JAZZ ON WASHINGTON AVENUE - OLIVER JOHNSON TRIO

by Dwight L. Quinn                                                                                           3/14/2014

Nothing but raw talent, is the best way to describe trumpeter/singer/songwriter and recording artist Oliver Johnson who at young age of nine first began playing the trumpet backed by the inspiration and motivation of his mother,the late Roberta Johnson whom made it her life goal to coach and guide young Oliver into the master musician that he has become. Growing up in East St. Louis,Illinois Oliver
got to experience the mentorship of the industry's big-named Artists like,Tabb Smith,Leo Chears,Miles Davis, Albert King,who helped Oliver further developed his musical skills. Oliver put his best foot forward when the Label gave him the green light in producing, the album,"Jazz On Washington Avenue",Oliver had opportunity to select songs that formed the mixture of straight ahead jazz with modern and contemporary all together on this must-listen to album. Original songs like,"Brazil,""Quiet Street",and"In The Moment" topped off the mood that Oliver was trying to capture in,"Jazz On Washington Avenue".
Time sort of stood still as the sound of,"Eternal Triangle" and "Mr. Kenyata" bellowed out that hip,
down beat, mellow sound that you use to hear backin the day vibrating out from those cool romantic Jazz
Clubs was frequent venue of choice for Jazz lovers and jazz entertainment.
Accompanying Oliver Johnson on "Jazz On Washington Avenue,"Henry Burns,piano and keyboards,the late "Raymond Eldridges Jr."bass,"Wallace Alvin Troop,"drums, Henry Taylor,"guitar and Oliver Johnson,"horns.
Executive Producer;Dwight L. Quinn,Co-Producer; Oliver Johnson, Recorded,Mixed and Mastered;R.J.Studios, Centerville,Illinois,Graphic Art by;Garrett Graphics Art.

Track listing:
1.  Taking It To The High  4:49
2.  Dear Old Stockholm, 6:15
3.  If I Were A Bell, 6:24
4.  Foot Prints, 4:58
5.  This I Dig Of You, 4:02
6.  Eternal Triangle, 3:54
7.  Mr. Kenyata, 7:02
8.  Quiet Street, 4:10
9.  Brazil, 4:53
10. In The Moment,4:10

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FIVE QUINN RECORDS TM ARTISTS ARE RECEIVING HUGE INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

[09/27/2013]

On Thursday, September 26th 2013 The APD Global Radio Indicator Charts ™ posted in it's Top 50 Albums - Today, #20-Quinn Records TM Present GO SLOW Blues Crossing. Soul blues singer James Gilbert's Blues This Morning is the # 1 song, followed by Mississippi Red,Send Me Somebody To Love.

 The late LiL Aaron Mosby a.k.a. Blues Man is making notariety again with the powerful rendention covered of Jimmy Reed's 60's hit Oh Baby, You Don't Have To Go. However LiL Aaron is not a stranger in the UK by no means of the word. Had performed in front of a sold out record crowd of twenty thousand at the Holland, Blues, Festival in 2001.

 Blues singer/guitarist Osee Anderson, Breaking Up Somebody's Home employing his signature guitar licks like those of the late great Jimmy Hendricks and the famous Guitar Watson adds a whole new dimension to Albert Blues-Boy Kings Stax's Records hit recording,Breaking Up Somebody's Home.

 Quinn Records TM artist Kevin Wheeler's domestic releases has dropped today in Brussels Belguim and Victoria Australia.

 FM Brussel [FM98] (98.8 FM) Date: 09/26/2013 05:17:33 am www.fmbrussel.be Elsene, Brussels, Brussels Belgium
 1.) Let's Go Party
2.) The Soul of A Man (Medleys of Solomon Burke)

 West Gippsland Community Radio [3BBR] (103.1 ) Date: 09/26/2013 05:17:33 am 3bbrfm.org.au Drouin, Victoria Australia
1.) Let's Go Party
2.) The Soul of A Man (Medleys of Solomon Burke) 

Quinn Records TM "GO SLOW-Blues Crossing 2-CD Box Set) available: Buy Here.

