EP's.
 Covered Songs Performed By Kevin Wheeler * KL&R2:
 Can I Change My Mind- Tyrone Davis
 Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You- Wilson Pickett
 Sweet Caroline-Bobby Womack

 Total Song List is 150+ songs performed own show by Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2. 
Average Showtime: 3-4 Hours long..

 Covers: see above list.
 Typical Repertoire: Blues/Soul/R&B

 Check Out Kevin's Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

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THE INTERGRATION BETWEEN APP AND AUTO ALL SUGGEST A STREAMING MUSIC MARKET

by Dwight L. Quinn

Despite gloomy reports coming from the state of the economy this year there's been quite interesting news all positive and complementary. Here are recent highlights reported by the RIAA :
•    riaa reported their 2012 year-end sales and shipment numbers, including the increasing importance of streaming music – so-called “access models” which now total $1 billion in revenues
•    new data from NPD finding that “subscription-based and free

• Internet radio services accounted for nearly one quarter (23 percent) of the average weekly music listening time among consumers between the ages of 13 and 35, an increase from a share of 17 percent the previous  year”
• booming car sales so far in 2013, which, as  Billboard observed, portend further positive news for music business:

First, better integration between app and auto will mean more subscribers
to services like Spotify, which allow smartphone owners to take music into
the vehicle via cached files. Second, more listening to Internet radio over
broadcast radio means more money. Whereas broadcast radio lacks a
performance right, digital services have a performance right that results in
royalties paid for Internet radio listening.

Jonathan Lamy, EVP, Communications, RIAA said, that this is a positive virtuous
cycle, with each set of data points and facts further validating each other and the
underlying proposition.
RIAA year-end 2012 numbers showed substantial growth in these access models.
NPD 2012 data showed more usage of and time spent with these types of services.
And a booming car industry is leveraging fans’ appetite for these services and the
popularity of music generally to offer more value to would-be customers.
This year  auto show, one companies touted music app integration as one of their
key selling points.
All these developments are interrelated, and all suggest a streaming music market
that will only further expand in importance and reach.




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AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

AND THE BAND PLAYED ON
by Dwight L. Quinn

An industry that transformed itself...

Do you know of, or can recall of any industry that has reinvented itself  like the music business has during   the past decade and a half?

Fifteen years ago the CD was the main format
for listening to music and the digital marketplace
was just beginning. Now here we are today and there are more than 400+ authorized digital music services worldwide offering more than 14 million songs.

Digital sales already comprise nearly half of total revenues for the music business in the United States.
To make a long story short, it’s no longer  about CDs,it’s about access to music anytime, anywhere and the experience,convenience and the accessibility that keeps fans coming back for more, more and more.
And of course their are going to be different business models that  will  continue to evolve, but around
one fundamental objective: it will all be about the music.

More than any other art or entertainment form, music transports, transforms and reconnects us.
But behind the emotional attachment and beyond the artist on the album cover is an army of people who make the music play – planning, developing and investing in your next favorite song.

Providing the songs that make up the soundtrack to your life takes significant work and investment, and
the modern label is committed to giving fans more musical options than ever. Which is just another
reason why the music industry is the best industry in the world.

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