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TERRESTRIAL RADIO'S CRITICS WOULD HAVE YOU THINKING TERRESTRIAL RADIO IS "DEAD".

9/20/2013

Let’s Look Well Into The Matter


Satellite radio, as an example, gained 453,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, bringing its total to 24.4 million. In the same first quarter of 2013, Pandora has around 70 million active users, Pandora One gained more than 700,000 new subscribers, which brings their total subscribers to 2.5 million. Spotify has over 24 million active users,currently and over 6 million paying subscribers.

 Terrestrial radio’s absolute biggest competitor, is iTunes accounting for about 75% of global digital music with over 600 million users worldwide. iTunes has just recently revealed their own iTunes Radio which will compete with the streaming services.

 These numbers reflect global users rather than only in the United States, so the numbers cannot be taken as face value right now. But these are the numbers that critics quote, and even still, some of these numbers can hardly touch the impact of terrestrial radio in the U.S. today.

 Why Digital Radio Is Gaining Strength.

 The question is, how has digital radio gained such speed and momentum, enough to begin to compete with terrestrial radio? For starters, the instantaneous selection of music from one’s library is something that terrestrial radio simply cannot do. Waiting for your favorite song? You don’t have to wait for it to come on the radio—just browse, select and push play.

Another advantage to digital radio is the breadth of one’s music library. Terrestrial radio has its certain playlist of songs decided by the DJ at that time. But with digital and streaming radio, you are the DJ. You have the entire selection of your uploaded or streaming music library at your fingertips, ready to be called up at will.

 Still another advantage is mobility. In the advent of mobile phones and tablets, carrying around your music library has never been easier. There are thinner and sleeker Walkmans these days, but carrying around a device just for radio in addition to your mobile phone or tablet just doesn’t sit well with the majority of consumers.

 Despite All Of The Hype, Terrestrial Radio Still Has Its Own Unique Benefits.

While digital radio is gaining momentum due to these benefits, terrestrial radio still has a hold on the American public for reasons of its own. For starters, some people prefer to not have to choose the music they listen to, and they like a DJ playing the top hits or genre-specific hits of that station for them.
This also helps with song and artist discovery, just in a different way than some of the streaming services.

 Terrestrial radio lives and breathes local content. As wavelengths and signals can only travel so far, radio stations are generally encouraged to maintain some sense of locality in their programming and possibly even sound choice. This includes local news, music from local artists and even advertisements for local businesses that you just can’t get from digital radio.

 In terms of artist royalties, radio stations, for the most part, have got a system, and it’s a system that has worked for many years. Streaming and digital radio services are still trying to work out the kinks in their own plans for rewarding artists for their music, and many people—especially artists—are turned off by this fact.

 And finally, terrestrial radio is free. Several of these digital and streaming providers do end up having free music as well, but terrestrial radio will always be free. No subscriptions necessary. If these providers ever decide to go subscription only, terrestrial radio will always be free. While digital radio does pose something of a threat to terrestrial radio, the traditional medium is just too far engrained to be going anywhere anytime soon. There may be some adaptation involved as the music industry continues to evolve over time, but for the most part, terrestrial radio has found and will continue to hold a special place in the hearts of music listeners.

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KL&R2'S LEAD MAN,KEVIN WHEELER RELEASES NEW CD SINGLE ON OCTOBER 8,2013

by Dwight L. Quinn

On October 8,2013 Quinn Records TM will release Let's Go Party, a follow up to Kevin's, Got My Swag On a recent release on Quinn Records TM label. Recorded in Stafford, Virginia and produced by Kevin himself who is a two-timeGrammy-nominee, James Powell - Bass Guitar,Kevin Wheeler Jr. - Drummer/Background Vocals Larry Mount - keyboards, Mike Bella - Lead Guitar,Harvey Lee - Percussions/Background Vocals, all are bringing to this album a solid vourage of sound and soul that come from Kevin's long years of singing and ministering to the Gospel.

Let's Go Party is written by Bobby Conerly and Charles Burton. Kevin was taken in by the
song for the Club fun and feel. Some of Kevin's previous songs all have the presents of life
and excitement intrenched deep into the lyrics, tempo and beats.

Kevin is feeling good about this Album. Kevin said his hope is that everyone who listens to
Let's Go Party, feels it like he did. Kevin is now working with a new East-coast Agency and
is planning his national tour in support of the album.

Kevin's history is unfolding.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.

Kevin first recorded under his own name for Quinn Records TM in 2004, along with the R2, they
fisrt national release was titled,Can You Get Away written by Oliver Johnson. Since that time Kevin
has gone on to record and release five albums on the Quinn Records TM label. He toured with
the Divine Messengers and recorded for the now defunct Redemption Records before stepping
out on his own. As the head of his own group, he quickly made a name for himself in the soul n'
blues arena, doing live show in and around the Washington D.C., Stafford and Maryland area.

Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2 is rapidly gaining the respect and recognition as a soul n' blues force
to reckon with. His pure passion for the music is the driving force behind Kevin's tireless efforts
to becoming the next-best soul and blues artist. So the World had better get ready. Kevin Wheeler & KL&R2 has a Show for you.

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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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GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED

  GLOBAL RECORDED MUSIC INDUSTRY REVENUES INCEASED 
  by Dwight L. Quinn

Global recorded music industry revenues increased by an estimated 0.3 per cent in 2012, the first year of industry growth since 1999, to US$16.5 billion. Digital revenues increased by an estimated 9 per cent to US$5.6 billion in 2012, now accounting for around 34 per cent of global industry revenues. Download sales increased in volume by 12 per cent globally in 2012 and represent around 70 per cent of overall digital music revenues The number of people paying to use subscription services leapt 44 per cent in 2012 to 20 million. Subscription revenues are expected to account for more than 10 per cent of digital revenues for the first time in 2012. Digital channels account for the majority of record companies' income in an increasing number of markets including India, Norway, Sweden and the US Digital retailers' rapid global expansion is opening up the potential for markets such as Brazil and India, to become major sources of future industry growth. At the start of 2011, the major international services were present in 23 countries. Two years later, they are in more than 100 countries. Digital music consumption has become mainstream, as shown by consumer research by Ipsos MediaCT across nine markets in four continents. Two-thirds of internet users (62%) have used a licensed digital music service in the past six months. Among younger consumers (aged 16-24) this figure jumps to 81 per cent. Consumer satisfaction with licensed music services is demonstrably high. 77 per cent of users of licensed services rate them as excellent, very good or fairly good. Even 57 per cent of those who use unlicensed services believe "there are good services available for legally accessing digital music." Many non-digital revenue channels are also increasing. Performance rights income increased in value by an estimated 9.2 per cent in 2012 and now accounts for around 6 per cent of overall industry revenues, up from 3 per cent in 2007. Album charts in most markets show that investment in local repertoire is alive and well. In many countries, local repertoire accounts for the vast majority of the top selling albums of the year. Five major non-English language markets illustrate this. In Italy, Spain and Sweden, eight in 10 of the top selling albums of 2012 were by local artists; in Germany, seven in 10, and in France six in 10.


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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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AWESOME COMBINATION Label + artist = chart

by Dwight L. Quinn




It's the label/artist collaboration that
takes talent to the next level, pairing
a great act with a well-tailored package
that transforms an aspiring musician
into a successful artist - the perfect
song, unforgetable cover art, a
groundbreaking music video, and a
push to nationwide play on FM and
digital radio services like Pandora
and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

For more than four decades, the QRTM’s premier Blues, Gospel, Jazz and Soul music recording program has manifested major music sales and extraordinary artist
achievements.
First formatted to LP recordings but expanded to a variety of newer formats as technology advanced to include cassette tapes, CDs, digital tracks, digital albums, and ringtones, more than 633  titles have been recorded by the Quinn Records TM Music Company since 1971.

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THE MARKETING MIX USED TO PROMOTE OUR ARTISTS

by Dwight L. Quinn


Promoting and marketing of the artist is among one of the largest line item spending accounts in Quinn Records TM’s budget. In a extemely high competitive market it is important for artists to benefit from having promotional support if they are to have the opportunity to build and connect with a large audience.

 Today the marketing mix used to promote our artist to fans has changed dramatically over recent years. Social media channels now complement traditional gatekeepers such as radio and television. With an educated guess,we estimate that just five years ago 75 to 80 per cent of our marketing dollars spent was targeted at broadcast advertising, now this amount has fallen to less than 55 per cent of our marketing budget while the increase in online marketing will reach an expected equal balance between the two media mix of 50/50.

 Social marketing is constantly growing. When we released Kevin Wheeler’s KL&R2 album, I Got My Swag On in 2010 among the top ten things we needed to do in promoting it was to include – the YouTube video (Quinn President Choice), and a music-targeted Facebook campaign, an Online marketing strategy. Several of the channels did not exist when their previous album, Par-Tae! Get Your Groove On  had been released five years earlier. This was also true when we released their latest album If You Need Me! In July, we again had to add several more new platforms to the mix.” The growth of online media has meant that we have to spend increasing resources to supply the content that these channels need. Dwight Quinn says: “The content that we have to create in the digital erea is probably two-fold in comparsion to what it was five years ago; with the people it has almost become a way of  life.” Ronnie Ray promotion manager Quinn Records TM agrees. “You have to be in your best creative-mode when you do social marketing for your artist, it has to be real-real, it has to be home-grown. It has to come from the artist. It can’t be just what we as a company feeds out to the fans. What’s the message, who is it coming from, how does it get to the consumer? We're planning in the very near future the creation of an entirely new digital department, with upto 10 people.

 There is so much we can be doing with our artists, with their content and with their music.” New media channels offer the opportunity for us to communicate directly with our fans. “The internet has become the new television, with immediate feedback and real-time interaction.” No two promotional campaigns are the alike. Dwight says: “The real beauty of the music business is that there are no scripts. It’s about gut instinct and where ever the dice falls.

Why record companies are so relevant is that we can take more risks than any other industry.” In our experience and our research into this subject we,discovered that today promotional activities can often cover a broader range of activity than was once not the case, traditionally. Many artists such as our own, want to become involved in a range of areas, “Some of our artists want to create clothing lines,fragrants, produce their own materials and so forth, so we, like the Major labels are bringing in experts to offer directions to this new, artist goal along with giving to the artist all sort of advice that will assist the artist in obtaining their goals. So we're investing.

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WE NOTICED A NEW NAME IN THE DIGITAL SERVICES 
BUSINESS
by Dwight L. Quinn

Last month we noticed a new name added to the list of Digital Service companies selling Quinn Records TM music.
Of couse we're not there yet in terms of large revenues coming from the Digital stream, but it's clear to each and everyone of us in the record business that within the next five years,or so and
if not sooner,Digital Downloading when take the lead in being the main choice of accessing and aquiring  music by cusumers.
Digital has added a new dimension to the services record companies provide for artists. Digital accounted for 31 per cent of record companies’ trade revenues in 2011 and the major services expanded their reach from 23 to 58 countries in the
same year. While some services, such as AmazonMP3 or iTunes, effectively replicate the physical format market with consumers buying albums or singles, others, such as Deezer, Spotify and VEVO, rely on either advertising income, people paying a monthly subscription fee or some combination of both.
Such services are still in the early stages of development but offer the opportunity of global scale. Subscription services in June 2012 had an estimated 16 million subscribers globally, a number that has almost doubled in the last 18 months.
Many streaming services are relatively recent start-ups.
One of the largest services, Spotify, only opened in Germany,the world’s third largest music market, in March 2012.
Spotify is most developed in Sweden, where large numbers of consumers use the paid-for subscription tier of the service, we believes it has had a positive effect. “In Sweden, Spotify has changed the music business and made it a happy place to work again.
Now large numbers of people have a premium account, the revenue stream is fantastic. People listen to an album or song and put it on their playlist. They won’t stop listening to it. It’ll be giving the artist and Quinn Records TM and other record company a revenue stream for years.

New Digital Service companies are sprouting up all over the place and streaming,downloading and buying music from a IPad,IPhone and/ or Tablets is sooner than ever is fast becoming the the norm.

We at Quinn Records TM with our new mobil app is still making it easy or fans who are still hold fast to the interest of blues,gospel, jazz and soul music can have continuous access to our music.

Our mobile-app is the cusumers gateway to current information that includes: Quinn's Top-10 Song Chart, music news, current events,Quinn's President Choice, shop n' buy at Quinn store, new releases, coming soon, catalog, tickets,coupons,Facebook, Twitter, photos,artist tour schedule and free music downloads.
Not only will our Mobile app give you access to our music but it would be like having a whole complete Record Company in the palm of your hands

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A RECORD DEAL MATTERS

by Dwight L. Quinn

Quinn Records TM and other record companies alike,discover, nurture and promote artistic talent. We, the record companies are by far the largest upfront financial investors in artists’ careers. We also bring a huge range of expertise and experience to any campaign to bring a new artist to a broad audience. No other industry player currently offers access to such levels of investment or skills. Behind the breaking of a new artist there are a dynamic combination of creativity, talent, teamwork, strategy, finance and, of course, lots of prayers. Each project requires significant investment in research and development, as well as marketing and promotion. In 2011, record companies were estimated to have invested US$4.5 billion worldwide in artists and repertoire (A&R) combined with marketing. This represented 26 per cent of industry revenues. The four major labels combined had over 5,000 artists on their rosters and tens of thousands more artists are signed to independent labels like ourselves. New talent is the heartbeat of the industry and one in four of these artists (23%) are new signings (signed in the last 12 months). Quinn Record TM and labels alike are able to reinvest the proceeds of successful campaigns in the discovery and nurturing of the next generation of talent. Research study by five independent bodies found 80 per cent of unsigned artists with professional ambitions wanted a recording deal. The top reasons cited as ‘very important’ were marketing and promotional support (71%), TV and radio contacts (58%), the ability to focus on the creative process (50%), tour support (46%) and payment of a financial advance (45%). The findings are supported by countless personal accounts provided by unsigned artists and managers addressing this issue. Without significant investment, industry expertise and creativity (the business) and obviously the artist talent(the music), it is extremely difficult to break an artist or band into popular culture or the mainstream music markets. So where DIY demonstrates the artist ability to approach the industry in the correct manner, there is still no substitute for the experience of the industry to move an artist project forward.” Artists approach labels like Quinn Records TM wanting different types of support. This may be career development, financial support or a team to champion their creations. We want to help, whether it is assisting in the creative process, opening doors for them to work with great producers or supporting them with the right marketing campaign or distribution strategy. At Quinn Records TM we stand on the fact,that a Record deal matters.

HOW DO A SONG MAKE IT ON OUR TOP 10?

by Dwight L. Quinn

Each week (Monday and Friday), Quinn Records TM puts together a chart of it's top 10 most popular songs based on a national sample of top 10 radio airplay, top 10 radio playlists, and music sales. Since our Top 10 comes from the 220 radio stations, APD,89 Digital Companies,YouTube Reporting, 40 Cable TV Channels tracked each week, let's look at how our tracking is compiled. 

First, there is airplay. What songs of ours that is actually being played on the radio and on music video channels on TV and screaming? Frequent calls to program directors and disc jockeys that reports and have their finger on the music, this is our good measure of what their listeners like. Airplay is tracked through our in-house Radio trackers, Air Play Direct (APD), YouTube and Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), run by Nielsen. BDS uses digital pattern-recognition technology to identify songs that are played on radio stations and music video TV channels across the United States and Canada. With the combination of Physical tracking a.k.a Manual tracking and the incorporation of tracking Technology, we've been able to track 24 hours a day, seven days a week, following over 220 targeted Radio Stations,APD,Digital Distributor,Cable TV YouTube and Spotify weekly. 

 Our Radio Promotions Department manual tracking consist of Playlists and verbal reporting from Radio with emphasis placed on obtaining as close as possible the number of people listening to a the station and we would multiply that number by the number of times one of our songs are played.

 When the company record a new song, a copy of the recording is sent to BDS so it can be encoded and tracked by its system on the stations it monitors. This data is used not only by Quinn in compiling our weekly Top 10 chart, but also by record company executives, radio stations, publishing firms, performance rights organizations (to calculate performance royalties), music retailers, independent promoters, film and TV producers, and artist managers.  

Another measure of what song of ours that is hot and what people are buying. To find out what music is selling in record stores, Quinn goes to Sound Scan  Nielsen Sound Scan is an information system that tracks the sales of music and music videos throughout the United States and Canada. By scanning the bar codes, they can collect sales information from cash registers each week from over 14,000 retail, mass merchant, and non-traditional sources such as online stores, concert sales, etc. The data is compiled and used in positioning the song on our Top 10 each Monday and Friday. Like BDS data, the data from Sound Scan is also very valuable for us in compiling a clear Top 10 Song Chart. 

 Our method for compiling our Top 10 Song chart have gone through a change or two over the past five years. Since publicizing our Radio Promotions Reports and Activities as a Promotional tool, we followed the foot prints of the icon of Charts, Billboard  we to changed the weighting of airplay versus sales in the compiling our Top 10 Song Chart. We found through researching and practical experiences that tracking a single song through album sales isn't exactly accurate, singles sales have always been used to track the sales side of song popularity. But, since only about 20% of people actually buy singles and over 90% listen to the radio, it made sense for us too, to alter the ratio of points. Now, the overall points are weighted to 20% sales and 80% airplay. 

 Quinn's Top 10 Song Chart is an important and valuable tool that let our fans,user of our music, music retailers,radio stations, promoters, film and TV producers, artist managers know what kind of music that we offer and how the music that we offer is performing in the very highly competitive music marketplace. The information that our Top 10 Song Chart gives to the Buyer is precious, it gives the Buyer the kind of Education that he or she needs to make the right Buying decision. 

 Quinn bases its Top 10 Song charts on its own prerecorded music and what is already being played on the radio and purchased in music stores, this is also the avenue to how radio stations find out about our new music. 

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HOW TO OBTAIN A LICENSE.

by Dwight L. Quinn

Songwriters, composers and music publishers generally join one of three Performing Rights Organizations that license their work to the public: the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC . The PROs send royalties to the copyright owners.

However, obtaining a license from one PRO doesn't necessarily mean you're in the clear -- you only have a license for that PRO’s copyright holders. For example, the composer of a song may be represented by ASCAP, while the lyricist may be with SESAC. To avoid this problem, some businesses choose to purchase a blanket license from each of the PROs, which allows the licensee to play any of the music from each PRO’s library. Blanket licenses can range from the low hundreds to several thousands of dollars per year.

For all music licensing requests from Quinn Records TM

BUYING POWER OF OTHER RECORD COMPANY MUSIC.

by Dwight L. Quinn

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With over forty years experience in prerecorded music, we are qualified to handle every kind of music format imaginable. And, as a Quinn Records TM customer you always have a direct line to one of our representatives. Your success is our success.
We are your source for new blues music, new gospel music, new jazz and new soul music.

How competitive is Quinn's pricing?

When you buy from Quinn you leverage the buying power of other record company music.

We base our pricing on our combined volume and pass the savings along to you.

How fast is Quinn's turnaround time?

Our normal turnaround time is one days from receipt of order. However, we often

ship the same day when orders are received by 2:00 pm (central time). We under

stand that every order we receive is date sensitive and we guarantee  that we will

not only receive your order, but deliver it- on time, where ever it needs to be.

What are Quinn's formats?

We offer our prerecorded music products in formats ranging from, sheet music,

compact disc,cassette tapes, vinyl, dvd's, MP3,video,(New) phone apps.

What are Quinn's method of ordering?

1- Online (Preferred method)

2-By phone; 1-314-241-1538

3-By fax:     1-314-241-1538

4-By mail: Quinn Records TM

               P.O. Box 771693

               St. Louis, MO. 63177-1693

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NEW RELEASE FROM QUINN RECORDS TM KEVIN WHEELER & R2 " LETS GO PARTY"

by Dwight L. Quinn

Virginia's R&B Soul sensations introduced their ninth Single today on the Quinn Records TM label titled,"Let's Go Party". 
The new cut is strictly for the dance-floor party jammers, a soul filled cut that is fit for D.J. Jamming-Club-jumping enjoyment. 

Kevin has long been wanting to do a what he calls a real soul sound. Signed on to the Label in 2004. Kevin has enjoyed experimenting with various musical experiences that has took him from Spiritual to Smooth Jazz and from Hip/hop to Soul. All because of the freedom afforded to
him by the Label. When Kevin,talked about adding to reportorial, some Soul, was at the very heart of his original attention when signing to the Label Kevin called on help of Quinn Records TM label founder Dwight Quinn to match him up with right song that best defined the musical character, of this Virginia Jammer and to get himself  noticed  in the Southern Soul  Market. Quinn,found what he thought was the right cut, in the Little Delta Music catalog ,the Publishing arm of Malaco Records,(the Southern Soul Label),and pulled out "Lets Go Party" written by Bobby Conerly and Charles Ray Burton. "Lets Go Party" had that feel and bounce that makes for a great party grooving dance song. After hearing the demo the first time Kevin was hooked and immediately got the feel and here we are, Kevin promised that things are going to get better as him and R2 start their tour.
"Lets Go Party" will be a must-listen to blast coming from over the Airways, through the internet and right out to rocking,back in woods,street-side Clubs around the Country."Lets Go Party"!

SONG INFORMATION:

Title: LET'S GO PARTY
Composer: Bobby Conerly, Charles Ray Burton
Artist: Kevin Wheeler & K.L. R 2
Timing: 4:18
Publisher: Little Delta Boy Music/ Malaco Records
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Label: Quinn Records TM
Genre: Soul

For Radio Professionals,(Music Directors,Programming,D.J.'s and Club Jocks)
Download Commercial Quality Track(s)  Here!

MY FAVORITE JUNK FOOD WAS A BOX OF CRACKER JACKS

by Dwight Quinn

I bet you didn't know that when ever you purchase a Quinn Records TM product, we always give the customer something Free, it just comes natural with the Company. The idea came about when I was a boy growing up in East St. Louis. My favorite junk food was a box of Cracker Jacks. What I became to love and appreciate about a box of Cracker jacks, is that it wasn't the fact that it was  a great tasting, lip-smacking snack with its sweet caramel covered popcorn flavor and roasted salted peanuts that blended well with popcorn, it was as I began to realize that with every box of Cracker jacks that you purchased there were always a prize in the box. It was Free, a plastic ring or a spinning top you  name it, it was the prize that excited us. And it soon became apparent that it was the FREE prizes that was drawing us kids to the Cracker Jacks,the prizes was creating the buzz and making for a grand conversation piece, a friend maker and so on. Well I took that Cracker Jacks mentality into the business with me and applied the same strategy here at Quinn Records TM. We appreciate the customer so much that it is always proper for us to give the customer something back. To show our deepest appreciation and thanks for their business.
Quinn Records TM, from July 24th, 2013 until August 24th, 2013  is offering 25% Off List Price Program on all of our Gospel Albums, our customers will not find this offer nowhere else but at Quinn Records TM Online Store. And, if you purchase two or more CD's, we'll give you a FREE Quinn Records TM Signature T-Shirt, a $16.98 value or maybe another CD to go along with the purchase, that's just what we do. After almost forty-two years in business we still get overly excited when customer buy from us. It's the "Cracker Jacks" in us.

And, please do take our "FREE SHIPPING" program seriously when a purchase of $99.99 is ringed up on our P O S Register. We will Ship your order anywhere in the greater U.S.A. FREE. And don't be surprised if you won't find an additional Free gift when your order arrives, we can just see the smile on your face....

I know that being generous to our customers, will make for a grand conversation piece, a friend-maker, a collection item, but most of all, it will be a token of our most deepest and sincere appreciation for doing business with us. Giving back,just comes from our,"Cracker Jack Box" mentality.

HOW I POSITIONED OUR BRAND

by Dwight L. Quinn

I remember when I opened the label several years ago.
 As a team we were working on how we wanted to position the label, looking for the 
emotional benefit that we could offer to our customers. We finally landed on "We'll give you what you want" as our positioning. We never used it as a tagline, but more as a positioning statement for how we would serve up what we offered customers.

Many of our customers were mid-size independent retail record stores, operating in small and large urban cities. The idea of helping them to get the kind of music that they wanted was engaging. 
Our work would get them track able sales results and they would recognized that.The fact that 
we were and still are today a brand promotion label gave our positioning statement double meaning.
Once it caught on, our brand's positioning became the basis for building the brand experience 
across our entire marketing plan. We realized that the key was to make sure that our actual brand experience delivers on what was intended in the positioning.

In the label at the time, we made sure we helped our customers showcase and display our products to get the recognition they needed in order to generate a sale. We make a big deal when one of our customers sale our products by celebrating every successful sale. It became part of our personality and part of the experience of working with us. This came directly out of our positioning statement:"We'll give you what you want."

Take a look at our brand and what we've done for positioning. Notice, 
our tagline is  a big hint:

Quinn Records TM: "Where the sound of blues,gospel, jazz and soul music is made."

Notice the level of emotion in each of our tagline, which essentially highlights our brand's 
positioning. 

Here's how we translate the tagline into our positioning statements:

Quinn Records TM: Makes you feel like you'll get what you asked for.

We digs deep into the emotional benefit that we offer to our customers. We're always thinking  
about how we want our customer to feel about us, every time they think about us. We tried to 
capture that in a brief statement that best describes what we can offer, and keep a list of  options on hand. And throw them out to the team and do a little brainstorming. 
It's makes for a lot of fun,especially when those creative juices start flowing and ideas comes from seemly out of nowhere.

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NEW SONG ADDED TO QUINN'S PRESIDENT CHOICE CHANNEL-HEAR IT-FIRST!

by Dwight L. Quinn
Blues This Morning by James Gilbert                   (QR 131232-1)

CLOSE THE DOOR- PE-POLES-AND CLOSE IT QUICK. 
CAUSE, SOMEBODY JUST THREW 
A "ROCK" IN OUR BLUES-
THE SIZE OF A BRICK!
WHO DID? "JAMES GILBERT, DID!" 

 YEP! Blues This Morning is bumping head on  with the likes of the sound of the early 60's,i.e. Little Milton Campbell, B.B. King, Bobby Blues Boy Bland, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, and the style-like-list goes on and on, James Gilbert's nailed this song he put his Soul in, Blues This Morning. Rock is James fundamental style and it is awesome packed, when he blends both the Rock-a-peal and moody blues together, then you got an ex-bluesion, on your hand,Blues This Morning, has that rumble. James powerful vocals don't leave much room for criticism because this song has all of the flavor that's needed to stir up the taste buds of  Rocking Blues Lover's all over the universe. It's Smooth and Rock hard-Blues This Morning," CD. 

Available: CD Compilation 
Tracks: 16
Album: GO SLOW-Blues Crossing 
Cat.No. (QR 121222-1) 
Format: CD/CAS/12"Vinyl/ Digital 
Genre: Blues/Soul 
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 Published 6/25/2013 YouTube Quinn'President Choice Have a listen, "BLUES THIS MORNING " Enjoy.

 

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